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crimycarny

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10. Yes! That was such a great answer
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 09:10 PM
Jun 2025

I was feeling my blood boil when I heard the framing of "Democrats only agree on one thing" as if a fact (along the lines of "when did you stop beating your wife&quot . Bill's answer was perfect, "If I thought that were true it would make me mad, but it's not true" and then the rest of his answer as he expanded on that was great. Other Democrats need to take lessons from Clinton on how to answer these gotcha questions. Don't mealy-mouth your answers, and hem and haw. Call the media out without equivocation.

Much like Clinton's answer to the interviewer's question framing Biden's cognitive decline as fact versus rumor and innuendo. I've seen many Democrats go on TV and hem and haw with answers like "Well, I didn't see the President that often" or avoid answering with "Americans care about XYZ". They need to answer like Bill Clinton, "No, I never saw him with any indication of cognitive decline. In fact, he was always well-versed on his briefings. I just saw him recently and he was in good shape." I'm paraphrasing, but Clinton's answers were firm and not wishy-washy. That's what we need.

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