US Presidential Contenders

[Buster's Uncle]

"proctoscopy" - THAT'S brilliant, man.

[Rusty Edge]

Thanks. It occurred to me years ago.

[Buster's Uncle]

Clinton shows her vulnerable side: ‘I’m not a natural politician’
Yahoo News
Lisa Belkin  Chief National Correspondent  March 09, 2016


When asked why her “untrustworthy” rating is so high after 25 years in public office, Hillary Clinton winced. “It’s painful for me to hear that,” she said, perhaps remembering the 2008 New Hampshire debate in which she was asked almost exactly the same question, but with fewer years. “Well, that hurts my feelings,” she had said then.

The more voters get to know her, the more they like her, she answered, citing her popularity as senator after New Yorkers “saw me in action.” Then she got personal.

“I’m not a natural politician, in case you haven’t noticed, like my husband or President Obama,” she said. “So I have a view that I just have to do the best I can, get the results I can, make a difference in people’s lives.”

There was no follow-up question for Sen. Bernie Sanders on why voters might not like him.

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/clinton-shows-her-vulnerable-side-im-not-a-035711888.html


That was sincere, or at least frankly honest.  She's bad at it.  Her gifts lay as an administrator, not a back-slapper, and maybe we've been too hard on her...

[Buster's Uncle]

I decline to copy/paste this article that mentions a certain someone (and Cruz) too much, being about them, but very worth a peep and a think:
-vs-142622582.html]https://www.yahoo.com/politics/what-dc-republicans-will-do-if-its-[Sleezebag]-vs-142622582.html

[Rusty Edge]

Yes, I'd heard that comment. When she's being genuine, I don't mind her.

Like the time she was telling a story about a radio station that used a barking dog as sort of a political fact checker, and how she wished there were a dog like that following the Republicans around. She seemed authentic and plausible, rather than calculating and cold, or strident. Wearing a smile because she was happy, not because she knew she was on camera.

[Buster's Uncle]

I would be telling her that she's never going to win the 'beer with' criterion with anyone ever, so be the smartest guy in the room - and don't be afraid to just be a girldog once in a (long) while; think of the meme on the plane doing texting smack that you said "Somebody finally gets me".  -And don't be afraid to sound like a progressive when/if that's what you believe in your heart - devoted conservative Rusty Edge would like and think more of you for that.

Be as radical as you wanna be, Ma'am, and show us the REAL Hildog.  Nobody wants or likes a candidate who gets their opinions chosen by focus groups.

Focus groups suck, anyway - the format leads them to nitpick crap badly that they wouldn't in real life...

[Buster's Uncle]

This article also has someone in the title, and just no, but still very worth a read as the President nails it.  -gop-180119914.html]https://www.yahoo.com/politics/obama-says-dont-blame-him-for-[Sleezebag]-gop-180119914.html

[Buster's Uncle]

-Also copy/pasting and then cleaning up the formatting nice is a lot of work, and this one's long:
http://www.vogue.com/13393672/hillary-clinton-democratic-candidate-primary-2016-election/

Rusty, read this one.  I'm not advocating because it's a profile piece by a fellow who, between the lines it's clear, likes her; but because she seems to know it and trusts him and relaxes in front of him, and it's full of details like her eating supper out of Tupperware in front of him during an interview in her campaign office at the end of the day.

I've never seen or read anything that came close, since she entered politics as herself after being First Lady, to feeling like THIS is the real Hildog, and it's possible to like her if only you knew her in private - and I urge reading not to advocate for her, but because I found it fascinating.

I was actually looking for her commenting on the texting meme when I stumbled over this...

[vonbach]

Hillary has said she wants to model her presidency on Angela Merkel.
For those who don't know she's the one who's invited the "refugees" into Europe.
Who are almost all male and are raping women en mass. She's literally invited a
foreign invading army in and offered them votes and welfare. Native Europeans
think Merkel is either insane or a traitor.
This is the woman Hilary wants to pattern her administration after.

Any particular foreign leader whose executive stewardship you admire and might want to emulate as president?

Well, I have to say that I highly admire Angela Merkel. I’ve known Angela since the 1990s, she and I actually appeared on a German TV show together. I have spent personal time with her. She is, I think, a really effective strong leader and really right now the major leader in Europe, not just in Germany. I admire her political skills and her principles, her strong work ethic. I just find her to be an incredibly important person in the world today and I look to her to see how she’s managed it.

http://time.com/4166539/hillary-clinton-woman-governing-campaigning/

[Buster's Uncle]

Protip: famous comedian engaging in SARCASM.  Thick, dripping, sarcasm.

[vonbach]

You didn't read the article did you?

[Buster's Uncle]

Did you click on all the links I posted today?

[Unorthodox]

Hillary has said she wants to model her presidency on Angela Merkel.
For those who don't know she's the one who's invited the "refugees" into Europe.

You do realize Angela Merkel has been the most powerful woman in the world for over a decade, was very widely held as fantastic prior to the refugee issue, was woman of the year in 2015, and at the time of the article you posted still had over 65% approval rating in Germany?  What, exactly, was there NOT to emulate at that point?  Moreover, answer the question in an interview focused on FEMALE leaders, show me a better answer. 

[Rusty Edge]

I would be telling her that she's never going to win the 'beer with' criterion with anyone ever, so be the smartest guy in the room - and don't be afraid to just be a girldog once in a (long) while; think of the meme on the plane doing texting smack that you said "Somebody finally gets me".  -And don't be afraid to sound like a progressive when/if that's what you believe in your heart - devoted conservative Rusty Edge would like and think more of you for that.

Be as radical as you wanna be, Ma'am, and show us the REAL Hildog.  Nobody wants or likes a candidate who gets their opinions chosen by focus groups.

Focus groups suck, anyway - the format leads them to nitpick crap badly that they wouldn't in real life...

 

Uh, yeah, pretty much true of any presidential contender. The caveat would be with regard to the constitution.

[Buster's Uncle]

The caveat would be with regard to the constitution?