Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[flyboy77]

Golden oldie there DJC! 

Anyway, poor Hillary hasn't even mastered the basic stock in trade of a politician if that were the case - hasn't she been caught out numerous times on even some pretty pathetic ones?

She has been anointed by the powers that be, the rest is white noise.

[cookie2]

She has been anointed by the powers that be, the rest is white noise.

Yep.

[Lods]

An inanimate carbon rod could beat Hillary.
A very average candidate who struggled to put away an elderly socialist dreamer.

Unfortunately for Donald Trump he is no "inanimate carbon rod".
He has no chance.

[Mav]

This is a good article about the conventional wisdom I've mentioned before, namely that Hillary is a bad campaigner but good when she gets a job: http://www.vox.com/a/hillary-clinton-int...ip-quality.

It analyses both her strengths and weaknesses.

Unsurprisingly, Trump and Hillary are opposites - she builds alliances and is a good listener while Trump loves talking, mostly about himself, rather than listening to the views of others; she takes into account many views before making a decision whereas Trump makes decisions more quickly; she has a proven record of working co-operatively with those who have attacked her in the past while he feels the need to settle scores or humiliate those who have challenged him.  The only thing that they share in common is a distrust and low opinion of the press.

[Lods]

:-[
oops
Looks like Ted Cruz (and Michelle Obama) may have written Melania's speech.

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/19/12221566/me...elle-obama

[Mav]

Bad luck for her that she took credit for writing it "with as little help as possible".  Not that you'd expect that a former model with a thick Slovenian accent would have any difficulty throwing together a wonderful oration.

[DJC]

The "Delegates Unbound" group made for an interesting start to the convention.

[Mav]

Very interesting article about Trump: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/0...-tells-all.

It details the experiences of the ghostwriter who wrote 'The Art of the Deal' for Trump and tries to analyse Trump's character, or, more correctly, the lack of it.

[madbluboy]

Bad luck for her that she took credit for writing it "with as little help as possible".  Not that you'd expect that a former model with a thick Slovenian accent would have any difficulty throwing together a wonderful oration.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-accuse...in-speech/

[sandsmere]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-accuse...in-speech/

Dated 2008.

Hardly relevant today.