Trump's new aim: Poison a Clinton Presidency

[democrattotheend]

The trick out of Brooklyn isn't just to make Hillary Clinton win but to make her win as something other than a brain-damaged crook who stole the election and will spend the next four years selling out the government from her deathbed.

The Clinton delegitimization project is now central to Donald Trump’s campaign and such a prime component of right-wing media that it’s already seeped beyond extremist chat rooms into “lock her up” chants on the convention floor, national news stories debating whether polls actually can be rigged, and voters puzzling over that photo they think they saw of her needing to be carried up the stairs.

The Clinton campaign has deliberately positioned its response as an offensive boomerang rather than a rebuttal: Don’t defend against the attacks, just redirect fire at the messenger. “It holds up a mirror to Donald Trump and what his campaign is about, and says everything you need to know about Donald Trump and where these kinds of crazy conspiracy theories are coming from,” as one campaign aide put it.

But the Democrat’s team is aware of how this might factor in beyond November.

“Some of the campaign and allies' conspiracies are designed to delegitimize her personally. Most are simply designed to spread fear and mistrust. And I am sure if she wins, the right wing will continue to spread these theories,” said Clinton senior adviser Jennifer Palmieri. Palmieri is in favor of ignoring most of the wackiness but warned: “Just because they may have zero basis in truth doesn't mean they can't be corrosive. So in this cycle I believe you have to call out the truly destructive theories calmly, but aggressively, and in real time.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-clinton-poison-conspiracy-227485

[tonyt53]

1. Palmier just said that the Clinton campaign will not be swift-boated without fighting back.

Kerry though everybody knew better, and that was his, and his campaign's, mistake. The Clinton campaign will attack those false statements and words like a rabid wolverine.

[democrattotheend]

2. I can believe that

One thing I have never doubted about Hillary is her ability to fight back.

[nolabear]

10. I wish they'd hurry. I'm holding on until after Labor Day but it's getting to me.

[PatSeg]

11. That was my thought as well

Once a meme is put out there, no matter how absurd, it takes hold very quickly and doesn't let go. In ten years or so, some people will still repeat the initial lie as if it is accepted fact. Republicans are masters at this kind of messaging.

[Kathy M]

3. Yup.... just look at the people Don is surrounding himself with .....

Bannon , everyone in Don 's campaign is comfortable with his tactics let alone Don himself pushing lies . Ailes , Manafort , Stone ,
Cory surrogates promote lies . Then Don hired Conway , wonder how long she has been working in the shadows since her husband was involved in smearing President Bill Clinton

" Conway isn't the only person in her family who has worked to take down the Clintons. Her husband, George T. Conway III, a lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, was behind some of the most bitter lawsuits against Bill Clinton in the 1990s and stories that were promoted via the Drudge Report."

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-08-18/kellyanne-conway-takes-on-toughest-role-yet-trump-whisperer

"As it turns out, some of the most serious damage to Bill Clinton's Presidency came not from his high-profile political enemies but from a small secret clique of lawyers in their 30's who share a deep antipathy toward the President, according to nearly two dozen interviews and recently filed court documents. "

"George T. Conway 3d, a New York lawyer educated at Yale, shared Marcus's low view of President Clinton. When the Jones case led to Ms. Lewinsky, Marcus and Conway searched for a new lawyer for Mrs. Tripp. Marcus and Porter helped arrange for Mrs. Tripp to take her explosive allegations to Starr.

Their effort are only now coming into focus, as a few of their associates have begun to discuss their activities and their names appear repeatedly in the final legal bills submitted by the original Jones legal team. Messrs. Marcus, Porter and Conway did not respond to numerous requests for comment. "

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.statements/harkin.html

Wanted to add I know Hillary will fight back and expose lies ,

[PatSeg]

12. I didn't know that about Conway

Thanks for the links.

[bigwillq]

4. The other side would have tried to poison the DEM nominee regardless

They try this BS every election.

[piechartking]

5. Everybody got a taste last week of the Clinton machine taking aim

And it made me feel a lot better. That coordinated social media tweet storm of related materials in sync with Clinton's speech, where she dropped the hammer, was awesome.

Also, they dropped two well-crafted ads hitting Trump hard on the racism and KKK angle. And honestly, could you argue it may have been a little "dirty", by tying Trump directly to the KKK? Sure! And you know what, the Clinton's can do "classy" dirty - they are playing three-dimensional chess while Trump plays checkers.

I really don't think the Trump campaign will even know what hit them.

[anamandujano]

8. Hillary can appraise a situation and make the best decision like no other.

[Orsino]

6. Nope. Trump is just pre-excusing his loss (or quitting).

Trump don't give a fuck about anything that ain't Trump.

[riversedge]

9. I seriously doubt Trump will guit at this point.

[CBHagman]

7. I think the media's already poised to poison a Clinton presidency.

Nothing has changed, let alone improved, since the "Just another failed president?" headlines during the first months of Bill Clinton's presidency. Attention spans are shorter, ad revenues are down, and controversy is the only song they know.