Apparently Donald Trump is trying to get out of the debates.
Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of intentionally stacking debates against prime time programming to “rig” the election process, despite the fact that the schedule has been set since last September, Politico reports.
Said Trump: “As usual, Hillary and the Dems are trying to rig the debates so two are up against major NFL games. Same as last time w/ Bernie. Unacceptable!”
Trump claims that the NFL wrote him a letter expressing concerns about the debate schedule, which the NFL has already denied, meaning once again Trump told a blatant lie.
First, the modest proposal. I’d suggest that Hillary allow that Donald has a point, and that it isn’t a good idea if the debates conflict with the football schedule. She should say that she would be willing to debate on any weekday evening of Trump’s choosing. Trump already looks bad, but this would make him look like a total chicken, and to rub it in, I’d suggest unleashing Elizabeth Warren, Jennifer Granholm, Barbara Boxer, and other female Democrats to call him out as a chicken when he ducks and weaves in response. As I’ve said before, his schoolyard bullying techniques don’t work on strong women, as the past several weeks have demonstrated, and he has no idea how to respond when they attack him.
Now, the observation. The lie about the NFL was blatant in the extreme. Remember when Al Gore never said that he invented the Internet? We were not allowed to forget that which did not happen. Maureen Dowd alone must have brought it up a hundred times. What do you want to bet that this actual lie will garner almost zero attention, and that by the time anyone reads this (which, come to think of it, may be a long time from now) it will be totally forgotten. We’ve come to a strange pass when a presidential candidate is allowed to lie simply because he does it so often that it no longer seems unusual, but that’s where we are, and of course it helps him immensely that he’s running as a Republican. Different rules apply to the Republicans, at least in the media. Thankfully, at least in some of the courts, Republican lies have consequences.
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