Today’s quote comes to us from the devastated New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd’s brother Kevin – who does not share most of Ms. Dowd’s political views.
Her latest “I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue” column (thanks Charles Aznavour), quotes brother Kevin copiously, and his thoughts are very trenchant.
Here my favorite among them:
“She is a weak campaigner with a documented history of unsavory dealings. She is declared unlikable by 55 percent of the electorate and untrustworthy by 67 percent. … When the director of the F.B.I. laid bare her gross negligence for arrogantly setting up her own email system while secretary of state and announced there would be no prosecution, you could hear the heavens thunder for justice. Not since O.J. Simpson had someone so obviously guilty by the facts, walked away. A separate investigation tying Clinton Foundation contributions to speeches made by Bill adds to the pungent aroma of shiftiness and entitlement that routinely hovers above them. Bill only adds to it with his surprise thirty-minute visit to the attorney general on the tarmac at the Phoenix airport, a stunt even a first-year law student knows is verboten. The D.N.C. thought it was lining her up with a weak sparring partner she could destroy, marching into Philadelphia with momentum and money for the general campaign. Whoops.”
I award Kevin Dowd Quote Of The Day honors for summing up Donald Trump’s win and Hillary Clinton’s loss so well.
The only thing he left out was the residual outrage over her, and the DNC’s, torpedoing of Bernie Sanders.
Hey, nobody’s perfect.
