Jokes mix with boos, handshake as Clinton, Trump roast each other
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, at the conclusion of the 71st annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a charity gala organized by the Archdiocese of New York, tonight at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, laughs at a joke with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, center, and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner, tonight, in New York.
Donald Trump said he was in a room full of wonderful people at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York.
“Or as Hillary calls it, her largest crowd of her season,” he said with a chuckle, as Democratic rival Hillary Clinton laughed, too. “This is corny stuff.”
But as it progressed, Trump’s speech turned more biting.
“Here she is in public pretending not to hate Catholics,” he said. Several in the crowd booed.
Trump went on: “Everyone knows of course Hillary’s belief that it takes a village, as in Haiti where she’s taken a number of them.” That was met with more jeering from the crowd. Clinton’s smile was still on her face, but she didn’t laugh.
Just 24 hours after engaging in fierce verbal combat in their final debate in Las Vegas and refusing to shake hands, Clinton and Trump were nearly elbow to elbow again, seated at the same table at the ballroom in the Waldorf Astoria, at a charity dinner famous for its humorous speeches.
If Wednesday’s debate raised the question whether the two New Yorkers vying for the nation’s highest office could deliver a knock out blow or take a punch, Thursday’s encounter tested each’s ability to deliver a punchline and take a joke.
Clinton, who spoke second, began with the self-deprecatory remarks and gracious gestures that have been the hallmarks of previous dinners.
She got big laughs when she told the audience: “I just want to put you all in a basket of adorables.”
She told Trump that if he didn’t like what she was saying, “Feel free to stand up and shout ‘wrong!’ while I’m talking.” That was a reference to Trump’s habit of interrupting her comments at the debate to disagree.
Clinton also shifted to more biting tone as her speech progressed, and added that after Trump’s speech that she’ll “enjoy listening to Mike Pence deny that you ever gave it.”
Trump, with his arms folded, laughed.
But he didn’t always seem amused.
“Looking back, I’ve had to listen to Donald for three full debates. And he says I don’t have any stamina. That is 4 1/2 hours. I have now stood next to Donald Trump longer than any of his campaign managers,” Clinton said as a stone-faced Trump looked on. “Now, look, I have deep respect for people like Kellyanne Conway. She’s working day and night for Donald, and because she’s a contractor, he’s probably not even going to pay her.”
During Wednesday’s debate Trump had described Clinton as “such a nasty woman.” She called him “the most dangerous presidential candidate” in modern history. A day later, tradition at the 71-year-old dinner called for the two to light-heartedly rib each other. Their place settings were separated only by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, New York’s archbishop.
Before either candidate spoke on Thursday, they were admonished be civil toward one another by Al Smith IV, the great-grandson of the state’s 42nd governor. He won laughs when he spun an imaginary scene in which Trump greeted Clinton and asked how she was doing, and she would have said “Fine, now get out of the ladies’ dressing room.”
Smith then got more laughs at Trump’s expense. “Even though there’s a man sitting next to you in a robe, please watch your language,” he said, referring to his seat next to the Cardinal.
The dinner’s namesake, Smith, was New York’s 42nd governor and the nation’s first Catholic presidential candidate. He was known as “the Happy Warrior” for the good humor with which he railed against political adversaries.
As has been the custom, the audience of 1,500 was dressed in white-tie formal attire. They paid $3,000 to $15,000 per person, raising about $6 million for Catholic charities that will give services to impoverished New York children, according to Joseph Zwilling, spokesman for New York’s archdiocese.
The room was filled with Wall Street titans. Among them, seated on the dais, were Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, NASDAQ CEO Robert Greifeld, hedge fund manager Roberto Mignone and Mary Erdoes, CEO for Asset Management at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
“Hi Chuck,” Trump said to New York Senator Chuck Schumer. “He used to love me when I was a Democrat.”
They dined on a “seafood trio” of king crab salad, lobster cocktail and lobster roll, followed by beef, “cheesy polenta” and red cabbage and desserts that included red velvet cupcakes and dark chocolate praline.
Thursday night’s dinner program offered biographies of the two candidates – and each carried a difference in tone that mirrored the two campaigns. Clinton’s matter-of-fact rehashing of her life story presented her as the daughter of a small businessman who went to Wellesley College, Yale Law School where she met Bill Clinton, and her career as first a children’s advocate, then as first lady if Arkansas, then as wife of the president, followed by her stints as U.S. Senator and Secretary of State. Trump’s described himself in superlatives as “the very definition of the American success story,” a “pre-eminent developer of quality real estate” whose “business acumen is unparalleled.”
Anxiety about the risk that the confrontation might break with its gentle traditions arose last week when foundation board member Maureen Sherry, a former Bear Stearns Cos. managing director, said “We’re all craving some level of decency.” The candidate who wins, she said, “will be the one who can take the higher road.”
Trump told the audience that during the debate “I called Hillary a nasty woman, and after listening to her go on and on and on, I don’t dislike Rosie O’Donnell so much any more.”
Clinton gave a stream of one-liners. “Well either have the first female president or the first president who started a Twitter war with Cher,” she said.
“It great, also, to see Mayor Bloomberg here,” Clinton said, and smiled at former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the guests on the dais. “It’s a shame he’s not speaking tonight. “I’m curious to hear what a billionaire has to say.”
None of Clinton’s remarks elicited booing. Afterward, she reached out and shook hands with Trump, an occurrence that did not go unnoticed by those in attendance.
“I did see the candidates reach across a great divide and shake hands,” Smith IV remarked.
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“It great, also, to see Mayor Bloomberg here,” Clinton said, and smiled at former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the guests on the dais. “It’s a shame he’s not speaking tonight. “I’m curious to hear what a billionaire has to say.”
Buahahahahahahah.
I know the Donald had to make a trip to the boys room on that comment and as he probably cr$ped his pants.
This is a big dinner for a good cause.
Trump = No Class
When it comes to no class, no one sinks to the nadir of the current occupant of the White House, especially when he goes abroad and bad mouths his own country.
Tacky
Tacky
Tacky
Or how about the guy who bad mouths his country everytime he makes a speech…and thinks so little of his country he even badmouths America on his own self-produced hat?
It’s best to not use facts, common sense and reason in this case. That never works.
Nobless oblige is a concept unknown to Mr. Trump. I’ve known some quite wealthy and influential people who although the disagreed with someone, generally the good humor to prod them gently. Even people who disagree can find a common ground of understanding that is appropriate fore the context.
“Dat boy got no manners” as my old Finnish grandmother might have said.
Geez SA, I have to agree with other posters’ problems with WP spell check. I wrote “Nobleesse Oblige” and it was validated by my OS but upon clicking “Post Comment” it was changed. SA Could you PLEASE attach the WP button. If you don’t know how to do this, hire me on contract. I have Master’s and a doctorate in this stuff.
Oh crap, It even changed it from Noblesse! You guys need some help with your code.
My fellow Americans, we are sooo screwed.
How did Trunps campaign let him say this speech? I am very afraid that if he gets in he is going to surround himself with people from his campaign. Inept would be high praise for his campaign staff and speech writers.
He’s surrounded himself with yes men (and women). They weren’t even allowed after each debate to tell him that he lost those debates. When they are interviewed, they HAVE TO give the most rosy interpretation of whatever ridiculous thing he says each day. Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway HAS TO say “I believe Donald Trump is going to win,” even as his poll numbers plummet.
If he somehow manages to win, he’ll TRY to run the presidency the same inept way he ran the Trump Casino, Trump Airways, and his election campaign. He might be the first president to be impeached on the basis of incompetence.
Fortunately, he (not his entourage) is making the worst possible decisions in the last months of the campaign, doing exactly what he needs to do in order to LOSE. His staffers are probably wondering if they’ll get paid after he loses. I’m sure he’ll be thinking of a loophole.
Not to forget Trump University. What kind of person just opens up a school, puts “University” in its name (despite being unaccredited), and charges naive people $35,000 for NO useful information.
BTW, he didn’t care about the undereducated people he took advantage of. Most people who are undereducated enough to fall for such a “University” trap do not have a lot of money to throw down the drain. He did NOT care.
Time to “Dump Trump.”
Lot of piling on, as usual. Just curious, are you concerned about an increase in refugees from Syria? Don’t you believe providing safe zones in the middle east as a better option? Are you concerned about the “pay for play” that made the Clintons go from being broke when they left the WH, to now being worth hundreds of millions of dollars? Is the idea of not securing the border to stop really bad people from coming into the country a concern? There’s a lot to consider before one votes this time.
>>> I’m sure he’ll be thinking of a loophole.
Maybe, “Maybe I wasn’t satisfied with the job they did.”
Where’s Dean Martin reading cue cards, Don Rickles insulting everybody, and Foster Brooks slurring his words?
Foster Brooks, lol. I miss him!
I liked what trump said when the crowd booed are they booing at me or you Hillary no one will ever know unless they ask the booing people who they were booing at, and the press never did ask that question, good response trump on the booing.
What specifically did you like when he was booed? I thought the Donald really blew it by making dumb attacks on sweet Hillary.
Your comments make less sense every day.
Thanks to big shifts in several key races, Democrats now have a 73 percent chance of winning the Senate, according to the FiveThirtyEight polls-plus forecast, and a 72 percent chance according to polls-only. Both those numbers are up by more than 15 percentage points from last week, when the polls-plus model gave them a 56 percent chance and the polls-only model 54 percent.
Cricket crew…..buahahahah!!
In June, POLITICO identified 11 key battleground states — totaling 146 electoral votes — that would effectively decide the presidential election in November. A new examination of polling data and strategic campaign ad buys indicates that six of those 11 are now comfortably in Hillary Clinton’s column.
Clinton leads Donald Trump by 5 points or greater in POLITICO’s Battleground States polling average in Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. If the Democratic nominee won those six states, plus all the other reliably Democratic states President Barack Obama captured in both 2008 and 2012, she would eclipse the 270-electoral-vote threshold and win the presidency.
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Even if Trump ran the table in the remaining battleground states — Florida, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio — he would fall short of the White House if he cannot flip another state where Clinton currently leads in the polls.
The six states where Clinton is currently comfortably ahead show all the hallmarks of swing states that have faded from contention. And Michigan, a borderline battleground state last won by Republicans in 1988, appears the farthest out of reach for Trump. The Democratic nominee has been ahead in every public poll in the state since the July convention, with the last four surveys indicating a double-digit lead.
Pau cricket crew……..buahahahahahahah!!!
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The crickets have begun to speak. The establishment is taking a hit. Is the NYT next???..http://www.talkingnewmedia.com/2016/10/21/editor-of-wsj-tells-news-staff-it-is-looking-for-buyout-volunteers-in-order-to-limit-layoffs/
And this has what to do with the election? And, btw, the WSJ, is considered a conservative leaning publication.
Sarge, please, go back and finish intermediate school….
Ikey boy..It’s all about the establishment going down. Learned that last week in sixth grade while you were in the corner with the pointed hat on.
The establishment is going to be when we shove 4 liberal Supreme Court justices down your throats the next four years……lol.
I saw both speeches on YouTube. Trump was very much funnier – at least for the first half of his speech. Clinton needs much better joke writers. They were really bad!
The Donald was pretty good in the beginning of his speech but when he started making attacks against Hillary, he got boos. Hillary was much more effective.
Poor kis- as- was mad as hell. He knows he and the other as- kiss–s are going down the toile-. Aloha no newt, Huckabee and fat boy Christie.
Poor rudy