Friday, September 09, 2016

TRUMP IS RE-LIVING THE '60s

Earlier this year he blabbed about how the "silent majority" supports him just as Nixon did in 1969 and on Wednesday night he claimed to have a "secret plan" to  destroy ISIS.   In 1968, Nixon told some editors of Mid-West newspapers that he had a secret plan to end the Vietnam War.

1 comment:

Ken Hoop said...

http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2016/09/the-commander-in-chief-forum.html#comment-6a00d8341c72e153ef01b8d21af326970c

Well, Lang says he did.


Stuart Wood said...
1968, Richard Nixon - I have a secret plan to end the Viet Nam conflict.
2016, Trump - I have a secret plan to defeat ISIS.

If it worked once, can it work again?

The American public has a short memory but come-on!

Reply 09 September 2016 at 10:56 AM

turcopolier said...
stuart wood

Nixon did have a plan. It was to withdraw in phases. I participated in it. pl

Reply 09 September 2016 at 11:15 AM

But the more interesting comment is here.



DC said...
The WaPo op-ed today ("The Hillary Clinton email Story is Out of Control") dares the public to accuse the FBI of incompetence, or worse, corruption.

Well, let's just call a spade a spade. Even the normally timid talking law head, Jonathan Turley, gets it (though without explicitly accusing the FBI of being rotten):

https://jonathanturley.org/2016/09/09/clinton-contractor-who-reportedly-destroyed-emails-after-preservation-order-was-given-immunity-by-fbi/

Turley fails to mention, here, the the incredibly strange recognition of lawyer-client privilege accorded to Cheryl Mills, but you can't blame him in the brief blog space allowed, there's an iceberg of unsavory material to work with vis-a-vis Clinton and staff. Turley states that Congress may well start doing its job as a check on government corruption. Congress should, and I'm sure it will, even though the FBI/DoJ dragged its feet so long that we're likely too late to put a stop to the Clinton Juggernaut/Trojan Horse.

Note: contrary to many commentators, the WaPo op-ed page has never been left-of-center on matters of foreign affairs and use of war. It should come as no surprise that it wishes Hillary's "email" story to go away.

Reply 09 September 2016 at 12:14 PM