"I get the news I need on the weather report.
"I can gather all the news I need on the weather report."
--- Simon and Garfunkel song, "The Only Living Boy in New York"
Are we comfortable electing as president someone who gets some of the news he needs from the National Enquirer? It has been scarcely weeks since Donald Trump parroted a National Enquirer story, discussing Ted Cruz's father-in-law being with Lee Harvey Oswald not long before the Kennedy assassination, indicating he might have been involved in the murder.
Now, we have Trump bringing up the possibility the Clintons were involved in the death of former Clinton staffer Vince Foster, which is another story out of the pages of the National Enquirer.
"I get the news I need on the weather report."
I wonder at all this. Is this character assassination at its worst, trying to tie your political opponents to murders? On the other hand, if the accusations are true, they should be things we discuss.
So, we find ourselves wondering if we must become learned in the Enquirer articles just to better determine whether Donald Trump is justified in what he says.
And, Trump lives on. His campaign continues to flourish. He is news more than anyone else is news. From New York, he is, in a manner of speaking, the only living boy in New York.
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