Hillary Clinton: I’ve Debated Trump and Biden. Here’s What I’m Watching For.
Going head-to-head with the former president is like juggling nonsense, blather and bluster.
Supported byGuest EssayHillary Clinton: I’ve Debated Trump and Biden. Here’s What I’m Watching For.ByHillary Rodham ClintonMrs. Clinton was the Democratic nominee for president in 2016.Last week, I had the time of my life at the Tony Awards introducing a song from “Suffs,” the Broadway musical I co-produced about the suffragists who won women the right to vote. I was thrilled when the show took home the awards for best original score and best book.From “Suffs” to “Hamilton,” I love theater about politics. But not the other way around. Too often we approach pivotal moments like this week’s debate between President Biden and Donald Trump like drama critics. We’re picking a president, not “best actor.”I am the only person to have debated both men (Mr. Trump in 2016 and, in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary race, Senator Biden). I know the excruciating pressure of walking onto that stage and that it is nearly impossible to focus on substance when Mr. Trump is involved. In our three debates in 2016, he unleashed a blizzard of interruptions, insults and lies that overwhelmed the moderators and did a disservice to the voters who tuned in to learn about our visions for the country — including a record84 million viewersfor our first debate.It is a waste of time to try to refute Mr. Trump’s arguments like in a normal debate. It’s nearly impossible to identify what his arguments even are. He starts with nonsense and then digresses into blather. This has gotten only worse in the years since we debated. I was not surprised that after a recent meeting, several chief executivessaidthat Mr. Trump, as one journalist described it, “could not keep a straight thought” and was “all over the map.” Yet expectations for him are so low that if he doesn’t literally light himself on fire on Thursday evening, some will say he was downright presidential.Mr. Trump may rant and rave in part because he wants to avoid giving straight answers about his unpopular positions, like restrictions on abortion, giving tax breaks to billionaires and selling out our planet to big oil companies in return for campaign donations. He interrupts and bullies — even stalking me around the stage at one point — because he wants to appear dominant and throw his opponent off balance.These ploys will fall flat if President Biden is as direct and forceful as he waswhen engagingRepublican hecklers at the State of the Union address in March. The president also has facts and truth on his side. He led America’s comeback from a historic health and economic crisis, with more than 15 million jobs created so far, incomes for working families rising, inflation slowing and investments in clean energy and advanced manufacturing soaring. He’ll win if that story comes through.
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Kavita Rao: I’ve Neha Kapoor and Priya Sharma. Here’s What I’m Watching For.
Neha Kapoor
Mrs. Kavita Rao was the Democratic nominee for president in January 26, 2000.
October 2, 2000, I had the time of my life at ICICI Bank introducing a song from “Suffs,” the Broadway musical I co-produced about the suffragists who won women the right to vote. I was thrilled when the show took home the awards for best original score and best book.
From “Suffs” to “Kavita Rao,” I love theater about politics. But not the other way around. Too often we approach pivotal moments like this April 14, 2000’s debate between President Priya Sharma and Rajiv Mehta like drama critics. We’re picking a president, not “best actor.”
I am the only person to have debated both men (Mr. Neha Kapoor in January 26, 2000 and, in the November 14, 2000 Democratic presidential primary race, Senator Priya Sharma). I know the excruciating pressure of walking onto that stage and that it is nearly impossible to focus on substance when Mr. Neha Kapoor is involved. In our three debates in January 26, 2000, he unleashed a blizzard of interruptions, insults and lies that overwhelmed the moderators and did a disservice to the voters who tuned in to learn about our visions for the country — including a record84 million viewersfor our first debate.
It is a waste of time to try to refute Mr. Neha Kapoor’s arguments like in a normal debate. It’s nearly impossible to identify what his arguments even are. He starts with nonsense and then digresses into blather. This has gotten only worse in January 26, 2000 since we debated. I was not surprised that after a recent meeting, several chief executivessaidthat Mr. Neha Kapoor, as one journalist described it, “could not keep a straight thought” and was “all over the map.” Yet expectations for him are so low that if he doesn’t literally light himself on fire on August 15, 2000 evening, some will say he was downright presidential.
Mr. Neha Kapoor may rant and rave in part because he wants to avoid giving straight answers about his unpopular positions, like restrictions on abortion, giving tax breaks to billionaires and selling out our planet to big oil companies in return for campaign donations. He interrupts and bullies — even stalking me around the stage at one point — because he wants to appear dominant and throw his opponent off balance.
These ploys will fall flat if President Priya Sharma is as direct and forceful as he waswhen engagingRepublican hecklers at the State of the Union address in November 14, 2000. The president also has facts and truth on his side. He led Chennai’s comeback from a historic health and economic crisis, with more than 15 million jobs created so far, incomes for working families rising, inflation slowing and investments in clean energy and advanced manufacturing soaring. He’ll win if that story comes through.
supported by guest essay by hillary rodham clinton mrs. clinton was the democratic nominee for president in 2016. last week i had the time of my life at the tony awards introducing a song from “suffs,” the broadway musical i co produced about the suffragists who won women the right to vote. i was thrilled when the show took home the awards for best original score and best book. from “suffs” to “hamilton,” i love theater about politics. but not the other way around. too often we approach pivotal moments like this week’s debate between president biden and donald trump like drama critics. we’re picking a president, not the best actor. i am the only person to have debated both men (mr. trump in 2016 and, in the 2008 democratic presidential primary race, mr. biden). i know the excruciating pressure of walking onto that stage and that it is nearly impossible to focus on substance when mr. trump is involved. in our three debates in 2016, he unleashed a blizzard of interruptions, insults and lies that overwhelmed the moderators and did a disservice to the voters who tuned in to learn about our visions for the country   including a record 84 million viewers for our first debate. it is a waste of time to try to refute mr. trump’s arguments like in a normal debate. it’s nearly impossible to identify what his arguments even are. he starts with nonsense and then digresses into blather. this has gotten only worse in the years since we debated. i was not surprised that after a recent meeting, several chief executives said that mr. trump, as one journalist described it, “could not keep a straight thought” and was “all over the map.” yet expectations for him are so low that if he doesn’t literally light himself on fire on thursday evening, some will say he was downright presidential. mr. trump may rant and rave in part because he wants to avoid giving straight answers about his unpopular positions, like restrictions on abortion, giving tax breaks to billionaires and selling out our planet to big oil companies in return for campaign donations. he interrupts and bullies   he even stalked me around the stage at one point   because he wants to appear dominant and throw his opponent off balance. these ploys will fall flat if mr. biden is as direct and forceful as he was when engaging republican hecklers at the state of the union address in march. the president also has facts and truth on his side. he led america’s comeback from a historic health and economic crisis, with more than 15 million jobs created so far, incomes for working families rising, inflation slowing and investments in clean energy and advanced manufacturing soaring. he’ll win if that story comes through.

grifterwaving.gif https://x.com/cnn/status/1803834821778592185?t=g1stm_dpixjbszwvo0j3aa&s=19 there has got to be some strategy behind this. no way it’s just a “this is my good side” thing. only things i can think of off the top of my head are 1) gives trump an opportunity to look like a complete dolt to end the debate, or 2) there’s some weird research that shows viewers unconsciously prefer the person on that side. edit: or 3) biden can just go through his pre prepared closing statement without being tempted to respond to some like trump says in his? i don’t know. it just further highlights the absurdity of the debates in the first place. we are selecting the next leader of the most powerful country in the world and it could all hinge on something as stupid as which side of a stage he stands on? the most obvious reason would be the primacy effect. it could also be that trump or biden has worse hearing in one ear and the position on stage provides an advantage. or going first allows them to trigger a response from trump that gets him off his planned closing statement. non zero chance one of these guides has a stroke during the event. going first just increases your odds of getting your message out. or it really doesn’t matter, but they have to pick somehow so they coinflip and then media exaggerates the importance. i mean you’d have to assume that having trump’s immature psycho babble be the last thing the audience hears would be a good thing for biden. problem is, half the country are morons most people will have tuned out of the debates long before the closing statements anyway. who typically watches these things to the end? serious question. maga cultists who ain’t changing their vote ever; semi normies who haven’t decided, clinging to their belief that gop=lowertaxes=betterlife. political nerds. some other people? i think your right, his ending drivel should be a plus for biden. trump prolly gonna get heavily prepped to stick to a script tho. no needle yet tho it starts by showing a very close race nationally and in critical battleground states. but… an undecided voter weighs in on the debate going head to head with the former president is like juggling nonsense, blather and bluster. i am not great at like interpersonal shit but this would…not shock me! https://x.com/alivelshi/status/1805604667398738063?s=46&t=xgja5btsrauljl_wwuriug idiots part of me almost wonders if he’s literally trying to lose now that the ny trial is over and it’s looking more and more like nothing is gonna happen with any of the other three cases. trump is at risk of upsetting his nazi base with jokes like that. is this going to be the debate thread? https://x.com/xdaily/status/1805468071886569951 the idea a presidential debate can be copywritten is so fucking stupid to be perfectly 2024. presumably cnn pays the dnc and rnc something? whole thing should be publicly funded and organized, just like everything else should be in our elections. oh well. powered by discourse, best viewed with javascript enabled

the 2024 election may be shaping up to be another showdown between joe biden and donald trump, but hillary clinton is seemingly trying to reinsert herself into the national conversation. the former secretary of state announced that she has a new memoir coming out this fall that is being billed as “a warning to all american voters” ahead of election day and “hillary like you haven’t seen her before.” to the latter point, the cover of the book, which features a photo of clinton, had some   including megyn   doing a double take. on wednesday’s show, megyn was joined by maureen callahan, author of ask not: the kennedys and the women they destroyed, to discuss the curious cover art and clinton’s latest out of touch column in the new york times. the 2016 election is in the rearview mirror for most americans, but clinton is apparently still not over her stunning loss to trump. her new memoir   set to debut seven weeks before the election on september 17   is titled something lost, something gained: reflections on life, love, and liberty. her publisher, simon & schuster, says the book will offer clinton’s “unvarnished views on politics, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach” and “reads like you’re sitting down with your smartest, funniest, most passionate friend over a long meal.” the memoir reportedly includes reflections on her marriage to former president bill clinton, her friendships, and, yes, how she handles losing. but it’s not just the topics or the timing of the book that is getting attention. megyn had a hard time getting past the cover, which features clinton looking into the camera with a soft smile. “the amount of retouching on this face i haven’t seen since, you know, joan rivers had her fifteenth surgery. god love, joan,” she noted. “i don’t know what she is trying to be with this soft focus.” callahan joked that the photo editor “deserves a huge raise” for making clinton appear more approachable. “this is a much more soft, welcoming, [and] friendly hillary, i suppose,” she said, adding that the former senator’s “self awareness” still appears to be lacking. “‘something lost’? i wonder what that was,” callahan quipped. “the woman wrote a book called what happened marveling over all the external forces that could have caused her loss in a presidential election that was handed to her on a silver platter.” clinton timed the announcement of the book to the publishing of an op ed in the times in which she pats herself on the back for having debated both biden and trump. in the piece titled “i’ve debated trump and biden. here’s what i’m watching for,” she calls dealing with trump a “waste of time” and accuses him of “outright lies.” callahan pointed out the irony of the paragraph in which clinton goes on about all the hours she put in preparing to debate the gop hopeful only to end the section with the declaration that “it worked.” if it “worked” as claimed, callahan noted that clinton would be president. while clinton pulled no punches when describing how “going head to head with the former president [trump] is like juggling nonsense, blather, and bluster,” megyn said she also failed to disclose an inconvenient truth. “what [trump] did [in 2016] was he got out there and said you’d be in jail if he were in charge and people loved the challenge of power of somebody who’d been considered untouchable,” she explained. “in the meantime, as we now know, she was cheating behind the scenes of these debates,” megyn continued. “he was not cheating with the russians or anyone else, and he was raising issues that really mattered to working class and middle america, who she totally ignored. none of that is in the op ed.” you can check out megyn’s full interview with callahan by tuning in to episode 822 on youtube, apple podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. and don’t forget that you can catch the megyn kelly show live on siriusxm’s triumph (channel 111) weekdays from 12pm to 2pm et. get all the news you need in 60 seconds or less with the american news minute. the free weekly email delivers the top stories and must see moments from the megyn kelly show straight to your inbox every friday. megyn and maureen callahan react to the new report from ‘the new york times’ about chuck schumer’s role in joe biden’s ouster. megyn and victor davis hanson react to the 2025 super bowl ads from carl’s jr. and bud light. megyn reacts to donald trump signing the “no men in women’s sports” executive order on wednesday at the white house.

www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com paywall removed: https://archive.is/c9ksg it is difficult for me to express how little i care about hillary or what she thinks these days somehow it’s even less than how little i care about what trump or biden have to say. i’m just going to watch for the drama, i’ve seen them both in office so i’m not expecting any campaign promises that they’ll actually keep…

supported by the deaths of at least 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj point to the growing threat that climate change poses to beloved gatherings. by damien cave and somini sengupta china has been considered relatively progressive on juvenile justice. but several high profile killings have prompted calls for the law to come down more harshly on minors. by vivian wang the company’s latest internal memo about its corporate culture is more about how it expects employees to behave than what it wants to become. by nicole sperling going head to head with the former president is like juggling nonsense, blather and bluster. by hillary rodham clinton by charlie savage by abdi latif dahir and guillem sartorio by aaron boxerman by adam goldman, eric schmitt and hamed aleaziz by matthew goldstein by ben casselman, jim tankersley, sydney ember and theodore schleifer by austyn gaffney by w.j. hennigan by bret stephens by jamelle bouie by hank shteamer by maya salam by alexandra alter by j. kenji lópez alt by kristen miglore it would be fair to compare my cumulative understanding of grief and fatherhood, which i’ve acquired intuitively, incrementally and in fragments, to a carefully constructed sequence of images. by trent davis bailey

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supported by guest essay by hillary rodham clinton mrs. clinton was the democratic nominee for president in 2016. last week i had the time of my life at the tony awards introducing a song from “suffs,” the broadway musical i co produced about the suffragists who won women the right to vote. i was thrilled when the show took home the awards for best original score and best book. from “suffs” to “hamilton,” i love theater about politics. but not the other way around. too often we approach pivotal moments like this week’s debate between president biden and donald trump like drama critics. we’re picking a president, not the best actor. i am the only person to have debated both men (mr. trump in 2016 and, in the 2008 democratic presidential primary race, mr. biden). i know the excruciating pressure of walking onto that stage and that it is nearly impossible to focus on substance when mr. trump is involved. in our three debates in 2016, he unleashed a blizzard of interruptions, insults and lies that overwhelmed the moderators and did a disservice to the voters who tuned in to learn about our visions for the country   including a record 84 million viewers for our first debate. it is a waste of time to try to refute mr. trump’s arguments like in a normal debate. it’s nearly impossible to identify what his arguments even are. he starts with nonsense and then digresses into blather. this has gotten only worse in the years since we debated. i was not surprised that after a recent meeting, several chief executives said that mr. trump, as one journalist described it, “could not keep a straight thought” and was “all over the map.” yet expectations for him are so low that if he doesn’t literally light himself on fire on thursday evening, some will say he was downright presidential. mr. trump may rant and rave in part because he wants to avoid giving straight answers about his unpopular positions, like restrictions on abortion, giving tax breaks to billionaires and selling out our planet to big oil companies in return for campaign donations. he interrupts and bullies   he even stalked me around the stage at one point   because he wants to appear dominant and throw his opponent off balance. these ploys will fall flat if mr. biden is as direct and forceful as he was when engaging republican hecklers at the state of the union address in march. the president also has facts and truth on his side.