Hillary Decimates Trump In Speech

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

 

Relevant article from Vox:

Hillary Clinton's campaign apparently workshopped the idea of trying to tag Donald Trump with the nickname "Dangerous Donald." It was a bit of a lame idea. But in her foreign policy speech this afternoon, Clinton captured the essence of that critique well — and delivered her best version yet of an argument that we're going to hear more and more of as she puts the primary against Bernie Sanders behind her and looks ahead to the general election.

The essence of the argument is simple. You may not agree with everything she says or everything she's done or will do, but you can at least be sure that a Clinton presidency won't lead to some enormous unforeseen cataclysm. With Trump, there's no such guarantee.

Over the course of the past year, Clinton has been talking primarily to Democratic Party primary voters. This argument — and this speech in general — is not one that will be especially appealing to them.

What she's offering instead is an argument aimed at a much broader audience. It's an argument that acknowledges, implicitly, that there are tens of millions of right-of-center Americans who've never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate but didn't support Trump in the primary. Clinton is pitching an argument aimed at those people — one designed to offer little ideological or policy content in hopes of appealing to 70 percent of the population rather than 51 percent.

In other words, ask yourself: What's the worst that could happen? Conservative-minded people aren't going to be thrilled with a Clinton presidency, but they've already lived through eight years of Bill Clinton and eight years of Barack Obama. The country is still standing. With Trump, by contrast, we really have no idea what we're going to get.

Donald Trump's ideas, Clinton said, are "dangerously incoherent"; indeed, "they're not ideas at all." She calls him "temperamentally unfit" and raised the specter of nuclear war.

This is the best argument to use if Clinton wants to persuade right-of-center voters to cross the aisle and vote for her, stay home, or take a look at Gary Johnson and the Libertarian Party.

But it's not an argument that's going to warm the hearts of liberals. Pursuing the argument that Trump is simply too risky to serve as president requires Clinton to try to denude the campaign of as much ideological content as possible. Any talk from her side about the big issues and ideas in politics necessarily reminds people that for any given set of big issues and ideas, not everyone is going to agree. By contrast, pretty much anyone can be open to the basic idea that Trump is a loose cannon who doesn't know much about foreign policy.

Some progressives fear that this kind of campaign means Clinton won't build a mandate for progressive policy if she wins the election.

The reality, however, is that the biggest objective determinant of how a Clinton administration governs is what happens in November's congressional elections. Clinton is aiming for a landslide, and if she can deliver one, it will set the stage for a lot of progressive policy — whether or not she talks about it on the campaign trail.

[FATCAT 60,968]

It's a live feed. Give Bernie that promo, Lebanese

[FATCAT 60,968]

She should steal Bernsters term for Donald.

Donald Duck.

[PartySick 174,533]

Just now, FATCAT said:

She should steal Bernsters term for Donald.

Donald Duck.

"We go now to Mr. Trump for a rebuttal. Donald?"

Spoiler

 

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

2 minutes ago, FATCAT said:

It's a live feed. Give Bernie that promo, Lebanese

Yes you need to click on the video time. Currently it's at -1:56 so it'll start phasing out soon. I'll try to find a better link.

Edit: Got a better video but lower quality apparently.

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

My many, many Bernie supporter friends praising this speech  

[TCHIKITAH 2,810]

Ariana's impact! 

[socotra 3,357]

That was a fantastic speech. She would be a very effective leader. She is a competent woman and politician. I like the orange that she's wearing; I love that female world leaders are so much more willing to experiment in what they wear (loved when Obama wore that tan suit and everyone freaked out). 

Unfortunately, I still don't want to vote for her. 

[Lord Ryry 3,367]

yas hillary momma i'm not American but it's clear Bernie won't be a candidate so please vote Hillary, why would anyone rather vote trump ? 

[Katharine Hepburn 4,607]

1 hour ago, FATCAT said:

She should steal Bernsters term for Donald.

Donald Duck.

Lol the little bernsters are worse than the little Langesters 

[Lion Heart 15,041]

President Clinton  

[Morphine Prince 109,984]

I could only make it to 7 minutes because I got bored to death with  the dry way she speaks. 

Everything she said is literally common sense. How anyone that posseses intelligence could vote for Trump is beyond me. 

Can't wait for the debates. 

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

Just now, Morphine Prince said:

I could only make it to 7 minutes because I got bored to death with  the dry way she speaks. 

I found it matronly. 

[Morphine Prince 109,984]

11 minutes ago, LebaneseDude said:

I found it matronly. 

Sexist   

 

 

 

 

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

Just now, Morphine Prince said:

Sexist   

 

 

 

 

Well I know you're kidding but Clinton sounds like what an older experienced woman sounds like. She's not going to sound perky at her age. You have to take that into consideration when she speaks. It's not dry. It's how a 60+ year old sounds like. Matronly