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(6,130 posts)I heard no snap.
I was actually cringing, expecting her to do another "What difference does it make" scene for Fox News to play over and over again on a continuous loop; but I thought she actually handled it pretty well.
Here's the deal: for the last six years, Obama has done a magnificent (and underappreciated) job of NOT losing his temper, no matter how petty and childish his critics become. He did this knowing that the talking point meme for the opposition was going to be that he was either A) a militant, angry Black Panther, or B) a spineless wimp. He's done a pretty good job of not allowing them to shove him into either of those frames.
Hilary is facing the same problem: She'll be framed as either A) A woman who (literally) doesn't have the 'balls' to defend America, or B) a menopausal 'broad' who shouldn't be in charge of nukes because she can't control her temper for hormonal reasons. She's done a pretty good job of avoiding frame A; but she's had a history of having a short fuse, and facilitating stereotype B for her entire political career. That's something she needs to work on. It's her biggest achilles heel, and I hope she knows it.
But I think she handled that pretty well.
