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JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 06:35 PM Oct 2015

Hillary Clinton’s Good Week Turns Great With Pitch Perfect Speech At Jefferson Jackson

The Hillary Clinton we saw late last night at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson Jackson Dinner was the Hillary we knew was there, underneath the overly-managed image. This Hillary was authentic, confident, funny, and found her own style of cool – at times dropping into a conversational tone that rings true. These moments really resonated.

The crowd welcomed her to the stage with a deafening roar, the Hillary people spiritedly waving their blue light-sabers.

The 2016 Democratic candidate for president started off by unifying Democrats, “Did any of you see our debate in Las Vegas? You know, when Republicans debate, they compete to insult each other, demean women, and they double down on trickle-down. Actually, it is reality TV, with a cast of characters who don’t care much about actual reality.”

“But there’s a big difference. When we Democrats debate, you see something,” the former Senator said, giving Democrats exactly what they crave – unity, issues debates, and civility. “You see us tackling the hard issues, looking for solutions to our biggest challenges facing our families and our countries, how are we going to raise wages and create more good jobs, how will we respond to climate change and lift up our economy by investing in clean energy, how will we make college affordable and get parents the paid leave they need, how will we, working with our teachers and our families, help our kids get ready to succeed in school. And how are we going to rein in Wall Street and lift up main street, and how much longer can we wait to stand up to the gun lobby and keep our kids and our communities safe in America.”

Link: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/10/25/hillary-clinton.html

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Hillary Clinton’s Good Week Turns Great With Pitch Perfect Speech At Jefferson Jackson (Original Post) JaneyVee Oct 2015 OP
Hillary is on a roll! DCBob Oct 2015 #1
Sesame, or Poppy seed roll? n/t RoccoR5955 Oct 2015 #8
K & R Iliyah Oct 2015 #2
"I'm running as a proud Democrat" ffr Oct 2015 #3
As a proud Democrat myself, I can't wait to vote for her! SunSeeker Oct 2015 #4
I found her speech boring and nothing azmom Oct 2015 #5
trump never sounds tired. he always sounds very energetic demigoddess Oct 2015 #7
You think so? I personally think he sounds like azmom Oct 2015 #9
Indeed. Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #10
I didn't say he wasn't an ass demigoddess Oct 2015 #11
PoliticsUSA.com? Why am I not surprised. Elmer S. E. Dump Oct 2015 #6
Take it to the bridge Hillary. moobu2 Oct 2015 #12
What about this part? lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #13

ffr

(22,672 posts)
3. "I'm running as a proud Democrat"
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 07:03 PM
Oct 2015

HRC

I love it when someone else says the way I feel and attacks Republicans using nothing more than facts.

“I don’t think President Obama gets the credit he deserves for rescuing our economy from falling into a Great Depression. He saved the auto industry, he imposed tough new rules on Wall Street, and he extended healthcare to 18 million Americans. That’s what you can expect when you vote for Democrats. When there’s a Democrat in the White House, America creates more jobs, the economy grows faster, and deficits are smaller.”

Clinton brought up other uncomfortable facts for Republicans, “And even though they hate it when I say this, recessions happen four times more frequently under Republican presidents. So we cannot afford to go back to the Republicans failed policies.”

She took out the pundits’ and political opponents’ claims easily with three sentences, “Now, I’m not running for my husband’s third term, and I’m not running for Barack Obama’s third term. I’m running for my first term. And I’m running as a proud Democrat.

azmom

(5,208 posts)
5. I found her speech boring and nothing
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 08:21 PM
Oct 2015

To get excited over. She sounded tired and not inspirational at all. Blah!

demigoddess

(6,645 posts)
7. trump never sounds tired. he always sounds very energetic
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 08:51 PM
Oct 2015

and inspirational, if that is what you are looking for.

demigoddess

(6,645 posts)
11. I didn't say he wasn't an ass
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 10:02 PM
Oct 2015

I said he was energetic and enthusiastic. If that is what people want?

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
13. What about this part?
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 10:33 AM
Oct 2015
"I am going to back and support what President Obama has done to protect Dreamers and their families, to use executive action to prevent deportation,"
"If we can not get comprehensive immigration reform as we need, and as we should, with a real path to citizenship that will actually grow our economy then I will go as far as I can, even beyond President Obama, to make sure law abiding, decent, hard working people in this country are not ripped away from their families,"


The law abiding are not subject to deportation.

Is she not watching the news? This is stupid politics, and worse public policy.
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