Posted on 06/30/2016 12:43:44 AM PDT by vannrox
Heres how Hillary Clinton plans to beat Donald Trump: She will replay the very successful 1964 campaign against Barry Goldwater. That is, she will scare the bejeezus out of Americans by describing Trump as a loose cannon, someone who cannot be trusted with Americas nuclear arsenal. At the same time, she will convince Republicans, alarmed at the prospect of a Goldwater-scale defeat, that backing her is the sensible choice.
Her surrogates in the media are already spreading this narrative, which may prove as empty as Clintons record as secretary of state.
Goldwater was the conservative presidential candidate who went down in flames in 1964, winning only six states, because Democrats convinced voters he might drop an atom bomb on China. The clincher for opponent Lyndon Johnson was the "Daisy" television ad, showing a young girl plucking the petals off a daisy as a male voice counts down from 10 to 1. The ad closes with a gigantic nuclear explosion filling the screen. You can easily imagine a similar ad surfacing this year, with a split screen showing Trump bellowing insults or promising to take on China while a nuke demolishes the Forbidden City.
The news media, ever faithful, has picked up the hint. Face the Nation, CNN, MSNBC and others have recently featured segments and op-eds about Goldwater, noting how his candidacy devastated the GOP. They frequently forget to mention that Hillary Clinton yes, Hillary Clinton worked for Barry Goldwaters campaign. Clinton was a proud conservative in her youth, before she became a liberal and then a pragmatic progressive. Even as Trump has ranged widely over the political plains, so has Clinton.
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Hillarys claim, of course, is that unlike Trump she will be a reliable, steady hand on the wheel. She touts her foreign policy chops and experience gathered while first lady and more importantly as secretary of state. Yet, the more we know about the functioning of the Obama White House, the more it becomes clear that she had very little authority or even influence in foreign affairs.
The disturbing piece published last weekend in The New York Times Magazine about the power and influence of would-be novelist then Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, concluding that Rhodes has been the single most influential voice shaping American foreign policy aside from Potus himself, confirms her marginal role.
In the specific events which led to the Iran deal, for instance, Clinton said in a speech to the Brookings Institute, I sent one of my closest aides [Jake Sullivan] as part of a small team to begin talks with the Iranians in secret, hinting that she was behind the overtures. However, as author David Samuels tells the story, the effort was actually orchestrated by Obama, working with Rhodes, Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns and Clinton aide Jake Sullivan. Later on, of course, John Kerry became the torch bearer.
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Samuels conclusion dovetails with former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates account in his book, Duty: Memoires of a Secretary of War: The White House staff including Chiefs of Staff Rahm Emanuel and then Bill Daley as well as such core political advisers as Valerie Jarrett, David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs would have a role in national security decision making that I had not previously experienced
That may be why Gates, despite having some positive things to say about Hillary, has not endorsed her. Or maybe it was because Clinton offended Gates by admitting that she had opposed the successful surge in Iraq for purely political reasons. In either case, his neutrality is not flattering.
Voters should wonder: Why did Hillary play such a minor role? Was Obamas hiring of his former opponent an example of keeping your friends close and enemies closer? Did Obama, like Bernie Sanders, question her judgement? We may never know, but those questions are fair game for Trump. As is: What did Hillary actually accomplish as secretary of state?
Critics on the right have ridiculed Clinton for having been unable on more than one occasion to cite any significant accomplishments while in office. Not only has Hillary whiffed on the question, so have State Department officials and also Democratic supporters of the former first lady. Dont think Trump wont pounce on the lapses.
Or make an issue of her temper and volatility, which have been widely reported. Trump is not the only one capable of lashing out.
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Meanwhile, recent polling challenges the conclusion that Donald Trumps nomination will ensure a landslide win for Hillary. The liberal media has been especially gleeful about the schism in the GOP, and has incessantly broadcast the most unflattering surveys of voter preferences. But, Quinnipiac just released a poll showing Trump in a dead heat with Clinton in crucial swing states Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio (where he is actually ahead.)
Given the incessant pounding that the press has given Trump, and the disarray in GOP ranks, this is a shocker. Indications of possible success might bring Republicans on board a Trump candidacy. If he begins to look like a possible winner, GOP elites will be scrambling to get a prime seat at the table. Everybody loves a winner; the Donald says so, often.
This horses ass will lose in a huge landslide.
I don’t believe the polls or the media. I can’t stand the thought of Hillary as President.
This is probably her battle plan - to echo 1964 but that year, LBJ was unbeatable anyways - he had the sympathy vote from the murder of JFK by that other commie.
Kinda' weird.
LameCherry latest:
http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2016/06/hillary-clintons-gattling-gungate.html
THIS should give her headaches !
As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
Now that the US House investigation of Benghazi has given Hillary Clinton carte blanche, it now beckons in another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter investigative report concerning an issue which co President, Madam Secretary and Democratic Presidential contender, Hillary Hamrod Clinton would be involved in concealed carry of a weapon, but not just any BATFE weapon, as this was a Class III weapon, larger than any assault rifle, and the evidence points to Hillary Clinton was illegally transferring arms to a nuclear terror state in Pyongyang, North Korea.
A hint of this story apparently leaked out from a South Korean source which was only quoted, in Sputnik news, and it carries the same misprint of confusing North and South Korea. The revelation though is South Korean intelligence apparently noticed something which absolutely puzzled them. North Korea’s Naval Fleet was sporting American Gattling Guns.
etcetera
I hope with all my heart that she does lose the election. She is not only a crooked party hack, but a dumb and greedy one to boot. Heaven help this country should she become president and put the finishing touches on the crap obozo started.
I disagree, but I think he will win by 3.
She starts off with too many demographics to lose by a landslide.
Ths isn’t 1980 and neither side is getting an 8 point win again for a long long time, no less an 18 point win!
3 or 4 is fine with me. As long as he wins.
BTW, the demos she already has are blacks, hispanics, asians, jews, LGBT, single white women under 50, white men under 30.
Our biggest problem right now is the republicans who WONT vote for Trump because of their conservatism or some such nonsense. I know 3, like i’ve said before, but i think i’m getting through to them. I think
And George Will can go to hell
Drilling down, this appears to be the source
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2016/06/28/0401000000AEN20160628004200315.html
That’s my prediction as well. I think all of the “IT’S A CLOSE RACE!!!” charade is purely for voter attention grabbing. Kind of like a highly touted basketball game... if it’s a well publicized predicted blowout, not as many people will buy tickets. Hell, even the some of the ones who do buy tickets leave the game early.
“This is probably her battle plan - to echo 1964 but that year, LBJ was unbeatable anyways - he had the sympathy vote from the murder of JFK by that other commie.”
I have heard some people say it may well be that Bill Clinton ..........
He looks old.......
Simple fact is Hillary is going to be awful in the debates. She has seemingly no passion except a passion for yelling in a monotone voice. The debates are going to kill her. Trump is going to destroy her in those. Ok Hilldawg, you go and weakly defend that awesome globalism, the country will love that.
I agree with a freeper down thread .no landslides this year. It’s gonna be close. Whatever happens we have the best messenger we’ve ever had for trade and immigration thus for sanity. The debates will be a chance for everyone to listen to what Trump has to say.
This article is from May.
Looking more like Mr. Trump winning.
Close? There will be a lot of people rising from the dead to vote. It’s the Chicago way!
Maybe we could turn that around by pointing out that it was LBJ who escalated the Viet Nam War based on what we now know were lies.
“I have heard some people say it may well be that Bill Clinton ..........
He looks old.......”
I have no Earthly idea what you might be suggesting but he does look a little tired, maybe a little stroll in the park might help.
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