Every morning when we wake up we are confronted with a new Donald Trump grotesquerie. You can set your watch by the rapidity with which his defenders will tell us that the messenger is crazy, that the messenger is a Rino, that it doesn't matter because everybody does it, that it doesn't matter because he is electable.
This short reply was posted two days ago but it seems that it can be posted virtually every day. On that occasion it was revealed the Trump and cozied up to Al Sharpton. Today we learn that he is ignorant of the players in the Middle East. What will we learn tomorrow?
Today we learn that he is ignorant of the players in the Middle East. What will we learn tomorrow? Trump is not a politician nor does he get intelligence briefings every day. He will get such briefings as the campaign field gets narrowed down. Trump's "ignorance" gap will be rapidly closed. Not knowing the names of the somewhat obscure terrorists, some of whom are being liquidated by drone strikes, is minor and inconsequential. As President, Trump will become better informed than almost everyone else. He will have access to intelligence that very few have.
The question concerned Russia's so-called presidential elections Sunday to pick a successor to Vladimir Putin. Russert wanted to know what Clinton could tell the world about this new president.
In her 204-word response Clinton worked in how he'd been hand-picked by Putin, how Russia's political opposition has been suppressed and how she'd been critical of the Bush administration on a wide variety of issues regarding Russia.
Then, Russert pounced: "Who will it be? Do you know his name?"
Chances are you don't know his name. But then you're not running for president. We'll never know if the name was known by Obama, who is running for president, because Russert chose to put Clinton on the spot. And she blew it. Although the official transcript partially covers up her mistake. It has Clinton replying, "Medvedev -- whatever."
What a tape actually shows the senator said was, "Meh, uhm, Me-ned-vadah -- whatever."
Russert then turned to Obama, who during a forum last summer referred to the president of Canada which, of course, has no president; it has a prime minister. "Do you know anything about him?" Russert asked.
Obama, who looked genuinely relieved not to have gotten the Russian name question, took the easy way out. "Well," he said in his 163-word response, "I think Senator Clinton speaks accurately about him..." and continued to also criticize the Bush administration.
Phew. On such chances do lasting voter impressions rest.
On that occasion it was revealed the Trump and cozied up to Al Sharpton. Today we learn that he is ignorant of the players in the Middle East. What will we learn tomorrow?
that,,,he has a new logo?
