Posted on 06/03/2016 5:31:54 AM PDT by expat_panama
Hillary Clinton just eviscerated Donald Trump, arguing that the Republican nominee would prove as risky at home as abroad.
In what was promoted as a foreign policy address, the likely Democratic nominee methodically dismantled the character, temperament, and worldview of her Republican rival. The speech was Clintons most comprehensive argument... ...she said, is dangerously unfit...
...she said Trump could blow up if he becomes commander-in-chief... ...Clinton referred to Trumps musing last month that he could reduce U.S. debt...
...the Democrat launched a six-point case against Trump by contending that his domestic plans would compromise our global position:
First we need to be strong at home. That means investing in our infrastructure, education, and innovation, the fundamentals of a strong economy. We need to reduce income inequality...
...we need to break down the barriers that hold Americans back, including the barriers of bigotry and discrimination. Compare that with what Trump wants to do. His economic plans would add more than $30 trillion...
...He has no ideas on education, no ideas on innovation. He has a lot of ideas about who to blame but no clue about what to do. None of what Donald Trump is offering would make America stronger at home. That would make us weaker abroad.
And finally, Clinton attacked Trumps bellicosity on free trade...
...Donald doesnt see the complexity. He wants to start a trade war with China...
...strategy for turning Trumps freewheeling style against him... ...a moving target on policy by staking out controversial positions extemporaneously and then revising or reversing himself in the face of criticism. But as Clinton demonstrated in ripping his comments on reducing the debt, shell happily treat his most provocative statements not as trial balloons but as stone-carved proclamations of his intent. And Trump is near daily serving up fresh material.
(Excerpt) Read more at fortune.com ...
OK, so we know for sure that if we work w/ candidates' stated rants and positions, that no matter which side wins, federal expenditures will end up being more for FY 17 than they've been in FY 16 --but it'll be worse w/ Ms. Clinton. It really sounds like she hates businesses more than Trump and that flies in the face of the import tax-cut fuss. Once again we don't know what's going to happen but we do know that for the better part of a century candidates have tended to campaign protectionist and then turn pro-commerce after being elected.
One can hope...
This woman once claimed USED UNDERWEAR donations as Tax Deductions.
She is a millionaire several times over yet never ran a company, owned a company, nor delivered a product other than influence, graft and bullshit.
“He wants to start a trade war with China... “
We’ve been in a trade war with China for 10 years.
Trump wants to start fighting it.
The beatings will continue until moral improves.
And Trump would never abandon American guards at a consulate or embassy to die and then lie about it.
Clinton - the political ads coming your way are going to destroy you.
Hillary thinks that government has given you a gift when your taxes are lowered.
Happy Friday! Our investments just keep plodding along --not going anywhere but hey, nobody goes broke. On top of that, this morning we get to hear about how low the unemployment rate is:
8:30 AM Nonfarm Payrolls
8:30 AM Nonfarm Private Payrolls
8:30 AM Unemployment Rate
8:30 AM Hourly Earnings
8:30 AM Average Workweek
8:30 AM Trade Balance
10:00 AM Factory Orders
10:00 AM ISM Services
Today I'm really going to have to post more of these...
The Overdone Fantasy of Basic Income v. Robots - James Pethokoukis, TW
Deficits Are Falling While Debt's Rising. What Gives? - Aaron Klein, RCM
There's a 'Bubble' In 'Housing Bubble' Proclamations - Barry Ritholtz, BV
Why Donald Trump Doesn't Give a Hoot About 'Brexit' - Editorial, IBD
The Dollar Is In a Total War With Itself - Jeffrey Snider, RealClearMarkets
A Chart That Sends a Bearish Stock Signal - Ellie Ismailidou, MarketWatch
How the FAA Is Trying to Shut Down 'Uber for Planes' - Jared Meyer, FEE
--and then she sends you a bill for the total 'cost' and then a 'handling fee' gets added on...
You mean like, How Do You Make Money ?
Hillary hustles it by saying whatever will get her money ...
Trump works tirelessly for it.
Hillary left the White House broke ...
Trump will enter it wealthier than every politician's salary combined
Will they PLEASE throw in the towel ... it's gonn'a be bloody
HILLARY---WHITE PRIVILEGE ON STEROIDS
"Watta bunch of suckers---I pocket a $300,000 speaking fee, plus perks up my kazoo.
I make no major policy statements that might hurt my image for 2016. ROTFLOL."
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WASH/PO By Rosalind S. Helderman and Philip Rucker
Plans for UCLA visit give rare glimpse into Hillary Clintons paid speaking career.....she was paid $300,000 to speak to UCLA students and faculty in March. (UCLA) When officials at the University of California at Los Angeles began negotiating a $300,000 speech appearance by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the school had one request: Could we get a reduced rate for public universities? The answer from Clintons representatives: $300,000 is the special university rate.
That e-mail exchange and other internal communications, obtained this week by The Washington Post under a Freedom of Information Act request, provide a rare glimpse into the complex and meticulous backstage efforts to manage the likely 2016 presidential candidates lucrative speaking career.
At UCLA, efforts to book Clinton and then prepare for her visit were all-consuming, beginning almost immediately after she left her job as secretary of state on Feb. 1, 2013, until she delivered her Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership speech on March 5, 2014.
The documents show that Clintons representatives at the Harry Walker Agency exerted considerable control over her appearance and managed even the smallest details from requesting lemon wedges and water on stage to a computer, scanner, and a spread of hummus and crudité in the green room backstage.
Gene Block, UCLAs chief executive and chancellor, presents a medal to Hillary Rodham Clinton after her speech at the school March 5. (Nick Ut/AP)
Top university officials discussed at length the style and color of the executive armchairs Clinton and moderator Lynn Vavreck would sit in as they carried on a question-and-answer session, as well as the kind of pillows to be situated on each chair. Clintons representatives requested that the chairs be outfitted with two long, rectangular pillows and that two cushions be kept backstage in case the chair was too deep and she needed additional back support.
After a lengthy call with a Clinton representative, UCLA administrator Patricia Lippert reported to campus colleagues, She uses a lavalier [microphone] and will both speak from the audience and walk around stage, TED talk style. We need a teleprompter and 2-3 downstage scrolling monitors [for] her to read from.
During a walk-through of Royce Hall five days before the lecture, the e-mails show, Clintons team rejected the podium planned for her use during her 20- to 30-minute speech, setting off a scramble on campus to find a suitable podium and rent a new university seal to match.
In the nearly two years since stepping down as secretary of state, Clinton has made dozens of paid appearances across the country at industry conventions and Wall Street banks as well as at universities. Her UCLA fee, like those at other universities, went to the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the familys nonprofit group.
But critics have argued that the carefully staged events and high speaking fees could complicate Clintons ability to run a populist campaign built around the economic struggles of the middle class.
Versions of Clintons standard speaking contracts have surfaced publicly this year including her luxury travel requirements but the contracts do not contain the extensive detail seen in the UCLA communications.
It is unclear how personally involved Clinton was in the UCLA negotiations and whether the requests from her agency were being directed by her or merely from underlings anticipating her preferences. A Clinton spokesman declined to comment on the speaking arrangements.
It is commonplace for celebrity speakers to request special accommodations and Clinton was no exception. Her representatives asked for a case of still water, room temperature, to be deposited stage right. They also asked that a carafe of warm/hot water, coffee cup and saucer, pitcher of room temperature water, water glass, and lemon wedges be situated both on a table on stage as well as in another room where Clinton would stand for photos with VIPs.
For the green room, Clintons representatives requested: Coffee, tea, room temp sparkling and still water, diet ginger ale, crudité, hummus and sliced fruit. They also asked for a computer, mouse and printer, as well as a scanner, which the university had to purchase for the occasion.
When university officials decided to award Clinton the UCLA Medal, Clintons team asked that it be presented to her in a box rather than draped around her neck. That request was sent to the universitys chancellor, Gene Block.
Chancellor Block has agreed to accommodate Hillary Clintons request to have the medal presented in a box, Assistant Provost Margaret Leal-Sotelo wrote in one e-mail.
Lippert replied: I can either have the jewelers box open or closed, in case the Chancellor doesnt want to risk opening it. By contract, Clintons approval was needed for any promotional materials. Clinton gave permission for the university to record the event, but for archival purposes only.
For public distribution, Clintons speaking agency approved only a two-minute highlight video to upload to YouTube. Please make sure it is available only for one (1) year from the date of posting, a Harry Walker Agency official added.
Clinton posed for individual photos with 100 VIPS, or 50 couples We get a total of 50 clicks, one university official explained as well as two group photos. Lippert wrote to colleagues that Clintons representatives wanted the group shots prestaged, with participants assembled and ready to take the photographs before Clinton arrived so the secretary isnt waiting for these folks to get their act together. Reiterating the request, Lippert added, She doesnt like to stand around waiting for people.
Like many major universities, UCLA regularly pays high-profile speakers to visit campus. Many of the visits are funded through a private endowment and not with tuition or public dollars. Clintons appearance was privately funded as part of a lecture series endowed by Meyer Luskin, an investor and president of Scope Industries, a food waste recycling company.
——Nobody wants devaluation anymore-—
I do
Stuff will be cheaper
My portfolio will grow back
My business will grow
His idea is to let Americans make America great.
tended to campaign protectionist and then turn pro-commerce
You are confusing weasels, sorry, politicians with a businessman. Trump doesn't need corporations to buy his path up the political ladder. He doesn't want corporations buying protectionism or anti-protectionism, instead he wants the protectionist stick to use himself to beat the crap out of anyone who gets in his way. He also doesn't want corporations trading contributions for tax breaks, instead he wants to lower their taxes. Trump understands carrots and sticks like no one else.
Morale.
Our "global position" being to bring in more and more cheap stuff from China? In return for bribes to the Clinton Foundation?
It must be a terrible burden on her to try to sound and look like she’s not “Guano-crazy”....So much bile and so few opportunities to spew it.....
oops thanks
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