The Monster: A Loyal Clinton Soldier Turns in His Badge

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She has no idea.

She has no idea how many times I defended her. How many right-leaning friends and relatives I battled with. How many times I played down her shady business deals and penchant for scandals -- whether it was Whitewater, Travelgate, Vince Foster, Cattle Futures, Web Hubbell, or Norman Hsu. She has no idea how frequently I dismissed her husband's serial adultery as an unfortunate trait of an otherwise brilliant man. For sixteen years, I was a proud soldier in the legion of "Clinton apologists" -- who believed that peace and prosperity were more important than regrettable personality traits.

And then she ran for president.

After seven years of George W. Bush, America is hungry for change. Big change. And let's face it -- Hillary Clinton, the party standard-bearer and former White House denizen -- isn't it. But even after voters coalesced around Barack Obama, handing him eleven straight primaries (twelve, if you count Vermont), she refused to accept the possibility -though math, money and momentum were clearly against her -- that the Bush/Clinton Family Band might not be #1 on America's Billboard chart anymore.

So, rather than step aside and become the hero of her party, she made a strategy decision to go negative in advance of Ohio and Texas. Not just negative -- personal. She cynically chided Mr. Obama's message of hope. She played the victim card. The gender card. The Muslim card. She cried "shame on you, Barack Obama" for his campaign tactics, while (if we're to believe Matt Drudge) simultaneously floating a picture of him in Somali garb to stir up questions of his patriotism.

She accused Mr. Obama of his own shady business deals (the irony of which nearly ripped a hole in the fabric of space/time). She accused him of being two-faced on NAFTA, when it was her campaign that had winked at the Canadians. She demanded that he "reject" the endorsement of Louis Farrakhan, but remained silent when Rush Limbaugh stirred up votes for her in Texas. And she crafted the now-infamous "3am" attack ad -- which used scare tactics to highlight Senator Obama's perceived lack of experience in foreign affairs. Straight out of the ol' Atwater/Rove playbook. Of course, all of this paled in comparison to her husband's patronizing, racially insensitive comments earlier in the primary season.

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[Growler]

1. Kick

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. already being discussed here....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=4994975

though, it is a bit long now.

[Quixote1818]

3. K & R!!!! nt

[Hutzpa]

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they are on their way (Hillbots), you have just stirred up some shit!

my guess is, by the time I finish typing you post would be swamped with

shills and Hillbots calling for Mods to lock your post.

They are this evil....

Good post and excellent read.

Thanks for posting.


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:kick: and Rec!

[Hutzpa]

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[Window]

5. Ouch!

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[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

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[Apollo11]

7. Obviously written by someone who has been never supported Hillary's candidacy.

Accusing Hillary Clinton of playing "the Muslim card" and of being personally responsible for bringing to the media's attention a photo of Obama in Africa that had already been published in The National Examiner. This is the kind of bullshit accusation that one can read here on DU every single day.

As for Rush Limbaugh's stream of nonsense commentary on the race for the Democratic nomination, I think that all of us should ignore it as much as possible. The idea that Hillary should be somehow taking time-out from her campaign to formulate some kind of response to Limbaugh's idea of on-air humor is ridiculous.