In order to blow obscuring smoke around her many gaffs, her many scandals and her many health issues; Hellary Clinton, with the reliable help of her media pals, has tried smearing Trump at least three major times during and after the Democrat convention ... and there is a calculated pattern to these stunts ... a sympathetic figure has been wronged by Trump and therefore a certain voting block should abandon this evil evil man at the polls:
First it was the poor "gold star mother" that Trump dissed ... represented by the wife of Khizr Khan ... see: Khan Artist.
Next it was that poor architect (and other contractors) that Trump has stiffed ... see: Bag Job.
And the latest ploy was a former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, a poor victim of Trump's fat shaming ... see: Miss Piggy.
The thing that I find curious about these Clinton brickbats is that their effects are diminishing both in terms of initial impact and also in duration. They are obviously carefully planned and staged events ... with follow-up stories and events pre-programmed ... and talking points distributed. However, since the hits that Trump takes in the polls from these stunts are getting smaller and less persistent, they are becoming less effective ... that is ... Clinton's campaign hench-persons are clearly reaping diminishing returns.
And why are the returns on these attacks diminishing? Perhaps, just perhaps it is because of Trump's rapid responses ... his 3 AM tweets, his often candid admissions of partial responsibility ... but with clarifying explanations. If this is the reason Trump is so resilient through these political smears, then what should the Clinton campaign do? Why attack Trump for his 3 AM tweets of course ... like they have taken to doing recently. This, to me, is a good indication that he should continue doing what he has been doing ... and ignore even those on his own side who are echoing these Clinton media gripes.
The Clinton juggernaut might even go too far with these obvious smears and move into the territory of negative returns. Wouldn't that be special?
