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The Magnificent Seven

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 193: The Magnificent Seven

Why a Top McCain Aide Won’t Vote for Trump

June 30, 2016 · 9:06 am ET · Leave a Comment

Mark Salter: “He’s an ignoramus whose knowledge of public issues is more superficial than an occasional newspaper reader’s. He casts his intellectual laziness as a choice, a deliberate avoidance of expert views that might contaminate his ill-informed opinions. He excused his failure to consult professionals before commenting on the Brexit vote by dismissing foreign policy advisers in general, including his own… He’s a charlatan, preposterously posing as a business genius while cheating investors, subcontractors, and his own customers. He’s rich because his father left him a great deal of money… He possesses the emotional maturity of a 6-year-old. He can’t let go of any slight, real or imagined.”

“Whatever Hillary Clinton’s faults, she’s not ignorant or hateful or a nut. She acts like an adult, and understands the responsibilities of an American president.”

2016 Campaign Donald Trump, Mark Salter

Quote of the Day

May 9, 2016 · 6:56 am ET · 31 Comments

“He’s going to lose, and I think he’s got kind of an unstable personality to begin with. I think he could come apart, you know, in some kind of visible way. I think that’s quite possible… I’m not a psychiatrist, but there is something wrong with the guy.”

— Ex-John McCain speechwriter Mark Salter, quoted by Politico, on Donald Trump.

2016 Campaign Donald Trump, Mark Salter

Ex-McCain Aide Will Back Clinton Over Trump

May 3, 2016 · 3:52 pm ET · 105 Comments

Mark Salter, a former top aide to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), says he will support Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in November as both candidates appear close to locking down their parties’ nominations, MSNBC reports.

Said Salter: “Basically, I think she’s the more conservative choice and the least reckless one. Trump’s policy views are like some drunk’s rant. If he tried to do anything like he says he will, we’d have no allies, a lot more enemies, and more of them with nukes. Finally, he’s unfit for the office, too, temperamentally and morally, a narcissistic bigot.”

2016 Campaign Mark Salter

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