"Guilty"
It
was a weird day on the Sunday talk
shows, with a Democratic debate on
Saturday night, bipartisan deals actually
being made in Washington,
and front
runner Donald Trump sounding
increasingly unhinged.
Bernie
Sanders appeared on ABC, where
he said of Donald Trump “I think you
have
a pathological liar there.” He also proposed free college
tuition, with a tax on Wall Street, creating 13 million jobs by
closing tax loopholes, and universal family and medical leave with a
tax on the middle class. On the same show, Cokie Roberts declared of
Sanders, “you still have a 74-year-old Democratic Socialist who is
too far to
the left to win a general election.”
Chris
Christie popped up on This Week as well, where he called for
ground troops in Iraq and Syria, said we're already in World War
Three, and said he would be comfortable with Donald Trump as
Commander-in-Chief.
Speaker
Paul Ryan was on Meet the Press, where he said of President
Obama,
“I think he's one of the most polarizing
Presidents we've
ever had.”
But
the most absurd moments came in interviews with Donald Trump on ABC's
'This Week' and NBC's 'Meet The Press'.
He
called Hillary Clinton “weak, frankly.
She's got no stamina, she's
got nothing," and
said “She couldn't even get back on
the
stage last night.”
He
criticized U.S. interventions in the Middle East under both President
Bush and Obama, but also called for U.S. troops to re-invade and
seize control of the oilfields indefinitely.
He
bashed President Obama for not having good relations with Vladimir
Putin. When George Stephanopoulos pointed out he's alienated all of
Britain and Germany, he turned on the host, saying, “I know you
want to be so politically correct all the time,” and saying friends
of terrorists should turn them in, “but they're not going to
turn them in with attitudes like your attitude.”
On
Putin's praise for him, he said, “I'll accept that on behalf of our
country,” and said
“I didn't praise him, he praised me,”
following that stating “He is a strong leader. What am
I gonna say,
he's a weak leader?”
He
vigorously defended accusation Vladimir Putin against accusations
that he murdered journalists, saying "I think our country does
plenty of killing too." He defended that statement, citing U.S.
actions in Iraq and Libya, adding “we're the ones that have
really
empowered Iran, not Russia.”
When
George Stephanopoulos asked,
“It's our fault that Russia is selling
missiles
to Iran?” Trump responded, “Of course it's our fault.”
In
any case, Trump said, “In all fairness
to Putin, you're saying he
killed people.
I haven't' seen that,” and “I don't think it's
been proven. Has anybody proven that he's killed reporters?” and
“sure, there are allegations. I've read those allegations over the
years, but nobody's proven that he's killed anybody,” and “He's
always denied it,” and “you know, you're supposed to be innocent
until proven guilty, at least in our country.”
On
the other hand, Trump defended his discredited claim he saw people on
television in New Jersey celebrating on 9/11 saying “There were
people celebrating.” When the host pointed out “There were not
people celebrating in Jersey,” he said “there were articles
written about it. Don't tell me that,” and “Of course there were,
George.”
So,
Bernie Sanders proposes free college and is unelectable; Chris
Christie thinks we're in WWIII, and Barack Obama is polarizing;
Hillary Clinton lasts through an 11-hour hearing, and Donald Trump
can't handle a debate longer than 120 minutes, but Clinton has no
stamina; the U.S. shouldn't invade the Middle East except to take
ownership of the oilfields; the well-founded accusations against
Vladimir Putin are just allegations, and in fairness, he's innocent
until proven guilty; but the unfounded accusations against Americans
celebrating on 9/11 must be true, although discredited, “of course”
they're true.
And
that's the most ridiculous thing that happened this Sunday.
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