* I look forward to Steve’s appointment to a position in the Trump administration. I’d say a policy-making position, but I think there’s a big opening for “noticing” positions.
* [Stephen] Miller is part of the Sailer generation. Having followed him fairly closely, including speeches he’s given, I’d be shocked if he isn’t a long-time reader of yours. He’s one of Sessions’ top guys and now he’s one of Trump’s top advisors.
* What Trump is going to force on liberals and the media and the punditry is the exposure of the naked body of identity politics in the left and in the Democratic Party. By virtually all usual measures — with one notable exception — Trump will, on balance, match Hillary along the standard left/right continuum, giving her no traction against him.
The exception, of course, is immigration. But the objections to him on that score, as always with immigration, are based entirely on the premise that if you oppose immigration in any fashion, it can only be because you are a racist. Remarkably, Trump isn’t even opposed to Affirmative Action, and has, it seems, never said anything about blacks that might be considered racist (imagine how much we would be hearing about it if he had).
So the utterly deranged opposition he has received from the left and the media is poised on the absurdly narrow point of his problems with immigration in its current form. That really is the sum total of their “argument” against him.
By exposing the true core of the left/media ideology, Trump is presenting a very clear choice to the American people (and indirectly the larger world): is nothing genuinely important to you other than identity politics? Are all other issues just window dressing to put in front of the one thing you really want to buy and sell: an obsession with who and whom?
Steve Guest writes on The Daily Caller:
Appearing on “CNN Newsroom,” on Thursday, Baldwin asked [Trump strategist Stephen] Miller to respond to Clinton’s allegation that Trump is not qualified to be president.
Miller replied, “We obviously agree with Bernie Sanders that Hillary Clinton isn’t qualified to be president.”
Pivoting, Miller said, “But I have to say honestly I feel bad for Bernie Sanders supporters, and I’ll tell you why. Thanks to superdelegates, the Democratic Party is on the verge of nominating the most pro-war, pro-Wall Street lawmaker in the modern history of the Democratic Party.”
“I mean, that’s amazing. Think about it. You have a candidate in Hillary who is running on a pro-war platform about what she did in Libya, about what she’s doing in Syria, about the toppling of the Egyptian regime and the military of course took back control, who’s running on a pro-wall Street, pro-war agenda. That’s not the right fit for the Democratic Party or the country.”
“OK, let’s not discuss, I don’t want to argue Benghazi with you. I know there’s a lot of pieces there,” Baldwin said. “Just back though on the question as to whether or not [Clinton] thinks Donald Trump is qualified, can you directly respond to that?”
Miller replied, “Well, like I said, Bernie Sanders is correct and Hillary Clinton is not qualified to be president.”
Baldwin followed up again, “Do you think Hillary Clinton is qualified to be president?”
Laughing, Miller said, “Of course not. See, look at her judgement. Hillary Clinton went to war in Iraq. Hillary Clinton’s decisions in Libya unleashed an operating base for ISIS that will be a scourge of terrorism against the entire Western world. Hillary Clinton’s platform is, I want to start wars in the Middle East and then import all the refugees into the United States and other countries without knowing who they are. That is a recipe for disaster.”
* Stephen Miller has a bit of shitlord in him, the hint he showed during the lacrosse incident. I almost pity that someone like him was probably a little too caught up in Student Government during his time at Duke instead of using his time to really lead a pushback against administrators
It’s sad, we did have Greeks as student government presidents and even Greeks in a few of the important posts, but the guys who did this shit reminded me a lot of the standard cucks of the Republican party. A lot of Dean Vernon-ing going on regardless.
I almost want to say it’s better that he was a wasted talent during his college years. He might have gotten too much ass and not be motivated enough to do this stuff.
* Trump and some of his spokesmen have mentioned this but none have gone into it in juicy detail: Much is made of Hillary’s “experience”, i.e., the manifold opportunities she has been given to demonstrate her worthiness to hold high office, largely as a result of her marriage to a successful politician. But more important is how abysmally, terrifyingly badly she has performed every time she has been given such opportunities. I think Trump’s campaign ought to make a list and recite it at every possible opportunity from now until November.
I have posted this elsewhere but it’s worth repeating:
A partial, chronological list from the public record of instances of Hilary Clinton’s corruption, poor judgement, and political and policy failures:
(1) Failed DC bar exam;
(2) Expelled from Watergate investigation staff for lying and other unethical behavior;
(3) Involved in a series of financial scandals as Arkansas’s first “lady”;
(4) Both initiated and botched the Whitewater coverup;
(5) Put in charge of crafting the Clinton health insurance policy initiative then failed in a disastrous way that put off the possibilities of another Democrat bill for twenty years;
(6) Partnered with Bill in admitting Poland to NATO, starting a new round of unnecessary hostilities with Russia. [George Kennon describes this as one of the greatest diplomatic blunders of the 20th century.];
(7) Was losing NY senate election until Bill stepped in;
(8) Lost a “sure thing” presidential presidential nomination to the relatively unknown Obama;
(9) Within two weeks of becoming Secretary of State committed an epic diplomatic faux pas that caused Whitehall to publicly and officially repudiate the century long “special relation” between the UK and the USA;
(10) A bit later her incredibly stupid “reset button” gimmick publicly embarrassed Russian officials and widened the rift the Clintons had so assiduously created;
(11) Fomented, aided and abetted the so-called “Arab Spring” which has permanently destabilized much of North Africa;
(12) Fomented the overthrow of Qadafi in Libya which has turned that country into a failed anarchic mess and a haven for Islamo-fascist terrorists and helped spread terrorist movements like Boko Haram into much of central Africa;
(13) Failed utterly to protect US diplomats in Benghazi and lied through her teeth about the causes of that disaster and the role she played in it;
(14) While Secretary she violated an oath she took after being trained in how to handle classified materials, violated directly several section of the USC regarding the handling of such materials, and as a result exposed many US humint and elint inteligence sources [people may have died as a result];
(15) While Secretary her office and underlings negotiated deals with individuals and groups from which Clinton or her “foundation” had received emoluments, giving at least the appearance of pay-to-play and once again violating provisions of the USC.
