Sleaze. It’s an old word, a word with which anyone with a gram of self-respect never wished to be associated with, a word which nestles right next to ‘swamp,’ a word that is the favorite nephew of ‘corruption.’<\/p>\n
And I think it really applies to the release by Trump’s PR man, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, of a doctored tape, as WaPo<\/strong><\/em> (and damn near any other news outlet) is reporting<\/a>, regarding an incident involving President Trump and CNN’s Jim Acosta at a press conference.<\/p>\n I’m not going to bother with references to deepfakes, even though I’ve discussed them before. I’m just too disgusted with this Administration, and with every American who thinks it’s an Administration worthy of the name.<\/p>\n Playing stupid games like this means it’s not a worthy Administration. Trump said he was going to drain the swamp?<\/p>\n Maybe he did. And then refilled it with something twice as toxic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sleaze. It’s an old word, a word with which anyone with a gram of self-respect never wished to be associated with, a word which nestles right next to ‘swamp,’ a word that is the favorite nephew of ‘corruption.’ And I think it really applies to the release by Trump’s PR \u2026 Continue reading