What's the big news in the presidential campaign today?
For the Democrats, the big story is that a former mistress of Bill Clinton says that Hillary had multiple abortions and only kept Chelsea because it would be good for the Clinton's political career. Oh, and Bill snorted cocaine with the mistress repeatedly. Bernie Sanders is out of the news for the moment because there's nothing salacious about him.
For the Republicans there are two big stories. First, Trump's campaign manager was charged with battery, a misdemeanor in Florida because he allegedly moved a reporter away from Trump by taking hold of her arm. Second, Trump dropped his pledge to support the nominee of the GOP for a change. Kasich and Cruz also made noises about not supporting the nominee without saying that explicitly.
So there you have it. No policy issues are being discussed. It's all garbage all the time. And it's not even interesting garbage. Do you really care if Hillary had an abortion? I don't. Millions of women have had abortions, but that doesn't tell us anything about their ability to hold a responsible job. Does it matter if the campaign manager grabbed the arm of the reporter? Of course not. In the real world, we all know that nothing happened. We've seen the video. The reporter was moved away from Trump, but she wasn't hurt. At most her arm was grabbed. Is it really surprising that when a reporter charges into a crowd around a candidate she gets pushed or jostled or even grabbed? There clearly was no intent to hurt her. All we have is a local district attorney who wants to use the criminal law to try to affect the presidential election. Does it matter? Of course not. And then there's that on-again-off-again pledge to support the nominee. Does it change anything? No.
For the Democrats, the big story is that a former mistress of Bill Clinton says that Hillary had multiple abortions and only kept Chelsea because it would be good for the Clinton's political career. Oh, and Bill snorted cocaine with the mistress repeatedly. Bernie Sanders is out of the news for the moment because there's nothing salacious about him.
For the Republicans there are two big stories. First, Trump's campaign manager was charged with battery, a misdemeanor in Florida because he allegedly moved a reporter away from Trump by taking hold of her arm. Second, Trump dropped his pledge to support the nominee of the GOP for a change. Kasich and Cruz also made noises about not supporting the nominee without saying that explicitly.
So there you have it. No policy issues are being discussed. It's all garbage all the time. And it's not even interesting garbage. Do you really care if Hillary had an abortion? I don't. Millions of women have had abortions, but that doesn't tell us anything about their ability to hold a responsible job. Does it matter if the campaign manager grabbed the arm of the reporter? Of course not. In the real world, we all know that nothing happened. We've seen the video. The reporter was moved away from Trump, but she wasn't hurt. At most her arm was grabbed. Is it really surprising that when a reporter charges into a crowd around a candidate she gets pushed or jostled or even grabbed? There clearly was no intent to hurt her. All we have is a local district attorney who wants to use the criminal law to try to affect the presidential election. Does it matter? Of course not. And then there's that on-again-off-again pledge to support the nominee. Does it change anything? No.
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