The Truth and the Donald Catch Up to Hillary

Reputations don’t recover from patterns of deceit.

Daniel J. Flynn

Hillary Clinton affirmed a serious illness this week. It wasn’t bacterial pneumonia. Bill Safire diagnosed the disease twenty years ago when he evaluated Hillary Clinton as a “congenital liar.”
After dismissing reports of her ill health as conspiracy theories for much of the summer, the Clinton campaign described the candidate as “overheated” after leaving a 9/11 memorial event on Sunday. MSNBC spun the abrupt departure as an act of politeness. Bizarrely calling high 70s/low 80s “horrific, very hot, extremely humid,” anchor Alex Witt maintained that Clinton “did not want to bring attention to herself… given the solemnity of the event.”

But video showed a slumping 68-year-old, struggling to stand, strongarmed into a van by people who earned the title “handlers.” Trevor Berbick walked on steadier legs after Mike Tyson clocked him.  Candidates recover from falls, literal and metaphorical. Reputations don’t recover from patterns of deceit.....To Read More.....