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Why Won’t Anyone Challenge Hillary?
National Review ^ | March 13, 2015 | DAVID HARSANYI

Posted on 03/13/2015 12:21:13 PM PDT by Steelfish

Why Won’t Anyone Challenge Hillary? by DAVID HARSANYI March 13, 2015

Other Democrats could do just as well, with far fewer negatives and less drama. Though it’s unsettling to imagine such a scenario, both the republic and the Democratic party would likely survive if Hillary Clinton were not to become president. Now, if the Clintons have proved anything over the years, it’s that they are resilient in the face of scandal.

So in all likelihood, Hillary hangs tight on the State Department e-mail fiasco and waits for Democrats to rally behind her. And judging from the trial balloons — “If you were a man today, would all this fuss being made be made?” — I imagine it ends with liberals generating a political melodrama that casts Hillary as the victim of the hyper-partisan He-Man Women Haters Club.

It’s nearly unthinkable that after all this time, work, and scheming, Hillary would simply abandon her quest — unless some unforeseen wrongdoing emerges that makes her unpalatable for Democrats. But if we suspend our disbelief for a moment and imagine that unethical behavior could catch up with her, the result would hardly be the tragedy many liberals would envision or the boon many conservatives would anticipate. Many Democrats probably feel as if there’s no other viable choice. But despite the generous treatment she’s received from the media, Hillary has never been an especially electrifying or potent political power. She badly fumbled away her first preordained presidential nomination to Barack Obama — falling into every trap imaginable along the way. Nearly every high-profile project she took on during her husband’s administration turned into a disaster. Her time as secretary of state is now riddled with questions.

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1 posted on 03/13/2015 12:21:13 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish
I have a confession to make..and I must wait no longer.

It was US...the Vast RIght WIng Conspiracy whove been plaguing poor Mrs Bill Monica Lewinski -Benghazi -Clinton for lo these many decades and were not DONE...yet..






2 posted on 03/13/2015 12:26:49 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Steelfish

They are waiting until SHE recognizes she’s fallen on her face.

We shouldn’t be too anxious for team evil to recover and find a new champion of satan.


3 posted on 03/13/2015 12:28:21 PM PDT by G Larry (Our culture is caving to every whiney 3 year old in the room.)
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To: Steelfish

Because when your political opponent is self destructing, you do not interfere.

Don’t worry. They real Democrat candidate will jump in soon. It will likely be Elizabeth Warren.


4 posted on 03/13/2015 12:28:43 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Steelfish

The RATs are convinced that she is a winner who should not be challenged for the sake of the party’s future.


5 posted on 03/13/2015 12:30:31 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Steelfish
“...unless some unforeseen wrongdoing emerges that makes her unpalatable for Democrats.”

THIS is a perennial GIVEN.

There will never BE a time when there are no ‘unforeseen’ issues.

The problem is ... the MSM has assured that the public is inured to it.

In any case there are a lot of man-hating, dyed-in-the-wool, Birkenstock-wearing feminists out there who will vote for Evita even if a million people watched her murder the Pope on Times Square.

Hard to de program all that BS

6 posted on 03/13/2015 12:31:34 PM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: Steelfish

Florida’s Alan Grayson might be crazy enough to have a chance.


7 posted on 03/13/2015 12:32:14 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steelfish
Why Won’t Anyone Challenge Hillary?

They don't want to end up in Fort Marcy Park?

8 posted on 03/13/2015 12:34:55 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes rights)
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To: Steelfish

Because sexism is the new racism?


9 posted on 03/13/2015 12:36:02 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Steelfish
I imagine it ends with liberals generating a political melodrama that casts Hillary as the victim of the hyper-partisan He-Man Women Haters Club.

They know that's the biggest card they have left, and they don't want to throw it away too quickly - at least until they can find a candidate with a better one.

10 posted on 03/13/2015 12:36:46 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
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To: Little Ray

Martin O’Malley and Christopher Murphy are my pick of the week for Dem finalists


11 posted on 03/13/2015 12:40:41 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Steelfish

It is difficult to compete with ignorance and stupidity in today’s world.


12 posted on 03/13/2015 12:42:14 PM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: Steelfish
Why Won’t Anyone Challenge Hillary?

She has people killed.

13 posted on 03/13/2015 12:43:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
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To: Steelfish
I think the guy on her left challenged her.

I know, not the best picture of him, but I kind of liked this pic anyway.

14 posted on 03/13/2015 12:43:49 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
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To: MeshugeMikey
IF the king is going to turn over his kingdom he must turn it over to the Queen, that is the rule in a thugocracy.
15 posted on 03/13/2015 12:50:19 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Steelfish
Surely the professional RAT politicians know better...unless, like professional Pub politicians, it's about the Benjamins.

A HILLARY! Campaign would be a big buck affair, spewing $$$ everywhere.

No RAT with a record is electable. Like Barack, they must find unknowns who have not yet been branded liars.

New lies, new liars, repackage the old lies.

16 posted on 03/13/2015 12:57:31 PM PDT by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the eGOP does not want you.)
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To: Steelfish

Remember the FBI files she stole?


17 posted on 03/13/2015 12:58:40 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Steelfish

Why Won’t Anyone Challenge Hillary?


Because they don’t want to wind up dead in a park somewhere?


18 posted on 03/13/2015 1:00:20 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: G Larry
They are waiting until SHE recognizes she’s fallen on her face.

She will never admit failure. She will look like a drowned rat with her entire world imploding around her and she will never admit that she has been trounced beyond repair.

So, people will walk past her wagging their heads.

And then Bill will get cosbied.

19 posted on 03/13/2015 1:01:34 PM PDT by Slyfox (I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever)
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To: MAexile

Before you wind up in Fort Marcy Park for daring to challenge Hillary, you get a courtesy horse head in your bed first.


20 posted on 03/13/2015 1:04:24 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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