2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary's Very Cool Week
from Vanity Fair:
___ Hillary Clinton started the week off right when she literally made history by clinching the Democratic nomination ahead of Tuesdays primaries. By passing the 2,383 delegate threshold, the former New York senator became the first woman in history to lead a presidential ticket for a major U.S. political party. Coming off her win over Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, Clinton funneled her momentum into a blistering attack against Trump. In an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday, she labeled her presumptive opponent a demagogue and condemned him for his racially charged remarks about Judge Gonzalo Curiel.
Then came the endorsement from Barack Obama. On Thursday, her former rival gave his blessing to succeed him in the White House, proclaiming, Im with her. On the heels of a meeting with Sanders, the president gave Clinton some pretty high praisewith a side of self-deprecationwhen he said, I dont think theres ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. Self burn.
It was immediately after receiving Obamas endorsement, however, that the texts from Hillary lady boss that Democrats fell for in 2012 suddenly returned to the spotlight with a well-timed tweet. When Trump took to Twitter and fired off a dismissive tweet (Obama just endorsed Crooked Hillary. He wants four more years of Obamabut nobody else does!), Clinton responded by retweeting Trumps attempted insult with the simple message, Delete your account. The tweet instantly blew up and had garnered more than 426,000 retweets and over 526,000 likes by Friday afternoon.
Hillarys big week culminated in an endorsement from Elizabeth Warren, the massively popular Massachusetts senator who was one of the last major holdouts to give Clinton their stamp of approvaland maybe offer herself as a potential running mate. As everyones favorite Trump attack dog and an outspoken critic of big banks, Warrens approval marks a big step toward unifying the Democratic Party behind Clinton. She even sent her own sassy tweet at Trump, boosting Hillarys original: No, seriously Delete your account. Hey, if denim overalls can have a resurgence, why can't Clinton?
read: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/06/hillary-clinton-is-suddenly-cool-again
Barbara Kinney
democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)Like you did in 2008? Those were cool.
CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)On a day when what's left of the Sanders followers here have apparently coordinated their final assault/last stand against Hillary and Dems.