Clinton: Unhinged?
by Thomas L. Knapp…….
Following multiple damning email leaks and disclosures, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign decided, in the weirdest attempt at damage control I’ve ever seen, to invoke the late Allen Ginsberg’s “America”:
“America it’s them bad Russians.
Them Russians them Russians and them Chinamen. And them Russians.”
Forget the content of the leaks. Just focus on their alleged (not proven, alleged) source. IT’S THEM RUSSIANS!
Never mind that one of the leaks uncovered the Democratic National Committee’s secret program to deliver its party’s presidential nomination to Clinton at all costs. Did I mention that Donald Trump MIGHT BE WORKING WITH THEM RUSSIANS?
Never mind that another disclosure gave the public a glimpse of Clinton’s corrupt “pay to play” scheme, in which high-dollar donors to the Clinton Foundation got special goodies from the Clinton State Department. Who cares? The Ukrainian government (installed in a 2014 coup funded by the US and orchestrated by Clinton’s protege, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland) just happened to conveniently “discover” “evidence” linking Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to THEM RUSSIANS!
Servergate? Never mind FBI director James Comey’s announcement and testimony revealing that she’s at least recklessly negligent and almost certainly a felon who only avoided prosecution because her name is Hillary Clinton. LOOOOOOOK! THEM RUSSIANS!
It’s all so maladroit and ham-handed that it would be laughable if not for the stakes:
Clinton’s strategy for distracting attention from her corruption and incompetence, so that she can win the White House, is an all-out attempt to re-start the Cold War (at the risk of one or more very hot wars) and resurrect Joe McCarthy between now and November. And it just might work.
No, I can’t bring myself to support Donald Trump. But it’s getting harder and harder to peg him as the distinctively harebrained, irresponsible, unhinged one in the race. Clinton is still a game down to Trump in the World Series of Crazy, but it looks like the series will go all the way to seven.
It’s been noted over and over, by pretty much everyone, that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the two most roundly despised presidential candidates since polling became a thing. How either one of them got within spitting distance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a mystery for the ages. And one of them almost certainly moving in come January sounds like an establishing shot for next summer’s top-grossing horror film.
~~~~~~~~~~
Thomas L. Knapp (Twitter: @thomaslknapp) is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism (thegarrisoncenter.org). He lives and works in north central Florida.
Every Day I wake up and am totally amazed that humanity has gotten this far. People are Stupid period. And its a waste of time to compile a list that illustrates my point. Every day something else illustrates the stupidity of these people who claim to have the answer and the sad part is that people Believe them. How do these self appointed gurus manage to keep the populace mystified. Promise them the impossible, they’re stupid and have been programmed to believe. What’s the likelihood that things will change for the better. Look around and see what we’ve got for inspiration. Humans have attempted numerous methods to placate the masses and every one has Failed. Is there an answer?? I doubt it. Remember My Tribe is Better than your Tribe. And that’s what got us to this point.
And it’s clear who the ‘chosen’ Tribe is…chosen by the dark forces of the universe and they happily oblige.
There is no sane choice that’s blue or red , elephant or ass.
I suggest readers check out the Johnson-Weld platform and see if enough appeals to you to lend your support. Scroll down on this link to see Johnson’s stated position on major issues: https://www.johnsonweld.com/issues