"Donald Trump’s closing argument is that he can use a teleprompter"

[dalton99]

https://newrepublic.com/article/138438/media-never-raised-bar-donald-trump

The Media Never Raised the Bar for Donald Trump
Reporters are treating his "discipline" as a political masterstroke, when we should be horrified that his temperament remains an open question.
By Brian Beutler
November 4, 2016

At the end of most elections, the political press corps tends to focus on what campaigns call their candidates’ “closing arguments.” The use of courtroom jargon is fitting, because the point of the “closing argument” is to offer the people who decide the election a last-best summation of the case.

For candidates, this usually entails putting on their best faces. Relentless positivity, substantive heft, resume burnishing, and so on.

Donald Trump’s closing argument is that he can use a teleprompter. Not necessarily that the words he reads off the teleprompter are true or intelligent, just that he can say all of them out loud and in order. In the final days of this campaign, we have returned to where we began, with an odd fixation on whether this man who aspires to the presidency can avoid saying anything ignorant, bigoted, inscrutable, or otherwise disqualifying for an hour or so at a time, once or twice a day.

“In what many around him took as a hopeful sign heading into the final stretch of the campaign, the Republican presidential nominee did not turn to Twitter to vent his frustration, as he would have in the past,” reports Yahoo News’ Holly Bailey, a campaign vet. “Though he still regularly breaks from his prepared remarks—often to attack the ‘dishonest media’ to the delight of his supporters—Trump has been more pointed in making his case about why he should win the White House.”

[Jason1961]

1. Well I'm convinced

We were all worried about nothing

Someone tell Hillary that she doesn't have to worry about being President and that Trump will take good care of America while she enjoys time with her family since we obviously don't need her experience, expertise, or leadership abilities since Trump can read a teleprompter.

[gratuitous]

2. He didn't act like a spoiled child for almost 48 consecutive hours

That qualifies as presidential in some quarters.

[world wide wally]

3. You have to admit though...

Trump doesn't sweat much for a stupid fucking liar

[dalton99]

4. True. Used car salesmen don't, either.