Friday, July 22, 2016

It will surely be better than a Hollywood movie.

The Republican convention ended with Donald Trump as the accepted candidate for the party, although some within the party are against him. Ted Cruz, who was the last one to accept defeat, after losing the Indiana primary, was booed loudly by delegates when he refused to endorse Trump at the convention. That was an attempt at sabotaging Trump and makes him a sore loser. He has tried to justify it by saying that Trump had insulted his wife and his father. If so, he has every right to be offended, but he could have stayed away, like the Bush family and Kasich did. We think that the biggest traitors are in India, as we saw when fellows, who were elected as members of the BJP, actively undermined the party during Bihar elections. They did not have the decency to resign their seats in parliament, with all the perks that come with them, which makes them paticularly repugnant. Americans are no different, are they? Trump gave a long, somewhat rambling speech during which he blamed the present administration for increasing crimes, attacks on police, terrorism and uncontrolled immigration. Like all political speeches, it was mixture of facts, half-truths and false assertions. For the present Trump has pulled nearly equal with Hillary Clinton but this will change next week when the Democrat convention starts. Attacks will be fierce. Trump has never held public office so the attacks will be personal. He will be called a sexist, a racist, a xenophobe, a liar, a crook and any other name that they can think of. People have heard all that before. The debates between Trump and Clinton will be interesting. Trump will really have to work hard to get his facts right. We do not know if Melania Trump's speech was deliberately sabotaged to make it look like plagiarism so Trump has to select his advisers very carefully. Clinton's experience with public office is both an asset and a millstone because she is open to allegations of incompetence, at best, and being deceitful, at worst. The challenge of Bernie Sanders has seriously shaken her confidence so that she is having to depend on Obama to support her campaign. Not so long ago Bill Clinton, husband of Hillary, was know to despise Obama. "  I hate that man Obama more than any man I've ever met, more than any man who ever lived," said Bill Clinton. While Michelle Obama called Hillary a "Hidebeest". She refused to invite the Clintons to dinner and wanted Joe Biden to run for president. Spiteful people, aren't they? Now Obama desperately needs Hillary Clinton to protect his tatty legacy. His only achievement the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is sinking and will surely by dismantled if Trump wins.  He dissuaded Biden from running and is using all his influence to make sure that Trump does not win. He can bring all African-Americans to vote for Clinton. Whatever happens it will be interesting. Better than going to a movie.

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