Hewitt did not ask gotcha questions. They were simple questions that I expect a candidate to be able to answer.
Step back, take a deep breath, and look at Trump again. He is remarkably either uninformed or ill-informed.
It was said of FDR that he had a third-rate mind but a first-rate temperament. Trump is third-rate in both.
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The trivialities of the interview are not the point. The article I linked is pointing out the anti Trump Putsch by the Establishment, and how Hewitt is being used by the GOPe (again) in this election cycle.
I noticed in 08 how Hewitt was a GOPe tool with his Mitt crush.
You can’t be serious.
Then don’t vote for him.
It is smarmy and ludicrous to judge a candidate on knowing the name of a general secretary of some crypto-political party/organization.
Who is President of Venezuela?
Peru? Who is the leader of Shining Path.
Who’s President of Taiwan? What Party?
What is the formal name of Macedonia and why! Who is it’s Prime Minister?
Who is Kim Jung-un’s (or whatever his name is) top General?
It goes on forever and is sophomoric.
That’s poppycock. Who Jabhat al-Nusra, Al-Shabaab, Harakat ul-Mujahidin, or the hundreds of other terrorist organizations are, individually, isn’t critical for a leader of the United States, let alone a candidate, to know off the top of his/her head.
Case in point, HH asked about Jabhat al-Nusra. Which isn’t even the name typically used to describe that cretin outfit. Its a name you would only use if you were trying to name drop and act smarter than the next guy.
Who leads any of these groups today is minutia. Kill one, another pops up. We’re fighting jihadist islam, not mo, hadhi, and jimbo.
Hell, I’m guessing Donald Trump is smart enough to know Islam isn’t the “religion of peace.” I don’t think any of the GOPe candidates can even get that fundamental question right. Shouldn’t that disqualify all of them from running for office?
So long as you want technocrats who speak politicalese, you’ll get the same results we’ve been getting. Which is $18 tril debt, a culture upside down, and increasing poverty. Rubio can’t even tell things aren’t going great.
Our powers that be, including HH, couldn’t tell us that Boko Haram was a terrorist group until 2013. And much of the RNC’s senate lineup, who’s jocks HH carries, apparently can’t tell that Iran sponsors terrorism such that they should work to make sure Iran doesn’t get international funding to continue. Thanks Corker et al.
We need LEADERSHIP. Not people who want to keep playing the same political games so that the same pockets get filled (be it political consultants, analysts, crony capitalists, or their bedmates).
I sincerely doubt that. Trump is first class.
I question why Hewitt only interviewed Fiorina. Why didn’t he take a cross section of candidates. Why didn’t he grill Carson?
Hewitt set Trump up. Fiorina was way too rehearsed.
Trump will figure it out. He is a quick study.
Get over it . He will win the presidency!
Turn in you conservative card, you're busted. (Yah, I saw your signup date. Big deal. This makes it look like you "grew in office" like a Supreme Court justice...)