In the case of the DNC in Philadelphia, well, the story being repeated every minute of every hour is of course, the Democrats are really good, Hillary Clinton is awesome and Donald Trump is really, really bad.
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Without mentioning Trump by name, Obama added the Republican presidential nominee doesn’t seem to know much about nuclear weapons, where countries are or the differences between the Sunni and Shiite branches of the Muslim religion. “And we can’t afford to make that choice”, the three-term mayor said.
The billionaire media mogul urged voters to elect Clinton in November, going off script to call her the only “sane, competent” candidate in the race. “God help us”, Bloomberg said. She understands the job of president.
President Barack Obama said he doubts that Republican nominee Donald Trump has enough knowledge to take on the role as Commander in Chief.
“Now, I know Hillary Clinton is not flawless; no candidate is”.
“I understand the appeal of a businessman president”, Bloomberg said.
Bloomberg’s speech elicited cheers, including some from Former President Bill Clinton.
“My advice to Democrats, and I don’t have to give this advice to Hillary Clinton because she already knows it, is you stay anxious until all those votes are cast and counted because you know, one of the dangers in an election like this is that people don’t take the challenge seriously”.
He soon launched into an attack of Donald Trump’s views and values.
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And like Panetta, he said Trump should be nowhere near the military. “He will lay out why voters can not trust Trump to ensure our economic future”, an adviser said. They emphasized Trump’s promise to order the military to commit war crimes, his smear of John McCain’s war heroism, his admiration for dictators – statements that ought to horrify Democrats as well as Republicans.
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One of the biggest speakers at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night hasn’t been a member of the party for 15 years. “That’s why anyone who threatens our values, whether fascists or communists or jihadists or homegrown demagogues, will always fail in the end”, he said, using the same word as Bloomberg to describe Trump-a demagogue.
