Courtesy of The Hill:
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is targeting Hillary Clinton in a new ad, portraying the Democratic presidential candidate as not tough enough to handle major foreign policy issues.
A 15-second video posted to Trump's Instagram account shows Russian President Vladimir Putin showing off his martial arts skills and a masked militant pointing a gun at the camera.
"When it comes to facing our toughest opponents, the Democrats have the perfect answer," the video says, cutting to a clip of Clinton barking like a dog last month when she taunted Republicans.
Putin cracks up in Trump's video before text appears back on screen, stating, "We don't need to be a punchline!"
You know the part that cracks me up is that the favorite political punchline of late night comics everywhere is trying to insinuate that Hillary Clinton is the one people are openly mocking.
It also did not escape my notice that Trump's misogyny found its way into the advertisement (You Hillary Clinton is barking like a dog, female dogs are bitches. you get it.), and I imagine we will see it quite frequently moving forward.
Of course the problem with that approach is that it reinforce every negative thing people see in Donald Trump and will rally Hillary supporters like nothing else.
By the way if you are like me you have undoubtedly wondered just why in the hell there was video of Hillary barking for Trump to use in his ad.
I found the answer in this video from last month where Hillary is talking about an old campaign ad and making a salient point about the Republican candidates.
The lesson to be learned here is that Donald Trump ALWAYS plays dirty, and he is going to throw every ugly thing he can at Hillary Clinton in the general.
That is why she is the perfect candidate to face him in November. Everything he throws at her she has already proven herself immune to multiple times in the past.
Now you need the new counter-video that shows THE Donald and his big, uh, brain.
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Is he really doing it without dirty money?
When asked to describe what they like most about Donald Trump, supporters usually say “He’s been doing it all without dirty money.” They mean his campaign is self-funded, and takes no money from lobbyists, special interests, and Republican Party kingmakers.
Donald Trump:
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2016/03/donald-trump-history-of-violence.html
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/17/sorry_bernie_im_with_hillary_now_listen_up_fellow_bernie_supporters_you_must_get_behind_clinton_to_stop_donald_trump/
ReplyDeleteYes, Trump is awful! Mother Jones is currently running an article with many quotes from Trump about women! Sexist, suck and misogynist, even when discussing a hypothetical-- if Melania were to be disfigured in a car accident ("But are her breasts okay?").
ReplyDeleteAny Bernie supporters left should be asked to explain why Bernie is now plotting to steal Hillary's hard-won regular delegates! http://crooksandliars.com/2016/03/sanders-camp-lays-out-strategy-remaining
The President is privately telling donors that it's time to unite around HRC! Stop Trump & vote Hillary!
Stealing? I think you meant "earning". Pathetic GOP move.
DeleteBernie isn't a Democrat and never has been. But he sure scammed enough of the DNC to be able to use their system to try and steal the election from the democratic candidate.
DeleteI'll be voting for the only Democratic candidate running and that is Hillary!
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/03/donald-trump-women-comments-misogyny-jennifer-lopez
DeleteI'm not finding Bernie Sanders pleasant at all to watch anymore. His speech is the same, over and over again and it's getting boring.
DeleteAnd, now he is going after her delegates? Don't think he's the sweetheart many think he is!
Go Hillary!
No, @9:34. I meant "stealing." Read the story at the link I posted from Crooks and Liars above, about what Tad Devine of the Sanders campaign said on MSNBC yesterday. They are going to try to get the delegates she already won & even mentioned a lawsuit approach. Read it, please!
DeleteSenator Sanders sadly DOES sounds like a broken skipping record. Over and over and over for more then a year, the SAME lines and projection. He will either be a spoiler or UNITER.
DeleteMore sexist quotes from Trump: http://bluenationreview.com/one-trump-saw-the-ad-the-other-didnt/
DeleteSNL has all these characters down pat.
Delete9:52am
DeleteIt's a contest. Bernie is in it to win it same as Hillary. As Hillary proved in 2008 candidates often fight like dogs over scraps when the race is tight.
No. He's lost already and he's trying to steal her pledged delegates via a possible lawsuits from the states she's already won. Did you read the link? Read it! http://crooksandliars.com/2016/03/sanders-camp-lays-out-strategy-remaining
DeleteThere's no way he can win now, mathematically speaking. So he's plotting to try to get the delegates from the states she's already won and cause a mess at the convention! Sad!
I have been afraid that Bernie Sanders would not give up easily. I think he has some nerve wanting to disrupt the Democratic Convention when he's only "been a Democrat" for several months. I just hope that no Democrats fall for his ploy.
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Let's hope not, Beaglemom. Hillary has busted her ass raising money for democrats and when she halted her campaign in 2008, she worked damned hard to get Obama elected.
DeleteThe Hillary gnats are out, swarming all over the rest of us like we can't decide for ourselves who to vote for.
DeleteAs notorious RBG said "Better a bitch than a mouse." Fuck Trump and the lies he rode in on.
ReplyDeleteIf I were Hillary I would OWN it, not be upset. RBG sure did and look where it got her!
Go Hillary..... that little man cannot and WILL NOT slow you down.
ReplyDeleteThe Trump campaign came up with this lame ad against Hillary Clinton and put it online yesterday, because to him, foreign policy is a laughing matter, and mockery his stock in trade.
DeleteBut he doesn't really know who he's going after here. At least, not yet. Because this was her response, and it hits the target right in the soft, nasty underbelly.
Trump isn't going up against an easy mark when he aims at Hillary Clinton. She doesn't even have to have facts at her fingertips. She does, however, have hours and hours of his own stupid words on video.
http://crooksandliars.com/2016/03/clinton-campaign-mocks-donald-trumps-ad
I can hardly wait to vote for Hillary Clinton and to watch her cream The Donald in a debate! She is so much smarter than he and he's not going to know what hit him!
ReplyDeleteYep, super smart, setting herself up, barking like a dog. Genius.
DeleteWhat's wrong with barking like a dog? Women aren't allowed to do it because some jackasses are going to make fun of them?
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Oh please. Trump growls and whines just like a toy poodle. And that's just when he is complaining about his own party's losers.
DeleteO/T but Gryphen, this could be a new thread:
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Great op-Ed! Thanks!
DeleteTry this. No pay wall:
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Caligula = little feet= little hands= little PRICK!
Delete= dRumpf kkkalin FUCK FEST.
Trump has nothing. No intelligence. No wit. No government savvy. No foreign knowledge. No heart.
ReplyDeleteAll he has is bullying, lying, and name calling. None of which, is POTUS material.That's why Sarah can relate to him. They are two from the same shitpod.
To be where she is today, Hillary has had to put up with a lot of shit from what was considered a "man runned" government. There is nothing Trump can do, or say that will rattle her. She has seen it all, heard it all,done it all.
I wouldn't be surprised if Trump refuses to do any debates with whomever wins the Democratic Nomination.
Exactly, on his refusing to debate. All he plans to do is hold rallies, encourage violence, and count on the complicity of the media. That last part, about the media, scares me the most.
DeleteWanna bet he also gets away with it? The media has turned the country over to him already.
DeleteCouldn't resist a little "editing" because I'm sure you must have meant "man ruined" government, didn't you? LOL
DeleteThanks
tRump hates strong women with a passion.
ReplyDeleteOnly the young ones good for a f*uck, right Donald?
Misogynist to the max.
"Boys will be boys," right $arah?
You should have sought mental help years ago, toots.
And this is why all those nude pics of Melania need to come into the election. But not by Hillary. Someone else has to do it. If he wants to play dirty, then okay. If he goes dirty, then I'd love to see a protest march with everyone carrying signs of giant blow-ups of all Melania's various nude pictures, so that all of America could see her nipples and her shaved mound and her holding and pointing a gun.
ReplyDeleteThis would possibly backfire. Melania's nude pictures should be left out of it. Besides, Donald's backers would like him that much more for having a wife like that. There is enough crap on Donald to keep him from winning the election.
DeleteAnonymous just released Trump's SS number...can the photos be far behind?
DeleteThe GOP elite will do it.
DeleteI'll contribute to that effort. Think it is a great idea. It will give the RWNJ apoplexy. Internet, posters, whatever works.
Delete10:15 They need to be careful that THEY are not in the background in those pics.
DeletedRumpf is the pipeline.
T-rump isn't even original; the losers on the rightwing noise machine were calling 12-year-old Chelsea Clinton the "White House Dog" and following her around making barking noises in 1992.
ReplyDeleteRush Limbaugh worst offender.
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ReplyDeleteJewish and Israel lobbying organization American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) announced that it was inviting Donald Trump to speak its annual policy conference in Washington, D.C., on March 20-22.
This is why he cancelled his Fixed Noise debate on Monday-he has a date to pander to the Jews. What will he promise them-the moon?
DeleteThere is no "the Jews."
DeleteDo you think there's anything wrong with using the phrase "the Jews," 10:14?
DeleteCan you just imagine what Donald would say and do if Bernie were the nominee? He would have way too much fun. Hillary is tough and been tough for years!
ReplyDeleteI've worked with many speech writers, campaign managers, celebrities, politicians and CEO's over the years. I can not understand how her campaign team let her use this particular anctidote!! These people hash over every little aspect of a speech and it's delivery! This was not an off the cuff comment! Is Hillary's campaign so full of sycophants that no one would say, "Hillary, barking like a dog is not a good look." Anyone with PR experience would have seen the potential for ridicule here. This, along with the mis-statement about Nancy Reagan's support of AIDS, makes me fear that she and her campaign are seriously out of touch!
ReplyDeleteWhy the hell isn't is a "good look" and who the fuck cares?
DeleteOr maybe she (and we) are done with the restrictions placed on how women should behave in public. Many of us support Hillary Clinton because she's smashing through these kinds of boundaries. People like you are the problem.
DeleteSo, which is it:
DeleteHillary Clinton needs to care more about what people think of her.
Or Hillary Clinton is a fake who only cares about what other people think of her?
This is an opportunity for Clinton. Anyone who thinks there's something wrong with this anecdote looks petty and dumb. The majority of people don't give a shit.
DeleteNicolle Wallace, is that you????
DeleteWho's up next? Joe The Plumber?
Let Hillary be Hillary! I saw the original clip and it was a cute story about detecting phonies in Arkansas. It was authentic. No matter what she does they will try to use it. This is nothing compared to what he'll try next. But she's ready and #ImWithHer.
Delete9:53am
DeleteRespectfully, I don't see how you got many gigs with speech writers when you use words like "anctidote" and write like a 2nd grader.
Exactly anon 11:04. And it's "cannot" not "can not." That poster has no command of the language whatsoever.
DeleteThey should have put extensions in her hair, put her in some slinky lingerie, perhaps a feather boa, while lying on an upright piano in high heels with crystals dangling in all the right places.
DeleteMaybe then, Donald would realize she has a brain. Or maybe not.
How about Donald in thong underwear and fishnet stockings?
I agree with you, anon. Hilary probably thought it was smart and outrageous to start barking like a dog. But she should have been advised against it.
DeleteEvery day Trump makes it easier for Hillary to accomplish one of the biggest Democratic landslides in history. Every day! It's wonderful.
ReplyDeleteDream on!
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Don't kid yourself.Putin has much more to worry about with HRC then he does from Trump.Trump is the ultimate empty suit,Hillary will blow your head off and sleep like a baby after doing it.Trump you are so toasted,this isn't even fair.
ReplyDeletePutin only has to whisper "Megan Kelly" in tRump's ear and he'll be shatting all over himself.
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He's so juvenile that now he has a post on Twitter asking who should star in a remake of Liar Liar, the Jim Carrey movie, Hillary or Cruz. So pathetic.
ReplyDeleteAnd he tweets that Ohio would have been his in two more days. Hah, not so--Kasich woke Ohio voters up and took Ohio back from the crazies who were trying to give Trump a win there.
Trump is a blabermouth. He has a problem with going on and on about his wealth that might wear thin before the election.
ReplyDeleteO.K. Trumpster, let's have a martial arts fight. My money's on Hillary.
ReplyDeleteI'd be concerned that if he hit her in the head she'd have another brain bleed and be out of the race for good, so no martial arts! Her brain situation is tenuous at best after her last "episode"!
DeleteIt sounds like you've had one or two "episodes" yourself, 3:46.
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ReplyDeleteAnyone notice Trump barks the most on social media? Why is that? In a Hillary vs Trump debate, she'll have his head spinning till he screws himself into the stage. He knows nothing about governance, tact, civility, and isn't ready for prime time.
ReplyDeleteAll she needs to do is say "Run home to momma", and his head will explode.
One of the authors of the book "The Clinton's War on Women" is Roger Stone. Somewhere in the many news articles I read, I thought there was something about a Stone having some connection to Trump. Not sure if was even the same person.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know?