Hillary News & Views 3.8: A Town Hall, A More Honest Campaign, More Debate Analysis

[MrWendel]

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/8/1497870/-Hillary-News-Views-3-8-A-Town-Hall-A-More-Honest-Campaign-More-Debate-Analysis

By Lysis



Today’s Hillary News & Views begins with coverage of yesterday’s Town Hall, hosted by Fox News, of all outlets.

Fox News has the transcript. Here are some of Clinton's responses.

On Libya:

Well, Bret, let's talk about it in context, and let's remember what was going on at the time. It was during the so-called Arab Spring. People in Libya who had been living under the dictatorship of Gadhafi for 42 years were rising up. And he, as we all can remember, was a ruthless dictator with American blood on his hands.

Ronald Reagan, as you recall, tried to take him out because of the danger he posed. And once it became clear to him that the people of Libya were trying to get more freedom and hopefully a better future, he basically said he was going to hunt them down like cockroaches.

The Europeans who had a lot more of a connection with Libya, going back many decades, were absolutely intent upon working with us with NATO. For the first time, Arab countries stepped up and said, we will work with NATO, because this man has paid for efforts to undermine us, assassinate our leaders, all around bad character.

So we did join with our European and Arab partners. He was overthrown.

And let's also remember that the Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for moderate leaders, trying to get themselves to a better future. Now what has happened is deeply regrettable. There have been forces coming from the outside, internal squabbles that have led to the instability that has given terrorist groups, including ISIS, a foothold in some parts of Libya.

I think it's fair to say, however, if there had not been that intervention to go after Gadhafi, we would be looking at something much more resembling Syria now, than what we faced in Libya.

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[Thinkingabout]

1. She has foreign policy, she understands foreign policy, knows what is

Occurring in the world, a leader we need.

[yallerdawg]

2. Thanks, MW!

I appreciated this explanation from Hillary:

CLINTON: Well, look, I think it's great that both of us are bringing a lot of people into the process. And, I applaud Senator Sanders for really getting a very big turnout among young people.

I love to see that, and I'm going to continue to attract young people. I'm proud of those who are supporting me. And, I tell young people all the time, you may not be for me now, but I'm for you regardless, and I'm going to keep working to try to help young people because, after all, this election is about their future.

Final thing I would say about this is I think a lot of young people -- we heard an allusion, the father talking about his son, you know, a lot of young people are saying that is going, you know?

They get out of the Great Recession and into the job market and there are no jobs. They are burdened with student debt, the ones that got student debt. They're feeling the economy doesn't work for them, the government doesn't work for them. I don't blame them for being really disturbed by what's going on in our country. That's why I'm not overpromising.

I'm telling you what I can do, and how I think I can actually deliver results because I want to rebuild people's confidence in our country and where we are headed in the future.

[pandr32]

3. Wow! Excellent article! Thanks!

Such a good read. Finally, an honest assessment of the Dem nominees is written. Yah!!!

[Iliyah]

4. Thanks!

[Surya Gayatri]

5. K & R enthusiastically.