Hil's Tough Takedown of Trump Has Skeptics in State of Shock

A lot of pundits seem truly shocked that Hillary was able to put in such a strong performance yesterday in her takedown of Donald Trump.

She had some epic lines like:

"I will leave it to the psychiatrists to explain his affection for tyrants." -- Hillary Clinton on Trump

https://twitter.com/TheFix/status/738451451899445258

There was this palpable worry among a lot of bed wetting liberals that somehow, she can't do a street fight. How much of this is gender based is a fair question. A lot of the liberal hand wringers have had something of throwing a life perserver at her head about their attempts in their 'friendly advice'-or not so friendly. I mean constantly worrying publicly that she's a 'weak candidate' does little to help her win.

For my part, I never doubted she had it for a second. Hillary is a tough biatch. How quickly the lesson of the Benghazi hearings are forgotten.

Harry Enten sums it up well:

"Just shocking that Clinton who crushed in NY, fought Obama to a near tie, & nearly cleared the field in 2016 may be a decent politician."

https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/738458789066706944

Huffington Post was very impressed:

"Hillary Clinton Eviscerates Donald Trump In Her Best Speech Yet."

"She called his foreign policy “dangerously incoherent” and said he was “temperamentally unfit” to serve as president."

"Clinton had a lot of material to get through. She recited some of Trump’s past statements on foreign policy, provoking laughter from the audience when she noted that he said he understands Russia because he held the Miss Universe pageant there. She also mentioned his past support for increased nuclear proliferation, taking out the families of terrorists and defaulting on the national debt, and mocked his remark that his primary consultant on foreign policy issues is himself, because he has a “very good brain.”

"She ridiculed him for saying that climate change is a hoax perpetuated by the Chinese and criticized his statement that he prefers prisoners of war who weren’t captured, like Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was."

“This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes, because it’s not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because someone got under his very thin skin,” Clinton said. “We cannot put the security of our children and grandchildren in Donald Trump’s hands, we cannot let him roll the dice with America.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-donald-trump_us_57508150e4b0eb20fa0d31f9

In every sense of the word, a Donald Trump Presidency presents a danger to Americans and the world. There's the issue of his Twitter loving fingers with the nuclear codes.

Does he not represent a danger to Americans? You can't say that if you are Black, Latino, female, or LGBT.

Bear in mind that Trump has already vowed to only consider white male candidates for Vice President. Isn't it clear that a Trump Presidency will be a major rollback on anti discrimination policy?

But it seems to me that we will all be in grave danger with this guy in the White House. Just allowing someone like him to touch the awesome power and machinery of the US Presidency is chilling.

We are a nation of laws but Trump doesn't understand that. In his first day in office he will overstep his limits in 87 different ways big and small.

Other strong reviews for Hillary from Slate

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/02/hillary_clinton_unloads_on_donald_trump_during_foreign_policy_speech.html

and Matt Yglesias at Vox

http://www.vox.com/2016/6/2/11843550/hillary-clinton-trump-risk

Hillary Clinton Just Kicked Trump in the Shins

And showed that she’s certainly tough enough for the long haul. "

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2016/06/hillary_clinton_s_anti_trump_speech.html

Thank you. I've never understood the doubts that she's tough enough. If you look at her Benghazi testimony or even the campaign she ran against Obama in 2008. The President himself has admitted that even in beating her, he came away really impressed with how tough and smart she is. 

The question is not whether Hillary is tough enough. You wonder how her opponent will deal with this. 

Hugh Hewitt and other Republicans have absurdly argued Hillary won't show up for a debate against Trump. 

Rick Perry yesterday declared that Trump will 'rip off her skin' in a debate. It's amazing how GOPers make everything sound like a war crime. 

But Trump bailed on a few debates in the primary and I certainly wouldn't be shocked for him to bail in October. It might depend on the polls. If he's far back enough, he might figure he has no choice.