In Praise of Hillary Clinton

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  • toasty
    Sir Toastiness
    • Jun 2004
    • 6585
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    In Praise of Hillary Clinton

    Here's a post I never thought I'd write. During the primary season, I had a serious problem with Clinton, and she's still not my favorite person in the world. I thought her "kitchen sink" strategy was desperate and would provide Republicans with ammo against Obama in the general election. Some Clinton supporters and uncommitted Democrats said that it was necessary to get everything out on the table in the primary. Turns out I was wrong, and they were right.

    Part of the reason McCain can't get this Ayers/Rezko/Wright stuff to stick is that it's old news. Clinton raised it, it did its damage, Obama recovered, and now here we are. I was mad as hell about it at the time, but if I'm being objective about it now, Obama owes Clinton a debt of gratitude for bringing all that shit up then, as it has blunted its impact when it counts. Clearly, any Obama opponent is going to try to spin something out of these associations, regardless of how thin the argument is -- the fact that it already occurred months ago in the primary helps Obama now.

    In the age of the 24 hour news cycle, a 6 month old story just isn't going to gain any traction..

    Thanks, Hillary, for your selfish, mudslinging ways...
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    • shosh
      Banned
      • Jun 2004
      • 4668
      #2
      Re: In Praise of Hillary Clinton

      you got a point there buddy

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        • MJDub
          Are you Kidding me??
          • Jun 2004
          • 2765
          #3
          Re: In Praise of Hillary Clinton

          I was just thinking this the other day. Hillary's subliminal redemption could be underway.
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          You can't have manslaughter without laughter.

          "Son," he said without preamble, "never trust a man who doesn't drink because he's probably a self-righteous sort, a man who thinks he knows right from wrong all the time. Some of them are good men, but in the name of goodness, they cause most of the suffering in the world. They're the judges, the meddlers. And, son, never trust a man who drinks but refuses to get drunk. They're usually afraid of something deep down inside, either that they're a coward or a fool or mean and violent. You can't trust a man who's afraid of himself. But sometimes, son, you can trust a man who occasionally kneels before a toilet. The chances are that he is learning something about humility and his natural human foolishness, about how to survive himself. It's damned hard for a man to take himself too seriously when he's heaving his guts into a dirty toilet bowl."

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