More than half a million of you came to our site yesterday to see Donald Trump's final ad in the campaign - a compelling presentation of a choice between a corrupt political establishment and people willing to do what's necessary to return real power to the people. I said at the time that it's one of the best politcal ads I've ever seen, and judging from your reaction, you agree.
So surely Hillary would offer something pretty compelling herself, right? After all, she's been in politics for decades. She has high-priced consultants and ad agencies working for her. Just by virtue of the money and the talent surrounding her, we could expect something professionally done and interesting in its own right, yes?
No:
The first thing you'll notice is that the ad doesn't contain a word about Hillary herself, apart from her obligatory appearance at the beginning in which she says she approves the ad. (Hey! Hillary obeyed the law for once! There's news.)
As for this whole business about "our children are watching" while President Trump is saying whatever awful and inappropriate things he's saying: First of all, your kids are watching Disney Channel or Nickelodeon. If they're watching politics at the age of the kids featured in this ad, you've already failed as a parent.
Second, whatever Trump is saying in these ads is probably nothing compared to what they hear in school, or in the drunken poker game you're having late at night when you think they're asleep.
Third, as we've already documented here, Trump did not mock a disabled reporter. That's Hillary lying. Again.
Fourth, if the president is supposed to be a role model for kids, tell me which is worse: Teaching the kids to say some crude and vulgar things? Or teaching the kids to lie? I'd argue the lying is worse, in which case, for the sake of the children don't vote for Hillary!
Fifth, what's with the idea that the president is a "role model" for kids? Or that any politician is, for that matter? Politicians like Hillary have a very outsized notion of their importance to everyone's lives. I have a 16-year-old son. He is not influenced by the way Barack Obama acts. He is influenced by the way I act. That's my responsibility, not a politician's.
Look, there's no doubt Trump's mouth has generated some trouble for him, and I'm not surprised that Hillary's campaign would use some of what he said in an ad. But for her final ad - the one airing all Sunday during the football games - to contain nothing whatsoever as a case for a Hillary presidency, is really telling. Her whole argument amounts to: Trump says bad words.
And yes. Sometimes he does. Hillary does bad things. All the time.
Vote for Trump. That way when your foul-mouthed children are grown up, we will still have an America for them to live in.
