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by Forty Two » Mon Jun 13, 2016 9:32 am
When you're at a point in an election where there are only a few major voices involved, if you say that John Smith is a jerk because of Y, then responding that Jane Doe is a bigger jerk because of Y or Z is perfectly relevant. The issue is which one is better, or which one is less of a jerk.
At least, that's the way I approach it. Donald Trump is a jerk. He is a selfish, egotistical, loudmouth who gets what he wants through an iteration of "personal power" tactics and loud demands for accommodation, together with a strategy of applying needed pressure to compel others to do what he wants or give him the deal that he wants. He is a businessman whose motivation was to make lots of money. He made political donations looking to curry favor, and he got those favors. He has no experience in government and likely has very little legal or constitutional knowledge, and he's more of a businessman than a politician.
However, Hillary Clinton is a jerk too, and she's a bigger jerk, in my view (other views can differ) because she is a bald-faced liar about both important and minor things. She is self-aggrandizing, egotistical, demanding, and patronizing. She will say whatever she needs to get elected, and she will change her positions with the political wind (e.g. Iraq and gay marriage). She is the establishment, Wall Street backed candidate who is in their pocket and has no interest in solving the immigration problem or the balance of trade. She is a war hawk, and has not opposed a military venture since Vietnam (if she even opposed that). Her presidency is bought and paid for by the conservative establishment, the money interests, and the military industrial complex.
The reason why the establishment is upset by Trump is that he is not bought and paid for -- he is not controlled by the moneyed interests, yet. If he would come to heel, they'd back him 100%. He just has to be willing to not do what he has so far said all along he wants to do.
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
