I underestimated these creatures in 1992. Again in 1996. After watching them for thirteen years on the national stage, and having talked to a number of Arkansans who assert that all their in-state time was exactly the same, I'll no longer underestimate them. They come out on top of EVERY situation they enter.
As I've said in another thread, I'm STUNNED by the people who pop off their mouths with things like, "Oh PLEASE let her be the Democratic nominee!" That allegedly politically astute people could be so naive is beyond me. She not only has a chance to be president; the only realistic challenger to stop her at this moment is Giuliani.
Here's what's gonna happen over the next couple of years (it's already begun): Hillary will adopt incredibly sensible sounding positions on every major issue. You will hear CONSERVATIVES say, "I never thought I'd say it, but you know what? She's right!" She will be the single most perfect sounding candidate to ever run for the office. The MSM will pull out all the stops and do everything they can to sell the image with near-orgasmic enthusiasm. It will be a propaganda campaign unlike anything seen on the planet before now.
And here's the most dangerous point: There is NOTHING she can say, NO position she can support, that will put a dent in her support from the left. They WORSHIP her. (I started to say they think she's just below God, but for the ones of them who do believe in God, she's probably above Him in their eyes.) Her support from Democrats is automatic, a given. She can focus all her energy on the middle and the right, and she's gonna be strong as garlic in the middle with her new common-sense populist image. She even has a realistic chance to pull some from the right.
The bottom line is that a Hillary presidency is at this point not only possible, but likely. Horrifying, but there it is.
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Yup.
And one thing we probably WON'T have against her is a Gennifer Flowers or Juanita Broadrick. These Clintoons are very shrewd.
What would that mean for Free Republic if Hildabeast were elected? We would see a very focused effort to shut this place down, pronto. The dirt would fly almost immediately. Bill Clintoon's first announcement as Pres had something to do with Gays in the military, something which never came up in the campaign. I wouldn't be surprised if Hildebeast's first announcement had something to do with "accountability" or "fairness" or "dangerous activism" on the internet that needs to be regulated.
I agree with what you say with one exception. I think the only thing that can keep Hillary! from getting elected is Hillary. I think it is unlikely that she will make it through the primary season and a general election without a major meltdown or at least a major fissure in her facade. But I agree that for that to really matter, it has to be reported for what it is, and it probably won't be.