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Clinton camp says it’s ‘unfair’ to expect Hillary to police Trump rhetoric at debate
washingtontimes.com ^ | 9/25/16 | Bradford Richardson

Posted on 09/25/2016 1:33:54 PM PDT by ColdOne

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is pressuring Monday night’s moderator to take a more active role in the presidential debate, saying it’s “unfair” to expect the Democratic presidential nominee to dispute the veracity of Donald Trump’s claims.

“It’s unfair to ask for Hillary both to play traffic cop with Trump, make sure that his lies are corrected, and also to present her vision for what she wants to do for the American people,” Robby Mook said on ABC’s “This Week.”

When pressed by host George Stephanopoulos that that’s “what a debater is supposed to do,” Mr. Mook said this case is “special.”

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; clinton; hillary
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To: Greenpees
My calls to Arizona for Trump Team have not been very encouraging. Very few have picked up the phone, and the ones that did, have been rude. They don't want "political" calls. Half a handful said they would vote for Trump, but didn't sound all that enthusiastic. Never mind "would you like to volunteer".

It's funny though, I got the sense that some who didn't want to let me know how they were voting were hiding that they would vote for Hillary. Used to be no one wanted to come out of the closet for Trump, now they don't want to come out for Hilda.
101 posted on 09/25/2016 6:41:32 PM PDT by georgiegirl (Count me in the half that's in the Deplorable Basket)
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To: georgiegirl

No Hellary signs in Cochise County. Used to be some Bernie signs.


102 posted on 09/25/2016 6:43:03 PM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: georgiegirl

Things are tense right now. Lot’s of anti, not much pro. But, It’s the kidney or the heart. Something’s gotta give.


103 posted on 09/25/2016 7:01:31 PM PDT by Greenpees (Coulda Shoulda Woulda)
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To: ColdOne

If a veracity cop moderator has to interrupt clinton every time she moves her lips, it’s gonna be a long debate.


104 posted on 09/25/2016 7:25:23 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: The Westerner

Triangulation is a psychology flaw where a person fears direct communication, but must triangulate through a third person. Such as if your mother feared talking to you but must ask your father to talk to you instead.

Hillary fears Trump.


105 posted on 09/25/2016 8:32:47 PM PDT by TheNext (Hillary Hurts Children & Women)
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To: TheNext

That makes a lot of sense. My mother had no trouble with telling me off but she got dad to administer what little corporal punishment was needed.


106 posted on 09/25/2016 9:55:24 PM PDT by The Westerner (Will Free Republic exist when ICANN controls the web?)
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To: The Westerner
triangulation strategy?

It's an old Clinton tactic - part of the politics of personal destruction practiced so well when Bill was Prez.

Instead of dealing with an issue, the talking points point that get circulated point out how some opponent is a bad person and then all the political riff-raff in the country open fire on him or her.

Triangulation is part of why Hillary has such a deservedly nasty reputation. It's really Alinsky Rule 12 "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)"

It would work better if Hillary did not target classes of people like the vast right wing conspiracy or baskets of deplorables. Then You invoke Rule 5: Ridicule.

107 posted on 09/26/2016 4:54:28 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Yaelle
The Dem narrative is that TRUMP IS THE MOST DISHONEST CANDIDATE EVER.

That is a typical tactic of theirs - accuse the opponent of what they are doing/are guilty of.

108 posted on 09/26/2016 8:05:44 AM PDT by ELS
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To: MileHi

Yes, “It’s unfair to ask for Mr. Trump to both play traffic cop with Hillary, make sure that her lies are corrected...


109 posted on 09/26/2016 9:16:57 AM PDT by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998 (VMFA 235 '69-'72)
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To: hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998

Indeed


110 posted on 09/26/2016 9:28:56 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: AndyJackson

Is calling Trump a liar and asking the debate moderate to name the lies, a triangulation? Hellary and her SS have gone full tilt boogey on the (projection, of course) headline that Trump lies so often, she can’t be expected to debate him. So she’s Lauer-ing Lester Holt to debate Trump or else the Collective voice of the MSM will ruin his reputation. Actually, Lester Holt has a lot to loose if he doesn’t follow the demand of the Hillary SS. His whole life could be ruined if he doesn’t act hyper-aggressive toward Trump.

We live in a sick culture. Hillary was fired for her politics of destruction the first big job she ever had: the Watergate takedown of a President. She is the dirtiest politician in US history, ushering in the New Left amoral view that the ends justify the means! Ugh! Clinton be gone. What a fitting end to her life, to die slowly of brain rot.


111 posted on 09/26/2016 10:52:30 AM PDT by The Westerner (Will Free Republic exist when ICANN controls the web?)
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