Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumI like this advice for Clinton
From Joe Klein, who usually praises her but not this time.
http://time.com/4262504/to-take-out-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-must-first-stop-acting-like-a-politician/?iid=toc_031716
But he wrote this:
Clinton no doubt assumes that Trump will come after her personallyand that her thick skin will protect her. But heres an easy one: What if Trump raises her husbands deplorableSanders descriptionexploitation of Monica Lewinsky directly in a debate? Will she have the jujitsu cool to respond, Deplorable? Hell yeah. Thats why he slept on the couch for six months?
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Important wives of important men!
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Anonymous: If you are reading this LOL please, names, names
DURHAM D
(32,606 posts)Quote -
He hates the Clintons. When did he start saying nice things about Hillary?
question everything
(47,434 posts)From Dec. 21, 2015 (perhaps this is the one that I most remember)
http://time.com/4156925/hillary-clinton-is-strong-on-fighting-isis-but-democrats-dont-seem-to-care-2/
Hillary Clinton held a town meeting in Salem, N.H., on the December evening after Donald Trump made nearly everybody crazy by proposing that Muslims be barred from entering the U.S. The event was well attended and enthusiastic. Grandmothersat least, women of a grandmotherly agestood on their chairs, cheered and took pictures of the candidate. At a moment when Republican pyrotechnics get almost all the media attention, it is important to remember that Clintons core constituency is as passionate as Trumps. But very different.
After criticizing Trump briefly, with a stray shot at Marco Rubio, Clinton went straight to questions. Dozens were asked. But there was not a single one about radical Islamic terrorism, not a single one about the need to rethink national security in an era when the jihadis have switched tactics and are attacking low-security targetstheaters and restaurants in Paris, Christmas parties in San Bernardino.
What were the questions about? Genetically modified food. Climate change. Gun control. Whether ExxonMobil suppressed information about carbon pollution. Voting rights. Mental health. Student loans. Immigration (family preservation, not border control). Preserving Social Security and Medicare. Taking care of veterans (with the assumption that veterans are victims of the military-industrial complex).
Now, some of these are important issues. But the Democrats unwillingness to think, or ask, about the single most immediate threat to our country was stunningor perhaps, all too predictable. There is as little nuanced thought about national security among left-liberal Democrats as there is about border control among Trump supporters.
Several times Clinton tried to steer her answers toward the topic, but the crowd resisted. And it occurred to me that Clinton might actually be taking a risk with the Democratic base when she talks about national security, which she has been doing quite a bit recently. She has given three meaty speeches since the Paris attackstough, detailed proposals for fighting ISIS, keeping the heat on Iran and protecting the homeland. In sum, they represent a more comprehensive effort to deal with these issues than attempted by all the Republican candidates combined, although Jeb Bush comes close andhell hate me for saying thishis positions on these issues arent all that different from hers.
question everything
(47,434 posts)(snip)
It was a classic drama about an endurance test, in some ways a torture session, and whether the main character, Hillary Clinton, would survive or be broken. She did, of course, surviveand it was a remarkable thing to behold. She survived with her humanity not only intact, but enhanced by her laughter, coughing, patience, comprehensive knowledge without seeming robotic, and clear concern about the Benghazi tragedy.
I have some big differences with Clinton on matters of foreign policyI thought the decision to go into Libya was wrong in the first place; I thought her desire to get involved in the Syria mess showed that she hadnt learned enough from our Iraq and Libyan experiences. But she demonstrated a presidential level of preparation, endurance and grace under pressure in the face of the Committees shameless marathon.
As for the Republicans, its about time they learned their lesson: they have been obsessed with the Clintons for more than 20 years now. Its a sick obsession. There has been a lascivious edge to itfrom Paula Jones to Vince Foster to Monica Lewinsky to Alabama Congresswoman Martha Robys embarrassing question, late in the hearing, about whether Clinton slept alone when she went home from the office the night of the Benghazi attacks.
(snip)
And every last attempt by Republicans to show that (a) Clinton didnt care about this tragedy or (b) that she participated in a politically-motivated coverup of the true nature of the Benghazi attack, fell disastrously flat for the Committees hapless prosecutors. On Point A, she attended a deputys level meetingsomething a Cabinet officer rarely doesin the hours after the attack to make sure that State, Defense, CIA and other relevant agencies were doing all they could to respond. On point B, it seems clear that a local militia used the cover of regional protests against an anti-Islamic video to launch an attack on the compound. The initial assumptionby everyone, not just Clintonthat this was part of a regional pattern of violent demonstrations was understandable, not at all conspiratorial and even if it was part of an Obama plan to low-ball the continuing threat of Al Qaeda, that is a matter of politics, and it pertains not at all to deaths in Benghazi.
Clinton laughed when the unfortunate Martha Roby asked her if she slept alone that night. Roby, stranded on planet wingnut, didnt understand why the Secretary and more than a few others in the room were laughing. They were laughing at you, Ms. Roby, because the moment summed up the true nature and toxic intent of this witch hunt.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)I don't know what a cheating spouse has to do with presidential qualifications - it has existed as long as we have had presidents - but that is an answer, if true, that would "knock your socks off"!
charlyvi
(6,537 posts)As would Bill. But that crap never worked with Democratic voters and still won't. Not to mention pot calling kettle black.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)she likens them to unicorns
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)To talk about policy. Now seriously where does he stand on the issues? We don't know, it is time to send Trump and Cruz home.
Hillary on the other hand has given her position on the issues. Some may not like her but she is knowledgeable. She is not auditioning to replace Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity, she just wants to serve this nation as president.