Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Hillary still campaigns

Image by Bryce Marshall
Rabbi Aryeh Spero:  Hillary Clinton misuses Tikkun O'lam to bring down President Trump  . . . "In her speech, Mrs. Clinton used Tikkun Olam to condemn all the policies of the Trump administration.  Such rhetoric seems to be much too political for what the ancient Joshua, Zohar, and Talmud had in mind.  She even included in her remarks a castigation of our immigration policies.  But this belies the reality of the Torah, which is quite protective of a nation's borders and a country's existing citizens.  The Torah does not espouse open borders or a "no need for vetting" policy.  No way!  No doubt, liberals would not be calling for open borders if those coming across the border illegally were Likudniks from Israel, fierce anti-communists from Cuba, or fundamentalist Nigerian and Sudanese black Christians fleeing persecution from Islam.  They would, as they did during the Nixon impeachment, be chanting "rule of law, rule of law." . . .

Bernie Sanders was one more reason for Clinton's loss in 2016  . . . "Mr. Stern asked Mrs. Clinton if Sen. Bernard Sanders, who she battled for months before securing the 2016 nomination, should have endorsed her more quickly after he dropped out. “He could have,” she said. “He hurt me. There’s no doubt about it. He hurt me.”
“ 'I hope he doesn’t do it again to whoever gets the nomination. Once is enough,” she said with more than a hint of bitterness.
"Mrs. Clinton’s new honest and open demeanor is a move away from 2016, when she was a cardboard cutout candidate unable to connect with voters, whom she kept at arm’s length as she went through the motions." . . .
. . . “ 'The way I helped Donald was I let him come on and be a personality. "Whether you liked him or not people related to him as a human being,” [Stern] said." . . .

Back in 2017: Hillary Clinton: Here's the misstep from the campaign I regret the most
Hint: Hillary lost every coal mining county in West Virginia.

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