USA Today editorial board declares Trump unfit for Presidency

[JoeMoma]

Sometimes you have to just do what's right

USA TODAY's Editorial Board: Trump is 'unfit for the presidency'

He is erratic. Trump has been on so many sides of so many issues that attempting to assess his policy positions is like shooting at a moving target. A list prepared by NBC details 124 shifts by Trump on 20 major issues since shortly before he entered the race. He simply spouts slogans and outcomes (he’d replace Obamacare with “something terrific”) without any credible explanations of how he’d achieve them.

He is ill-equipped to be commander in chief. Trump’s foreign policy pronouncements typically range from uninformed to incoherent. It’s not just Democrats who say this. Scores of Republican national security leaders have signed an extraordinary open letter calling Trump’s foreign policy vision “wildly inconsistent and unmoored in principle.” In a Wall Street Journal column this month, Robert Gates, the highly respected former Defense secretary who served presidents of both parties over a half-century, described Trump as “beyond repair.”

He traffics in prejudice. From the very beginning, Trump has built his campaign on appeals to bigotry and xenophobia, whipping up resentment against Mexicans, Muslims and migrants. His proposals for mass deportations and religious tests are unworkable and contrary to America’s ideals.

Trump has stirred racist sentiments in ways that can’t be erased by his belated and clumsy outreach to African Americans. His attacks on an Indiana-born federal judge of Mexican heritage fit “the textbook definition of a racist comment,” according to House Speaker Paul Ryan, the highest-ranking elected official in the Republican Party. And for five years, Trump fanned the absurd “birther” movement that falsely questioned the legitimacy of the nation’s first black president.

His business career is checkered. Trump has built his candidacy on his achievements as a real estate developer and entrepreneur. It’s a shaky scaffold, starting with a 1973 Justice Department suit against Trump and his father for systematically discriminating against blacks in housing rentals. (The Trumps fought the suit but later settled on terms that were viewed as a government victory.) Trump’s companies have had some spectacular financial successes, but this track record is marred by six bankruptcy filings, apparent misuse of the family’s charitable foundation, and allegations by Trump University customers of fraud. A series of investigative articles published by the USA TODAY Network found that Trump has been involved in thousands of lawsuits over the past three decades, including at least 60 that involved small businesses and contract employees who said they were stiffed. So much for being a champion of the little guy.

He isn’t leveling with the American people. Is Trump as rich as he says? No one knows, in part because, alone among major party presidential candidates for the past four decades, he refuses to release his tax returns. Nor do we know whether he has paid his fair share of taxes, or the extent of his foreign financial entanglements.

He speaks recklessly. In the days after the Republican convention, Trump invited Russian hackers to interfere with an American election by releasing Hillary Clinton’s emails, and he raised the prospect of “Second Amendment people” preventing the Democratic nominee from appointing liberal justices. It’s hard to imagine two more irresponsible statements from one presidential candidate.

He has coarsened the national dialogue. Did you ever imagine that a presidential candidate would discuss the size of his genitalia during a nationally televised Republican debate? Neither did we. Did you ever imagine a presidential candidate, one who avoided service in the military, would criticize Gold Star parents who lost a son in Iraq? Neither did we. Did you ever imagine you’d see a presidential candidate mock a disabled reporter? Neither did we. Trump’s inability or unwillingness to ignore criticism raises the specter of a president who, like Richard Nixon, would create enemies’ lists and be consumed with getting even with his critics.

He’s a serial liar. Although polls show that Clinton is considered less honest and trustworthy than Trump, it’s not even a close contest. Trump is in a league of his own when it comes to the quality and quantity of his misstatements. When confronted with a falsehood, such as his assertion that he was always against the Iraq War, Trump’s reaction is to use the Big Lie technique of repeating it so often that people begin to believe it.

We are not unmindful of the issues that Trump’s campaign has exploited: the disappearance of working-class jobs; excessive political correctness; the direction of the Supreme Court; urban unrest and street violence; the rise of the Islamic State terrorist group; gridlock in Washington and the influence of moneyed interests. All are legitimate sources of concern.








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I declare both Trump and Clinton to be unfit for the presidency. So, what now?

 

[playtime]

He made it up...it's what left loon assholes do

I know a coke snort and trump got some bad coke. It's why he got buggy half way thru the debate. Twitchy. He's a coke head. Up all night, crazy tweets, you trumpeters are blind

You don't know shit, shut up with the BS, trolll

Look at this woman....... didn't YOU and your buddies running around claiming Hillary was wearing a head set during the debate?

I can't wait for SNL to make fun of all this. Alec Baldwin is going to play Trump

Alex Baldwin is fucking loons. Certifiable bat shit nuts

that makes him a perfect choice to portray tribblehead.

 

[Kat]

One by one...newspapers (conservative ones as well as liberal ones) are damning Trump.

How long are you going to keep making excuses before you realize that child ain't right?

And Hillary is????????? LOL

 

[cereal_killer]

This is devastating news! I'm going to have to change my vote now goddamnit!! I ignored the 13,000 other articles and pundits who said he was unfit but this one changed my mind.

 

[Kat]

 

[Meathead]

This is devastating news! I'm going to have to change my vote now goddamnit!! I ignored the 13,000 other articles and pundits who said he was unfit but this one changed my mind.

Yeah! That does it! I am going to change my vote for the Beast!

Oops, to late. Voted absentee and already sent in my ballor/

Oh Well.

 

[Flopper]

And every single one of these newspaper editorial boards that are holding their noses and pushing a Hillary Clinton as President will have to live with what they have done.

They realize that it's far better to have a corrupt politician in the White House than a mentally unbalanced demigod. Corrupt politicians are nothing new. The country will certainly survive a Clinton. Trump is a big gamble. His temper, lack of control, and tenancy to exaggerate can create problems far worst than anything we have seen in the past.

 

[Kat]

And every single one of these newspaper editorial boards that are holding their noses and pushing a Hillary Clinton as President will have to live with what they have done.

They realize that it's far better to have a corrupt politician in the White House than a mentally unbalanced demigod. Corrupt politicians are nothing new. The country will certainly survive a Clinton. Trump is a big gamble. His temper, lack of control, and tenancy to exaggerate can create problems far worst than anything we have seen in the past.

pppffftttt

 

[Oldstyle]

And every single one of these newspaper editorial boards that are holding their noses and pushing a Hillary Clinton as President will have to live with what they have done.

They realize that it's far better to have a corrupt politician in the White House than a mentally unbalanced demigod. Corrupt politicians are nothing new. The country will certainly survive a Clinton. Trump is a big gamble. His temper, lack of control, and tenancy to exaggerate can create problems far worst than anything we have seen in the past.

You have to portray Trump as mentally unbalanced because it's the only way you can scare people into voting for Hillary. You admit that Hillary is corrupt but we should vote for her because we'll "survive"? How pathetic is THAT!

 

[ColonelAngus]

Good for them, I guess they shouldn't vote for Trump.

They know better than you do, they are smarter.

 

[playtime]

Clinton’s 1975 Rape Case

• By Ilana Nathans
• Posted on June 17, 2016

Q: Did Hillary Clinton volunteer in 1975 to defend a rapist, who was found not guilty, and laugh about it in an interview in 1980?

A: Clinton defended an accused rapist, but she did not volunteer. He pleaded guilty to a lesser offense. She laughed when recalling unusual aspects of the case.


FULL QUESTION
Did Hillary Clinton volunteer to defend a child rapist in 1975, accuse the 12-year-old victim of fantasizing about older men, later state that she knew he was guilty but got the charges dropped and laugh?

FULL ANSWER
In 1975, Hillary Clinton — then known as Hillary Rodham — taught at the University of Arkansas School of Law, where she founded the University of Arkansas School Legal Aid Clinic. It was during this time that she defended Thomas Alfred Taylor, a 41-year-old man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl.
[...]

Clinton’s 1975 Rape Case

Hillary Clinton Freed Child Rapist
Hillary Clinton's role in a 40-year-old rape case became the focal point of a viral meme in 2016, but the claims made about it were mostly inaccurate.

Kim LaCapria
Updated: Aug 13, 2016


Claim: Hillary Clinton successfully defended an accused child rapist and later laughed about the case.

mostly false
WHAT'S TRUE: In 1975, young lawyer Hillary Rodham was appointed to represent a defendant charged with raping a 12-year-old girl. Clinton reluctantly took on the case, which ended with a plea bargain for the defendant, and later chuckled about some aspects of the case when discussing it years later.


WHAT'S FALSE: Hillary Clinton did not volunteer to be the defendant's lawyer, she did not laugh about the case's outcome, she did not assert that the complainant "made up the rape story," she did not claim she knew the defendant to be guilty, and she did not "free" the defendant.
[...]
Audio tapes from the 1980s of Hillary Clinton describing the case to journalist Roy Reed surfaced in 2014 and were incorporated into a video clip associated with the image macro's claims...

The audio on these tapes is difficult to understand, but Clinton can be heard describing the case as "terrible." She did audibly laugh or chuckle at points, not about "knowing that the defendant was guilty" (which makes little sense, given that the defendant pled guilty) but rather while musing about how elements of the case that might ordinarily have supported the prosecution worked in the defendant's favor (i.e., observing that the defendant's passing a polygraph test had "forever destroyed her faith" in that technology)
[...]

FALSE: Hillary Clinton Freed Child Rapist, Laughed About It

'...
At PolitiFact, we decided to review what’s known about the case to see if Clinton accurately portrayed how she came to represent the defendant. Because some of the key players have died, we won’t issue a rating on our Truth-O-Meter.

Overall, we did find a few inconsistencies in Clinton’s recollection of the nearly 40-year-old events. But we also found significant evidence suggesting she had little choice but to take the case. And the story itself provides insights in the early career of a potential 2016 presidential candidate...'

NoneNone

Drumpf may have done more than call some females names.

Case 1:16-cv-04642 Document 1 Filed 6/20/16 Page 1 of 9

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------
JANE DOE, proceeding under a pseudonym, Plaintiff,

v.

DONALD J. TRUMP and JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, Case No.: JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

Defendants.
---------------------------------------------------------------
COMPLAINT FOR RAPE, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACTS, SEXUAL ABUSE, FORCIBLE TOUCHING, ASSAULT, BATTERY, INTENTIONAL AND RECKLESS INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, DURESS, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND DEFAMATION
______________________________________________________________________________

Plaintiff Jane Doe, proceeding under a pseudonym, brings this action against Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey E. Epstein, and alleges that:

PARTIES

1.Plaintiff is an individual residing in and a citizen of the State of California.
2.Upon information and belief, Defendants Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey E. Epstein each reside in this District and are citizens of the State of New York.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

3.Plaintiff is a citizen of the State of California for purposes of diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332.
4.Defendants are citizens of the State of New York for purposes of diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332
[...]

Donald Trump & Jeffrey Epstein Rape Lawsuit and Affidavits

 

[playtime]

Good for them, I guess they shouldn't vote for Trump.

They know better than you do, they are smarter.

LOL! you know what IS smarter? fact checking instead of believing everything you hear before posting false information.

• Fact Check

Zeif-geist
Hillary Clinton was not fired from the House Judiciary Committee's Watergate investigation by Chief Counsel Jerry Zeifman.
David Mikkelson
Updated: Jul 06, 2016


Claim: Hillary Clinton was fired from the House Judiciary Committee's Watergate investigation by Chief Counsel Jerry Zeifman.

false
Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2014]

As a 27 year old staff attorney for the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate investigation, Hillary Rodham was fired by her supervisor, lifelong Democrat Jerry Zeifman. When asked why Hillary Rodham was fired, Zeifman said in an interview, "Because she was a liar. She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer, she conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the Committee, and the rules of confidentiality."

Origin:On the (thankfully rare) occasions when Congress must consider whether the sitting President of the United States has committed misdeeds that merit his forced removal from office, the task of initiating the impeachment process rests with the House Judiciary Committee:
[...]

FALSE: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton from the Watergate Investigation

 

[Meathead]

They realize that it's far better to have a corrupt politician in the White House than a mentally unbalanced demigod. Corrupt politicians are nothing new. The country will certainly survive a Clinton. Trump is a big gamble. His temper, lack of control, and tenancy to exaggerate can create problems far worst than anything we have seen in the past.

We can assume that Hillary's corruption is a given. What we cannot assume is that Trump is mentally unbalanced, unless we accept your analysis.

And yet we know nothing about you other than being a hack.

Thank you

 

[Coyote]

One by one...newspapers (conservative ones as well as liberal ones) are damning Trump.

How long are you going to keep making excuses before you realize that child ain't right?

And Hillary is????????? LOL

Hillary is Hillary

 

[mudwhistle]

Doing coke????

Where the hell did you hear this nonsense????

He made it up...it's what left loon assholes do

I know a coke snort and trump got some bad coke. It's why he got buggy half way thru the debate. Twitchy. He's a coke head. Up all night, crazy tweets, you trumpeters are blind

You don't know shit, shut up with the BS, trolll

Look at this woman....... didn't YOU and your buddies running around claiming Hillary was wearing a head set during the debate?

I can't wait for SNL to make fun of all this. Alec Baldwin is going to play Trump

As if Alec Baldwin isn't a serious asshole.
I'm waiting for them to put a wig on a Velaciraptor to play Hillary.

 

[cereal_killer]

Anyone remember Rocky IV? The one where he fought Ivan Drago in Russia? Yeah? Good, so here's the deal. Remember how all the Russians were cheering for Drago at the beginning of the fight, they were all against Rocky then by the end they were cheering "ROCKY!"...."ROCKY!" "ROCKY!"

Same thing is going to happen here.

The Media/pundits are the Russian government/leaders and the Russian people are the Americans. He's been getting hammered for months by everyone and its going to backfire on those who are doing everything in their power to take him down. By the time November rolls around the majority of fence sitters and independents will be cheering "TRUMP!" "TRUMP!" "TRUMP!"

It's going to be just like the movie.....believe me

 

[Flopper]

And every single one of these newspaper editorial boards that are holding their noses and pushing a Hillary Clinton as President will have to live with what they have done.

They realize that it's far better to have a corrupt politician in the White House than a mentally unbalanced demigod. Corrupt politicians are nothing new. The country will certainly survive a Clinton. Trump is a big gamble. His temper, lack of control, and tenancy to exaggerate can create problems far worst than anything we have seen in the past.

You have to portray Trump as mentally unbalanced because it's the only way you can scare people into voting for Hillary. You admit that Hillary is corrupt but we should vote for her because we'll "survive"? How pathetic is THAT!

Hillary is no more corrupt than the rest of the politicians. She just has a lot more knowledge and experience.

The first question a voter should ask is whether the candidate is likely to do more harm that good. The country is in far better hands with a season politician who actually has real domestic and foreign policy experience, rather than a novice with a temperament that scares his own supporters. Trump if elected, will do just exactly what he has being doing since his campaign began, creating division, and dissension and blaming others for his failures. This not the mark of a good leader, but rather a weak insecure person that will break under real pressure.

 

[Mac1958]

 

[LogikAndReazon]

Did you hear that, Thee USA Today editorial board has made a pronouncement......
Sounds very self important...... lol

 

[Oldstyle]

And every single one of these newspaper editorial boards that are holding their noses and pushing a Hillary Clinton as President will have to live with what they have done.

They realize that it's far better to have a corrupt politician in the White House than a mentally unbalanced demigod. Corrupt politicians are nothing new. The country will certainly survive a Clinton. Trump is a big gamble. His temper, lack of control, and tenancy to exaggerate can create problems far worst than anything we have seen in the past.

You have to portray Trump as mentally unbalanced because it's the only way you can scare people into voting for Hillary. You admit that Hillary is corrupt but we should vote for her because we'll "survive"? How pathetic is THAT!

Hillary is no more corrupt than the rest of the politicians. She just has a lot more knowledge and experience.

The first question a voter should ask is whether the candidate is likely to do more harm that good. The country is in far better hands with a season politician who actually has real domestic and foreign policy experience, rather than a novice with a temperament that scares his own supporters. Trump if elected, will do just exactly what he has being doing since his campaign began, creating division, and dissension and blaming others for his failures. This not the mark of a good leader, but rather a weak insecure person that will break under real pressure.

Hillary and her hubby have made millions of dollars exchanging political favors for cash. They are the most corrupt American political couple EVER!