Come on, now. It was a microphone issue, Mr. Trump and his campaign says so. The fact that each “microphone issue” perfectly correlates to the facial movements and other mouth-noises of a sniff is pure coincidence.
I find the post-debate denial of obvious reality seen by more than one hundred million viewers fascinating. It seems to me that the only explanation is that the campaign views the consequences of this absurd strategy as less painful than the consequences of actually answering the questions of what the sniffing was about.
Is it so embarrassing that Mr. Trump had a cold? Well, if Mr. Trump didn’t have a cold twelve hours before the debate and twelve hours after the debate, then he didn’t have a cold during the debate.
(Notice Trump sniffing all the time. Coke user?) – @GovHowardDean
This was an asinine tweet for three reasons:
1. Providing unrequested medical diagnoses, even speculative, to an audience in excess of the patient is totally out of line. Dr. Dean stated in an interview the following day that it wasn’t a diagnosis, but he’s full of it.
2. Shaming drug users isn’t cool either. Let’s focus on treatment, not stigmatizing.
3. It’s pretty widely accepted that Donald Trump has never smoked, drank, or used drugs, and I’ve never seen or heard of any evidence to the contrary. This understanding is related to Freddy Trump, Jr. Freddy Jr.’s battle with alcohol. Freddy Jr. was eight years older than Donald and died of alcoholism. Donald certainly saw the impact alcohol had on Freddy — in fact, Donald Trump told People Magazine that Freddy would tell Donald “don’t ever drink”.
So look, I almost always like what Howard Dean has to say or do and I almost never like what Donald Trump says or does, but Dr. Howard Dean is totally in the wrong here.
Christophersays
…at the idea that someone with an MD throwing something like this out there.
fredrichlaricciasays
combined with his awkward body language — hunching over the podium, dry mouth and constantly sipping water a la Marco Rubio, rude interrupting boorish behavior —- all signs that this fraudulent carnival barker was out of his league and in way over his head.
Fred Rich LaRiccia
dasox1says
The guy is so divorced from reality it becomes more comical by the day. It’s just unreal. I was watching his event from FL live last night, and he was crowing about how’d he won the debate. Then he starts in on how he’d opposed the Iraq war from the outset apparently because he told Sean Hannity so (privately, I assume); even though he’s on record saying he supported it. What was really bizarre was that all the people (very white people) seated behind him cheered wildly when he said that he opposed the Iraq war. Why were they cheering? I seriously doubt that any of those people opposed the Iraq war. In fact, most Republicans continue to contend that removing Saddam from power was the right thing to do. I suspect that the vast majority of the people cheering wildly at the Trump rally still support the war, even after the passage of time. So why all the cheers? I just don’t get it.
Christophersays
They cheered because it is a line he can supposedly use against her. That’s all the reason they need. Logic or consistency don’t play any role.
jconwaysays
A lot of conservatives acknowledge that the a Bush administration was a disaster, and then lay the blame on that disaster at the feet is his supposed “liberalism” on immigration, trade, nation building and the like.
The first major figure in the conservative movement to endorse Trump
was Pat Buchanan who’s consistently been for fair trade and against interventionist foreign policy while also opposing abortion, gay rights, immigration, and the “foremost threat to America” multiculturalism. There is very little where Trumps 2016 platform differs from Buchanans in 1992.
pogosays
…which was about 8 times…I was thinking of all those Marco jabs Trump gave him for drinking to much water.
Come on, now. It was a microphone issue, Mr. Trump and his campaign says so. The fact that each “microphone issue” perfectly correlates to the facial movements and other mouth-noises of a sniff is pure coincidence.
I find the post-debate denial of obvious reality seen by more than one hundred million viewers fascinating. It seems to me that the only explanation is that the campaign views the consequences of this absurd strategy as less painful than the consequences of actually answering the questions of what the sniffing was about.
Is it so embarrassing that Mr. Trump had a cold? Well, if Mr. Trump didn’t have a cold twelve hours before the debate and twelve hours after the debate, then he didn’t have a cold during the debate.
So what was the real cause of the sniffing?
This was an asinine tweet for three reasons:
1. Providing unrequested medical diagnoses, even speculative, to an audience in excess of the patient is totally out of line. Dr. Dean stated in an interview the following day that it wasn’t a diagnosis, but he’s full of it.
2. Shaming drug users isn’t cool either. Let’s focus on treatment, not stigmatizing.
3. It’s pretty widely accepted that Donald Trump has never smoked, drank, or used drugs, and I’ve never seen or heard of any evidence to the contrary. This understanding is related to Freddy Trump, Jr. Freddy Jr.’s battle with alcohol. Freddy Jr. was eight years older than Donald and died of alcoholism. Donald certainly saw the impact alcohol had on Freddy — in fact, Donald Trump told People Magazine that Freddy would tell Donald “don’t ever drink”.
So look, I almost always like what Howard Dean has to say or do and I almost never like what Donald Trump says or does, but Dr. Howard Dean is totally in the wrong here.
…at the idea that someone with an MD throwing something like this out there.
combined with his awkward body language — hunching over the podium, dry mouth and constantly sipping water a la Marco Rubio, rude interrupting boorish behavior —- all signs that this fraudulent carnival barker was out of his league and in way over his head.
Fred Rich LaRiccia
The guy is so divorced from reality it becomes more comical by the day. It’s just unreal. I was watching his event from FL live last night, and he was crowing about how’d he won the debate. Then he starts in on how he’d opposed the Iraq war from the outset apparently because he told Sean Hannity so (privately, I assume); even though he’s on record saying he supported it. What was really bizarre was that all the people (very white people) seated behind him cheered wildly when he said that he opposed the Iraq war. Why were they cheering? I seriously doubt that any of those people opposed the Iraq war. In fact, most Republicans continue to contend that removing Saddam from power was the right thing to do. I suspect that the vast majority of the people cheering wildly at the Trump rally still support the war, even after the passage of time. So why all the cheers? I just don’t get it.
They cheered because it is a line he can supposedly use against her. That’s all the reason they need. Logic or consistency don’t play any role.
A lot of conservatives acknowledge that the a Bush administration was a disaster, and then lay the blame on that disaster at the feet is his supposed “liberalism” on immigration, trade, nation building and the like.
The first major figure in the conservative movement to endorse Trump
was Pat Buchanan who’s consistently been for fair trade and against interventionist foreign policy while also opposing abortion, gay rights, immigration, and the “foremost threat to America” multiculturalism. There is very little where Trumps 2016 platform differs from Buchanans in 1992.
…which was about 8 times…I was thinking of all those Marco jabs Trump gave him for drinking to much water.