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Bout of Hillarrhea and Trump Fever
By Mike Strobel, Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, October 16, 2016 05:55 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, October 16, 2016 06:02 PM EDT
Enough, already. I must stop writing about the U.S. election — for medical reasons. Someone call a spin doctor.
Got a bad case of Hillarrhea, compounded by Trump Fever. Looks like Trintonitis, caused by exposure to that cesspool they call American politics.
Symptoms include shock, nausea and an urge to build a wall between yourself and the U.S. of A.
I bet a lot of Americans are thinking, you know, Mexico is starting to look pretty damn good. They are faced with a devilish choice — the crude or the corrupt.
The latest outbreaks of Trintonitis include allegations that Donald Trump is a sexist pig with roving hands and a loose tongue.
One of the accusers is a former colleague of mine, which gives me pause, though the others include a Hillary Clinton campaign donor whose family has legal issues with a Trump-owned club and who claims the mogul tried to kiss her at a crowded brunch 20 years ago.
When this, and much worse, occurred with husband Bill, Hillary called them “bimbo eruptions,” but I have not heard her use the expression lately.
Perhaps the words will appear in the next WikiLeaks, with all the other cynical Clintonese, though I doubt you will read much about it in the New York Times or the Washington Post, or see it on CNN.
I suspect blanket bias is what’s giving me the gas pains associated with Trintonitis.
Trump may be boorish, but he’s right when he says the U.S. media gang up on him and coo over Clinton.
Effete elitists always sneer at that argument. Drives me nuts. Gives me palpitations. The New York Times blatantly liberal? Pshaw, they declare.
But look up a 2014 study of media audiences by the renowned and nonpartisan Pew Research Center. The Times rates as far to the left as Fox News does to the right.
The study found the usual suspects on the conservative side — from the right-of-centre Wall Street Journal to Rush Limbaugh way out there.
But they were vastly outnumbered by liberal outlets. The centre left is crowded with ABC, NBC, CBS, USA Today and the like. CNN and MSNBC roost further left.
The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, PBS, BBC, The Economist, Politico, the Guardian, NPR, Al Jazeera America, the Daily Show, Colbert and, yes, the New York Times are as far on the left as Fox News sits nearly alone, on the right.
New Yorker magazine and Slate are a shade shy of communist.
Good for them. It’s a free country down there. Each to their own. I mean, the Sun you’re reading is hardly a socialist organ. (I’m libertarian — liberal on social issues, conservative on taxes and nanny state bureaucracy.)
But don’t try to tell me American media have treated Trump and Clinton even-steven.
On the other hand, Trump, like Rob Ford, keeps handing them all the ammo they need. Like our sainted mayor, who rose on a similar anti-liberal-elite tide, Trump is his own worst enemy.
It explains the headachy feeling that comes with Trintonitis. The symptom first hit me when Trump mocked a disabled reporter. Who cares if the guy works for the New York Times? It was bully-boy crap.
Now, Donald suggests Hillary was on drugs during the last debate. If that’s true, I want some.
This Trintonitis is killing me.
Strobel’s column usually runs Monday to Thursday. mstrobel@postmedia.com
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By Mike Strobel, Toronto Sun
First posted: Sunday, October 16, 2016 05:55 PM EDT | Updated: Sunday, October 16, 2016 06:02 PM EDT
Enough, already. I must stop writing about the U.S. election — for medical reasons. Someone call a spin doctor.
Got a bad case of Hillarrhea, compounded by Trump Fever. Looks like Trintonitis, caused by exposure to that cesspool they call American politics.
Symptoms include shock, nausea and an urge to build a wall between yourself and the U.S. of A.
I bet a lot of Americans are thinking, you know, Mexico is starting to look pretty damn good. They are faced with a devilish choice — the crude or the corrupt.
The latest outbreaks of Trintonitis include allegations that Donald Trump is a sexist pig with roving hands and a loose tongue.
One of the accusers is a former colleague of mine, which gives me pause, though the others include a Hillary Clinton campaign donor whose family has legal issues with a Trump-owned club and who claims the mogul tried to kiss her at a crowded brunch 20 years ago.
When this, and much worse, occurred with husband Bill, Hillary called them “bimbo eruptions,” but I have not heard her use the expression lately.
Perhaps the words will appear in the next WikiLeaks, with all the other cynical Clintonese, though I doubt you will read much about it in the New York Times or the Washington Post, or see it on CNN.
I suspect blanket bias is what’s giving me the gas pains associated with Trintonitis.
Trump may be boorish, but he’s right when he says the U.S. media gang up on him and coo over Clinton.
Effete elitists always sneer at that argument. Drives me nuts. Gives me palpitations. The New York Times blatantly liberal? Pshaw, they declare.
But look up a 2014 study of media audiences by the renowned and nonpartisan Pew Research Center. The Times rates as far to the left as Fox News does to the right.
The study found the usual suspects on the conservative side — from the right-of-centre Wall Street Journal to Rush Limbaugh way out there.
But they were vastly outnumbered by liberal outlets. The centre left is crowded with ABC, NBC, CBS, USA Today and the like. CNN and MSNBC roost further left.
The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, PBS, BBC, The Economist, Politico, the Guardian, NPR, Al Jazeera America, the Daily Show, Colbert and, yes, the New York Times are as far on the left as Fox News sits nearly alone, on the right.
New Yorker magazine and Slate are a shade shy of communist.
Good for them. It’s a free country down there. Each to their own. I mean, the Sun you’re reading is hardly a socialist organ. (I’m libertarian — liberal on social issues, conservative on taxes and nanny state bureaucracy.)
But don’t try to tell me American media have treated Trump and Clinton even-steven.
On the other hand, Trump, like Rob Ford, keeps handing them all the ammo they need. Like our sainted mayor, who rose on a similar anti-liberal-elite tide, Trump is his own worst enemy.
It explains the headachy feeling that comes with Trintonitis. The symptom first hit me when Trump mocked a disabled reporter. Who cares if the guy works for the New York Times? It was bully-boy crap.
Now, Donald suggests Hillary was on drugs during the last debate. If that’s true, I want some.
This Trintonitis is killing me.
Strobel’s column usually runs Monday to Thursday. mstrobel@postmedia.com
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from the cuck news network (award winning and stuff)
WikiLeaks Verified account @wikileaks
CNN falsely states that it unlawful for the public--but not for CNN--to search WikiLeaks #PodestaEmails
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787749893649600512
..."so everything you're learning about this, you're learning from us".
:lol:
WikiLeaks Verified account @wikileaks CNN falsely states that it unlawful for the public--but not for CNN--to search WikiLeaks #PodestaEmails
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787749893649600512
..."so everything you're learning about this, you're learning from us".
:lol:
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! even Hillary seems to realize that could be a huge mistake!
You don't think he should save a couple of bucks for groceries?
The government will tell you what and when to eat at the communal kitchen. And when it is yur turn to cook.
The clowns give themselves awards for ........... well because they like each other.
Entertaining news. It's like being in a comedy club, and at times a brawl in an asylum. I wonder if Hillary will ask him to go for a lie detector test when he brings up the drug test? Wednesday night, popcorn, M&M and of course beer.
I winder what the results are from the lie detector she took with the FBI ?
O right they didn't give her one .
Sorry but I learned that through hard experience many, many years ago. Communication is a good start and being able to read others' minds and anticipate needs is part of it. Showing leadership by doing such things as jumping in occasionally to do the tough or nasty tasks is a good contribution. Learning by watching others was something I was pretty good at.
They would have to have this debate on a night when I have bowling! Thurs. night would be perfect.
“The election of Hillary Clinton will lead to the destruction of our country,” Trump said. “Believe me.”
Waitaminnit. Didn't Obama already do that?
Waitaminnit. Didn't Obama already do that?
Tell me, Walter.
Whose image is this?
He almost did but Alex Jones cracked the Jade Helm conspiracy and the gay Muslim socialist lizard army had to abort the mission. The FEMA camps are ready but we're just waiting for Hillary to steal to election.
It was all tin foil stuff...
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Announces Resignation With Convention Set To Begin : NPR
yup... tin foil
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Announces Resignation With Convention Set To Begin : NPR
yup... tin foil
Learn something:
Michelle Obama:
This is not something that we can ignore. It’s not something we can just sweep under the rug as just another disturbing footnote in a sad election season. Because this was not just a “lewd conversation.” This wasn’t just locker-room banter. This was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior, and actually bragging about kissing and groping women, using language so obscene that many of us were worried about our children hearing it when we turn on the TV.
And to make matters worse, it now seems very clear that this isn’t an isolated incident. It’s one of countless examples of how he has treated women his whole life. And I have to tell you that I listen to all of this and I feel it so personally, and I’m sure that many of you do too, particularly the women. The shameful comments about our bodies. The disrespect of our ambitions and intellect. The belief that you can do anything you want to a woman.
It is cruel. It’s frightening. And the truth is, it hurts. It hurts. It’s like that sick, sinking feeling you get when you’re walking down the street minding your own business and some guy yells out vulgar words about your body. Or when you see that guy at work that stands just a little too close, stares a little too long, and makes you feel uncomfortable in your own skin.
It’s that feeling of terror and violation that too many women have felt when someone has grabbed them, or forced himself on them and they’ve said no but he didn’t listen -- something that we know happens on college campuses and countless other places every single day. It reminds us of stories we heard from our mothers and grandmothers about how, back in their day, the boss could say and do whatever he pleased to the women in the office, and even though they worked so hard, jumped over every hurdle to prove themselves, it was never enough.
We thought all of that was ancient history, didn’t we? And so many have worked for so many years to end this kind of violence and abuse and disrespect, but here we are, in 2016, and we’re hearing these exact same things every day on the campaign trail. We are drowning in it. And all of us are doing what women have always done: We’re trying to keep our heads above water, just trying to get through it, trying to pretend like this doesn’t really bother us maybe because we think that admitting how much it hurts makes us as women look weak. Maybe we’re afraid to be that vulnerable. Maybe we’ve grown accustomed to swallowing these emotions and staying quiet, because we’ve seen that people often won’t take our word over his. Or maybe we don’t want to believe that there are still people out there who think so little of us as women. Too many are treating this as just another day’s headline, as if our outrage is overblown or unwarranted, as if this is normal, just politics as usual.
But, New Hampshire, be clear: This is not normal. This is not politics as usual. (Applause.) This is disgraceful. It is intolerable. And it doesn’t matter what party you belong to -- Democrat, Republican, independent -- no woman deserves to be treated this way. None of us deserves this kind of abuse. (Applause.)
And I know it’s a campaign, but this isn’t about politics. It’s about basic human decency. It’s about right and wrong. (Applause.) And we simply cannot endure this, or expose our children to this any longer -- not for another minute, and let alone for four years. (Applause.) Now is the time for all of us to stand up and say enough is enough. (Applause.) This has got to stop right now. (Applause.)
Michelle Obama:
This is not something that we can ignore. It’s not something we can just sweep under the rug as just another disturbing footnote in a sad election season. Because this was not just a “lewd conversation.” This wasn’t just locker-room banter. This was a powerful individual speaking freely and openly about sexually predatory behavior, and actually bragging about kissing and groping women, using language so obscene that many of us were worried about our children hearing it when we turn on the TV.
And to make matters worse, it now seems very clear that this isn’t an isolated incident. It’s one of countless examples of how he has treated women his whole life. And I have to tell you that I listen to all of this and I feel it so personally, and I’m sure that many of you do too, particularly the women. The shameful comments about our bodies. The disrespect of our ambitions and intellect. The belief that you can do anything you want to a woman.
It is cruel. It’s frightening. And the truth is, it hurts. It hurts. It’s like that sick, sinking feeling you get when you’re walking down the street minding your own business and some guy yells out vulgar words about your body. Or when you see that guy at work that stands just a little too close, stares a little too long, and makes you feel uncomfortable in your own skin.
It’s that feeling of terror and violation that too many women have felt when someone has grabbed them, or forced himself on them and they’ve said no but he didn’t listen -- something that we know happens on college campuses and countless other places every single day. It reminds us of stories we heard from our mothers and grandmothers about how, back in their day, the boss could say and do whatever he pleased to the women in the office, and even though they worked so hard, jumped over every hurdle to prove themselves, it was never enough.
We thought all of that was ancient history, didn’t we? And so many have worked for so many years to end this kind of violence and abuse and disrespect, but here we are, in 2016, and we’re hearing these exact same things every day on the campaign trail. We are drowning in it. And all of us are doing what women have always done: We’re trying to keep our heads above water, just trying to get through it, trying to pretend like this doesn’t really bother us maybe because we think that admitting how much it hurts makes us as women look weak. Maybe we’re afraid to be that vulnerable. Maybe we’ve grown accustomed to swallowing these emotions and staying quiet, because we’ve seen that people often won’t take our word over his. Or maybe we don’t want to believe that there are still people out there who think so little of us as women. Too many are treating this as just another day’s headline, as if our outrage is overblown or unwarranted, as if this is normal, just politics as usual.
But, New Hampshire, be clear: This is not normal. This is not politics as usual. (Applause.) This is disgraceful. It is intolerable. And it doesn’t matter what party you belong to -- Democrat, Republican, independent -- no woman deserves to be treated this way. None of us deserves this kind of abuse. (Applause.)
And I know it’s a campaign, but this isn’t about politics. It’s about basic human decency. It’s about right and wrong. (Applause.) And we simply cannot endure this, or expose our children to this any longer -- not for another minute, and let alone for four years. (Applause.) Now is the time for all of us to stand up and say enough is enough. (Applause.) This has got to stop right now. (Applause.)