Former President Bill Clinton devoted a great portion of his speech to mocking Donald Trump — from his self obsession, his age, even his obsession with Hannibal Lecter. “President Obama once gave me the great honor of saying I was explainer in chief. I’ve thought through it and I don’t know what to say,” Clinton said.
The former president gave a rousing speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, to the point that many credited it with boosting Obama’s reelection chances. Now older, his voice has gotten softer, something that he noted in his remarks. “Now let’s cut to the chase.
I am too old the gild the lily. Two days ago I turned 78, the oldest man in my family for a generation. And the personal vanity I want to assert is I am still younger than Donald Trump.
” Most of all, Clinton talked of Trump’s focus on himself versus others — a common theme throughout the week. “He mostly talks about himself, so the next time you hear him, don’t count the lies, count the I’s,” Clinton said. “His vendettas, his vengeance, his complaints, his conspiracies.
” The convention paid homage to Clinton’s 1992 campaign, playing Fleetwood Mac’s Don’t Stop, while the former president anointed her as a successor of sorts to the “man from hope,” saying that she would be the “president of joy.” That said, he gave a warning of what is ahead. “This is a brutal, tough business — I want you to be happy,” he said.
“One of the reason Kamala Harr.