Posted on 08/01/2015 5:23:45 AM PDT by cotton1706
Appearing Friday at the National Urban League Conference here in the country’s most important swing state, Hillary Clinton didn’t mention Jeb Bush by name, but tore apart the entire premise of his “right to rise” mission statement. Striding onto that same stage less than an hour later, Bush acknowledged Clinton’s presence at the conference in order to thank her for appearing there, then proceeded to ignore her attacks and campaign altogether.
In the first instance of the two top-tier legacy candidates appearing back to back at the same event, Clinton and Bush demonstrated the starkly different ways the two candidates are addressing each other on the campaign trail, despite their shared commanding advantages.
“I don’t think you can credibly say that everyone has a right to rise and then say you’re for phasing out Medicare, or repealing Obamacare,” Clinton said, a jab at Bush’s well-known PAC slogan, “Right to Rise.”
“People can’t rise if they can’t afford health care,” she continued. “They can’t rise if the minimum wage is too low to live on. They can’t rise if their governor makes it harder for them to get a college education. And you can’t seriously talk about the right to rise and support laws that deny the right to vote.” The crowd cheered.
When Bush finally took the stage to address issues of race and repairing American cities, he didn’t hit back. “I’m pleased to see other candidates here as well,” Bush said, even acting like a host in his home state and thanking Clinton, as well as the three other candidates who spoke, by name. (A Clinton spokesman did not respond to a question about whether the candidates crossed paths backstage.)
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This is how its supposed to work. The Dem gets to tear apart the Repub. And the Repub is supposed to play the role of getting rolled. This Trump guy does w understand the way it works.
Graciously losing while being nice and complimentary of your opponent is what they teach in Designated Loser school.
Fortunately jeb! had a pencil on a podium backstage that he was able to fiddle with and rearrange a bit.
Yep - I’ve been waiting for just one pundit to mention how B. Clinton is “just like a son” to the Bushes...but that’s not going to happen.
Hillary walked all over Bush. And Bush took it as the weakling he is.
He fights like his brother. The good news is he is wasting establishment money.
Pray America is waking
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