2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPanicked Trump campaign trying to change conversation from debate debacle to Clinton’s marriage
Conway spun this thin thread into something like a silver lining after Clinton controlled the debate with her focused and prepared performance, frequently pulling Trump off message by questioning his business success and command of the issues.
He decided not to, and he explained to America why that was, she said. He said, I came here and I was prepared to do some rough talking about that, quote-unquote, but I see your husband here and your daughter, and Im just not going to do what youre doing in hundreds of millions of dollars in negative advertising is not nice.'
Conway repeated this line of praise in each of her stops on the cable TV news circuit Tuesday morning, so thats apparently the most positive takeaway she was able to salvage from Trumps disastrous performance.
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liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)livetohike
(22,121 posts)cannot handle criticism based on his own words! Those excellent ads from the Clinton campaign got under his skin. He can't treat her the way he treated his opponents in the Primary debates and it's clear he can't last a full 90 minutes one on one with Hillary.
He's a joke.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)What a terrible job she has. Trying to find something positive to say about Trump's debate last night is not a job for sissies. Gotta have an iron clad stomach to not get into knots with ulcers. And then to have to say that crap over and over and over. Do you think she goes home at night, takes a long long hot shower to get the dirt off? I actually feel sorry for her.
The rest of the Trump spin doctors are being even more ridiculous. I keep thinking that, who knows? Maybe reasonable and moral Republicans will learn not to put forward such liars and corrupt candidates. But then I remember. There aren't any reasonable and moral republicans left.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Just saying
vlyons
(10,252 posts)But then I can be empathetic and imagine myself in her role. A terrible and untenable job. If I had her job, I would wake up every day with a sense of deep deep dred in the pit of my stomach. But you're right in that she chose to take the job. In RW world, it's a few steps up the career ladder for her. Do you think that after the election she will write a Tell-All book and throw Trump under the bus?
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)You and I are both knowledgeable enough to know that Trump is full of crap. She probably knows that too but she has to go on TV and lie for him. I do not feel anything for a woman who knowingly has to promote that piece of orange crap. No one held a gun to her head (at least not that we are aware of).
If she felt bad about what she is doing then quit. Her husband is a big shot lawyer, not like she needs this job.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)that she is doing God's work. There is no reason to feel sorry for this well paid "Christian" mercenary.
hatrack
(59,574 posts)She's taking lots and lots of money to lie.
She lies on television, lies on radio, lies in print media and online.
She lies to all Americans, young and old, rich and poor, black and white, and does so shamelessly, every day.
And she lies - constantly, incessantly, openly and publicly - for money. Lots and lots of money.
Fuck. Her.
womanofthehills
(8,661 posts)Has lots of white under her eyes just like Trump. What a horrible woman.
0rganism
(23,927 posts)right now, she is his greatest asset, maybe by far
Ligyron
(7,616 posts)why anyone should hold her accountable for Bill's action's.
I think her approval rating went through the roof after she stuck it out with him long term. I believe she was voted the world's Most admired Woman for many years afterward.
The RW smear machine sure did their job well in convincing 30% of the country that she is some kind of monster since then.
Freddie
(9,256 posts)Whaaaa!! The debate was rigged because they didn't talk about emails and Benghazi and Vince Foster and Bill's cheating! So totally unfair!!!
I'd like to point out to the chief poster of this crap that they actually talked about things that matter, and HRC hit it out of the park. But she's my hairdresser and has scissors in my hair on a regular basis.
nolabear
(41,932 posts)You know, the ones Donald doesn't know about.
Matthew28
(1,796 posts)We can attack him on his cheating and 3 marriages if he does.
Zambero
(8,962 posts)He might choose to lob a few, but the barrage of rocks that would be flying toward him would not reveal him to be any great beacon of morality.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Even think this is a valid argument?
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)Sparkly
(24,149 posts)"One for the Clintons and one for everyone else?"
It's true, but not in the way they mean.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,365 posts)Adulterer.