I ONCE SPOKE TO A MAN WHO WAS PARTICULARLY SKILLED AT MULE-DRIVING. WHEN THEY WOULD STOP AND REFUSE TO GO ON, HE WOULD PICK UP A HANDFUL OF DIRT AND PUT IT IN THEIR MOUTHS. OF COURSE, THEY WOULD SPIT IT OUT, BUT USUALLY, THEY WOULD START ON AGAIN. THE MAN SAID IT WAS BECAUSE IT CHANGED THE CURRENT OF THEIR THOUGHTS. YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW THE MEDIA REACTS TO A HILLARY CLINTON SCANDAL.