What’s significant here, apart from the obvious miscarriage of justice and the years of their lives these people spent behind bars? It distills several traits that are so familiar from Trump, and would be so dangerous in a president: Someone else confessed to the crime, and DNA evidence established that the original five had nothing to do with the crime. Members of the group were indeed convicted they served many years in prison and then, in 2002, they were all proven to be innocent.
His position, as stated in a famous full-page ad, was that the five were all guilty and should be put to death. The case was known as the Central Park Five, and it was one of Donald Trump’s first forays into the realm of “public policy” issues.
Back in 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were convicted of raping and beating nearly to death a white woman in her 20s who was jogging in Central Park. If it were not for everything else, it would be major news, and it deserves real attention whenever the political version of the O.J. has long interfered in other countries’ politics.īut nothing like this level of attempted interference in U.S. The Manchurian Candidate, as a novel in the late 1950s and a movie in the early 1960s, was about Soviet/Chinese rigging of a U.S. For decades historians have suspected (and recently may have confirmed) that Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign secretly worked with the South Vietnamese government to torpedo peace talks to end the Vietnam war, in hopes of further damaging Hubert Humphrey’s campaign. Other countries have always had interests in the outcome of U.S. Of course this is ground that Trump himself has shamelessly prepared with his “It’s all rigged!” talk from early on (for instance, see installment #68). That worst-of-all prospect is seeding long-term doubt about the legitimacy of the election itself.
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The possible Russian interference would range from something that’s already happened (the hacks of DNC and other email accounts, with releases timed for political damage) to something that might be happening now (interference with registration rolls) to something really alarming (directly tampering with election-night results) to something even worse. The United States must upend Putin’s calculus with a strong diplomatic, political, cyber and economic response.” “Moscow orchestrated these hacks because Putin believes Soviet-style aggression is worth it. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), a member of the homeland security committee. “Today was just the first step,” said Sen. “These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process.”. political organizations,” said a joint statement from the two agencies. persons and institutions, including from U.S. intelligence community is confident that the Russian government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from U.S. government officially accuses Russia of hacking campaign to interfere with elections.” Sample: government has come out and claimed, for instance via a WaPo story with the headline, “U.S. Russia trying to tamper with the election. But yesterday, October 7, the Day of the Tape, most didn’t even make news programs:ġ. Here are some things that happened yesterday that in any other election year would have been major developments in themselves. I apologize if anyone was offended.”įor what it’s worth, I’ve been in locker rooms (though not on golf courses) and never had conversations like this. Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course-not even close. “This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago. Update: Donald Trump, GOP nominee, has responded: Take your own guess about the effect of The Tape. So each day’s news should be judged on whether it attracts any of those people to his side. What about Benghazi? And what do you expect from the crooked lamestream media? But to win, Trump needs to attract support beyond his base-notably from women, non-whites, educated people, and young people. Elegant timing!Īnd for this reminder: For a number of Trump’s supporters, even a video like this will bounce right off their backs. Stream It Or Skip It: 'Santa Inc.Except of course for Paul Ryan and his “respectable” comrades saying: He’s fine! Let’s put him in command! And now, via Politico, comes the news that Ryan plans to campaign alongside Trump tomorrow. Stream It Or Skip It: 'Silent Night' on AMC+, Last Call for Holiday Cheer Before the Apocalypse Where to Watch ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Online In 2021