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Please
think
about
events
of
just
the
past
two
weeks,
without
considering
the
presidential
candidates’
names.
Don’t
assign
these
hypothetical
events
to
either
Donald
Trump
or
Kamala
Harris.
After
all,
we
want
to
be
fair.
A
presidential
candidate,
in
a
public
forum,
discussed
the
size
of
Arnold
Palmer’s
pecker.
If
Harris
said
that
(or,
to
avoid
possible
charges
of
sexism,
maybe
said
the
equivalent
about,
say,
Raquel
Welch’s
rack),
how
would
you
react?
“Ha,
ha,
ha!
That’s
quite
funny.
Maybe
it
will
help
her
with
young
male
voters.”
Or:
“How
can
we
ever
give
this
person
a
position
of
power?
She’s
insane!”
If
Trump
said
that,
how
would
you
react?
Suppose
a
presidential
candidate,
in
a
public
forum,
danced
alone
onstage
for
39
minutes,
while
the
crowd
dwindled.
If
Harris
did
that,
how
would
you
react?
And
Trump?
If
one
presidential
candidate
called
the
other
“low
IQ”
and
“lazy”
(but
not
shiftless),
how
would
you
react?
If
one
candidate
said
the
other
was
a
threat
to
democracy
….
Oops.
Cut
that
one.
Within
just
the
past
two
weeks,
Harris
called
Trump
a
fascist,
and
Trump
said
that,
if
Harris
was
elected,
there
would
never
be
another
election
in
America.
That’s
a
push.
If
one
presidential
candidate
said
that
it
would
be
appropriate
to
call
out
the
United
States
military
to
deal
with
members
of
the
opposing
political
party,
how
would
you
react?
If
Harris
said
that,
would
you
be
outraged?
How
would
you
react
if
Trump
said
it?
If
there
were
credible
reports
that
a
presidential
candidate
had
said
the
candidate
wanted
American
generals
to
act
like
Hitler’s
generals,
how
would
you
react?
If
Harris
spoke
those
words,
would
you
say
that
the
Marine
general
and
former
chief
of
staff
who
reported
these
events
was
a
“lowlife”
and
a
“degenerate”
who
was
plainly
lying?
If
there
was
yet
another
allegation
of
sexual
misconduct,
this
time
in
connection
with
Jeffrey
Epstein,
how
would
you
react?
If
a
presidential
candidate
threatened
to
yank
the
broadcast
licenses
from
television
networks
that
broadcast
things
that
offended
the
candidate,
how
would
you
react?
If
a
presidential
candidate
could
garner
no
support
from
any
former
president,
vice
president
(including
his
own),
presidential
candidate,
or
vice-presidential
candidate
from
the
candidate’s
own
political
party,
how
would
you
react?
If
only
four
(out
of
44)
of
a
presidential
candidate’s
former
cabinet
members
had
publicly
endorsed
the
candidate
for
president
—
and
many
of
those
cabinet
members
had
affirmatively
said
that
the
candidate
was
unfit
for
office
—
how
would
you
react?
People
are
talking
about
the
possibility
of
an
October
surprise
in
the
coming
week.
I
no
longer
believe
this
is
possible.
I
think
David
Frum had
the
right
reaction
to
rumors
of
an
October
surprise:
Do
you
think
somebody
possibly
has
video
of
Trump
mocking
the
handicapped,
demeaning
US
prisoners
of
war,
boasting
about
sexually
assaulting
women,
praising
Vladimir
Putin,
or
urging
a
violent
attack
on
the
US
Capitol?
That
would
be
huge.
Remember:
I’ve
mentioned
only
the
events
of
the
past
two
weeks
in
this
column.
I
haven’t
said
a
thing
about
civil
liability
for
sexual
assault,
criminal
convictions
for
34
felonies,
multiple
other
indictments,
inciting
(and
failing
for
three
hours
to
say
a
word
to
stop)
a
mob
attacking
the
Capitol
Building,
and
the
like.
Yet
about
half
of
the
country
will
be
voting
for
this
cretin.
Am
I
wrong
to
be
breathless?
Am
I
wrong
to
be
embarrassed
to
be
an
American?
Mark Herrmann
spent
17
years
as
a
partner
at
a
leading
international
law
firm
and
later
oversaw
litigation,
compliance
and
employment
matters
at
a
large
international
company.
He
is
the
author
of
The
Curmudgeon’s
Guide
to
Practicing
Law and Drug
and
Device
Product
Liability
Litigation
Strategy (affiliate
links).
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected].
Chris