You Will Anyway: Not the Worst Post-Election Season

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Not the Worst Post-Election Season

But still pretty good. And it's early yet.

That's rich. A Trump campaign manager schooling a legislator and lawyer on legality.

“He should be very careful about characterizing somebody in a legal sense…I would say be very careful about the way you characterize it.”

Mediaite

Is that a veiled threat that Donald will sue Harry? (Wait a little while, and Donald will threaten it without the veil.)

Conway argued that Trump already made the call for Americans to come together, and that it’s hypocritical and un-democratic for demonstrators to contest the results of Election Day.

Contesting the results of Election Day is now undemocratic. I have no idea what it means to be a hypocritical demonstration. Is she claiming the anti-Trump demonstrators previously argued against allowing demonstrations by Trump supporters?

[Conway said] Reid is “acting like a garden variety political pundit,” when the country should focus on a peaceful transition.

“This has to stop,” Conway insisted before ripping into anti-Trump protesters for acting under “nefarious conditions.”

Nefarious conditions? Yes, that means I was forced to actually watch the video to try to figure out what the hell she's talking about:

Senator Reid called Trump a "sexual predator", and said it was Trump's responsibility to get the ugliness under control since he riled it up. Kellyanne says Reid is "egging people on": "Talk about not wanting my children to listen to somebody."

She says the demonstrators are "there for nefarious reasons. They're booing us, they're spitting on us, they're causing all kinds of havoc. [Harry Reid] has to stop."

Nefarious booing. And the spitting again. If you're old enough, you'll remember when the Viet Nam war protesters were repeatedly accused of spitting on returning vets. Spitting must be the worst thing a right-winger can imagine. (I wish the ones around here would stop spitting that nasty tobacco phlegm on the sidewalks.)

Is Conway going to be the White House Press Secretary? Because I'm not going to be any more inclined to watch or listen to her than I was to Ari Fucking Fletcher.

But wait. She wasn't through. "I want the children of America to see decency and honor from our leaders and elected officials."

Keep them away from Donald Trump's Twitter, Kellyanne.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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