I know and I have seen it all before.
I don't know how old you are Carana but do you remember Barry Goldwater?
He was the Republican candidate who ran against Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
He did have career successes well at least one very important one !
But I guess most remember him for remarks like "Let's lob one into the boys room at The Kremlin"
"Goldwater was painted as a dangerous figure by the Johnson campaign, which countered Goldwater's slogan "In your heart, you know he's right" with the lines "In your guts, you know he's nuts", and "In your heart, you know he might" (that is, he might actually use nuclear weapons as opposed to using only deterrence). ". Familiar huh ?
Despite all that Charles Sweeney still holds the record he hoped he would always keep.
From a skim read of Goldwater on Wiki, yes, the opposition does appear to have done a bit of scare-mongering over some of his OTT comments / views, but Trump appears to be in a different league altogether. And a substantial proportion of prominent members of his own party appear to be tearing their hair out. The Dems don't need to spend a fortune in anti-Trump ads highlighting weaknesses / gaffes / bullying / "misstatements" / confusion, he does it all by himself.
A round up of a few recent articles.
Yes, American Spies Really Think Trump Is Putin’s Guy
The nominee’s Kremlin ties have become a scandal—and the GOP has nobody to blame but itself for this mess
By John R. Schindler • 08/05/16 4:06pm
http://observer.com/2016/08/yes-american-spies-really-think-trump-is-putins-guy/I Ran the C.I.A. Now I’m Endorsing Hillary Clinton.
By MICHAEL J. MORELLAUG. 5, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/opinion/campaign-stops/i-ran-the-cia-now-im-endorsing-hillary-clinton.html?_r=3&mtrref=t.co&assetType=opinionThis is actually about NATO:
Madeline Albright: Donald Trump Is Just 'Weird' | Morning Joe | MSNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFIG8l3TRc8OK, this could be considered as scare-mongering, but I was thinking the same thing before ever having seen this (and have posted to that effect):
Imagine Donald Trump With The Nuclear Codes | The Last Word | MSNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=371ppiYpk1UYT links don't seem to want to embed. Soz.