{"id":108231,"date":"2016-09-30T02:08:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T10:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=108231"},"modified":"2016-09-30T02:08:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T10:08:03","slug":"steve-sailer-media-applauds-hillarys-latest-stroke-of-genius-praising-merkels-bravery-on-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=108231","title":{"rendered":"Steve Sailer: Media Applauds Hillary’s Latest Stroke of Genius: Praising Merkel’s “Bravery” on Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Sailer<\/a>: From Politico<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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In swipe at Trump, Clinton names Merkel as her favorite world leader<\/a><\/p>\n

By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 09\/29\/16 05:47 PM EDT<\/p>\n

Hillary Clinton trolled two White House opponents with a single response, dinging Gary Johnson and Donald Trump by naming Angela Merkel as her favorite world leader.<\/p>\n

The Democratic presidential nominee on Thursday joined the discussion about politicians\u2019 favorite world leaders, a topic that went viral when Johnson, the Libertarian nominee, drew a blank when asked Wednesday to name a world leader he looks up to and respects.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, let me think. Look, I like a lot of the world leaders,\u201d Clinton said, bursting into laughter initially when asked about her favorite world leader during a gaggle with reporters aboard her campaign plane in Chicago. \u201cOne of my favorites is Angela Merkel because I think she\u2019s been an extraordinary, strong leader during difficult times in Europe, which has obvious implications for the rest of the world and, most particularly, our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clinton praised the German chancellor\u2019s \u201cleadership and steadiness on the Euro crisis,\u201d while adding that \u201cher bravery in the face of the refugee crisis is something that I am impressed by.\u201d …<\/p>\n

Her seemingly innocuous response could be interpreted as a two-pronged attack against Johnson and Trump, though.<\/p>\n

When first asked the question, Johnson admitted that he was having another \u201cAleppo moment\u201d …<\/p>\n

Trump has frequently attacked Merkel on the trail, panning her for Germany\u2019s intake of refugees, and will likely use that line against Clinton in the final stages of the campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cHillary Clinton is running to be America\u2019s Angela Merkel, and we\u2019ve seen how much crime and how many problems that\u2019s caused the German people,\u201d Trump said in a speech he delivered last month in Charlotte, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Trump, however, also named Merkel one of his favorite leaders Thursday, despite his rhetoric on the campaign trail that would suggest otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I think Merkel is a really great world leader, but I was very disappointed that \u2014 when she \u2014 this move with the whole thing on immigration,\u201d he told New England Cable News. \u201cI think it’s a big problem and really, you know, to look at what she’s done in the last year and a half. I was always a Merkel person. I thought really fantastic. But I think she made a very tragic mistake a year and a half ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Well, sure, what Trump said about Merkel is far more reasonable than what Hillary said. But the point is that Merkel is a woman, and YOU CAN’T CRITICIZE A WOMAN.<\/p>\n

You just can’t.<\/p>\n

Those are just the rules. We didn’t make them up.<\/p>\n

Well, actually we did, which is what’s kind of awesome about them. The fact that they are absurd and humiliating to thinking people is what makes enforcing them so satisfying.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, Hillary could promise to name Alicia Machado chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the press would be agog at her campaign genius. What, is Trump going to criticize a woman<\/em>? A woman smashing glass ceilings?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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