Hillary Clinton, Swiping at Donald Trump, Argues U.S. Is Vital World Leader

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Source: nytimes



Hillary Clinton, Swiping at Donald Trump, Argues U.S. Is Vital World Leader

By THOMAS KAPLAN


AUG. 31, 2016




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Hillary Clinton greeted customers at a coffee shop in Reno, Nev., last week. Credit Max Whittaker for The New York Times

CINCINNATI — Hillary Clinton offered a vigorous case on Wednesday for America’s place as a singular and vital leader in the world, drawing a sharp contrast with the “America first” approach espoused by Donald J. Trump.

“If there’s one core belief that has guided and inspired me every step of the way, it is this: The United States is an exceptional nation,” Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, said in an address to the American Legion’s national convention.

In her address, Mrs. Clinton championed the notion of American exceptionalism, a term that has traditionally been embraced by Republicans.

While the campaign of Mr. Trump, the Republican nominee, has been marked by a hard-line nationalist approach, Mrs. Clinton sketched out a view of America as a model for other nations and a force for good in the world, while saying that such a role comes with “serious responsibility.”..............................

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Clinton delivers solid, detailed speech on military policy that stands in stark contrast to Trump

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/08/31/1565512/-Clinton-delivers-solid-detailed-speech-on-military-policy-that-stands-in-stark-contrast-to-Trump

By Mark Sumner

Wednesday Aug 31, 2016 · 1:24 PM CST


The Washington Post headline may have read “Clinton plans to slam Trump as a dangerous isolationist in American Legion speech,” but anyone who tuned in expecting Hillary to deliver a speech laden with barbs and one-liners was disappointed. Seriously disappointed, because this was a serious speech in which Clinton only occasionally drew a contrast between her positions and those of her opponent.

In a campaign marked with extraordinary nonsense and antics from the Republican Party, Clinton’s speech may not generate headlines. It provided no eye-popping reversals of policy stretching back decades. It threatened no allies, and was singularly lacking in heavily partisan content. It was completely free from the strutting, screaming, and self-congratulation that marks a Donald Trump tirade.

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Instead, it was a call to treat the military, and particularly veterans, in a nonpartisan manner and an attempt to assert American exceptionalism as not just a call to lead, but a call to lead “humbly.”

Most of the references to Trump in the speech were not direct, but implicit. ....................

You don't build a coalition by insulting our friends or acting like a loose cannon. You do it by putting in the slow, hard work of building relationships, getting countries, working together was my job every day as your secretary of state. It's more than a photo op, it takes consistency and reliability. Actually, it's just like building personal relationships. People have to get to know that they can count on you that you won't say one thing one day and something totally different the next. And it certainly takes more than trying to make up for a year of insults and insinuations by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours. And then flying home again. That is not how it works.

The complete speech can be watched here.

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1. The most important thing that happened, is that they didn't "boo" her. They listened.

Most of the people there, as with all Legion Posts, are older folk. Most are poorly educated and saw the military as a job, or they were drafted. They have been Republicans forever and have voted that way. But for once, they paid attention to a Democrat speaking. Not sure if it matters, but maybe, just maybe.....