Major media is now reporting that, in France, non-establishment but centrist Emanuel Macron has decisively defeated Trump-like, anti-immigrant candidate Marine LePen. Hacking of Macron’s campaign seems to have had little effect on the outcome. Is this the beginning of western civilization pulling back from the brink of hate-filled, racist, authoritarianism that peaked with the election of reality television star Donald Trump as president of the US?
You know the old saying:
When you’re in a hole, stop digging.
Hillary could well take that old saying to heart. Yesterday, during an appearance at a women’s rights conference, she was asked about the election. Rather than demure and speak about the issues of the conference, she went to DefCon 4 and started into launch mode. In doing so, she yet again put on display her utter tone-deafness and why she is a terrible campaigner. She blamed the Russians. She blamed FBI director Comey. She groused about Trump. While offhand acknowledging that her “campaign wasn’t perfect,” she placed the blame for her loss on everyone but herself.
She didn’t take responsibility for losing the Rust Belt by ignoring those voters. She didn’t take responsibility for letting number grunts override the instincts of her twice elected husband. She didn’t acknowledge rigging the primaries and packing the DNC with loyalists. She falsely accused debate moderators for not asking Trump the hard questions. She didn’t take responsibility for being incapable of articulating exactly why she wanted to be president.
But she showed in high definition and full color the reasons why she really lost – she was a awful candidate. She was a terrible campaigner. Her campaign, just like in 2008, was in chaos most of the time with staff in conflict and competing against one another. But most of all she did, and indeed still does believe it was her turn. This was her election, and it was pre-ordained that she would win. There was no reason to campaign in Michigan; the number grunts said it was hers.
It should have never been close enough for Russian interference or FBI letters to make a difference. Hillary Clinton lost to the worst presidential candidate in US history. Period. Yeah, yeah, she got more votes in the popular, because of big turnout in New York and California, but that doesn’t count, does it? She lost because, as Glen Thrush of Politico put it last September – she was (and is) the “Queen of Coasting”. It was on full display yesterday.
Well, the Queen needs to stop digging and put down her shovel. She’s not helping.
Remember the nonsensical story about Hillary running a child sex trafficking operation at the back of a pizza joint in DC? Remember the nut job who believed it and came in shooting an AR-15? Remember all that? Well. The story is 
actually true, but it’s not Hillary, it’s not in a pizza joint and it’s not in DC. It’s actually in Campbell County Kentucky and the trafficker is Tim Nolan, a high profile Republican who is closely associated with the Tea Party, the KKK, and was Campbell Country chair of the Trump campaign. During the delegate battle in Kentucky, he challenged Mitch McConnell for control of the state delegation. He serves (at least for now) on Campbell County’s school board.
This fine fellow has been charged with “human trafficking (a class B felony), first degree unlawful transaction with a minor (a class C felony), and third degree unlawful transaction with a minor (a class A misdemeanor).” Apparently, he thought it was a good idea to ply minors with alcohol to induce them to have sex with adults. Oh, and the crimes with which he is charged happened in 2016, while he was chairing Trump’s campaign.
Yes. The hypocrisy is breath taking.
Cheeto Jesus, Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, and Kid Rock defiling the White House. Washington and Lincoln must be turning over in their graves.
New York Magazine reported today that George W. Bush gave a short assessment of the inaugural ceremony after leaving the dias:
“That was some weird shit.”
(Sorry Momma) For the first time in memory, I find myself agreeing with GWB.
Newsweek is now reporting that FBI director James Comey tried to go public last summer in an editorial exposing Russian interference in the presidential election. The overly cautious Obama White House said no. After it became so obvious in the early fall, Obama finally consulted the goddam Republicans about the hacking, who predictably chose party over country, so blatant interference was allowed to continue through election day. The worst case scenario resulted.
So, should we now add Obama to the list of people to blame for the catastrophe and daily slow train wreck unfolding on national television?
Unfortunately, methinks yes.