2016 Postmortem

cali

(114,904 posts) Wed May 25, 2016, 04:07 PM May 2016

Good commentary from, of all places, Fox News

Donald Trump wants you to know that he isn’t sure that Hillary Clinton had her friend and adviser Vince Foster murdered back in 1993.

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AND IT IS DIRTY. If Donald Trump actually thinks that Vince Foster was assassinated, he is an idiot who can’t tell the difference between a discredited internet rumor and reality. But he isn't an idiot. He is smart which he, himself--sounding like Fredo in “Godfather II”—constantly and passionately asserts). That leaves the second possibility: Trump is knowingly and falsely suggesting that Hillary Clinton is a murderer.

Trump’s stated rationale for such creepy slander is that Hillary started it by saying mean things about him. He is an innocent counter-puncher, a guy just fighting back.

This is not just childish; it is a chilling insight into what a Trump administration might be like. Opposition and criticism are fact of life for an American president. Slings and arrows come with the job. It is necessary for a president to fire back, but not with unconventional weapons.

Candidate Trump can’t do more than make Hillary Clinton lose her composure (which, I suppose, is his intention). But just imagine the kind of retaliation President Trump—in charge of the Justice Department, the FBI, the IRS and other punitive machinery of the federal government—might visit upon his political opponents, media critics, foreign leaders and just plain citizens who happen to offend him.

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http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/05/25/what-donald-trumps-fishy-comments-about-vince-foster-tell-us.html

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Good commentary from, of all places, Fox News (Original Post) cali May 2016 OP

In 2008, Hillary wasn't sure if Obama was a Muslim. BillZBubb May 2016 #1

The point, I think, is made quite well in.the bolded paragraphs. cali May 2016 #4

Chilling thought. JudyM May 2016 #2

I would never vote for Bernie... Demsrule86 May 2016 #6

We shall see, oh Greatest Oracle. JudyM May 2016 #9

And you should employ those petites cellules grises cali May 2016 #11

This is a third rail for fox, kind of a surprise The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #3

Disgusting post Demsrule86 May 2016 #5

Did you even read the OP? HerbChestnut May 2016 #7

Lol SheenaR May 2016 #10

You desperately need to work on your reading comprehension, dear friend. cali May 2016 #12

In this polarized forum more would read it if you specified it's about Trump Tom Rinaldo May 2016 #8

waittaminnit bonemachine May 2016 #13

It made a striking observation that I haven't seen elsewhere. cali May 2016 #15

I may have missed a sarcasm tag bonemachine May 2016 #18

This is only the beginning oldandhappy May 2016 #14

Good one, cali. R&K nt longship May 2016 #16

Fox campaigning for Clinton. My, how far we have fallen. Doctor_J May 2016 #17

Right there with you. Betty Karlson May 2016 #19

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)

1. In 2008, Hillary wasn't sure if Obama was a Muslim.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:11 PM

May 2016

Slimy politicians play the "I'm not sure" or "I don't know" game all the time. I do agree the Vince Foster thing is more extreme, but in this election it's only a prelude to what is to come.

cali

(114,904 posts)

4. The point, I think, is made quite well in.the bolded paragraphs.

Reply to BillZBubb (Reply #1)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:16 PM

May 2016

JudyM

(29,251 posts)

2. Chilling thought.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:15 PM

May 2016

Vote Bernie!

Demsrule86

(68,607 posts)

6. I would never vote for Bernie...

Reply to JudyM (Reply #2)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:19 PM

May 2016

I can't stand him...you all should just face reality...no matter how many lies you post. she won. And you just look foolish.

JudyM

(29,251 posts)

9. We shall see, oh Greatest Oracle.

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #6)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:27 PM

May 2016

cali

(114,904 posts)

11. And you should employ those petites cellules grises

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #6)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:30 PM

May 2016

Have some self discipline. You guys won. When you're the winning side and you need the losers, comments like yours are counterproductive.

And duers on both sides are looking like fool's and lying.

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)

3. This is a third rail for fox, kind of a surprise

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:16 PM

May 2016

Demsrule86

(68,607 posts)

5. Disgusting post

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:18 PM

May 2016

from a disgusting source.

HerbChestnut

(3,649 posts)

7. Did you even read the OP?

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #5)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:20 PM

May 2016

It defends HRC...

SheenaR

(2,052 posts)

10. Lol

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #5)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:29 PM

May 2016

I remember my first OP

cali

(114,904 posts)

12. You desperately need to work on your reading comprehension, dear friend.

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #5)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:32 PM

May 2016

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)

8. In this polarized forum more would read it if you specified it's about Trump

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:23 PM

May 2016

In the OP Subject line that is. It is good commentary - it actually really nails him for how disgusting he is.

bonemachine

(757 posts)

13. waittaminnit

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:35 PM

May 2016

I thought we didn't like Fox news here, to the point where sharing anything from them to support your argument, regardless of its accuracy, will get called out becauase it's from a right wing source?

cali

(114,904 posts)

15. It made a striking observation that I haven't seen elsewhere.

Reply to bonemachine (Reply #13)

Wed May 25, 2016, 04:42 PM

May 2016

bonemachine

(757 posts)

18. I may have missed a sarcasm tag

Reply to cali (Reply #15)

Wed May 25, 2016, 07:01 PM

May 2016

Point being, it looks like you're getting a pass on that particular meme because they are talking about Trump, but no matter how cogent or accurate the point was, if it was about Clinton, we'd hear a rain of comments condeming the source.