TRUMP

CLINTON VERSUS TRUMP 137
Donald Trump: A corrupt establishment is robbing you
blind, telling you lies, and ruining your life.
Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump is an unstable narcissist
who is totally unfit to be president. I am a stable and
competent person with a lot of experience .475
The response, then, doesn’t successfully address the point. It almost
seems to concede it. In fact, we know that Clinton didn’t even try to
take on Trump’s critiques of the establishment. The strategy from early
on was to paint him as “dangerous Donald,” a man who shouldn’t be
president. (“Dangerous Donald” was actually a nickname the Clinton
campaign pushed in ads. It was colossally misguided, making him
sound like a badass. 476 )
Witness how Trump talked about Clinton in his speeches:
Honestly, she should be locked up. Should be locked up.
And likewise the emails show that the Clinton machine is
so closely and irrevocably tied to the media organization
that she, listen to this, is given the questions and answers
in advance of her debate performance with Bernie Sanders.
Hillary Clinton is also given approval and veto power
over quotes written about her in the New York Times.
And the emails show the reporters conspire and collaborate
with helping her win the election. 477
Again, we see the Trump bullshit machine at work. A lot of this is
close to true. Hillary Clinton did have a warm relationship with certain
reporters, and a list was drawn up of sympathetic journalists. It’s not
quite right that reporters “conspire.” But Donna Brazile did leak the
debate questions to the Clinton campaign. 478 Trump’s statements are
wild, but they’re not so far from the truth that one can dismiss them
outright. The Clinton campaign did enjoy a cozy relationship with