Posted on 02/18/2007 3:43:51 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
WASHINGTON Old enemies of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are out in force. Just weeks after she joined the Democratic Party's flock of presidential contenders, Clinton is being targeted by conservative and Republican-allied activists intent on derailing her campaign before the start of next year's primaries.
They have surfaced with a flurry of planned projects: a Michael Moore-style documentary film, book-length exposes, and websites such as StopHerNow.comand StopHillaryPAC.com.
Conservative admirers of the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth media blitz that helped torpedo Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry's presidential candidacy in 2004 are now agitating to "Swift-boat" Clinton.
.........Clinton campaign insiders say Web-savvy staffers are immersed in monitoring suspected enemy blogs and websites and conservative cable TV and radio talk shows.
Clinton also reportedly spent lavishly to hire a large team of opposition researchers headed by Judd Legum, previously research director for the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank headed by former Clinton White House chief of staff John Podesta.
.....Clinton intimates said she would also eventually rely on veterans of her husband's administration such as James Carville and Paul Begala to run interference on television, and on the street-fighter instincts of longtime political aide Harold M. Ickes for behind-the-scenes advice.
"We tend to think the blogs will drive a lot of the news," Ickes said recently.
"Even if you think it's completely false or outlandish, you ignore it at your peril."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Or Diamond Jim MacDougal.
Isn't he the one that died of cancer ?
I believe he died in prison while being denied his medication.
I really thought they went all out because he posed the biggest threat to their presidential ambitions. I still think there are some great conservative candidates out there, (Like Duncan Hunter) but certainly not with the name recognition.
I see Ickes has admitted in a round about way that the moon bat blogs will be used to plant stories smearing first Hillary dem opponents and then the GOP nominee
Look for Trolls galore infesting this site They are already here
Well, we're ready to rock and roll.
How about American activists? Sure the GOP gets more votes from us--but the clinton machine is a secular, collectivist machine and must be stopped by any/all concerned, thinking Americans.
Of course, I mean it was the beast herself that coined the phrase "vast right wing conspiracy" when she had that report detailing nefarious conservative opposition to her. She is so paranoid, ha ha ha.
They've smeared Tom DeLay good. His best help now will be through education and inspiration.
Yeah, she's a regular Annie Oakley holding off us injuns.
What is it they say? Paranoia is a heightened sense of reality.
That's how it's going to be written up.
Ahhh the good old days
I still maintain we owe history a debt that can be paid by collecting DNA from the various players to positively establish the paternity of Chelsa and Dannie Williams and Mora Liason's kid.
It's amazing how many Clinton suck-ups have so little concern for their country - OR MAYBE THEY DO! It just isn't the United States of America. I wonder if they instill their visceral hatred into their chiuldren as they tuck them in each night?
Harold Ickes is the one to be feared. He is the dark lord.
One of my favorite quotes:
When a Liberal wants to redefine something, they are about to lie to you on a scale not currently supported by the English language. - Me (1994)
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