Hillary Clinton: Too Much of a Clinton Democrat?

The Washington Post ^ | 7 may 2006 | Markos Moulitsas

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Hillary Clinton: Too Much of a Clinton Democrat?

By Markos Moulitsas
Sunday, May 7, 2006; B01

Hillary Clinton has a few problems if she wants to secure the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. She is a leader who fails to lead. She does not appear "electable." But most of all, Hillary has a Bill Clinton problem. (And no, it's not about that. )

Moving into 2008, Republicans will be fighting to shake off the legacy of the Bush years: the jobless recovery, the foreign misadventures, the nightmarish fiscal mismanagement, the Katrina mess, unimaginable corruption and an imperial presidency with little regard for the Constitution or the rule of law. Every Democratic contender will be offering change, but activists will be demanding the sort of change that can come only from outside the Beltway.

Hillary Clinton leads her Democratic rivals in the polls and in fundraising. Unfortunately, however, the New York senator is part of a failed Democratic Party establishment -- led by her husband -- that enabled the George W. Bush presidency and the Republican majorities, and all the havoc they have wreaked at home and abroad.

[beyond the sea]

Perfect.........

[joonbug]

And if she is the nominee, will Kos, et al sit on their hands and not vote?

Much like the Republicans if McCain somehow gets the nomination.

Either party will for the most part support their candidate. Even if they are the lesser of 2 evils.

[Chode]

Mrs.Stepford... is that you???

[SquirrelKing]

LOL

Fembot...or Terminator?

[Past Your Eyes]

That second paragraph is a real pisser, ain't it? Does this guy write the talking points for the Dims?

[PGalt]

Say it ain't so Markos! She's the quintessential Democrat.

Run Hillary Run!

(Thanks for posting rdb3. Interesting.)

[Bigg Red]

Much like the Republicans if McCain somehow gets the nomination.

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Not this Republican.

[Bigg Red]

Does this guy write the talking points for the Dims?

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No, he just regurgitates them.

[Cobra64]

Here's Hillary's problem:

[umgud]

Moving into 2008, Republicans will be fighting to shake off the legacy of the Bush years: the jobless recovery, the foreign misadventures, the nightmarish fiscal mismanagement, the Katrina mess, unimaginable corruption and an imperial presidency with little regard for the Constitution or the rule of law.

Nope, no bias there.

[joonbug]

Suit yourself.

I would rather vote for someone like McCain than sit out and let Hillary/Kerry/etc get elected.

Didn't Reagan say something like "anyone who agrees with me 70% of the time is my friend"?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[Had Kerry not lent himself millions to reach the Iowa caucuses, and had Dean not been so green a candidate, Dean probably would have been the nominee.]

Yeah, and he would have lost by at least 20 million votes. LOL!

[Our crashing of Washington's gates wasn't about ideology...]

No, but it WAS about ideology. Dang, these fools are such liars!

[Democrats haven't won more than 50 percent of the vote in a presidential election since 1976. Heck, we haven't won more than 50.1 percent since 1964. ]

And there is a good reason for that, laddy.

He's an extremist Lefty with an extreme case of hemorrhoids as a result of the Incompetent and Indecipherable Goron's humiliating loss in 2000 and The sinking Lying Fraud's (Kerry's) humiliating loss in 2004. This is simply more proof that the seething, raging, hating uncontrolled Id's of the far Left are fully dominating the unfortunate Democrat party. The only thing the Democrats have going for them right now is the sellout and corrupted Republicans.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Seems there even a great number of freepers who would rather see Hillary in the White House.

I could stand having her portrait in a basement gallery of failed demagogic frauds. Of course, "husband" Bill's and Prune Face Carter's would be right along side.

[Enchante]

"Just as we crazy political junkies glimpsed the viability of the candidacy of an obscure governor from a small New England state three years ago"

Wow, since when did WaPo figure out that what's most lacking in its pages is the "psychotic left"?????? Got news for you, Mr. Kos-kiddie, your loony tune guy from VT was NOT 'viable' - he lost big, and if he'd somehow gotten the nomination he would have been trounced in the most historic landslide this country has ever seen.

Of course, the lying MSM would have tried to run interference for him in the general election, but Howie Dean was never a 'viable' candidate in a national election..... and the loony left of the 'Rat party will only drag them further into defeat. Kos hasn't managed to figure out that all those grim statistics since 1964 mean something other than "what this country really craves is a truly lunatic leftist as president!" I don't question that Kos is effective in his own way with (and speaks for ) his fellow lunatics of the reptilian left, but he surely should hesitate more to give 'Rat candidates advice about how to win 51% in a presidential election!!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

You've got to admit that Hillary is pretty HOT!!!

Here's an example of one who would find Hillary desirable:

[mcenedo]

In person, Clinton is one of the warmest politicians I've ever met, but her advisers have stripped what personality she has, hiding it from the public.

We would all love to see the "real" Hellary exposed to the public. She wouldn't last 5 minutes.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I think that photoshop photo gives Hildabeast more upstairs - if you get my drift - that she has in reality.

That's an early shot. If she ever went back to Africa, the locals would put a harness on her and make her start hailing produce from the fields.

[Chode]

T-4

[manwiththehands]

Oh, please, please, PLEASE, God. Let it be 1992 again in '08. Then we might have another '94 in 2010.

I like the sound of that.

No Bush. Fewer RINO's. Contract with America Pt II.

And shoving conservatism down Hitlery's throat like we did to her husband in '95. And not even the Republicans would be stupid enough to give us another Dole in 2012.

[Mia T]

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