Another Hurdle Overcome

The electors have met and delivered the necessary votes for Trump, despite relentless and petulant efforts to sabotage the election with terrorist threats as well as media hysteria over how the Russians "hacked" the election. On that particular score, we are supposed to believe that the election is tainted because the Russians helped Trump by leaking embarrassing information about Hillary Clinton in October and November. There are so many problems with this diatribe that it's hard to know where to begin:

• If voters had more information about Hillary Clinton, by definition they made a more informed choice.

• If any of the information was "fake" -- which hasn't been analyzed or explained yet -- this is no different from any other election season, when disinformation, lies, and propaganda are always part of the equation.

• There is no proof -- and no way to prove -- that any voters made their choice based on the leaked material. 

• There is no proof -- and no way to prove -- that the leaked material would encourage voters to choose Trump versus Hillary. Plenty of people voted for Hillary despite the leaks, and a good portion of them might have done so specifically because of outrage over those leaks.

• If the Russians were involved, this should be considered a good thing in the eyes of Hillary supporters, who hate Trump's nationalism and advocate a "borderless" world where we all participate to determine each other's destiny. If you're a globalist, you have NO basis to seek the sanctuary of nationhood now, so just shut up.

• Last but not least, anything the Russians did to hurt Hillary pales in comparison to what the establishment has done for the entire past year to tar, feather, and excoriate Trump every step of the way. 

The establishment is desperate -- not only to destroy Trump, but to salvage its own self-image as enlightened, legitimate, and in charge.

As an aside, it's getting rather tiresome hearing about how Trump hurts the self-esteem of women and girls. If anyone is truly concerned about this, where is the outrage over how females are routinely portrayed as sex objects in movies, music, and television? The angst over Trump is especially offensive when coming from the mouths of female entertainers; before you complain about the mote in his eye, remove the beam from your own.