Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Trump: Interrupter in chief



Andrew Sullivan, who has always been anti-Clinton, on the debate:

His utter lack of preparation; his doubling down on transparent lies; his foreign-policy recklessness; his racial animosity; his clear discomfort with the kind of exchange of views that is integral to liberal democracy; his instinctual belligerence — all these suggest someone who has long lived in a deferential bubble that has become filled with his own reality.

Clinton was not great at times; her language was occasionally stilted; she missed some obvious moments to go in for the kill; but she was solid and reassuring and composed. I started tonight believing she needed a game-changer to alter the trajectory of this race. I may, of course, be wrong, trapped in my own confirmation bias and bubble — but I thought she did just that...

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At 4:26 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Another nail in the coffin for the boondoggle HSR project:

http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2016-09-27/judge-gives-caltrain-electrification-green-light-atherton-loses-lawsuit-claims-local-project-was-too-closely-tied-to-high-speed-rail/1776425168923.html

 

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