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Voters Now Rate Clinton, Trump Equally Prepared for Presidency
Townhall ^ | July 11, 2016 | Leah Barkoukis

Posted on 07/11/2016 9:19:28 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The same day FBI Director James Comey laid out a damning indictmentless indictment of Hillary Clinton for her “extremely careless” behavior with regard to her private email server, President Obama took to the campaign trail with the former secretary of state and claimed “there has never ever been any man or woman more qualified for this office than” her.

But it seems even voters aren’t buying it.

According to a new Rasmussen survey, voters now think Clinton is no better prepared for the presidency than her opponent, Donald Trump.

Most voters have difficulty swallowing President Obama's superlatives for Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail last week and now rate she and Donald Trump equally when it comes to their preparedness for the White House.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 22% of Likely U.S. Voters agree with Obama's statement that "there has never ever been any man or woman more qualified for this office than Hillary Clinton." Sixty-five percent (65%) disagree with the president's statement. Thirteen percent (13%) are undecided.


TOPICS: Campaign News; Polls
KEYWORDS: hillary; trump
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1 posted on 07/11/2016 9:19:28 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Which must really irk Hillary & Co. since she’s prepared all her rotten life for this and Trump just came onto the political scene a year ago.


2 posted on 07/11/2016 9:20:56 AM PDT by bigbob (The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Run ads with Comey’s comments non-stop for two weeks.


3 posted on 07/11/2016 9:22:32 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (You can't have a constitution without a country to go with it)
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To: bigbob

But in a way Trump has prepared for it too...successfully with his business, etc. while Hillary has a track record of trashing everything around her.


4 posted on 07/11/2016 9:22:41 AM PDT by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: bigbob

becoming president of these USA will be a step down for Mr. Trump.


5 posted on 07/11/2016 9:24:26 AM PDT by bankwalker (Does a fish know that it's wet?)
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To: Aria

Agreed, and in fact Trump has followed the tradition of the founders who already had accomplished lives as farmers, planters, etc. and who then brought their talents to serve their country. Hillary has been on the government dole her entire adult life.


6 posted on 07/11/2016 9:25:06 AM PDT by bigbob (The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/majority-disapproves-decision-charge-clinton-emails-poll/story?id=40445344


7 posted on 07/11/2016 9:28:22 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary might be qualified to run a zoo. She has learned much by living and being in D.C., the largest zoo in America.


8 posted on 07/11/2016 9:32:20 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What a slap in the face to Mr Trump that he’s no more qualified than a corrupt liar with so much blood on her hands


9 posted on 07/11/2016 9:35:23 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: mulligan

A zoo, yes. A whorehouse YES yes. She’s been running one with her “husband” for years


10 posted on 07/11/2016 9:36:38 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Yashcheritsiy
Run ads with Comey’s comments non-stop for two weeks.

By all means. And also, run ads of security personnel changing into/out of uniform four times during Hillary's Benghazi fiasco.

11 posted on 07/11/2016 9:40:17 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("And, if you're not queen, my dear, think you that you're wronged?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It ain’t over until the FAT LADY concedes.


12 posted on 07/11/2016 9:40:53 AM PDT by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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To: faithhopecharity

Look at it this way. All Obama has to do is campaign one more time with Hillary, and say there’s no one more qualified, and a clear majority will say Trump is more qualified.

Obama’s anti-Midas touch still has the power...to sink whoever he campaigns for.


13 posted on 07/11/2016 9:41:07 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Former First “Lady,” Former US Senator, Former Secretary of State. She should be far ahead. Must be either her personality or her policies... Or both.


14 posted on 07/11/2016 9:43:09 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Fantasywriter

Indeed! Finally after so very long, D’s are seeing through his lies — that he’s an enemy agent or at least acts totally like one, and many D’s do not support this. And nobody likes being lied to all the time - at least it begins to grate on most people


15 posted on 07/11/2016 9:47:18 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I said last week that the ONLY question Trump now has to answer to reassure Americans that he’s the guy is the “nukes” question. If he calms concerns that he would be crazy with nukes, I think he wins.

He could do this easily with a major speech in which he assures everyone that nukes are more or less off the table for any military consideration.

Whether that would actually be the case or not is of course a secret and should be, but he could end the election today with this kind of reassuring speech.


16 posted on 07/11/2016 9:50:55 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: bigbob

“Which must really irk Hillary & Co. since she’s prepared all her rotten life for this and Trump just came onto the political scene a year ago.”

Kinda the same deal with Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush, though the rottenest factor isn’t quite as high.


17 posted on 07/11/2016 10:28:40 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

What is this changing out of uniforms four times? Surprised I don’t know what that means as I thought I had kept up with all the Benghazi horror show.


18 posted on 07/11/2016 12:08:16 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 (If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.)
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http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/28/state-dept-made-marines-wait-around-change-uniforms-4-times-during-benghazi-attack/

If this is not a Trump campaign ad, then there is only campaign malfeasance to blame. This is so silly and amateurish.

Please let me know if the link opened ok.


19 posted on 07/11/2016 2:04:20 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("And, if you're not queen, my dear, think you that you're wronged?)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

The link did open and damn, this I hadn’t heard before.

Thank you for shedding much needed light on it.


20 posted on 07/11/2016 2:07:26 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 (If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.)
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