Here it is the day before the day before the election and being largely through with the whole mess I sit back and contemplate what makes this the all time sleaziest, degrading and potentially the most harmful in our history.
There is only one reason and it's name is Trump. To be sure there are many secondary factors such as the right wing collapse in to mindless ideology and the propensity to put politics and power above all else but Trump seems to have (pun intended) trumped all that and brought the right wing to a shivering slimy halt inside their bubble.
First the Trump phenomena. Here is a guy who lies at will.
The sheer number and breadth of these lies is truly astonishing. Fact checkers have established that 91% of everything he says is a lie. That has to be some kind of a record especially since he spends a great deal of time calling out Hillary for lies that are a tiny fraction of his own, in fact spending much of his time lying about her lies.
This is the number one characteristic of the habitual serial liar. One who lies about things that need not be lied about. One whose need for total self aggrandizement compels him to continually guild the lily until the lily is no longer recognizable and becomes a sordid lump of added embellishment.
His fans don't care. They have to know but they don't care. This is the most glaring indictment of both a voting block and the press that I have ever witnessed.
We could go into great detail but that would be wasted effort because, as we noted, his fans do not care and will not admit to the obvious. Witness that the latest email “scandal” that would lead to an indictment of Hillary has now been proven to be an absolute lie that Trump has been “trumpeting” for days and he is not now willing to do what any candidate of any honor or integrity would be forced to do..........retract the statement at every speech before the election.
That would call for some integrity, and Trump has none. Rather than being shamed and humiliated by their candidate his base revels in the slime his lies create.
Can you imagine this man in “negotiations” with a foreign government? I say you can but you once again cannot admit to the havoc this type of behavior would wreak on international negotiation. Of course you do but you don't give a schit. You are spoiled brats that want to break everything in sight hoping you will get your way.
You won't.
There is only one reason and it's name is Trump. To be sure there are many secondary factors such as the right wing collapse in to mindless ideology and the propensity to put politics and power above all else but Trump seems to have (pun intended) trumped all that and brought the right wing to a shivering slimy halt inside their bubble.
First the Trump phenomena. Here is a guy who lies at will.
The sheer number and breadth of these lies is truly astonishing. Fact checkers have established that 91% of everything he says is a lie. That has to be some kind of a record especially since he spends a great deal of time calling out Hillary for lies that are a tiny fraction of his own, in fact spending much of his time lying about her lies.
This is the number one characteristic of the habitual serial liar. One who lies about things that need not be lied about. One whose need for total self aggrandizement compels him to continually guild the lily until the lily is no longer recognizable and becomes a sordid lump of added embellishment.
His fans don't care. They have to know but they don't care. This is the most glaring indictment of both a voting block and the press that I have ever witnessed.
We could go into great detail but that would be wasted effort because, as we noted, his fans do not care and will not admit to the obvious. Witness that the latest email “scandal” that would lead to an indictment of Hillary has now been proven to be an absolute lie that Trump has been “trumpeting” for days and he is not now willing to do what any candidate of any honor or integrity would be forced to do..........retract the statement at every speech before the election.
That would call for some integrity, and Trump has none. Rather than being shamed and humiliated by their candidate his base revels in the slime his lies create.
Can you imagine this man in “negotiations” with a foreign government? I say you can but you once again cannot admit to the havoc this type of behavior would wreak on international negotiation. Of course you do but you don't give a schit. You are spoiled brats that want to break everything in sight hoping you will get your way.
You won't.