To the Editor:
I read with interest “Clinton Piles Up Research in Bid to Needle Trump” (front page, Aug. 30), highlighting the startling contrast between the two presidential candidates’ preparations for their debate. Although I have little hope that we’ll get a real discussion of policy proposals in September, since Donald Trump doesn’t have any, what I do fervently wish for is a crawl at the bottom of my TV screen displaying the results of real-time fact-checking for every statement either candidate makes.
It’s all well and good to find out the next day that someone lied a lot or a little, but the people who most need to know how few truths are coming out of the G.O.P. campaign aren’t going to follow up later to find out. How much more powerful—for all of us—to find out immediately as the debate unfolds.
ELISA ADAMS
New Hyde Park, N.Y.
Note from KBJ: Politics isn't about facts; it's about values and character. Who cares whether Donald Trump has command of the facts? He has a vision of where he wants to take the country. If people like his vision, they will vote for him; otherwise, not. I can see why supporters of Hillary Clinton such as Elisa Adams want to emphasize facts. Their candidate's vision of where she wants to take the country is deeply unattractive to most Americans, and her character is abominable. She's a liar; she's corrupt; and she's arrogant.
