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Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:21 PM Aug 2016

Oh, where oh where did my candidate go?

I tuned in CNN for a bit yesterday. I have been closely watching the Home page of DU. Lots and lots and lots of noise about Trump. Currently (and for the past little while - as in days) the only time you see Hillary's name mentioned is when somebody is posting the latest poll results.

What is she saying? What is she doing? What policies is she talking about? What kind of crowds is she drawing? Is she campaigning? Is she sitting at home with her feet up figuring she will win by default after the Donald disappears in a nuclear fireball of self-destruction?

This is supposed to be the Democratic Underground, not the Bash the Yammering Yam. Yes we are interested in the latest craziness of the tRumpasaurus, but what about our candidate?

All I heard on CNN was Trump, Trump, Trump the boy is marching (to his own execution) and not a word about Hillary. Same thing here. Can we please talk some about our candidate, along with the tRump bashing? Don't get me wrong, I get just as much satisfaction out of watching Golden Orange show his advisors the best way to self-destruct. But I'd like to hear just a little about Hillary as well.

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Oh, where oh where did my candidate go? (Original Post) Stonepounder Aug 2016 OP
You are right. UCmeNdc Aug 2016 #1
She does this far too much. I understand why though. timlot Aug 2016 #2
We'll have 8 years to talk about Hillary.... JaneyVee Aug 2016 #3
I saw her, I saw her! Just for a couple minutes Hortensis Aug 2016 #4
I watched ABC Nightly News last night- no Hillary underpants Aug 2016 #5
Why say anything to change the news cycle? NWCorona Aug 2016 #6
"Never interfere with an enemy while he’s in the process of destroying himself" (nt) LongtimeAZDem Aug 2016 #7
+1! nt BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #12
Yeah, exactly. TwilightZone Aug 2016 #14
She took yesterday off campaigning to attend a funeral. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2016 #8
She and Bill jehop61 Aug 2016 #9
She campaigned at a tie factory today in Colorado democrattotheend Aug 2016 #10
Couldn't agree more! Just because Trump... LAS14 Aug 2016 #11
If the other party has a deeply flawed candidate GaYellowDawg Aug 2016 #13
 

timlot

(456 posts)
2. She does this far too much. I understand why though.
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:25 PM
Aug 2016

The media is not interested in positive news. Hillary isn't on the stomp making gaffs. She gives her basic stomp speech reporters on the trail have heard many times. She does need to do more one on one interviews. She's better in that setting imo.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. I saw her, I saw her! Just for a couple minutes
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:29 PM
Aug 2016

on CNN last hour, but she's in Colorado!

Touring a local "Knotty" tie factory as setup for her new commercial about The Donald's outsourcing.

Fwiw, I kinda noticed our candidate was missing too, but she has pretty good name and face recognition. I'm pretty sure her campaign didn't mind 6-8 trumpster fires all at once drawing off attention.

A talking head was just lamenting how impossible it was to cover the "news" when everything was happening at once. The stress of all these world-shaking events coming at once was obvious. If I could, I would have explained that blowing titillating sillinesses, like asking a mother to take her baby out, up into major entertainments to bill 2 and even 3 24-hour cycles isn't journalism.

underpants

(182,830 posts)
5. I watched ABC Nightly News last night- no Hillary
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:33 PM
Aug 2016

All Trump and his bad bad day

DNC firings story

Nasty bus crash

Pilot takes down drunk on plane

Whale splashes sightseers

Hey with Duh Donald having days like that maybe they don't need to cover Hillary ...no they do. I guess she didn't have an event yesterday.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
6. Why say anything to change the news cycle?
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:35 PM
Aug 2016

I think it's smart to lay low while there's a media frenzy with Trump.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)
10. She campaigned at a tie factory today in Colorado
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:48 PM
Aug 2016

And skewered Trump for making his ties overseas.

I think she had a few other stops as well.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
11. Couldn't agree more! Just because Trump...
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:50 PM
Aug 2016

... has no concrete positions doesn't mean Hillary doesn't. The media are totally collapsing under the weight of his absurdity.

GaYellowDawg

(4,447 posts)
13. If the other party has a deeply flawed candidate
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 06:13 PM
Aug 2016

Which it certainly does, the best thing a campaign can do is to make the election a referendum on the other party's candidate and his flaws.

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