14th September 2016, 7:32 AM
The news media, especially CNN, often invent a nonexistent "middle option" to create this illusion of that tired old "two sides to every story" canard. That's why you'll see so many "Trump once again gets attention with head turning remarks". They try to phrase it in such a way that it also comes across as a compliment. Everyone likes a rebel after all.
However, the House of Stewart, which is very much a part of the news media in spite of every last one of them protesting that, has certainly NOT gone down that road. They're still at it, pointing out that Trump is no more presidential than he was when he first descended to earth on a golden escalator. So, there's that. CNN is pretty terrible though. (Fox News is obviously terrible, I don't think I should have to point that out.) Let's face facts here though. No one's buying the false equivalence anyway. Trump supporters aren't watching the news (I believe I saw some poll that demonstrated that).
Then we get the hypocrisy. I'm not sure how much of it is sexism and how much of it is how unaware of history and how modern "cameras everywhere" media has changed how quickly this stuff gets uncovered, but Hillary's health has suddenly become a major issue. This isn't really that new. Leaders and rumors about their health go hand in hand back to the beginning of leadership. Plenty of leaders really HAVE had crippling illnesses they went out of their way to cover up since they knew how the public would see it, and Hillary is the latest in that trend. The only problem is everyone's acting like this is something brand new we haven't seen before, because no one seems to know about anything that happened in the world before 2001. Let's ignore the fact that Donald Trump looks like an undercooked ham with an obviously ridiculous doctor claiming he's the single healthiest specimen he's ever had the pleasure of examining. No, it's Hillary they're focusing on, and the various "experts" chiming in with complete nonsense so they can get their 15 minutes was laughable.
It didn't help finding out she actually was sick with the pneumonia, and she covered it up. Really the only major issue here is that the Clintons are known for their coverups, and this didn't help. Yes, it's happened plenty of times before, and this is no different in that respect, but it'd go a long way to helping their campaign if they started embracing full disclosure as a policy. I mean, there are cameras EVERYWHERE. There's literally no way trying to cover up being sick wouldn't be immediately uncovered.
At any rate, in spite of everything I just said, it's becoming very clear that having Trump as her rival was the BEST possible situation for her campaign. The way I'm seeing it, if literally any of the other candidates were running against Clinton right now, she would lose, and she'd lose because of all the problems her past has brought. It's only due to the complete toilet fire that is Trump that she is edging out a win. I mean, that win is pretty good odds at this point, but that it's even close is pretty sad. I'm still pretty sure that had Bernie been the nominee, the election would have been clinched against any of the other republican candidates. Well, it is what it is. Short of Clinton actually dying from the pnemones (which is about as likely as her stepping down of her own free will, because rich people are functionally immortal these days), that's not changing. I'm still going to dutifully tick that box, and hope for her good health, because frankly in spite of my issues with Hillary, her running mate would do basically nothing if it passed to that guy (seriously, that choice was ridiculous with two incredibly compelling options, but as forgettable as that guy is, he's certainly proven to be the "safest" choice).
However, the House of Stewart, which is very much a part of the news media in spite of every last one of them protesting that, has certainly NOT gone down that road. They're still at it, pointing out that Trump is no more presidential than he was when he first descended to earth on a golden escalator. So, there's that. CNN is pretty terrible though. (Fox News is obviously terrible, I don't think I should have to point that out.) Let's face facts here though. No one's buying the false equivalence anyway. Trump supporters aren't watching the news (I believe I saw some poll that demonstrated that).
Then we get the hypocrisy. I'm not sure how much of it is sexism and how much of it is how unaware of history and how modern "cameras everywhere" media has changed how quickly this stuff gets uncovered, but Hillary's health has suddenly become a major issue. This isn't really that new. Leaders and rumors about their health go hand in hand back to the beginning of leadership. Plenty of leaders really HAVE had crippling illnesses they went out of their way to cover up since they knew how the public would see it, and Hillary is the latest in that trend. The only problem is everyone's acting like this is something brand new we haven't seen before, because no one seems to know about anything that happened in the world before 2001. Let's ignore the fact that Donald Trump looks like an undercooked ham with an obviously ridiculous doctor claiming he's the single healthiest specimen he's ever had the pleasure of examining. No, it's Hillary they're focusing on, and the various "experts" chiming in with complete nonsense so they can get their 15 minutes was laughable.
It didn't help finding out she actually was sick with the pneumonia, and she covered it up. Really the only major issue here is that the Clintons are known for their coverups, and this didn't help. Yes, it's happened plenty of times before, and this is no different in that respect, but it'd go a long way to helping their campaign if they started embracing full disclosure as a policy. I mean, there are cameras EVERYWHERE. There's literally no way trying to cover up being sick wouldn't be immediately uncovered.
At any rate, in spite of everything I just said, it's becoming very clear that having Trump as her rival was the BEST possible situation for her campaign. The way I'm seeing it, if literally any of the other candidates were running against Clinton right now, she would lose, and she'd lose because of all the problems her past has brought. It's only due to the complete toilet fire that is Trump that she is edging out a win. I mean, that win is pretty good odds at this point, but that it's even close is pretty sad. I'm still pretty sure that had Bernie been the nominee, the election would have been clinched against any of the other republican candidates. Well, it is what it is. Short of Clinton actually dying from the pnemones (which is about as likely as her stepping down of her own free will, because rich people are functionally immortal these days), that's not changing. I'm still going to dutifully tick that box, and hope for her good health, because frankly in spite of my issues with Hillary, her running mate would do basically nothing if it passed to that guy (seriously, that choice was ridiculous with two incredibly compelling options, but as forgettable as that guy is, he's certainly proven to be the "safest" choice).
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)