A ridiculous amount of effort is spent criticizing Hillary Clinton’s character. When elections are that close, every infraction is magnified. There is a much simpler material explanation.
It is
pathetic how cheap Congress is. Most of their time is spent on phone banks
raising money. There was a moment when it looked like Chicago’s alderman
Vrdolyak would be sent to Congress. Imagine:
-This is a
billion-dollar appropriation? I get more than this for a zoning variance.
Occasionally
money rains on Washington. World War II was cost plus. Johnson unleashed
Taiwan. When Nixon made the China deal, they had so much cash they were shoving
it into filing cabinets. Reaganauts were Nixon wannabes. Bush Sr. held up the
Saudis for Kuwait. Hillary Clinton was queen. She shook down healthcare so hard
their teeth rattled. Everyone in Washington should love Hillary Clinton. The
Saudis had to sit down, and Ross Perot complained about the service. Insurance
and Pharmacy were in a bidding war to see who could shut it down fastest.
Healthcare
was not going to allow Hillary the presidency, either time. Obama, lawyer that
he is, crafted a compromise that has held. Healthcare was still frightened of Clinton.
Who could they pay? Orange Julius is unreliable. Would you give money to Rumbo?
Healthcare paid Putin. Healthcare didn’t have to report it. Putin used the
marketing tactics we taught him for His Hugeness:
-Oh, we
wouldn’t interfere in your elections.
Cambridge
Analytica had a pass because they were doing god’s work. Everyone looked the
other way while Cambridge Analytica, a creature of England’s security service,
violated privacy protection. Cambridge Analytica was identifying the goofs. If
a goof was heading to Syria say, we would know who they were. When Bannon’s
boyfriend, Mercer, got hold of Cambridge Analytica he said:
-Show them
where the polls are.
Cambridge
Analytica shared lists with the Russians. The Russian problem was that they had
no one reliable to coordinate with. Would you work for El Pompadour? Fat and
Furious had to shout over the top.
It was just
enough. As Joe Kennedy said:
-I’m not
paying for a landslide.
I have an
entry in this blog on Brexit where I speculate that healthcare paid Putin for
that.
The Supreme
Court is going to twist constructionist into a pretzel arguing that the 14th
amendment is unconstitutional. How can
you argue original intent if you won’t respect the letter of the law? They just
ignored the 9th amendment in their “argument” against abortion. The
Supremes took that original intent from the inquisition. The definition of
fascism is ignoring the law in favor of popular will. Given that the law is so
brazenly flaunted, our only hope is crossing over to vote for Haley in the
primary.