Today, I’m going to continue to discuss the election results just to see how many more disappointed Hillary Clinton supporters will cancel lunch with me.
When I left off last week, I was calling for — excuse this radical idea — equal treatment under the law in the form of a special prosecutor to investigate the possible crimes of Hillary and Bill Clinton. A special prosecutor really won’t be needed because there are already investigations under way, but appointing an investigator just for them will make Hillary and Bill feel, you know, special.
I use the phrase “possible crimes” only because I’m feeling generous and a little naive today. And I would think that Hillary — who was nearly indicted twice — would jump at this idea.
She can’t be a champion of the little guy and the underdog, as she claims to be, while allowing people like me to think that she is a crook who got away with stuff that ordinary people wouldn’t have.
But that’s not where this column is going today.
Today, in an attempt to get uninvited to lunch with more folks, I’m going to share some ideas and opinions.
- People in Philadelphia, St. Petersburg, Fla., and several other cities were probably thrilled to be treated to free mini-concerts by Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and Jay Z — but it wasn’t entirely a good thing. Hey, free concerts are great! I probably would have gone myself. But think of the deeper message it gave to voters about Hillary, who arranged these musical extravaganzas. It told voters that Hillary was special and not only can hang out with people like that but also can get them to come to her rescue. In a campaign whereby voters were rebelling against the establishment, pissed at people with privilege and power and feeling annoyed that the economy has left them behind, was it really smart for Hillary to parade around her fancy music industry and Hollywood friends? I don’t think so.
- Hillary’s own emails never came out during the last weeks of the campaign, as I expected — but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist, despite the fact that she tried to erase them. As I’ve said, the National Security Agency was hacking the Russians when the Russians were hacking Hillary’s computer server. And the NSA, as I explained earlier, has already offered Hillary’s emails to the FBI. All Trump’s FBI has to do is ask, and the NSA will deliver all of Hillary’s secrets.
- James Comey, the soon-to-be-replaced FBI director, now has no fans among either the Democrats or the Republicans. And the way I hear it, Comey is set to snag a big, low-profile job with a Wall Street bank. Consumer banks like Citigroup should think twice about hiring a guy who’ll bring them nothing but bad vibes with customers of all political persuasions.
Next up, I’ll tell you all the things President-elect Trump is about to do wrong — like considering naming another Goldman Sachs executive as Treasury secretary. I guess that’ll do it. I’d better start brown-bagging lunches because I doubt I’ll get invited to many on either coast. I wonder how the ribs are in Cleveland.
