WaPo: Trump VP selection shows poor judgment and desperation

Posted by | July 14, 2016 09:09 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Opinion Politics


A Washington Post editorial lays it out:

In every presidential election, politicians campaign to become their party’s vice presidential pick, often by heaping undeserved praise on their party’s presidential nominee. It is rarely more than mildly embarrassing. But when the presidential candidate is Donald Trump, the slobbering is repulsive.

Every time they praise Mr. Trump’s leadership skills, these political opportunists should be asked about the candidate’s apparent ignorance of the Constitution and his contempt for essential principles such as freedom of speech. Every time they talk about how Mr. Trump would keep Americans safe, they should be asked about which Americans they mean — surely not minority groups who would feel under constant scrutiny and threat in Mr. Trump’s America. Every time they attack Hillary Clinton for dishonesty, they should be asked about Mr. Trump’s constant, flagrant lying about basic facts, as when he claimed that he saw thousands of American Muslims celebrating the 9/11 attacks.

For good measure, they should also be asked how they could support a man they know is unqualified to be commander in chief. Before endorsing Mr. Trump, Mr. Christie criticized him for acting “like a child” and insisted he is not “suited to be president of the United States.” National Review reported that Mr. Pence privately loathes the presumptive GOP nominee. Mr. Gingrich called Mr. Trump’s attacks on a judge for his ethnicity “inexcusable.”

Treating Mr. Trump as a normal candidate is a grave insult to the country’s democratic tradition.

 

 

 

 

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11 responses to WaPo: Trump VP selection shows poor judgment and desperation

  1. William July 14th, 2016 at 09:17

    “Every time they praise Mr. Trump’s leadership skills, these political opportunists should be asked about the candidate’s apparent ignorance of the Constitution and his contempt for essential principles such as freedom of speech”.
    That’s not his agenda. His political strategy is much simpler.

  2. William July 14th, 2016 at 09:20

    Every time they praise Mr. Trump’s leadership skills, these political opportunists should be asked about the candidate’s apparent ignorance of the Constitution and his contempt for essential principles such as freedom of speech.
    His political strategy is simple and appeals to a specific group of Americans.

    • Mike July 14th, 2016 at 10:05

      It’s not what he says as much as the things he doesn’t say….words like Liberty, justice, equality, compassion for the disabled, educating our kids, etc…are never spoken. Everything in Trump’s world is power thru intimidation, ridicule, ignorance of the constitution, and outright hate…and of course money…

  3. Tommie July 14th, 2016 at 09:47

    Speaking of Trump, I know this is a little off topic but have you guys seen the new Prime Minister? He looks just like Trump!

  4. Mike July 14th, 2016 at 09:59

    I stumbled onto a Facebook page yesterday called historians on Trump here’s a link
    https://www.facebook.com/historiansondonaldtrump/
    It’s a group of 12 or so small videos from some award-winning historians. What they say will shock you
    I made it through six or seven last night will watch the rest today

    • Suzanne McFly July 14th, 2016 at 10:32

      I heard about this, thanks for the link.

    • eyelashviper July 14th, 2016 at 10:47

      Excellent link, thank you.
      Will post it elsewhere.

  5. Obewon July 14th, 2016 at 10:03

    David Samson, a Christie Associate, (Just Pleaded) Guilty to Christies Bridgeghazi Felony!
    ‘Everyone in my admin knew but me’-(R-NJ) Guber Christie moves the top of Donnie’s VP list. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/nyregion/david-samson-chris-christie-george-washington-bridge-scandal.html

  6. Maxx44 July 14th, 2016 at 11:25

    Trump/Gingrich: Six wives and counting. I guess the puritanical GOPers are now excluding serial adultery from their list of “family values”.

  7. amersham1046 July 14th, 2016 at 20:48

    His choice was limited by the number of people willing to take it

  8. Stan Ubeki July 15th, 2016 at 12:01

    Gingrich eliminated himself a few days ago when he said: Mr. Trump needs to decide whether he wants his running mate to be a fellow tyrant, or a normal person with political experience.

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