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Fox News Got Hillary Clinton Out Of Her Comfort Zone, And Even Democrats Should Be Glad
Washington Post ^ | March 8, 2016

Posted on 03/08/2016 7:02:44 PM PST by Steelfish

Fox News Got Hillary Clinton Out Of Her Comfort Zone, And Even Democrats Should Be Glad

Fox News hosted a town hall with Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Detroit on March 7. The candidates were asked questions about abortion, poverty and trade policy. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)

Hillary Clinton never looked comfortable at Monday’s town hall event in Detroit, her first appearance on the Fox News Channel in almost two years. She stood ramrod-straight through much of her half-hour session with moderator Bret Baier, and her exclamation at the end — “Oh, my gosh, it went by so fast!” — was thoroughly unconvincing. It had clearly been a grind.

But the Democratic presidential front-runner and her supporters should be glad she participated for what I assume is the very reason she was reluctant to do so: Fox pressed Clinton on issues that are important to many conservatives and managed to throw her off-script. That might sound like a bad thing for her, but the results were actually some of her best, most substantive responses of the campaign.

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1 posted on 03/08/2016 7:02:44 PM PST by Steelfish
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2 posted on 03/08/2016 7:04:08 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Steelfish
...her exclamation at the end — “Oh, my gosh, it went by so fast!” — was thoroughly unconvincing. It had clearly been a grind.

Does she have to lie about EVERYTHING?

3 posted on 03/08/2016 7:06:22 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Steelfish
They really need to prosecute the little "Top Secret Determiner Monkey" that resides in every server who will tell you, in the moment, in real time, if the email you are drafting really contains "Top Secret" information or not.

If he was doing his little monkey job, he would have warned Hillary that it appears she is writing about stuff that our enemies, or even friendly allies, shouldn't see.

If the monkey was doing his job in real-time, we wouldn't be talking about how "stuff" can be non-classified when it was created by Hillary, yet instantly classified once it was discovered.

A reporter should ask Hillary why certain emails on her server will be sequestered from public view for 25 years.

4 posted on 03/08/2016 7:07:21 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Talisker

She’s such a phony that even many idiots can see it.


5 posted on 03/08/2016 7:08:14 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Talisker

I couldn’t stomach it. She talked about students holding universities accountable and not paying for things that have nothing to do with education. This coming from a woman who made hundreds of thousands of dollars from university appearances.


6 posted on 03/08/2016 7:08:37 PM PST by Hildy
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To: laplata

The only thing not phony is the psychopathy


7 posted on 03/08/2016 7:10:31 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: Hildy
I couldn’t stomach it. She talked about students holding universities accountable and not paying for things that have nothing to do with education. This coming from a woman who made hundreds of thousands of dollars from university appearances.

Shameless ain't just a river in Egypt.

8 posted on 03/08/2016 7:14:10 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Steelfish

There is very little excitement in the rat ranks. Tonight it looks like 200,000 more folks will vote in the Michigan primary for republicans than the contest between Sanders and Clinton. Trump will be an odds on favorite to take this blue State come November.


9 posted on 03/08/2016 7:19:53 PM PST by Kahuna
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To: Talisker
Does she have to lie about EVERYTHING?

It's hard for us real people to understand, but she's just like barkie: lying is the default response.


10 posted on 03/08/2016 7:21:45 PM PST by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: Steelfish
Speaking of FOXNews, Campaign Cowboy Karl Rove wasn't there. I remember reading that story last week about "Trump Anxiety." Sooo, I wonder. . .


11 posted on 03/08/2016 7:36:05 PM PST by Penelope Dreadful (And there is Pansies, that's for thoughts. (Ophelia, from Hamlet))
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To: FlyingEagle

The only thing not phony is the psychopathy


Excellent point. Thanks.


12 posted on 03/08/2016 7:37:30 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Steelfish

Out of her comfort zone? Baier tossed her the usual nerf ball questions.


14 posted on 03/08/2016 7:51:43 PM PST by Old Yeller (Calling Obama a POS is a major insult to S.)
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To: Old Yeller

Yes, and he let her ramble on to take up time.


15 posted on 03/08/2016 8:13:01 PM PST by Penelope Dreadful (And there is Pansies, that's for thoughts. (Ophelia, from Hamlet))
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To: 867V309

People like her and Obama, cannot not lie.


16 posted on 03/08/2016 8:16:44 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Old Yeller

Brietbier’s interview with Hillary was a most shameful exhibit of journalism. It was totally obvious that certain questions would not be asked and questions that were asked were not followed up relative to her totally inaccurate answers. In Texas we call it lying.

To me the real question did Bretbier conduct this interview according to his convictions, or according to the instructions of Fox News bosses. I suspect the latter.


17 posted on 03/08/2016 8:30:08 PM PST by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: Talisker

Yes.

Yes, she does. The mark of a true sociopath—lie even when the truth would do just fine. Lie for the sheer joy of it.


18 posted on 03/08/2016 10:24:19 PM PST by jazminerose (o)
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