[Hoot Gibson]

That is patently false. I didn't defend him about the Miller deal. And I have criticized him for his loose cannon of a mouth in the recent past. I would however, take the time to see what it is all about rather than taking to print in an attempt to destroy him. If he lied, it will come out. But like I said, unflattering things like that would be an embarrassment, and at least in this case, have little to do with the problems we all face. And frankly, my guess is that the vast majority of men breathing air at this time would be hard pressed not to lie in similarly unflattering circumstances. They don't call it digging dirt for honorable reasons. It is character assassination pure and simple and for my money, you're doing your part wittingly or not to put Hillary in the White House. Unfortunately character does not seem to be much of a consideration these days. But his character profile is none the less light years better if he even half way lives up to his promises. And as profiles go, I know you've seen the list of Presidents who have closets crammed full of skeletons. The standard you seem to be demanding would be apt for a Baptist Pastor, but a politician? Not in my lifetime.

And the rest of your rationale is even weaker and less applicable. You're not going to gripe your way into a situation where Trump is cast out by the GOP and another candidate is parachuted in. You can mount up hearsay and falsehoods until you can't muster another slam, but in my opinion it is not going to happen. If my perspectives are errant, time will tell and I will admit my mistakes. If Trump is 100% guilty of posing as his own publicist, as I have correctly pointed out, in comparing to the Clinton scandals on a scale of 1 to 10, Trump's offense would not so much as budge the needle.

In any event, given the two likely nominees, it would seem to me that you are accomplishing little more than poisoning the well at this point. And I will make a prediction. Sooner or later the anti-Trump movement is going to print something that will be sensational at first but will be disproven soon thereafter, and things will all go against them from that point on.

Once again, I have criticized Trump, so you go after me. That has become your pattern of behavior. BTW, Trump admitted under oath in 1990 that he had posed as a publicist for himself by the name of John Barron. No audio recordings of the imaginary Mr. Barron have surfaced yet. The journalist who interviewed Mr. Miller has stated that she did not leak the tape and suggested that Trump may have leaked it himself. Note that she recalled interviewing "Miller" and later losing the tape when she moved between apartments.

What Trump did to promote himself as a 40 some year old developer is bad enough, but not necessarily a disqualifier for the office of president. Lying about such an incident at the ripe old age of 69 as a presidential candidate in an election year should concern even Trump's most enthusiastic supporters.

I am not wittingly or unwittingly doing anything to help elect Hillary Clinton. The people who cast votes for a nutcase named Donald Trump are helping her campaign.

You have repeatedly criticized me for making predictions. Yet you speak with absolute certainty that country would be worse off with Hillary Clinton as president as Donald Trump. That smacks of hypocrisy to me but I am sure that you will continue to insult me for criticizing Trump.