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boston bean

(36,221 posts)
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 12:03 PM Nov 2015

Hillary didn't look Presidential, she was Presidential.

I'm sorry, but Bernie has got to lower the volume a little bit and mix things up a little. I could almost recite his answers.

O'Malley, imo, seems like he is formulating responses in a politically calculated way. I don't know if it is his actual demeanor.

But all in all, they all were/did good.

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Hillary didn't look Presidential, she was Presidential. (Original Post) boston bean Nov 2015 OP
Clinton is really looking more and more comfortable with this campaign Persondem Nov 2015 #1
K AND R! JaneyVee Nov 2015 #2
Folks pretending they do not know what "Presidential" means or say it does not matter about Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #3
Actually she was off and flat. Warren Stupidity Nov 2015 #4
I think you can't compare this and the debate. Last night was more an interview. upaloopa Nov 2015 #6
I didn't watch it, but to me "put them in time out" and I told them to "cut it out" Autumn Nov 2015 #9
Yep, she keeps restating these lines, jkbRN Nov 2015 #17
Hillary should be President because she keeps giving different answers MannyGoldstein Nov 2015 #5
Give her credit for consistency. Segami Nov 2015 #24
Status Quo President bahrbearian Nov 2015 #7
No shit. A Hillary supporter thinks Hillary won. Dawgs Nov 2015 #8
So Say You - Others See The World Much Differently cantbeserious Nov 2015 #10
LOL! merrily Nov 2015 #11
Like they went to Central Casting and got someone totally believable in the role...oh, wait... Hepburn Nov 2015 #12
K&R Progressive dog Nov 2015 #13
Sure did ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #14
That is possible. boston bean Nov 2015 #18
Hillary did a great job last night and was presidential Gothmog Nov 2015 #15
I agree with all your points mcar Nov 2015 #16
This.. one_voice Nov 2015 #28
title=lolz nt artislife Nov 2015 #19
Hillary did well but Bernie not so much. SunSeeker Nov 2015 #20
Hillary . as always . looked like a well handled, well controlled robot. bowens43 Nov 2015 #21
Hillary dodged the police in schools question pinebox Nov 2015 #22
There are no facts, only interpretations. Friedrich Nietzsche Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2015 #23
Thank you, boston. Cha Nov 2015 #25
Hero Worship has clouded your judgment Motown_Johnny Nov 2015 #26
I disagree. I think she LOOKED Presidential in that she was smooth and seemed to have her Ron Green Nov 2015 #27
Good thing I don't vote based on looks... bobbobbins01 Nov 2015 #29
Define presidential AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #30

Persondem

(1,936 posts)
1. Clinton is really looking more and more comfortable with this campaign
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 12:05 PM
Nov 2015

"Presidential" is indeed the word. K & R

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
2. K AND R!
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 12:06 PM
Nov 2015

She seems to be speaking as if she's already in the GE while the rest are still lobbing attacks on each other. She didn't even mention them (BS and MO'M), but she did attack Republicans.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
3. Folks pretending they do not know what "Presidential" means or say it does not matter about
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 12:07 PM
Nov 2015

appearances have not been paying attention much to the attention span of the American voter....when they can be bothered enough to actually make the effort to vote.

Clinton is campaigning in a world of reality, not in a world of fantasy in which alien world tea party folk who vote for Trump and Carson and Cruz will suddenly vote for not evangelical at all Sanders in droves....because....reasons.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
6. I think you can't compare this and the debate. Last night was more an interview.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 12:15 PM
Nov 2015

It wasn't meant to be confrontational

Autumn

(45,105 posts)
9. I didn't watch it, but to me "put them in time out" and I told them to "cut it out"
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 12:27 PM
Nov 2015

seems more like something a parent or Grandparent would say. Whereas a person who looked presidential should know those bad behavior threats are not solutions to problems the people in our country face. Those bad behavior threats are what Mom's and Grandmas and Nanny's tell kids who misbehave.

jkbRN

(850 posts)
17. Yep, she keeps restating these lines,
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 01:17 PM
Nov 2015

And I have NO IDEA WHY. because wagging her finger at then did ABSOLUTELY nothing to stop/help ease the crash. If this is the type of behavior the American people can expect from her, then count me out.

Hepburn

(21,054 posts)
12. Like they went to Central Casting and got someone totally believable in the role...oh, wait...
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 01:03 PM
Nov 2015

...we've seen that before.

Not interested in the re-run.

ismnotwasm

(41,988 posts)
14. Sure did
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 01:07 PM
Nov 2015

She's a winner in every sense of the word--

On edit, O'Malley is finding his way through this campaign--I still say he's going to surprise a lot of people with a much stronger showing as time goes on

mcar

(42,334 posts)
16. I agree with all your points
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 01:15 PM
Nov 2015

The candidates all did well last night. Makes me proud to be a Democrat. What a contrast between ours and theirs!

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
28. This..
Sun Nov 8, 2015, 07:17 PM
Nov 2015
The candidates all did well last night. Makes me proud to be a Democrat. What a contrast between ours and theirs!


100% This. Wanted to ask everyone I knew if they'd seen it and what they thought. lol

SunSeeker

(51,571 posts)
20. Hillary did well but Bernie not so much.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 01:20 PM
Nov 2015

Bernie's answers re his 5 votes against the Brady Bill and for guns on trains were a total fail. No, guns on trains is not the same as guns on planes in checked baggage. Checked baggage is accessible by passengers during a train ride, unlike a plane ride, as Rachel pointed out. He just ignored what she said and repeated his "we can't keep shouting at each other on guns" line out of the blue. And he said it wasn't 5 votes against Brady Bill, just 1, since they kept bringing the "same bill back up." The audience laughed at him.

 

bowens43

(16,064 posts)
21. Hillary . as always . looked like a well handled, well controlled robot.
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 02:15 PM
Nov 2015

There is no sincerity this woman. She is the very epitome of what is wrong with politics in America , well her and naive voters ....

Ron Green

(9,822 posts)
27. I disagree. I think she LOOKED Presidential in that she was smooth and seemed to have her
Sun Nov 8, 2015, 07:16 PM
Nov 2015

body language tuned up, but that she WAS Presidential only in that she did not answer several of the questions.

We need a President who talks straight about these most difficult issues. That's only a starting point, but we really need that.

bobbobbins01

(1,681 posts)
29. Good thing I don't vote based on looks...
Sun Nov 8, 2015, 07:55 PM
Nov 2015

or on volume of speaking, or on any of the other numerous superficial reasons that have no real consequence when trying to run the country. Substance is what matters, and unfortunately that is Hillary's biggest weakness.

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