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Poor Hillary

Posted by : Drew McKissick February 27, 2007 - 1:00am
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It ain’t easy being Hillary.  As far as the general public is concerned, she’s the single most divisive major political figure in the Democrat party; while the various liberal constituencies that constitute the Democrat’s party base worry that she’s not liberal enough.  Some who consider her too far to the right on the war issue even took to heckling her at a recent speech to the Democrat National Committee.

Poor Hillary.  It’s not as though she’s brought any of these problems on herself.  First, there was her clumsy entrance onto the national political stage in 1992 with that famous reference to “not staying home and baking cookies” or “standing by her man like Tammy Wynette” in vague reference to Bubba’s past indiscretions.

Then there was the attempted nationalized health-care debacle, questionable profits in cattle futures, missing law firm billing records that suddenly materialize in plain sight, suspicious suicides on the part of close friends, Whitewater, and then of course those continued “indiscretions” on the part of her husband.

But after enduring all that she finally got the payoff and made it to the big game in her own right – even if she had to move to another state to do it.  All the while, she’s been biding her time, waiting for the right moment to taker her shot at what she thought should have been hers all along – the White House.

The ground was prepared.  Her US Senate campaigns in New York were used as vehicles to build the national fundraising base she would need, as well as to hire the staffers and consultants that would be needed in preparation of a White House bid once re-election was secured in 2006.  All the boxes were checked.  Nomination seemed like a fait accompli.  She could take her time and make a fashionably late grand entrance when ready.

But some funny things happened on the way to the coronation.  The radical base of the Democrat party grew more empowered, and the more empowered they became, the more they demanded of the woman who would have their support – so much so that many of them see her as their last choice for a presidential nominee.

Her primary strength among Democrats at large had been her perceived electability, but a January Gallup poll shows that doubts about her ability to win that have been taking their toll.  When asked if they were voting for presidential nominees today whom they would vote for, thirty-four percent said they would definitely vote for her.  Fifty-two percent said they “might consider” her, while fourteen percent said “definitely not”.  Among the two-thirds that weren’t “definitely” for her, the number one reason given was that they didn’t think she could win.

Then there was John Edwards, free from the constraints of the Senate and even freer to be a bomb thrower.  He’s constantly creating situations that needed or even demanded her response, uncomfortably causing her to put herself on the record when she would rather not do so.  In short, Edwards has kept giving the far left of the party more reasons to be unhappy with her.

Then, to make matters worse, along came the new media darling Barak Obama.  Like the kid who transfers from another school and becomes instantly popular, Obama began to steal much of the oxygen she was used to having all to herself.  Even the young generation is getting in on the act, turning his “Million for Obama” Facebook campaign into a political Internet phenomenon.  To add insult to injury, the new kid is barely two years removed from being a mere state senator, the national political equivalent of grade school.

Even Hollywood moguls like Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg – previously reliable Clinton financiers – have jumped on the Obama bandwagon, recently hosting a $2,300 per plate fundraiser for him.  George Soros sent Obama a check as soon as he formed his exploratory committee.  And worst of all, Barbara Streisand herself is no longer in the bag.  Babs recently announced that she would be hedging her bets, so to speak, by contributing to Clinton, Edwards and Obama.

And in the aftermath of the Democrat’s takeover of Congress, in walked Nancy Pelosi to steal the role of the lead woman in the Democratic orbit, removing some of the novelty associated with having a woman in such a major role on the national stage.  So what’s left for Hillary?

Suddenly, two things she could normally count on, being the primary subject of the media’s adulation and the primary beneficiary of big campaign bucks from the Hollywood elite, are no longer sure things.

And now, here she is, forced to play a game of political hopscotch with John Edwards and Barak Obama.  Forced to actually campaign for support that should have been hers by right.

Poor, poor Hillary.

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Submitted by Matriarch on September 1, 2008 - 1:49pm.

Moral values are subjective, depending upon who is making the value judgements...and everybody does. The recent announcement of the pregnancy of Sara Palin's 17 year-old daughter can not be good news for the Republicans. Apparently, McCain was aware of the pregnancy prior to making his offer, or so he claims. The public was not. The release of the information, which would have come out anyway, was to quell rumors that Mrs. Palin's new baby was actually that of her daughter. Impropriety does not have to exist, it has only to be perceived...and believed...and there's (always) the guilt by association consideration. If nothing else, it's more fodder for the Democratic cannons.

Mr. Palin seems to be an uneducated (formally) knock-around guy who has already established a reputation for crashing meetings with Alaska's governor...shades of Billy Carter? He may well prove to be the anchor around the neck of Sara Palin that sinks her. Of course, it's not fair, but it is politics as usual.

The next two months promise to be a political finger-pointing smorgasbord...and it won't be boring.

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More Personal Attacks?

Submitted by Steve McCullough on September 1, 2008 - 2:25pm.

Are you getting your talking points from the Daily Kos?

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Hillary - Victim of Lust?

Submitted by Matriarch on August 31, 2008 - 10:30pm.

In my opinion, Bill Clinton's trist with Monica Lewinski in the Oval Office, complete with sordid details printed worldwide, cost Al Gore the election and Hillary the nomination...clear-cut cases of guilt by (close) association. Only the sexually ultra-liberal have forgiven him. It's not so much what he did, it's where he did it. An indignant and humiliated Hillary who filed for divorce immediately after Bush took office would have fared much better, I think.

Her only real future shot would probably be to take on Sara Palin in 2012, assuming a Republican win in November and an ill or deceased John McCain.

A Democratic win this Fall would almost certainly postpone a bid for the nomination until 2016...when she'll be 67. She should probably get really comfortable in her Senate seat...if she can keep it.

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Maybe Hillary's going to take your advice

Submitted by Gary Gore on August 31, 2008 - 10:41pm.
IF the following is any indication of what's going on in Hillary's mind, that is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSan8r7uwH8
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A Twisted Mind Indeed

Submitted by Steve McCullough on September 1, 2008 - 10:39am.

Here's the rub. Hillary would be a nobody but for Bill. She had to cling to his coat tails in order to fulfill her personal ambitions. Yet she abhors him for his personal conduct. This is an example of what happens when a person abandons moral values for political power.

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