This week the contest was an argument about who was the bigot. This was probably the low point since the early days of the republican primary debates. Oddly enough, given Donald Trump's analysis it was not clear that he understood the meaning of the word bigot. As usual, the surrogates and spokes persons and strategists took center stage. It is amazing what preposterous statements they make in defense of their candidate. I suppose I am not completely objective but it seems to me the republican surrogates are by far the worst. There is one young woman that when watching her one might suspect she had been given severe Pavlovian conditioning coupled with an overdose of amphetamines. Of course, this did not happen but that was the appearance created.
The other hot topic this week was Donald Trump's various positions on immigration policy. At this point, it is nearly impossible to know what his position is or will be. His most talented surrogate, Kellyann Conway described it as TBD, to be determined. One of the possibilities it seemed was to put revolving doors in the wall. The one thing that became quite clear was that Trump had been told by Kellyanne and Roger Ailes that he was going to lose if he did not make changes in his positions and style. Republicans from the RNC chairmen rhinoceros proboscis on down were outraged by Hillary Clinton's attack on their boy Donald. Apparently they have not listened to his attacks. Meanwhile, those of us who are centerleft or center right wonder what country we are living in.
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