I feel hollow. I watched the third Presidential debate televised live from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, as I watched both previous debates, and as I watched the Vice Presidential debate. A large bit of the debate covered subjects that are normally discussed during elections - the Justice system, American workers, abortion, immigration, and personal fitness for the Office of President. Then came a moment when the moderator asked Donald Trump if he would accept the results of the election on 8 November, as his running-mate Mike Pence, and his daughter Ivanka, had stated. Donald J Trump said that he would decide when the election was over whether he would accept the results or not. "I'll keep you in suspense," he said. That's when the United States of America lost the debate. Hillary Clinton stated that was a "horrifying" stand that she was appalled. I felt the same way.
Yes, we had a contested Presidential election in 2000, the "Case of the Hanging Chads" from Florida. Al Gore did not believe he had lost to George W Bush, as the votes were extremely close, and the case went to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court decided in favor of Bush, Gore stated he had lost, and that was the end of it. What if the votes are not close, and Hillary Clinton beats Trump by a landslide? What if they are close? Will Trump contest the results all the way to the Supreme Court? If the Court decides against Trump, will Trump continue to claim that "the whole system is rigged?" - Of course he will....
In our 240 year history of electing Presidents, no one else has insisted (since well before the Conventions met, and chose their candidates) that the entire electoral system "is rigged."
Trump scares me to death. He has denied statements that he has made on audio and visual recordings; he denies knowing people; he denies anything that might mar his knight-in-shining-armor suit of mail; he lies and lies and lies, straight-faced. This man is reprehensible. He is repulsive. He is deplorable. He is disgusting. He is, seemingly, a paranoid demi-god who believes that he should be King of the world.
Pat Robertson, the preacher, says that he has seen "Donald Trump sitting at the right hand of the Lord." Right - at the right hand of Sauron, the Lord of the Rings!
Showing posts with label Hillary Clinton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hillary Clinton. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Bits and Pieces
Some things just keep running through my mind....
Why does Donald Trump keep bringing up Hillary Clinton's mistake using a personal e-mail server while she was Secretary of State? Yes, she erased 35,000 e-mails. The FBI and the DoJ have decided not to press charges against her.
What about the 22 million e-mails that were lost by the Bush White House administration, all while using a Republican National Committee public server - thousands of people had access to those e-mails....
Several weeks ago, a teenage driver struck and killed a man confined to a wheelchair while he was using a pedestrian crosswalk in a nearby town. (I am sorry for both of them, and for their families.) It was only recently realized that the handicapped man had been a "panhandler" in the city of Boulder for more than 20 years. I remember reading complaints about him in the newspaper, when I moved here 12 years ago. Since his death, however, the same newspaper is calling the man "an iconic member of the Boulder community." Why? Because we shouldn't speak ill of the dead?
Both Hillary, and her husband, Bill Clinton, have been investigated by Special Government Prosecutors, both before, during, and after Bill Clinton was President of the United States. No charges were ever brought against either of them, for any type of wrong-doing. Bill Clinton was impeached by a Republican Congress, but those charges were also dropped. They may have paid fines and legal fees, but they were never convicted of anything.
Donald Trump has been sued, faced multiple law suits, paid fines to county and state and the national government. These have been occurring since the early 1970s and he declared bankruptcy in 1991, 1992, 2004, and 2009. Of these four bankruptcies, he stated, "I was just playing the game" and used "the law to pare away my debt." In 1995 he declared business losses of $915 million, and used the tax laws to not pay personal income tax for 18 years. He has been sued for his behavior at multiple beauty pageants since 1992, and has always "settled privately." (Settled privately, here, means that he paid people money to keep their mouths closed and not tell the truth.) In New York City, he was charged with Racial Housing Discrimination in 1973, 1974, and 1975 - his lawyers arranged for him to pay fines. He was charged with, and fined for, having Mafia ties in both New York City and Atlantic City, NJ. For four years in the 1980s, he was charged with tenant intimidation in New York City - he settled privately. In 1989, his then wife, Ivana, accused him of marital rape - much later, before their divorce, she said it was "taken the wrong way." He was fined for breaking Casino Rules in 1990, 1991, and 2000 in both New York and New Jersey. He was fined $750,000 for Anti-Trust violations in 1986. Not to mention the Trump Institute and the Trump Foundation... He admits that he has broken laws, and then pays off the injured, or pays governmental fines.
Bill Clinton loves women. And he's had trouble because of that. But Bill is not running for President; Hillary Clinton is. Hillary Clinton apparently loves Bill deeply, and has stood by him, in good times and bad. They have one daughter, Chelsea, and two grandchildren, Charlotte and Aidan.
Donald Trump has been married three times, and, according to him, has "bedded many, many women." He married a European model, Ivana, in 1977, and they had three children: Donald Jr, Ivanka, and Eric. Trump started dating Marla Maples, his second wife, long before he divorced Ivana, his first wife. Trump and Marla were married in 1993, and had Tiffany. Their marriage ended in 1999. In 2005, Trump married another European model, Melania, and they produced a son, Barron. Trump has eight grandchildren; five are children of Donald Jr, Kai, Tristan, Chloe, Spencer, and Donald III; and three are Ivanka's, Arabella, Theodore, and Joseph.
Hillary Clinton has her hopes and plans for her Presidency on the internet.
Trump says his are "secret" and he'll reveal them when he's ready - after the election? When he's actually in office? When?
As far as I can see, and look back, Clinton's biggest mistakes were hiding her diagnosis of pneumonia; and calling Trump supporters "deplorables." She has apologized for both.
Trump, on the other hand, has made so many proclamations that are wrong, and denied them; has denied saying things that are easily seen (and verified) on audio and visual recordings; and, on Sunday, declared that when he's President, he will see Hillary Clinton jailed. That's just too much for me. Today, after multiple Republican statesmen have revoked their endorsements of him, he says he's now "free of the shackles." What other repulsive, loathsome words will spill out of him before and during the next debate (on October 19)?
I hate to admit it, but I now feel that I must watch the debate - just to see what outrageous things Trump says, and what he decides to accuse Hillary Clinton (and her husband) of next....
May the Gods (not Loki) assist the United States of America!!
Why does Donald Trump keep bringing up Hillary Clinton's mistake using a personal e-mail server while she was Secretary of State? Yes, she erased 35,000 e-mails. The FBI and the DoJ have decided not to press charges against her.
What about the 22 million e-mails that were lost by the Bush White House administration, all while using a Republican National Committee public server - thousands of people had access to those e-mails....
Several weeks ago, a teenage driver struck and killed a man confined to a wheelchair while he was using a pedestrian crosswalk in a nearby town. (I am sorry for both of them, and for their families.) It was only recently realized that the handicapped man had been a "panhandler" in the city of Boulder for more than 20 years. I remember reading complaints about him in the newspaper, when I moved here 12 years ago. Since his death, however, the same newspaper is calling the man "an iconic member of the Boulder community." Why? Because we shouldn't speak ill of the dead?
Both Hillary, and her husband, Bill Clinton, have been investigated by Special Government Prosecutors, both before, during, and after Bill Clinton was President of the United States. No charges were ever brought against either of them, for any type of wrong-doing. Bill Clinton was impeached by a Republican Congress, but those charges were also dropped. They may have paid fines and legal fees, but they were never convicted of anything.
Donald Trump has been sued, faced multiple law suits, paid fines to county and state and the national government. These have been occurring since the early 1970s and he declared bankruptcy in 1991, 1992, 2004, and 2009. Of these four bankruptcies, he stated, "I was just playing the game" and used "the law to pare away my debt." In 1995 he declared business losses of $915 million, and used the tax laws to not pay personal income tax for 18 years. He has been sued for his behavior at multiple beauty pageants since 1992, and has always "settled privately." (Settled privately, here, means that he paid people money to keep their mouths closed and not tell the truth.) In New York City, he was charged with Racial Housing Discrimination in 1973, 1974, and 1975 - his lawyers arranged for him to pay fines. He was charged with, and fined for, having Mafia ties in both New York City and Atlantic City, NJ. For four years in the 1980s, he was charged with tenant intimidation in New York City - he settled privately. In 1989, his then wife, Ivana, accused him of marital rape - much later, before their divorce, she said it was "taken the wrong way." He was fined for breaking Casino Rules in 1990, 1991, and 2000 in both New York and New Jersey. He was fined $750,000 for Anti-Trust violations in 1986. Not to mention the Trump Institute and the Trump Foundation... He admits that he has broken laws, and then pays off the injured, or pays governmental fines.
Bill Clinton loves women. And he's had trouble because of that. But Bill is not running for President; Hillary Clinton is. Hillary Clinton apparently loves Bill deeply, and has stood by him, in good times and bad. They have one daughter, Chelsea, and two grandchildren, Charlotte and Aidan.
Donald Trump has been married three times, and, according to him, has "bedded many, many women." He married a European model, Ivana, in 1977, and they had three children: Donald Jr, Ivanka, and Eric. Trump started dating Marla Maples, his second wife, long before he divorced Ivana, his first wife. Trump and Marla were married in 1993, and had Tiffany. Their marriage ended in 1999. In 2005, Trump married another European model, Melania, and they produced a son, Barron. Trump has eight grandchildren; five are children of Donald Jr, Kai, Tristan, Chloe, Spencer, and Donald III; and three are Ivanka's, Arabella, Theodore, and Joseph.
Hillary Clinton has her hopes and plans for her Presidency on the internet.
Trump says his are "secret" and he'll reveal them when he's ready - after the election? When he's actually in office? When?
As far as I can see, and look back, Clinton's biggest mistakes were hiding her diagnosis of pneumonia; and calling Trump supporters "deplorables." She has apologized for both.
Trump, on the other hand, has made so many proclamations that are wrong, and denied them; has denied saying things that are easily seen (and verified) on audio and visual recordings; and, on Sunday, declared that when he's President, he will see Hillary Clinton jailed. That's just too much for me. Today, after multiple Republican statesmen have revoked their endorsements of him, he says he's now "free of the shackles." What other repulsive, loathsome words will spill out of him before and during the next debate (on October 19)?
I hate to admit it, but I now feel that I must watch the debate - just to see what outrageous things Trump says, and what he decides to accuse Hillary Clinton (and her husband) of next....
May the Gods (not Loki) assist the United States of America!!
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Presidential Town Hall Meeting (Debate?)
Well, it was at least interesting, watching Donald Trump prowl around like a caged wild animal while his opponent, Hillary Clinton, responded to the questions asked by audience members and the two moderators. I don't think that Donald Trump responded directly to any questions asked, except two: "Have you ever done those things?", "No, I have not." - in regard to his "hot microphone" comments from 2005 describing himself grabbing women by their genitals and kissing them without permission; and, Anderson Cooper asked him if he used the tax law, after claiming a $916 million loss, to avoid paying personal income taxes for 18 years or more, Trump said, "Of course I do. Of course I do."
Clinton seemed pretty quiet, almost reserved, at most times during the debate. Donald Trump spoke as if he had been given a massive dose of tranquilizers - no yelling tonight, though he frequently spoke over and across Clinton when she was making her replies. He also spoke over the moderators a great deal - both male and female. His loud nasal sniffing was also quite apparent when breathing during long sentences, and inhaling prior to speaking. Does he need an oxygen tank? Or has he been sniffing too much cocaine?
Several audience members, voters who were undecided, were on the stage to ask both candidates a series of questions regarding their views and outlooks on subjects the audience felt were important. Trump side-stepped almost every question, and wandered into other areas that he wanted to speak about. Clinton tried to answer the direct questions, and wandered occasionally. A Muslim woman asked how they would make her life easier when they were in office, if elected, with the growing tide of Islamophobia. An African-American man asked if they would be devoted to protecting all citizens of the United States. A man asked about energy resources and job safety. A man asked about tax reform. An African-American female teacher asked about the demeanor, speech, and actions of todays' candidates, considering that a lot of school children were asked to watch the news regarding the Presidential candidates, as well as the debates. And a man asked what one thing did the candidates like about each other.
Clinton answered the questions posed to her; Trump answered three of the hundred that were asked him. (The two I listed above, and the last question - he likes that Clinton is a fighter. Clinton likes Trump's children.)
During the evening, Trump called Clinton a devil, and stated that when he's elected, he'll appoint a Special Prosecutor and have her arrested and thrown in jail because of her e-mail scandal. He stated that she's now blaming Abraham Lincoln for her own troubles... and that "Honest Abe never told a single lie." He did. Well, few people know that Abraham Lincoln was a victim of spousal abuse, either. Mary used to beat him with a broom, and he appeared at his law office in Springfield with black eyes and bruises... But Trump would never admit that.
Clinton seemed pretty quiet, almost reserved, at most times during the debate. Donald Trump spoke as if he had been given a massive dose of tranquilizers - no yelling tonight, though he frequently spoke over and across Clinton when she was making her replies. He also spoke over the moderators a great deal - both male and female. His loud nasal sniffing was also quite apparent when breathing during long sentences, and inhaling prior to speaking. Does he need an oxygen tank? Or has he been sniffing too much cocaine?
Several audience members, voters who were undecided, were on the stage to ask both candidates a series of questions regarding their views and outlooks on subjects the audience felt were important. Trump side-stepped almost every question, and wandered into other areas that he wanted to speak about. Clinton tried to answer the direct questions, and wandered occasionally. A Muslim woman asked how they would make her life easier when they were in office, if elected, with the growing tide of Islamophobia. An African-American man asked if they would be devoted to protecting all citizens of the United States. A man asked about energy resources and job safety. A man asked about tax reform. An African-American female teacher asked about the demeanor, speech, and actions of todays' candidates, considering that a lot of school children were asked to watch the news regarding the Presidential candidates, as well as the debates. And a man asked what one thing did the candidates like about each other.
Clinton answered the questions posed to her; Trump answered three of the hundred that were asked him. (The two I listed above, and the last question - he likes that Clinton is a fighter. Clinton likes Trump's children.)
During the evening, Trump called Clinton a devil, and stated that when he's elected, he'll appoint a Special Prosecutor and have her arrested and thrown in jail because of her e-mail scandal. He stated that she's now blaming Abraham Lincoln for her own troubles... and that "Honest Abe never told a single lie." He did. Well, few people know that Abraham Lincoln was a victim of spousal abuse, either. Mary used to beat him with a broom, and he appeared at his law office in Springfield with black eyes and bruises... But Trump would never admit that.
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