Asks Kaine about the Gates piece, which cites Crooked's trust issue. Kaine notes that Gates calls Trump unqualified, period, so loses. Kaine would trust his kids, who are in the service, to Clinton as POTUS (well, duh). Trump makes fun of McCain and went after Khan and Curiel, is scary. Kaine would not trust his son's life with Trump as POTUS, but would let his son decide whether or not to stay in. Trump encouraged Russia to commit cyber-espionage.
Dickerson questions none of this, moves to how VPOTUS and POTUS are complimentary. Kaine holds up his book, "Stronger Together" and contrasts it with Trump's book title.
Pretty lame and uninspiring interview. Kellyanne up.
Dickerson goes to the Gates OpEd first, and Trump's reaction "a clown, absolute clown, Gates ... I never met him ... I am better at what he is doing than he is."
Kellyanne says Gates should have been more direct with the role of radical Islam in the world. Americans are frustrated that we don't have leaders who are determined to address this. Dickerson says didn't Trump show thin skin by criticizing gates the way he did? Kellyanne say no, he has a right to defend himself. His critics don't look to the substance of his plans.
On to birtherism. Why did he change? Kellyanne says Trump raised a few points, one of which is that Hillary started it. Kellyanne substantiates this. Dickerson says yeah, but he pushed this for five years, and Clinton fired the staffer who (supposedly) started the rumor. Kellyanne says Trump wasn't in the primary, Hillary was. See McClatchy and Sid Blumenthal. The idea that Hillary was not responsible for this is nonsense. Dickerson says Trump has asked us to go back to look at Trump's positions e.g. Iraq, so we are doing the same thing with birtherism.
Dickerson puts words in Kellyannes mouth, she points this out, she did not say Trump dropped it in 2011. Kellyanne says Clinton is not seen as a closer. Dickerson says yeah, but on the question of trust, Trump advocated a lie for five years, why? Kellyanne says ask him, but at this point it is a sideshow. He honored 14 MOH recipients, said the three things on birtherism. And this week the polls tightened, child care plan, economy plan, and you guys are talking about birtherism.
End of discussion. This was the only topic that Dickerson thought was worth covering with the Trump campaign. Says something about Dickerson's obsession and inability to "get to the issues that matter." Next guest, Priebus, and Dickerson is stuck on birtherism. He says people kept asking about it, he hadn't talked about it for a long time, and he answered. Priebus is right, the question is raised entirely by the press. Priebus says the preponderancde of the evidence is that Hillary started it, so your claim that Trump's contention is false, is false. "Everyoneone around her is involved but she is not" What about Blumenthal? Dickerson moves back to 2011 - did the nominee of the GOP use this issue to energize republicans to come to him?
Is he serious? Does anybody think a campaign can exist with this as its issue? LOL.
Bothe Kellyanne and Reince doing well against this pinhead actor.
Amazing how the drivebys all cover the same stuff and try their best to shill for the hildabeast,it never ends.
Really great analysis thanks.
He just didn't go after them hard enough, but there's still plenty of time...after he wins.
McCain got shot down because he disobeyed orders flew too low, and then there's the Forestall.
Khan is a RAT activist, agent of the Moslem Brotherhood.
Curiel IS a Mexican (anchor baby) and a racist (La Raza).
Shut up Kaine.