6 Things I Wish Clinton Had Said To Trump [View all]
By Robert Kuttner
The American Prospect (via Alternet)
October 11, 2016
"Hillary performed well in Sunday's debate, but she could have demolished Trump,
once and for all."
According to post-debate instant polls and based on the continuing defection of other leading Republicans, Hillary Clinton evidently did well enough in Sunday night's debate.
But had she been a little more alert and less scripted, she might have demolished Donald Trump, once and for all.
Trump came into the debate on the verge of a total meltdown, with Republican elected officials deserting his candidacy by the dozen, his own running mate distancing himself from the candidate, and the nation in a state of disgust over Trump's bragging over his gross sexual exploits.
Yet when the debate was over, the consensus (was) that Trump had done well enough to survive, even to halt the slide.
What might Hillary have said?
Here are six examples:
(From the transcript)
ANDERSON COOPER:
Just for the record, though, are you saying that what you said on that bus 11 years ago that you did not actually kiss women without consent or grope women without consent?
TRUMP:
I have great respect for women...Nobody has more respect for women than I do.
COOPER:
So, for the record, you're saying that you never did that?
TRUMP:
I've said things that,frankly, you hear these things I said....And I was embarrassed by it,
but I have tremendous respect for women.
COOPER
Have you ever done those things?
TRUMP
And women have respect for me...And I will tell you: No. I have not.
And I will tell you that I'm going to make our country safe.
We're going to have borders in our country, which we don't have now.
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http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/six-things-clinton-should-say-trump
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