POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES
"Obama will have to deal with foreign leaders who are far, far worse than Fox News’ hacks, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, or Ann Coulter..."
Wrong.
There are no foreign leaders worse than these people. They spew hate with no intention of communicating anything but hate. Their only measure of success is to increase listeners by being outrageous.
Even the darkest foreign leader has legitimate interests and concerns with which he or she must deal.
It is perfectly possible to have a meaningful conversation or negotiation when someone has such an interest. There are countless examples, from the IRA to Carter’s work with North Korea years ago.
It is not possible to have a meaningful conversation or negotiation with someone whose only object is prominence through hate and ugliness.
And that last clearly includes Hillary now. Her entire objective is to win by discrediting and hating her opponent. How else do explain her absolutely insane threat to murder 80 million people?
Hillary represents blind ambition with no legitimate social purpose other than personal success.
Sadly, too many Americans confuse that condition with being brave and tough. How else do explain the long list of dreadful presidents?