Hillary Clinton Wins By Remodulating Her Voice & Wowing With Calm, Steely Speeches

How Should HIllary Clinton Dress? However She Goddamn Pleases The Guardian

...She just needs to be perfectly groomed at all times, but not look high-maintenance; she must wear gorgeous clothes, but they must not cost any money; she should look relatable but never “mumsy”; she must be feminine but not girly; she needs to look tough, but not like a bitch; she has to have perfect hair but spend no money on it; also her hair must not be too long (witchy) or too short (Jimmy Krankie); she must never have plastic surgery, but nor can she look old; she must think about her appearance at all times and simultaneously never think about such a frivolous issue; she has to look reassuringly presidential, which means looking like past male presidents, but she must never look masculine; she can’t wear dresses (too girly), but she also can’t wear trousers (too butch); she can’t wear makeup, but she must also always look as good as if she was wearing makeup; she should dress age-appropriate, but she must also never look like a 68-year-old woman; she should celebrate being a woman, but she also must not remind any men of their mother/ex-wife/any woman in their life who once made them feel sad.
But where, you ask, does one find such a magical outfit? Easy! You just buy it at the shop next door to the etiquette school that teaches female politicians how to have a speaking voice that is both strong and decisive, but also feminine and soft; how to be smart, but never ambitious; serious but not humourless; driven but not bossy; focused but not boring; tough but not a bitch; not too pretty but also not too ugly. After those lessons, they can then pop next door to the Female Politician Mentoring School, where they are taught that they should care about women’s issues, but never speak about them; they should never be the boss of any man (because then she’s a bitch boss), but also not the subordinate of any man (because then it looks like she slept her way into the job). Most of all, that they need 10 times more experience than any male politician to prove their worthiness, but also not be tainted by any actual political past. Some say that the contradictory expectations placed on female politicians suggests some people would rather they didn’t exist at all, but I say that’s nonsense. After all, look how easy-peasy it is!

 

Bernie Sanders's Democratic Party Reforms Focus on Things That Would've Helped Bernie Sanders Win Washington Post

The self-serving list of Sanders demands around reforms in the Democratic party do not include the elimination of caucuses, the truly undemocratic voting events that penalize countless voters from participating. Based on results in two states, Nebraska and Washington, it was determined -- by a landslide in Washington -- that the primary vote varies dramatically from the caucus results. Yet ending caucuses is not on Bernie's demand list.

Such a self-serving list of demands should not be taken seriously, because it's totally undemocratic. ~ Anne

Bernie Sanders and the Terms of Surrender New York Times

Nate Cohn and Toni Monkovic chat up Bernie's list of demands. As always thinking heads offer texture and relevant facts to the conversation.

Cohn raises the reality I've been thinking about: the longer Bernie waits to endorse Hillary, the less important his endorsement is. Life moves on; Trump is being an ass; Hillary is rising in the polls.

I personally reconciled with two of Sanders' more prominent supporters, although I know one will potentially be arrested in Philadelphia. Still, she will support Hillary in November, and although I was pressing them as feminists to address a topic impacting a recent Bernie decision. I backed down there on my own, choosing unity over making my point.

We will never persuade Bernie's most ardent supporters to vote for Hillary. And I can't imagine what positive messages Bernie would say about Hillary. Bernie can knock Trump with believability, but he has no loyalty to Hillary or the Democratic party. Warren, does. Hillary Clinton is a pretty good chess player, too. ~ Anne

"The primary season is over. Hillary Clinton is the presumptive Democratic nominee. Yet the question of Bernie Sanders, and just what he will do next — and what he expects — remains unresolved.
Toni You recently tweeted: “A fun thought experiment: Imagine Sanders winning but Clinton refusing to endorse unless he adopted her views, etc.”
Sanders will speak to his supporters via videoconference tonight at 8:30 p.m. Eastern from Burlington, Vt. He still hasn’t endorsed her, and he’s still pushing hard for his policies. But what kind of leverage does he have?
Nate I think it’s an interesting kind of leverage. The Clinton camp would certainly like his full-throated endorsement. On the other hand, the longer he holds off endorsing, the less valuable it becomes and the more he risks marginalizing himself as the conversation moves on to the general election."

Hillary Clinton Headlines June 15, 2016

Is Donald Trump's Endgame the Launch of Trump News Vanity Fair

Hillary Clinton's VP pick: There's really only one choice CNBC

Pro Sanders Union Gets Behind Hillary Huffington Post

Battleground boss: Clinton leads Trump across swing-state map Politico

Trump's Twitter army Politico

Clinton to begin battleground ad blitz Politico

Ralston Reports: Small turnout creates big ripples Reno Gazette-Journal

Hillary Clinton Thinks Women Should Be Included in the Draft Huffington Post

Hillary Playing Trump Card, Constantly Calling Him Unfit For Presidency

Hillary Clinton Fights to Win Over Her Own Demographic: White Women NPR

Melissa Deckman is a professor at Washington College who understands women and politics. Deckman believes that Clinton absolutely has the potential to win more white women than Barack Obama did in 2012,

Simply stated, Hillary Clinton has a Trump card, and she should play it.

"I think the best offense for Hillary Clinton, frankly, is just to keep pointing out how weak and how unpresidential someone like Donald Trump is, and I think it really could help her make inroads to suburban women voters," said Deckman.

The thought of a Trump presidency is a compelling argument for some women, such as Greer Fitzgerald; she considers herself a "fiscally conservative, socially liberal person." Call her a true Independent who voted for Obama in 2008 but flipped to Romney in 2012, believing that the economic recovery wan't moving quickly enough.

NPR takes us into Fitzgerald's book club meeting in a suburb east of Columbus. Trump is front and center in her brain. Is this the man we want meeting with world leaders?

"He's a cartoon ... he's a misogynistic, completely racially-like inept. I don't know, I'm gonna get flustered," she said, visibly frustrated.

"I can't even see him as an actual political figure. His foreign policy is to build a wall, well, that's my three-year-old's policy — to close the door between her and her sister so they can't get in a fight anymore," she said."

Reality is that we can't run a three-year-old petulant child for president of the United States.

Hillary Clinton Fires Up Supporters With Powerful Speech at Planned Parenthood Cosmopolitan

Hillary Clinton made an empowering speech to a group of more than 800 women (and a handful of men) at the Planned Parenthood Action Fund in Washington, D.C., today. It was Clinton's first public appearance since securing the Democratic presidential nomination, and she didn't waste any time explaining why a Donald Trump presidency would be terrible for women in 2016.

"Donald assures us as president, he will be 'the best' for women. Anyone who wants to defund Planned Parenthood and wipe out safe and legal abortion has no idea what's best for women. It's kind of hard to imagine counting on him to respect our fundamental rights," Clinton said.

Democrats Will Rally Around Hillary Clinton Slate

I've been reading Mic.com which says that Bernie's college-age women are weeping with cries that his loss is more than they canbear.Mic.com called in a grief counselor who agreed that this trauma is the equivalent to death of a close family member.

At that moment I was writing about young girls in the Congo being raped regularly just walking 5 miles to get water or running for firewood, so my full sympathies were elsewhere.

We note that Sanders surrogate Cornel West is no longer calling Trump 'Brother Trump', while shredding Hillary Clinton from the stage.

This is a good sign, although Native American activist Deborah Parker -- who joined West in introducing Bernie at his DC rally on Thursday -- noted how:

{Quote}: “difficult” the past few days had been for her, explaining how she’s “had to go into my hotel room and just hold on, just really hold on.”
“I do believe in prayer, so I had to pray that that good spirit inside of me comes out because I was angry,” she added
But resistance wasn’t West’s aim. While he wouldn’t be so milquetoast neoliberal as to demand Sanders supporters rush to Clinton’s side in the fall, he did, in his own way, make clear the choice that lay before everyone. “But we know the difference between a neoliberal and a neofascist,” he continued, “so you make your own decision! And I’m simply here to say that I love brother Bernie Sanders, whatever he decides, but I’m a free man, and you’re a free man and woman: Make your decision based on your love for poor and working people!”'

Clinton Campaign's 'Infomercial on Trump University'

Hillary Clinton Campaign Releases Fake Infomercial for Trump University TIME

The Hillary Clinton campaign dove into Trump University waters with a mock infomercial for the real-estate program which is center state in the lawsuit presided over by U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel.

“We guarantee you’ll give Trump U a glowing review—because we’ll make you,” the ad continues, referencing reports that some enthusiastic endorsements of endorsements were potentially coerced or posted by insiders connected to the Trump organizaation. .
“Trump University was a massive scam and nothing close to an actual school,” a Clinton campaign official said. “Preying on the elderly, encouraging potential customers to max out credit cards and drain their savings, and making trumped up promises about how to profit off of the housing crisis.”

The Clinton campaign is launching a major effort to brand Trump as a 'fraud' who routinely made money off the very disadvantaged people he promised to help. This innovative spot is designed to stand out amid social media clutter, an arena in which the Clinton campaign hasn't excelled during the primaries. 

One thing we know for certain. Trump will be fuming. ~ Anne

Sanders to meet with Clinton on Tuesday Politico

Bernie Sanders will meet with Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night to understand fully her policy positions. The meeting will help determine whether or not Sanders can support Clinton.

"I simply want to get a sense of what kind of platform she will be supporting, whether she will be vigorous in standing up for working families and the middle class, moving aggressively in climate change, healthcare for all, making public colleges and universities tuition-free," Sanders said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "And after we have that kind of discussion and after we can determine whether or not we are going to have a strong and progressive platform, I will be able to make other decisions."

Hillary Clinton Headlines June 11, 2016

Bernie Sanders Makes a Last Stand in the Presidential Race The Atlantic

Road to 270: Donald Trump faces uphill climb to White House Washington Post

Will This Guy Shut Off the Lights in the Sanders Campaign New York Times

A Hillary Clinton-Elizabeth Warren pairing would be profoundly unusual -- and not just in national politics The Washington Post

Jessie Jackson back in the game with Hillary Clinton Chicago Sun Times

Senate Democrats to Release a Policy Agenda New York Times

Sanders's lone Senate supporter flips to Clinton The Hill

Bernie Sanders'campaign a classic example of echo chamber Chicago Tribune