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If Only Hillary Had Won . . .
National Review ^ | 5-1-18 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 05/02/2018 10:00:02 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

Leakers and lawbreakers rewarded with Clinton-administration jobs — and the American public none the wiser about deep-state corruption T here are lots of possible counterfactuals to think about had Hillary Clinton won the presidency as all the experts had predicted.

The U.S. embassy would have stayed in Tel Aviv. “Strategic patience” would likely still govern the North Korea dilemma. Fracking would be curtailed. The — rather than “our” — miners really would be put out of work. Coal certainly would not have been “beautiful.” The economy probably would be slogging along at below 2 percent GDP growth.

China would be delighted, as would Iran. But most important, there would be no collusion narrative — neither one concerning a defeated Donald Trump nor another implicating a victorious Hillary Clinton. In triumph, progressives couldn’t have cared less whether Russians supposedly had tried to help a now irrelevant Trump; and they certainly would have prevented any investigation of the winning Clinton 2016 campaign. In sum, Hillary’s supposedly sure victory, not fear of breaking the law, prompted most of the current 2016 scandals, and her embittering defeat means they are not being addressed as scandals.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Israel; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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A "what if" reminder by the great Victor Davis Hanson! Let us count our blessings. Read the whole thing!
1 posted on 05/02/2018 10:00:02 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

He’s correct.

The US would still be mired in the Obama Recession.


2 posted on 05/02/2018 10:02:00 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

The US would still be mired in the Obama Recession.

No , Hillary would have sold off the US to the highest bidder


3 posted on 05/02/2018 10:05:28 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Bump


4 posted on 05/02/2018 10:07:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
There are lots of possible counterfactuals to think about had Hillary Clinton won the presidency as all the experts had predicted.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg stepping down to be replaced by Loretta Lynch...

James Comey remaining as director of the FBI ...

No Russian collusion circus investigation...

And so on...

5 posted on 05/02/2018 10:07:13 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

We dodged a barrage of bullets with her loss.


6 posted on 05/02/2018 10:10:39 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: afraidfortherepublic
But most important, there would be no collusion narrative — neither one concerning a defeated Donald Trump nor another implicating a victorious Hillary Clinton.

Nonsense.

A few months into her first term, someone in Loretta Lynch's justice department would have leaked the existence of a large-scale investigation into what appear to have been links between the unsuccessful Trump presidential campaign and "several un-named foreign powers."

This would have been used to attack the entire Republican party, and would be ramping up in advance of this November's off-year congressional elections.

7 posted on 05/02/2018 10:11:11 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: bgill

That cow in the White House would have been the end.


8 posted on 05/02/2018 10:12:18 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: bgill

MIRV.


9 posted on 05/02/2018 10:12:30 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: butlerweave

Radioactive wasteland after pushing for WW III.


10 posted on 05/02/2018 10:13:21 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: wally_bert

The statement “if only hitlery had won...” is the most bizarre thing I have seen in decades.


11 posted on 05/02/2018 10:15:28 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

If the witch had won, her hit teams would be very active and systematically ruining every conservative organization in the country.

Conservative websites would be shut down, Rush and Hannity would have been threatened, etc, etc.


12 posted on 05/02/2018 10:23:36 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

We DEPLORABLES would be in camps.


13 posted on 05/02/2018 10:24:22 AM PDT by just me (God bless President Trump and the USA)
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To: just me

14 posted on 05/02/2018 10:29:07 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: afraidfortherepublic

My favorite Hillary quote. After exiting the Matt Lauer debate:

“If that F*****G B*****D wins, we all hang from nooses.”

At 4:50 on this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NfFAaPZqs8


15 posted on 05/02/2018 10:29:11 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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We DEPLORABLES would be in camps.

Only after we put a few thousand of their ilk in the ground.

16 posted on 05/02/2018 10:29:19 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Rummyfan

No tax cuts, no oil pipeline, no NK negotiations, no coal mines reopen, no obamacare mandate revoked......................


17 posted on 05/02/2018 10:30:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

If Hillary had won Trump would be ruined by now. The IRS would have taken his money. And the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc would have arrested him for treason for “collaborating” with the Russians. The Clintons always get even. And they’re not out yet. Trump has a lot of guts to take them on. And especially to have won.


18 posted on 05/02/2018 10:32:46 AM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: Red Badger

Open boarders, refugees with amnesty and voting rights to keep her there for the next 8 years.
The woman is evil.


19 posted on 05/02/2018 10:34:52 AM PDT by just me (God bless President Trump and the USA)
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To: tired&retired

Great clip! Thanks for posting.


20 posted on 05/02/2018 10:44:40 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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