HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT

[HairOfTheDog]

I was being sincere when I said I felt sorry for her, whether she's just run down or it's something more.

I know. You're not one of the Hillary conspiracy theorists who seems almost giddy at the thought of something terrible happening to her.

Once the media and everyone else, including some of you, start holding Trump to the same high standard that you hold Hillary to, I will shut the fuck up. Promise!

Well, I don't want you to shut up, so I guess it's not so bad that the same standard will never by applied by most of the media (I think some media sources do a fair job though).

The media has to treat Trump seriously because he won the nomination and he's supported by a significant portion of the population. Whenever the media has tried to hold his feet to the fire over lies and 'deplorable' comments and incredible lack of transparency, his surrogates have changed the subject or lied while Trump moved on to the next antic.

Lately, Trump's been much more focused and less offensive, and Pence has become a more appealing defensive spokesperson for the candidate, in my opinion. That should be of concern to the Clinton campaign, and I believe it is.

I believe that's why Clinton recently invoked the "basket of deplorables" comment. She wants to remind people of what Trump really stands for when he's not reading somebody else's script and what they'll really be supporting if they vote for him. As controversial and risky as that comment was, and as much as the Trump campaign is trying to use it against her, I disagree with most of the pundits. I believe it was a good strategic move on Clinton's part and I personally don't object to her choosing to go non-PC and call a spade a spade.

Overall, I think Clinton has done a good job calling attention to some of the worst Trump statements and policy proposals. But, she and her campaign are strategically inconsistent and weak when it comes to real or manufactured Clinton scandals, in my opinion. They should know by now to get in front of anything that is under investigation and/or will likely come to the surface and own the narrative. Clinton instead holds back and is vague on those subjects until the next tidbit is released, which continues to make her seem untrustworthy to a lot of people outside her hard-core supporters (regardless of the fact that she's been more transparent than Trump).

Hillary Clinton lives under a microscope; it goes with the territory. Yet, she always seems so resentful of the attention and non-policy questions. That's annoying to me, in part because it casts a shadow over all the good she's done and what she has to offer (even though I understand why she's afraid that every move will be scrutinized and used against her by the Republicans). Assuming a defensive/offense posture so often backfires on her, but she keeps doing it. I don't know if she can change in that regard, but I hope so.