Why do they hate Hillary?

[OnionPatch]

I personally prefer a more left-leaning candidate for president, but I think Hillary's ok. I'm not asking why people on the left don't like her, I've heard their reasons, but why do the Republicans hate her so much more than any other Dem? I never paid much attention to their Hillary-bashing, and lately I'm wondering what it is exactly they hate about her so much. What do they think is going to happen that would be so awful if she were president?

[Richard D]

1. Is it hate . . .

. . . or fear??

[jim3775]

2. She's a strong independent woman in a position of power.

Wingers like their women subservient and robot-like.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Bingo!

[jeff30997]

3. For a start she's a woman.

And wen she was first lady she was involved a lot in decision making.Repukes love their women to shut up and stay in the kitchen.I'm sure they love Pickles.

[Jim Sagle]

5. She's a Democrat.

[alittlelark]

6. She is strong and speaks her mind... just what RW wackos

and their shriveled members are terrified of.:evilgrin:

[devilgrrl]

7. Some guy has a new book out about her...

there's an exerpt in this months Vanity Fair. I haven't read it yet but it looks like it's going to be a smear job.

[patricia92243]

8. They included the whole Clinton family in their efforts to end Bill's

Presidency. All the things that were fabricated about her - to get at him - are still actually believed by the Repblican brain-washed masses.

Her "crime" was being married to the man they would do ANYHING to bring down.

[frankly_fedup2]

9. Because they know she is going to be the first female POTUS and the

man they all hate so much is going to be back in the White House BWAHAHAHAHWHHWHWHHWWHAAHAHAHA. I love it.

[Liberaler]

10. They hate her because

they know that if she runs in 08, the chances of her beeing elected is much greater than with any repuke candidate.

[eaprez]

11. Because she's even smarter than her spouse-and they couldn't topple him.

[OnionPatch]

12. So there isn't any REAL reason

I mean, her stand on certain issues, or whatever? Just that she's a powerful woman. That's all I could ever figure either but I assumed they must at least think they have some real reasons. :shrug:

[skooooo]

13. Because she's a woman with some power

[MODemocrat]

14. Republicans fear Hillary because of her strength

Otherwise, they wouldn't be so desperate to get all their horse patooty out about her. What a sick bunch.

:woohoo: :dilemma: :rofl:

[applegrove]

15. Because she can win. I just read the vanity fair article on her and

the Monehans thought her distasteful but I bet ya the reality of in the beltway politics has changed a great deal since Monehan first made a name for himself. Pure Character used to mean something. It lost its value long before the Clintons and right about the time we got bombarded with so many adds and political control that we no longer know what it is.

No wonder the octogenarians are the ones screaming that loudest. This whole thing - goes against what how they were brought up.

[Bozita]

16. Watergate

That's where it all started.

[Evergreen Emerald]

17. Because they were told to hate her.

[fla nocount]

18. Because she's been on the "the Hill" for ten years

and she knows who THEY are and who THEY owe. She's a maverick with no tail to grab onto, no fence to contain.

Seriously, if you owned the Neo-con China Shop would you want a bull in there, even a trained one.

[OrlandoGator]

19. Freeps don't hate Hillary...they FUCKING HATE HITLERY!!!!111

And I agree that it's pretty damn bizarre.

[deadparrot]

20. I honestly don't know...

I mean, I have liberal friends who don't like her because she stayed with Bill through the whole Monica thing.

But other than that...:shrug:

Perhaps (at the time of her being First Lady), people didn't like her using her power and influence to pursue a political agenda without being elected to public office?

Then, of course, there's the woman thing. I'm sure that worried a lot of people.

[Lecky]

21. Still not sure

I have no idea where all the Hillary hate comes from and neither do most republicans. Just ask them a simple "why do you dislike Hillary?" and they are all...

"Because! She's such a bitch and she's so power hungry...and...and she has cankles!"

I've honestly heard that response before btw...

[friesianrider]

22. I think it's hate for Bill Clinton...

And I think hate for him comes from three areas:

First, he defeated "war time" president Bush 1. Second, he was re-elected (they still can't understand that) and third, they can't understand why, at the height of the sex scandal and impeachment, Clinton had a higher approval rating than Bush does now. After all their witch-hunting and demonizing, the solid majority of Americans still liked Clinton. They had food on the table, were making good livings, and they had kids in the country they could afford to send to college (read: the kids weren't in Iraq dying for oil).

It's funny, in my local paper some GOP blowhardjust wrote in a letter saying if Americans want to be angry at the casualties in Iraq, they need to be mad at Clinton for not taking Hussein out during his presidency (right, like this lunatic would have stood for that!). Remember when Clinton went after bin laden and they were "Monica missiles"?

The GOP will never let go of their seething hatred of the Clintons. Ever.

[alfredo]

23. She worked with the prosecutor during Watergate. The Puke's

hatred for Hillary goes way back. She helped bring Nixon down and for that she will never be forgiven.


Google Hillary Watergate

[ofrfxsk]

24. She's a very strong, intelligent woman who won't take shit from

any man. They hate that so they have tried to vilify her repeatedly. I think people are seeing through the lies and she might well be the first woman president.