it would help trash Trump’s biz record of merely being a glorified salesman vs. a seriously accomplished investor. Plus, talk about Cuban’s show biz could help crowd out the Trump media blanketing.
Agreed. It’s all about November 8 for Hillary from here on out.
Actually, nm
If anybody has a chance, listen to this weeks podcast of “Keepin’ It 1600” (episode 11), featuring HRC’s communication’s director Jennifer Palmieri. I’m halfway through so am going to wait to comment, but am interested in other’s opinions.
She’s on the last half of the podcast, btw.
I also think a series of commercials done in the style of hypothetical news reports from a Trump presidency showing real world effects of his policies - masses of families gathering at the border, surrounded by American troops, waiting for 12am, “Expulsion day”. Chaos at the airports, perhaps Mexican troops massing at the border ready to repel what they consider to be an invasion of their soil by America.
Another commercial featuring a news story as to why Kareem Abdul Jabbar* was held up on returning to America for 5 days because of a bureaucratic snafu regarding his religion.
A news story about how America is now at the brink of war with Brazil because of something snarky the Brazilian President said about Trump’s wife.
A news story about our closer relationship with Russia and Putin, with their already-spoken words of admiration being repeated throughout, sprinkled with Donald saying he can make a deal with anybody.
"The Olympic committee excluded bids from American cities today as America’s new laws regarding religious-based entry will prove too tough for many Olympic athletes to enter the country. Other organizations are looking into the implications of the Islamic Freedom Act and whether they can continue participating in American contests. Calls are increasing to ban the United States from international competitions in response… "
I mean, the stories just write themselves…
*Or any other prominent American Muslim.
Associated Press is reporting Hillary has the delegates:
She has already switched her attention to Trump and the 791 people she has on her payroll will outswamp and outwork the 50 or so pissed-off paid Trump staff from now until August.
Poke, poke, poke. Sometimes, it seems that’s all she really has to do, isn’t it? Do a “foreign policy” type speech every couple of weeks and just watch him destroy himself. This isn’t true, of course, but these weeks are important in setting the narrative and “Hillary kicked Trump’s ass, he’s a racist asshole and his campaign is for shit” seems to be the one that’s forming. Let’s see if we can keep it up.
“Forming”. Well, yes, my thoughts are leaning in that direction. A few others.
Well, the only part of that which was in question a couple of weeks ago was the "Hillary can kick his ass… " clause. And we were being told that Trump was going to pivot to the center (i.e., try not to be so damned racist), but he appears to be unable to pivot around anything except for Trump.
Fortunately, she has answered the question of whether she can lead the narrative this week with the speech and her campaign’s expert follow-through, leaving Trump to sputter out a few tweets and leave the Republicans hanging… and hanging… and hanging for a more substantive response, which never came.
And won’t.
Now that the primary is over, Hillary is now reaching out to disaffected Republicans by launching and advertising her new website
I don’t understand the “I’m Republican but I hate Trump therefore I support Hillary” demographic any more than I understand the “I support Bernie but if I can’t vote for him I’ll vote Trump” demographic but there appear to be a fair number of them out there. I would have thought they’d stay home, vote third-party (particularly Green or Libertarian) or spoil their ballots rather than endorse the other side but what do I know?
If you really think a Trump presidency would be a disaster on every level, (as I do) you wouldn’t want to just “stay home.” You’d actually want to vote for the saner alternative to help prevent Trump from winning. I’m not a Republican, but I imagine most of them could honestly say “nothing terrible would happen if Hillary won, so I’ll vote for her and save the country I love.”
Gyrate,
A Sanders supporter who seriously believes that Clinton would be a worse person to have as President than Trump, for the country and for the world, should, first take their meds and report in that the delusional thinking is back, but then if judged otherwise sane, vote Trump. Not Stein.
Not so hard to believe that there are Republicans who would not be happy with a Clinton Presidency but see it no more awful from their perspective than what they’ve lived with for the past nearly 8 years, while they see Trump as a serious risk to the country’s economy and to the world’s stability, let alone see a Trump victory as a greater threat to the existential nature of their party than a Clinton victory is.
They really are conservative in the literal sense of the word, preferring stability and predictability to dramatic and unpredictable changes: Clinton will push to the liberal direction in mostly the same way that Obama has been; they can deal with that better than the completely disruptive unknown.
So … which group is most important for Clinton to reach out to?
a) Hard Economic Left Progressives who supported Sanders, inclusive of those whose main interest is that trade and global economic engagement is usually a bad thing. (A group ripe for Trump to try to pick off some with anti-trade, disrupt business as usual rhetoric.)
b) Republicans who dislike Trump and who may see her as president as the lesser harm. (A group ripe for her to pick some off of.)
c) Maximizing her turnout in the core of the so-called “Obama Coalition.”
d) White non-college educated voters, both rural and industrial corridor, who represent Trump’s greatest strength. (Minimally decreasing turnout in his area of strength.)
How does she accomplish each of those?
To rank those options, I would go with C, B, A, D.
C&B will likely be placated with “I’m building on the legacy of my predecessor” with “and I won’t give nukes to Saudi Arabia while doing it” being a worthy clause to convince the (B)'s.
A large # of A’s will vote for HRC because of Trump, with many remembering Nader. To get more of the rest, adopt some key planks of Bernie’s platform, stuff that’s already being done in parts of the country: minimum wage increases, lowered college expenses, expanding paid leave.
Don’t worry about increasing the # of D’s voting for you, just try to keep them dispirited. Show them pictures of you and Trump, schmoozing. Keep on saying things like “Donald Trump and my husband were good friends for the longest time”, and “Thanks for the donation to our foundation, Donald”… hell, have some of your staff fan the meme that Trump is a Dem operative: “Do you think a serious Republican candidate would actually suggest arming Japan with nuclear weapons? He has to be a plant!”
D is a lost cause, by far the least bang for the buck. Lip service, maybe, but not worth a concerted effort.
Shit, that changes everything! Re-calibrate!
This could go in any number of threads, but I might as well get subscribed to this one.
I’ve been active on Twitter since 2008 and have never heard of that particular burn, so the humor is lost on me, even with their lengthy explanation. There’s much richer fodder in Trump’s stream.
I say A, B, C, D. I don’t worry much about the D’s or C’s. D’s are lost, C’s will fall in line. A’s are the ones who hold a grudge on voting day, and either cast a Trump vote or not vote. Let’s throw them a bone. B’s will either stay home or vote third party; I’d work to get their vote more than I’d work for C’s, but not as much as I’d work to get the A’s.