Sullivan: Would Clinton Prefer McCain To Obama In November? (WOW)

[Yael]

This is a scathing reaction to the BitterGate ad:

This ad has managed to actually shock me. Yes, me, rabid Clinton-hater, second only to Hitchens in Clinton Derangement Syndrome, proud holder of the view that Senator Clinton is one of the ghastliest examples of pure political cynicism and opportunism in public life, an empty, reverberating shell of a human being, a case study in how power and the search for it do indeed in the end corrupt absolutely.

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This is far too crude even for Karl Rove. It is a parody of a brutal Rove ad. Without batting an eyelid, Clinton effortlessly adopts the entire worldview of the most cynical of Republican operatives and applies it with the delicacy of a shovel to the likely Democratic party nominee. This is a) how desperate she must know feel; b) how utterly irrelevant it is to her what happens in this election unless she is the next Democratic nominee for president.


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Simply put: how could the person who approved this ad and the argument it represents logically vote for Barack Obama over John McCain this fall?

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The best gloss is that her own vanity has genuinely persuaded her that she and she alone could possibly beat John McCain. The worst is that after decades of hardball politicking, she and her husband have become completely indistinguishable from the forces that first tried to destroy them.

Just less artful and even less ashamed.

Full article: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/04/clintons-suicid.html

So, has Camp Clinton outdone Camp Rove?

[apocalypsehow]

1. Of course she would. She cares about POWER, not policies. She cares about THE CLINTON'S, not

the Democratic party or the United States of America. This has always been solely about her and her sense of entitlement.

[TragedyandHope]

2. Yes

[TheDonkey]

3. Bookmark this thread. Hillary will be running as a 3rd party candidate

[K Gardner]

5. I think she'll be run out of town on a rail... we'll wave at her, like this..

[Mme. Defarge]

4. He's got her number -- n/t

[TheDoorbellRang]

6. Spells it out quite well

I'm still wondering how it is that good democrats anywhere can excuse her actions. She is quite the piece of work.

[KittyWampus]

7. "Delicacy of a shovel".... when I must dispatch a wounded rodent from my cat's hunting,

I get out the shovel and whack it. Sorry to post that, but what a metaphor.

[ima_sinnic]

8. excellent--but sickening--commentary -- sending around to a long e-msil list

:argh:

[Diane R]

9. I'm convinced she will continue to ruin Obama's candidacy even after he's nominated. She wants 2012

[Yael]

10. This is my belief as well. n/t

[Window]

11. Hillary in a nutshell.

[knixphan]

12. It's like watching the M Corleone-Godfather transformation...