Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine: Hillary Rodham Clinton finds her message in Trump takedown

[DCBob]

Wrapped in the guise of a foreign policy speech, Clinton delivered a political thrashing of Donald Trump on Thursday that was unquestionably a standout moment for a candidate who has often struggled to focus her White House campaign.

Clinton's sharply targeted remarks served notice on the presumptive Republican nominee that she's prepared for a bruising general election fight, one that's centered squarely on his competency to serve as commander in chief.

"He is not just unprepared — he is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility," Clinton said.

She cast Trump as dangerously thin-skinned, someone who might plunge the nation into war over a perceived slight. She repeatedly referred to her White House rival by his first name only — a knowing dig at a billionaire businessman whose closest advisers reverentially call him "Mr. Trump."

But the speech suggested Clinton will be far more at ease responding to a Republican challenger than she has been at confronting Sanders in the Democratic primary, where she's had to avoid turning off his young, liberal supporters.

There was notable silence from many other Republicans, some of whom made similar arguments about Trump's temperament and inexperience during the GOP primary. A handful of Republicans even praised the likely Democratic nominee.

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/nation/2016/06/03/analysis-hillary-rodham-clinton-finds-her-message-trump-takedown/1935918

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Hillary is getting praises for that speech from all corners of the country!

[lunamagica]

1. "Hillary is getting praises for that speech from all corners of the country!" She deserves it!

[MineralMan]

2. Her speech was a signal. A signal that she's ready to take on

probably the worst presidential candidate, all around, that the Repubicans have ever fielded. Not worst in policy matters, perhaps, but worst as a a candidate for President.

Nixon was awful as a President. Ronald Reagan deceived the nation as President. George W. Bush sent us into a war via lies.

I can't say what a President Trump might do. He could be worse than any of those three. He is not an intelligent man. He has few real ideas and the ones he has change from day to day. But, as a candidate for the highest office in this country, he will defeat himself when put up against someone who could give the speech Hillary gave yesterday.

Hillary established the ground rules for the General Election campaign, and Donald Trump failed to respond in any intelligible way. So it will go up to November.

Hillary outclasses Trump in all areas of being a presidential candidate. She will win, and she will win easily.

I can't wait!