Posted on 06/06/2015 5:29:45 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
When a CNN poll last week showed Hillary Clinton leading Rand Paul by a single percentage point(48-47)and only three points ahead of Marco Rubio(49-46)and Scott Walker(49-46), it was mildly shocking. In April, her lead over the three Republican presidential candidates had been in double digits:Paul(58-39), Rubio(55-41), and Walker(59-37).
But wait. If the next CNN survey shows Clinton actually behind one or two or three of the GOP candidates,it won’t be just shocking. It will send Democrats into a near-panic over the possibility of losing the White House in 2016, even with their preferred candidate, Clinton,as nominee.
Such a poll result isn’t far-fetched as we watch Clinton’s campaign deteriorate. True, head-to-head matchups this early in the presidential cycle are almost never predictive. But in this case,it’s the psychological impact that matters.
That Clinton’s candidacy is in trouble is indisputable. She’s not threatened with losing the Democratic nomination—at least not yet. She has the well-financed Clinton machine and a national network of supporters on which she can rely. The campaigns of her Democratic opponents are small and weak in comparison.
But the rationale for her bid for the presidency,the strategy of her campaign,and the tactics she’s adopted—all have failed to stop her steady decline. The expectation of Clinton’s glide into the White House in 2016 is gone.
...In place of a rationale,there’s an assumption that her prominence, her résumé,and the likelihood of her becoming the first woman president would make her a uniquely appealing candidate. They haven’t. She’s a terrible candidate. She has not only failed to attract big crowds. She’s having trouble raising big money from those described by Politico as “rich liberals.”
The old adage that opposites attract may apply in her marriage.Bill Clinton is charming,has wonderful political instincts,is a compelling speaker,and has a common touch.She lacks all four.Also,Bill is dynamic.She is lifeless as a candidate...
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Do you mean people like me who defend the honor of thFlag and our Matines?
Outstanding.
To clear the road.
Try www.weepeeposters.com. Get some relief from self-imposed victimhoodwinkism.
Nonsense
Yes.
Oh, sorry. You tell someone to lighten up, you care how they feel
Now you’re beginning to enjoy being a “victim.”
Sorry for reaching out.
I’m not aviv tin
You can’t see anywhere that I could care any less about how others react to this desecration Just defending the flags and the Marines
23 posts say I have to change my feelings
No I don’t
And I don’t care how others react to it, certainly not to me
Every post is bitter and misguided
I could never be a victim of such misguidedness
Reaching out? Is that what you call rearranging my words?
You obviously didn’t read my comment to you, or have decided you’re getting more attention by (and this is exactly what you’re doing) wrapping yourself in the flag to promote yourself.
Have at it. You seem determined to be offended when none was intended. It’s not possible to distinguish you from from what your original point was (which I addressed and said no slight was intended to you or to raising the flag on Iwo Jima).
‘Nothing could ever desecrate that image.’
I say it does.
How about just leaving it at that?
No. You want to ignore my comment in Post #85.
I’d been gone from FR during the day and when I returned I saw the back and forth about this and I responded to you personally about your feelings.
You have chosen to remain irritated, when in fact you have been assured that no insult was intended, that none was meant.
The men who raised that flag would probably agree (now I’m not certain so don’t go off on another rant) that their heroism IN CONTRAST to the corrupt, self-serving, criminal enterprise that is the Clintons, means that they still are serving their country in the fight against tyranny.
I’m just not open got discussion on this. Is aid it was offensive to me
I’ve taken 12 hours of flame on that yet I have not and will not change my position
No ranting. No discussion just responses flames attempting to get me to change how I feel about it
I don’t care how anyone else is or isn’t offended by it. I never wrote any moderators. I never ranted to the poster of the photo. They have the perfect right to post it
It is offensive to me.
Whether others find it offensive, funny, ugly, expressive, appropriate makes no difference to me at all.
So ...
YOU brought it up!
We get it.
Now you just want to wallow in it.
Get over yourself.
I immediately thought of Iwo Jima... I was not offended, but the comparison of bloodshed to a political propaganda campaign is a bit much.
How about
The Picture of Dorian Greed.
Fifty Shades of Greed.
Wrongo. The offensive picture was posted. I said it was offensive
The end
But no. 25 flame posts
My posts are all responses
Like this one is. You drop it and I’ll follow suit
And please do
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