Posted on 11/12/2019 7:45:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I know someone who’d be excited at this prospect, but how realistic is another Hillary Clinton presidential run? At least according to the woman herself, a “lot” of people are “pushing hard” for Hillary to toss her hat in the ring against Donald Trump. In an interview with the BBC picked up by the Daily Mail and others, Hillary says that beating Trump should be the focus rather than fighting over who gets to do it:
She said: ‘I say the same thing every time people ask, I’ll do everything I can to retire the incumbent. That can be by supporting those running. I’m just grateful for the opportunities that I have had. I loved being in public life; the good, the bad, the ugly.
‘A lot are pushing hard [for me to run again] but I really believe we have to keep our focus on what it will take to get a new president and get our country back – all the attacks on our institutions, undermining the rule of law everything that’s going on.
‘I think we are in a global struggle for democracy and I don’t say that lightly. I think there’s a rise of autocrats who think it’s their way or no way and I’m worried there are people in my country – including the president – who are enamoured and who seem to have great admiration for dictators who wants to do away with all the messiness of coming together to make decisions.
‘It’s hard in a democracy you don’t have someone telling you what to do you gotta say okay I’m gonna vote, participate and support the best direction and there can be differences that’s all part of it. I’m really worried about my country right now and I want to make sure whoever is running knows what the stakes are.’
A lot of people are “pushing hard” to get the one person who could have possibly lost to Donald Trump to try it again, eh? Who would those people be, besides Philippe Reines, Huma Abedin, and ol’ Bill? The networks?
That might be too snarky a take, however cheesy this claim is coming during a book tour for Hillary’s book Gutsy Women. A week ago, it would have looked silly to argue that Democrats lacked potential realistic candidates for the 2020 contest, but then the New York Times did its survey of swing states showing Trump leading or competitive against their frontrunners. Not coincidentally, Michael Bloomberg suddenly developed interest again in a presidential run, and now Deval “Bain Capital” Patrick has sent out feelers as well.
So yes, it’s possible that Hillary’s hearing from a lot of people within the party that she should give it another go. It does appear that panic is emerging from the party establishment that they could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. In this environment, returning to the woman that the party groomed for fifteen years to succeed her husband at some point might look like a good alternative. That’s a rather large investment to write off, after all.
The problem with this idea is that same NYT survey shows Democrats weakest in the states Hillary lost in 2016. Why would they trust her to do any better the second time? On top of that, voters in these states who already rejected Hillary might well wonder why the DNC is shoving her down their throats a second time. There’s no better way to prove a disconnect between the Democratic establishment and voters than to tell them they made a terrible mistake the last time, and now they’d better behave and vote correctly this time … or else.
Whether she’s getting recruited or not, though, Hillary’s making sure that they know she can be recruited. This is the point of having a book tour that emphasizes identity politics and allows her to offer unchallenged discourse, only perhaps “a lot” of people haven’t yet taken Hillary’s hint. Or perhaps she’s not taking theirs.
Just ask Bernie.
The stunned looks in everyones face at the end of the night and all the late reporting of votes to give time to manufacture even more supports this
The stunned shock and fear was not simply due to the fact that Trump won, it was due to the knowledge of just how big the margin of fraud was in 2016 but that enough people still turned out for Trump to beat the margin of fraud.
That was one of my favorite “The Clinton’s” episodes.
Wobble, Hillary, Wobble!
Yeah, people are pushing her... the PEOPLE IN HER HEAD..
See Sally Field in “Sybil”.
“and the people and the peopleandthepeople...”
Hillary is a living, breathing Ground Hog Day. Over and over again, she emerges from her hole in the ground to proclaim a winter that will never, ever end.
Pushing her?
Must be a mob of at least 50. With a crane.
“I am urging her to run, PLEASE!!!”
Shillary running would be a gift!!!
I can easily see Milwaukee, Detroit and Philadelphia setting records for turnout. 150% of registered voters will cast a vote for the (D) instead of their usual 110%
My wampum is still on Vinegar Lizzie. She’ll scold her way onto the ballot. She’ll loom over Bloomers like a scary kindergarten teacher. She’ll plunk Uncle Creepy into a wheelchair & shove him off the stage. She’ll ship Comrade Bernie to the old commies’ home (yes, there is such a place).
Hey wait a second. Lizzie’s 70, Biden is 76, Bloomie is 77, and Bernie is 78. And they’re all chalk white. Party of diversity & get out the youth vote? Hmm.....
That leaves Tulsi Gabbard as their dark horse. Yeah.
I’m sticking with Psychojawea the youth candidate.
Unless that thing has a valve stem and he has a bicycle pump, Bubba’s been shooting pool with a rope for a decade or more
She only has a couple weeks to make it happen.
If she tries to use the Courts to make sure she gets on all 50 States after entry time expires, we will see the real face of the Clinton Machine.
Do IT! Do It! It would make the Mondale campaign results look outstanding.
She spent 1.4 billion dollars and still lost a rigged election to a political nobody.
She will never be a candidate for any office ever again.
Oh, and Hillary is 72 and is also white.
Oh, trust me, I’d like to see her run again, yes!
The Secret Service agent who was her “medical handler” (remember him?) died suddenly in December, 2017 in a Wisconsin hospital at the age of 49. The obituary has a picture of him posted shortly after the funeral. He was a former agent at the time of his death.
Search “Todd Madison Secret Service”
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