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Trump, Clinton are in trouble



Trump is in trouble. Here are the latest scandals. 
1. An informal advisor to Trump, Carter Page, praises Putin, criticizes the USA - last January.
2. Paul Manafort was charged with having long and deep ties to pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine.
3. Trump's unsuitability as President was assailed in an open letter signed by 50 Republican national security experts who warned the party he "would be the most reckless president" in US history.
4. Trump faces a new opponent in the form of Evan McMullin, a former C.I.A. official and a Republican. McMullin, a passionate anti-Trump opponent, will file papers to run for president as an independent.

In fact, should you wish to keep current on all of them: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/donald-trump-scandals/474726/

Clinton is in trouble.  Here are the latest.
1. Families of slain two Benghazi operators, Tyrone Woods and Sean Smith, have sued Clinton.
2. Julian Assange stresses more emails are coming regarding Clinton.
3. Emails concerning executed atomic bomb expert Shahram Amiri were discovered on Clinton's illicit server.
4. Further middle-eastern kidnappings of Western visitors occur in Afghanistan.  Clinton is linked through the recent apparent ransom payoff to Iran.

If you want to keep current on all of them: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/tracking-the-clinton-controversies-from-whitewater-to-benghazi/396182/

Honestly...   Even though we can all excuse or reject any of the charges, they are not good for either candidate. The charges being made will linger. Whoever you support, you cannot be ignore these charges. The one set may confirm for you the other candidate should not be president.  But the other charge set remains. Personally, I can discount some but not all. Precious time will be wasted by both camps disputing connections.  Eventually, you cannot ignore either set, no matter how fervent your support.  If you are halfway sane, you might wish we could roll the dice again on another set of candidates.  

The seven D's of political campaigns are all in play: Distract, Divert, Divide, Distrust, Disrespect, Demonize, and Deceive.  
It is August, a hot and dirty month this year.
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