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Why Clinton Will Run
The Washington Post ^ | Friday, June 6, 2014 | Ruth Marcus

Posted on 06/08/2014 7:08:04 AM PDT by kristinn

The last few days have offered vivid illustrations of why Hillary Clinton could decide not to run for president — and why, in the end, I believe she will.

Example No. 1 is the ludicrous debate over whether Clinton, in the latest People magazine cover, was leaning on a walker.

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The fact that the phantom walker was even a topic of public debate says everything about the wacko media environment that uniquely surrounds Clinton.

“PHOTO: IS CLINTON HOLDING A WALKER?” the Drudge Report tweeted. Right, not saying she is. Just askin’.

The Washington Free Beacon chimed in with a semiotic analysis of the People cover. “The cover looks innocent enough, but a close analytical reading reveals what can only be interpreted as a deliberate effort to call attention to the former secretary of state and Goldman Sachs affiliate’s advanced age,” editor Andrew Stiles wrote, noting the proximity of the word “grandmother” to Clinton’s hands on “what a layperson might reasonably assume to be an old person’s walker.”

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This is Clinton Derangement Syndrome on steroids, reminiscent of the Hillary-Clinton-murdered-Vince-Foster delusions two decades earlier. It is worth paying attention to only because of the role this phenomenon may play in Clinton’s decision-making on a presidential run.

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Putin is a master of the strategic needle. How interesting that his put-down begins and ends with Clinton’s gender. Women aren’t significant enough to be worth arguing with. I prefer my women weak.

This gender-specific dismissiveness is as nonsensical in its own way as the walker kerfuffle. Putin is simultaneously accusing Clinton of being too strong (insufficiently feminine and “graceful”) and too mild. Either way, in Putin-land, she is a woman; therefore, she is a lesser creature.

Which is why, ultimately, I think Clinton runs...

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To: kristinn
Of course she will run. She has never not run. I do not believe her winning is inevitable.
21 posted on 06/08/2014 9:42:37 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: kristinn
“PHOTO: IS CLINTON HOLDING A WALKER?” (Drudge)  photo hillary_clinton_oct_15_zps75006cc5.jpg Yeah but she a tough old broad.
22 posted on 06/08/2014 10:35:11 AM PDT by RetSignman
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To: kristinn

Since Hillary is weighing in on every other issue, I’d like to see someone ask her about the issue of NFL players and concussions. One the one hand, she won’t want to dismiss the seriousness of these injuries and the player’s lawsuits, etc. On the other hand, if she says concussions are a big problem and should be taken seriously, she’ll call attention to her own physical condition and whether or not she’s well enough to run for the presidency.


23 posted on 06/08/2014 10:51:35 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: kristinn
Women aren’t significant enough to be worth arguing with. I prefer my women weak.

Wrong. Putin was stating you cannot win an argument with a woman. And all of us men know why. He was also saying that Hillary in particular was weak, not that all women are weak. Her weakness is evident in her lashing out without thinking "we came, we saw, he died". Why do we have to explain everything to liberals ?

24 posted on 06/08/2014 11:31:07 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

“We cannot survive a Clinton following the imbecile currently in the White House.”

It’s the imbeciles in the electorate who elected him and the imbeciles in the electorate who will continue to elect Progressives.

(There are brilliant, intellectual Progressive geniuses everywhere.) /s/

IMHO


25 posted on 06/08/2014 1:39:58 PM PDT by ripley
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To: kristinn

She’ll run. She’s paying a staff that will be really p.o.’ed if she wimps out.


26 posted on 06/08/2014 1:52:32 PM PDT by x
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To: kristinn

She’ll run because the democrats can’t stand the thought of the dictatorship they’re slowly building up being under the control of a republican for one day, let alone four years or eight years.


27 posted on 06/08/2014 2:11:49 PM PDT by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be earned and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: Steve_Seattle
He either wants to just play golf and vacation

True, but he'd rather do it on our dime. When did he pay for his last golf round or vacation?

28 posted on 06/09/2014 5:11:14 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Don't assume Shahanshah Obama will allow another election.)
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