NBC's Matt Lauer gives his all for Hillary
At the Commander in Chief Forum Wednesday night, Hillary Clinton again insisted that she did not receive any emails marked top secret, or confidential, or classified. This is in direct conflict with FBI director Comey's report that she received emails marked with a "C" for "confidential." Hillary said she respectfully disagreed with Comey, which shows that not only is Hillary corrupt and a liar, but she is also an ingrate. Comey gave her a pass, and she is using this pass to mean that she did nothing wrong.
Matt Lauer repeatedly asked Donald Trump what experience he has to be commander in chief, asking him what he has done and read. Of course, Lauer and the rest of the MSM did not ask what qualified Obama and Bill Clinton to be commander in chief. Trump answered that he has experience as a CEO in delegating power and reviewing facts to make decisions and that he has consulted with many admirals and generals. Trump tried to show Lauer a list of 88 generals and admirals who support him, but Lauer waved that off.
More importantly, Lauer did not ask Hillary how she can be commander in chief if she admitted she had a concussion that had caused her to forget security briefings. He did not ask her about her mental health, which she put at issue by using the concussion as a reason to forget briefings.
Lauer also did not ask her why she told the families of the Benghazi families that a video caused the attack there. A commander in chief should not lie to the families of those killed in war.
At one point, when Trump said Hillary last year said the VA had done a satisfactory job, Lauer jumped in to defend Hillary by saying Hillary has since modified her statements. Trump insisted that that is what Hillary said. Lauer tried to do a Candy Crowley, who defended Obama on Benghazi while Mitt Romney just sat there and did not respond. Trump told Lauer he was wrong.
Trump said he would fire the generals who have not done the job to win and replace them. Lauer seemed confused by this. The analysis by military expert Megyn Kelly, and Bush hack Dana Perino, was that Trump cannot fire the generals unless he has cause. It is clear that Trump was saying he would fire them from the job of running the war against the terrorists. They would be reassigned to a desk job. Every president has relieved generals and admirals from command. FDR did it during WWII, Truman did it in Korea, and LBJ should have relieved Westmoreland. Lincoln did it until he found Grant and Sherman to win the war.
Trump did a good job responding to hostile questions. Hillary filibustered to run out the clock. The MSM has a tough job selling Hillary.