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In Prelude to 2016, Anti-Clinton Groups Are Just Beginning
New York Times ^ | January 23, 2015 | AMY CHOZICK

Posted on 01/23/2015 12:48:25 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

"..........While all politicians endure scrutiny and efforts by the other side to define them, the attacks on Mrs. Clinton often take on a personal tone, which her defenders say is driven by an electorate still coming to terms with the possibility of a female president.

......A spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, Kirsten Kukowski, said it is not an “either/or” question of whether to point out scandals from Mrs. Clinton’s early years or her current record and finances. Internal polling has shown, she said, that attacks on Mrs. Clinton’s more recent years resonate more effectively with voters. (The R.N.C. is also assembling a book on Mrs. Clinton and has dispatched opposition researchers to Little Rock, Ark.)

.....Unlike in 2008, when Mrs. Clinton’s campaign largely ignored the “stop Hillary” websites and the sale of “No Way in Hellary” barbecue aprons, this time Clinton loyalists have formed their own groups to counter attacks early.

They say they are keenly aware of what happened to Senator John Kerry during the 2004 election, when an independent conservative group, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, attacked his military record in the Vietnam War. The attacks stuck and contributed to Mr. Kerry’s loss to President George W. Bush.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; election2016; hillary; hillary2016; tedcruz; texas
Let the "vast right-wing - PERSONAL - conspiracy" commence.

[All the Left does is pull personal destruction out at a drop of a hat.]

1 posted on 01/23/2015 12:48:25 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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2 posted on 01/23/2015 12:48:47 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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...the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, attacked his military record in the Vietnam War. The attacks stuck and contributed to Mr. Kerry’s loss...

More slight-of-hand for the DNC media.

At the time, the corrupt MSM thought it could get away with not reporting on John Kerry and that no one would be the wiser. The Swift Boat Veterans merely revealed what was fact and that contributed to Kerry's loss. The corrupt MSM didn't count on the young alternate media to have such an impact. They have now wised up and worked even harder to shield Obama.

3 posted on 01/23/2015 1:04:39 PM PST by Obadiah (Wind turbines, aka: bird choppers, cause earthquakes due to their harmonic frequencies.)
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4 posted on 01/23/2015 1:06:41 PM PST by MtnMan101
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5 posted on 01/23/2015 1:07:46 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Uh-huh, the opposition to Clinton as president is just based on sexism.

They were so successful with calling opposition to Obama racist that they are rolling out lies about bias once again.

I wish I did not hate the media people so much.


6 posted on 01/23/2015 3:09:17 PM PST by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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You are just being sexist if you question her competence. /s


7 posted on 01/23/2015 3:10:25 PM PST by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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Yep/s LOL


8 posted on 01/23/2015 10:15:55 PM PST by MtnMan101
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Hmmm, I never remember the NY Slimes worrying about the "personal tone" of attacks on Palin or Mitt Romney or any Republican. And the tender Mrs. Clinton ran the Bimbo Eruption Squad to demonize all the women coming forward with experience with Bill. She's the one personally, who destroy Bill's girls as either "nuts or sluts". And the NY Slimes is worrying about the tender feelings of Mrs. Clinton. Pah!!

And it was the Clintons who perfected the "politics of personal destruction" in the modern era. They created the 'war room' and were celebrated for it and they even released an election documentary titled "The War Room".


9 posted on 01/24/2015 6:14:12 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt (You can have freedom or government schools. Choose one.)
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