In the funny-yet-sad department, it seems as though half of the media is continually criticizing the other half for not devoting serious coverage to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
And then somehow, after the most hyped presidential debate in modern times, we find ourselves in a multiple-day news cycle devoted to which women Trump criticized as being too fat, and when.
Panic is media making things up about a candidate they shouldn't have to make things up about pic.twitter.com/TxiGrTsyn2
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 28, 2016
Isn’t that the truth? There are plenty of substantial and serious arguments to be made against both candidates, and yet we’re back in 2012 questioning Mitt Romney’s fitness to lead the country after once tying the dog carrier to the roof of the car.
Brace yourselves, then, because Politico’s chief political correspondent has an exclusive anecdote from the ’70s to pass along.
Friend just casually told me that Trump took a $2k lamp from her dad's antique shop in the 70s, claiming 'I don't carry cash'-later sent $1k
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) September 28, 2016
Wow. That’s a lot like Sen. Harry Reid’s friend telling him that Romney hadn’t paid taxes in 10 years. Sure, Tommy Vietor in 2014 could attempt to write off a question about Benghazi by replying, “Dude … that was two years ago,” but this was apparently a really nice lamp — a timeless antique, with a timeless anecdote to accompany it.
@GlennThrush @mekosoff Interesting. A friend just casually told me that Hillary sodomized a man to death in 2011.
— Jeffrey Richman (@jcrichman) September 28, 2016
@GlennThrush Friend just casually told me Glenn Thrush ran a Ponzi scheme in the 80s and fleeced senior citizens of millions of dollars.
— Jack Eastriver (@JackEastriver) September 28, 2016
@GlennThrush A friend just casually told me that you're a pedophile. See how easy that is?
— Trevor Goodchild (@deuteranophile) September 28, 2016
@GlennThrush @Olivianuzzi best negotiating skills
— Falling Hillary (@deplorableJohn) September 28, 2016
@GlennThrush @Olivianuzzi that being said do we just believe "friend told me" these days? Is that all it takes to get credibility?
— Falling Hillary (@deplorableJohn) September 28, 2016
@GlennThrush
You better write a quick story, more excellent hearsay from you !— Mike Reisch (@MReischMike) September 28, 2016
If he doesn’t and Trump wins, it’s all on him.
In the meantime, the Clinton camp would be fools not to rush a new video into production: “Children of antiques dealers should be heard and believed.”
