Hillary attack on The Donald

It is interesting to hear Hillary Clinton with her stump speeches as she complains about Donald Trump. Her visceral rants against The Donald include what she sees as a negative she needs to point out to her base voters hoping they will swing the election her way. The issues: Hillary says regarding illegal immigration Donald Trump is wanting to build a fence to keep people out of America so they will not be able to live the life of opportunity in the United States. She says he wants to ban Muslims from entering into the country until they can be vetted, and he wants to bring back the practice of water boarding as a form of torture.

It is interesting that Hillary is putting the target on Donald for her people to see just what kind of candidate he is. She says he is not qualified to be the President of the United States. Her histrionic speeches direct her base voters to listen to him and reject him for what he represents.

The problem with the approach Hillary has chosen seems counterproductive to her quest. The issues she has picked to castigate him are part of his arsenal that he used to dispatch sixteen other rivals during the nomination process. He has garnered more votes from the voters who participated in the nomination cycle than any other candidate in history. With the issues Hillary wants to criticize Donald for will be showcased to her voter base, some of whom will be scratching their heads as to why she is being critical of those positions. It will give them an opportunity to contrast those issues with her positions which are exactly opposite of his. The obvious exposure of this contrast will inexorably link her to a third term of the Obama Administration.

What her arguments actually do is showcase her lack of judgment even when choosing issues by which to attack her opponent. Those issues have thus far been winners for him through the support of millions of voters. Will she use the same mode of judgment in her tenure as President?

Jim Killebrew