Medias Outrage Should Start Working Any Day Now

By Ann Coulter Reviewing the state of the presidential race I see that very little has changed for the past year. Every few weeks the media roll out a new Trump scandal that has already been thoroughly covered day in day out for the last 15 months. In fact all of the shocking new Trump scandals were aired in the very first GOP presidential debate where he was asked seven questions about the following charges: (1) He is mean to women. (2) He is mean to Mexicans. (3) He said nice things about Obamacare. (Since dropped by the media in order to help Hillary avoid the subject.) (4) He is corrupt. (5) He is a bad businessman. (6) He is not a Republican. (Also since dropped -- Hillarys losing enough Democrats to Trump without reminding them that hes not a real Republican.") (7) His tone." All thats already been priced into the Trump brand. What new results do the media expect from telling us that Trump not only insulted Rosie ODonnell but also insulted Hispanic Mattress Girl Alicia Machado: baby mama to a Mexican drug lord? The only advance in the narrative is that the octaves of journalists voices keep getting higher as they repeat the exact same attacks on Trump. Each time the media claim victory by asserting with bland certainty that any drop in Trumps poll numbers is because of something very upsetting to journalists but which is generally quite popular with voters -- the Mexican rapists speech the Muslim ban and his response to the choleric Muslim Khizr Khan. The media can tell us where the candidates stand in the polls. They cant tell us why. Nonetheless they insist on identifying the precise statement of Trumps that has caused any setback which always happens to be whatever the media is being hysterical about. Most absurd was the widely repeated claim that Trumps insult of GOLD STAR DAD Khizr Khan caused him to dip in the polls. Except the problem is: (1) He didnt insult Khan; and (2) anyone who occasionally leaves his apartment realizes that no one would have minded if he had. Khans son was one of 14 Muslims to die serving in the U.S. military which coincidentally is the precise number of American soldiers who have been killed by Muslims serving in the U.S. Military. At the Democratic Convention Khan waved a copy of the Constitution asking Trump Have you even read the U.S. Constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy. In this document look for the words the right of all Muslims in the world to move to America shall not be abridged! Actually thats not in the Constitution. Incomprehensibly Khan told Trump to look for the words liberty and equal protection of law -- words that are noticeable for not mentioning the right of all Muslims in the world to move to America." He rounded out his harangue saying to Trump: You have sacrificed nothing and no one!" In an article titled Ire for Trump as He Derides Muslim Parents The New York Times described Trumps response to Khan as startling and said it drew quick and widespread condemnation. This included a tweet from Bush speechwriter Peter Wehner calling Trump a man of sadistic cruelty. With him theres no bottom. Now go ahead and defend him." I must have accidentally been out of the country for a few days because I missed the part where Trump insulted the Khans. But according to the Times Trump was derid(ing) the Khans when he went on Good Morning America and called the snarling Muslim a nice guy wished him luck wondered why his wife didnt say anything and talked about the reasons Americans might want to hit the pause button on mass Muslim immigration. To wit Trump said: Well I would say we have had a lot of problems with radical Islamic terrorism thats what Id say. We have had a lot of problems where you look at San Bernardino you look at Orlando you look at the World Trade Center you look at so many different things. You look at what happened to the priest over the weekend in Paris where his throat was cut 85-year-old beloved Catholic priest. You look at what happened in Nice France a couple of weeks ago. I would say you gotta take a look at that because something is going on and its not good." I understand why the media are upset that Trump mentioned these notable contributions of Muslim immigrants but unless I dont know the country at all anymore I do not believe a majority of Americans minded one bit. The media are betting that after 9/11 the diaper bomber the shoe bomber the Boston Marathon Fort Hood Chattanooga San Bernardino the Orlando nightclub the Chelsea bombing and the recent mall attacks in both Minnesota and Washington the revulsion of the American public to anti-Muslim bigotry will be a HUGE factor in this election. Journalists swim in a sea of agreement. They dont stop to think that the identity politics they majored in back in college might not be popular with all Americans. Polls showed a post-convention bounce for Hillary before Trump had said word one about Khan. Perhaps their nonsense headlines about Trump attacking a GOLD STAR FAMILY also helped them in the short run. But as soon as the public found out that it was this specific family and also that Trump didnt attack them voters werent mad at Trump but they sure were with the media.