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Democrats face deplorable dilemma — whether to turn to Hillary Clinton
Boston Herald ^ | 3/31/2026 | Joe Battenfield

Posted on 04/01/2026 11:03:06 AM PDT by simpson96

Democrats find themselves with a deplorable dilemma – whether to reach into their no-talent “bench” for a 2028 standard bearer or turn to the 78–year-old party matriarch for yet another comeback bid.

Saddled with an aging constituency of white, privileged, female boomers who fill up “No Kings” rallies, Democrats are in such disarray that some are looking to Hillary Clinton to come to the rescue.

The former Secretary of State is coming to New Hampshire next month to headline a major fundraising dinner – fueling speculation about her White House intentions and generational complaints from progressives who view her as an out of touch retread.

Clinton insists she isn’t running but her appearance in the Granite State on April 25 — her first in the state in seven years – has triggered grumbling that she doesn’t meet the party’s liberal litmus test for candidates any more.

But Clinton sounded recently like an unconfident Little League coach looking at a bench full of weak 12-year-olds as she assessed the current Democratic presidential field.

“We have a kind of big messy contest. And so people are going to run,” she told a German TV show at a conference in Munich. “There’s probably going to be 10 to 15 people running. But we have a good bench, we have some good candidates.”

Really? The pompous, overrated Gavin Newsom? The unelectable Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? The even worse Kamala Harris?

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is now testing the waters. If he is the nominee, the Democrats are doomed.

That’s what they face as they look to topple President Donald Trump’s successor, which looks now like either Vice President JD Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: cabbage; cankles; clinton; democrats; deplorable; desperate; hitlery
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1 posted on 04/01/2026 11:03:06 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Oh no! not that!

You can do ANYTHING just don’t run Hillary against us!

We’d be sure scared...


2 posted on 04/01/2026 11:05:29 AM PDT by Mr. K (no i think 10%consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Mr. K

At the Debates, Trump can sit in the front row and heckle her.


3 posted on 04/01/2026 11:07:11 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Hillary?

Even Willie’s Ho would run circles around her.

Then there’s Newsum. He is the one I think would be a frontrunner.


4 posted on 04/01/2026 11:08:44 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: simpson96

5 posted on 04/01/2026 11:09:37 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Mr. K
Hillary / Harris 2028


6 posted on 04/01/2026 11:12:05 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: simpson96

Back in 2016, Cankles smelled of boiled cabbage, urine and farts. Can’t imagine that it’s gotten any better.


7 posted on 04/01/2026 11:12:15 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: simpson96

All those slasher and horror movies have II, III, IV and more. Then a reboot of the first one.

The evil creature isn’t really killed off in the originals.
Explains Hillary.

As a kid I was disappointed that in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) the ending was inconclusive with a burning windmill or something obscuring the two still grappling.
“Vazec, an innkeeper, destroys a nearby dam with dynamite, causing a torrent of water to surge into the castle, sweeping both monsters away to an assumed death.”

Or did one or both actually survive?


8 posted on 04/01/2026 11:15:41 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: simpson96

Oh yes, please do this. Hill is always the answer. Just ask her.


9 posted on 04/01/2026 11:15:44 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Charles Martel

Alternate caption: “And then the VP runs for President promising no new taxes and saying I am a conservative. And the American people buy it.”


10 posted on 04/01/2026 11:17:03 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: simpson96

Oh please. Do it.


11 posted on 04/01/2026 11:22:07 AM PDT by struggle
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To: simpson96

Well, I heard from a reliable source that Joe Biden is considering running in 2028, and is putting together an exploratory committee. So there!

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/not-so-easy-streets-wednesday-april


12 posted on 04/01/2026 11:24:40 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: simpson96
With Hillary, it's always a toss up whether she is really going to run or whether she is just trying to shake down donors for money. My bet is she is going to try to run another time. Remember, this is the woman who registered to run for the Presidency in 1996. Her ambition knows no limits.
13 posted on 04/01/2026 11:25:00 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: simpson96

Clinton had serious and obvious health issues 10 years ago

A public Clinton now would be a real shit show.

It can’t be hidden. There will be no Biden 2.0


14 posted on 04/01/2026 11:28:25 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: simpson96

We won’t know for sure until alternate candidates start dropping dead like they did in Mexico.


15 posted on 04/01/2026 11:28:50 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: simpson96

this has got to be an April fools, surely they can’t be this desperate?


16 posted on 04/01/2026 11:28:54 AM PDT by Jeff Vader
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To: Billthedrill

What about Gus Hall? Is he still alive?


17 posted on 04/01/2026 11:31:44 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: simpson96
dilemma

They misspelled "harridan".

18 posted on 04/01/2026 11:32:04 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: simpson96

Oh PLEASE RUN HILLARY!!!


19 posted on 04/01/2026 11:33:01 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don't really care, Margaret.””)
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To: simpson96

That’s really very desperate. Hilary has already lost twice, first to Saint Barack and then to Orange Man Bad.

Now she’s twice as old and as unpleasant. I don’t think even the AWFLs will vote for her in numbers large enough to secure a nomination, much less carry a general election.

This schadenfreude is very, very sweet and tasty.


20 posted on 04/01/2026 11:33:10 AM PDT by Valpal1 (Yes, I did vote for this!)
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