Refreshing CBC Interview with Hillary Clinton

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Saturday August 13, 2016 · 4:19 PM PDT

2016/08/13 · 16:19

This may not be a “real” diary according to some, but I wanted to give a shout out to an interview with Hillary Clinton from a few years ago. The interviewer is the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s Peter Mansbridge. I was struck by how calm, considered, and measured Clinton was, in contrast not only to Trump but to her own reputation as an “unnatural politician” or speaker. We see quite a lot of her on the stump on many newscasts, but maybe too little of the other side. From my viewpoint it seems more authentic, intelligent, and relatable.

I post it only because it’s refreshing to hear real, substantive dialogue in a sea of media-massaged and processed campaign coverage, and there are those who may not have the benefit of a different kind and tone of discussion. Hopefully it will give more dimension to the impression some may have of her. But at any rate, what a refreshing change from Trump’s brand of intellectual yuugeness.

BTW, there’s an interesting story in the interview about her experience with Putin and Russia, and her feelings about how it affects the West.

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America the Idea

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Friday September 10, 2010 · 12:50 PM PDT

2010/09/10 · 12:50

I'm a fan of ideas and possibility, and the drive to make difficult dreams a reality. I like that about the mythology of America. It's what I call "America the Idea", as opposed to the country called "United States". These days people say they are anxious and dissatisfied because of jobs and the economy, but there may be a deeper issue. One that goes to the heart of the country's DNA.

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Friday June 18, 2010 · 8:30 AM PDT

2010/06/18 · 08:30

Last night I felt strangely comforted watching the ongoing gulf disaster coverage on CNN. It was the video of oil being burned at the the surface of the ocean. Normally that would be an ugly sight, not to mention a reminder of what we do to the atmosphere daily all over the planet. But for some reason it felt like a ray of hope. Of course, they have been burning oil for quite a while in this manner; but for some reason I had not cast eyes on it in that way before. It felt as though I was seeing something new, something positive. That led me to wonder about whether people's perceptions of this tragedy and the response to it are inextricably linked to the narrow pipe of information that is actually visually, viscerally available to us. How much does peeping through the "video keyhole" of traditional media coverage distort our view, our outlook, our assessment of the gulf response ? We consciously think in terms of logic & reason, but the primitive component of a brain decides on a deeper message that depends more on the images flowing into our eyeballs.

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Refreshing CBC Interview with Hillary Clinton

America the Idea

They can't *see* it. that's part of the problem.

They can't see it. that's part of the problem.