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The Fall of House Clinton
NRO ^ | 19 Nov 2016 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 11/19/2016 11:37:53 AM PST by Rummyfan

Last night was the traditional National Review smoker on our splendid post-election cruise. This is an ancient tradition, the origins of which stretch back into the mists before time and the stories of a young solo sailor by the name of William F. Buckley Jr. — sweat, sea water, and shark blood glistening off his chest — who settled in to enjoy a relaxing cigar after killing the great white beast with his bare hands. I bring this up for two reasons. First, to alert the reader that I am feeling a bit hungover from both smoke and spirit alike (so please, stop reading so loudly!); second, because I think I must say goodbye to another great white beast: Bill Clinton — and his remora bride, Hillary. This is a good time to do it. The feeding frenzy atmosphere around the Trump transition is bananas given that there’s so little to say about it. My position on Trump remains unchanged from last week’s G-File: Like Bill Clinton after taking a blood test, I am entirely in wait-and-see mode. Meanwhile, if I wait too long to give the Clintons a send-off, it will seem not only gratuitous — which would be fine, that’s what I’m going for — but also stale. The bad taste of the Clintons lingers on enough, though — like the acidic after-burp from my lunch in Mexico yesterday — that it still seems a bit relevant.

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


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KEYWORDS: clintonfoundation; crookedhillary; cultureofcorruption; nomoreclintons
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To: Rummyfan

That self absorbing intro makes me want to pay money to avoid the link to have to read more.


21 posted on 11/19/2016 11:59:37 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: LUV W; Kathy in Alaska; beachn4fun

22 posted on 11/19/2016 12:03:13 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

I know..I wouldn’t mind falling with their money.


23 posted on 11/19/2016 12:04:12 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: katana
Yeah, once I looked it up it made perfect sense.

"Remora, also called sharksucker or suckerfish"

Remora

24 posted on 11/19/2016 12:10:19 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Stosh

“remora bride” was pretty good too.


25 posted on 11/19/2016 12:11:46 PM PST by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: madprof98

The Clintons are in decline, not because of the National Review, but in spite of their best efforts to prop Herself up.

A binary election, the choice between two diametrically opposed points of view, also means that disparaging one means that the other is acceptable. And Herself was NEVER acceptable, on so many levels.

With nothing left to offer, the Clintons, like the Jimmy Carter era, are left to molder on the dust bin of history, a footnote indicated by an asterisk.


26 posted on 11/19/2016 12:12:21 PM PST by alloysteel (Je suis deplorable.)
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To: ealgeone
I know..I wouldn’t mind falling with their money.
Unfortunately for them, many of the people who gave them the money want it back, and don't really care how they get it.
27 posted on 11/19/2016 12:12:27 PM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: vmivol00; All

A news-clip guide to the last 15 years of U.S. history

Bush’s attempt to destroy the Left, too little, too late, FAIL

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-01/enhanced/webdr03/9/9/anigif_enhanced-buzz-21886-1389279458-4.gif

The Left reborn under Bush, to give us Obama, and then came Trump

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-01/enhanced/webdr07/9/9/anigif_enhanced-buzz-28582-1389279378-10.gif?output-format=mp4

Took over 30 years to do it, but over time the demise of the Left in both parties...

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-01/enhanced/webdr02/9/9/anigif_enhanced-buzz-1420-1389279441-16.gif?output-format=mp4

And thus the fate of the House of Clinton and Bush too

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-01/enhanced/webdr06/9/9/anigif_enhanced-buzz-31044-1389278392-9.gif?output-format=mp4

And the pillars of the Leftists in both parties were outed, and came down one by one...

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-01/enhanced/webdr03/9/9/anigif_enhanced-buzz-21794-1389278307-3.gif

The Left from both parties’ bridge to the future

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-01/enhanced/webdr07/9/9/anigif_enhanced-buzz-28603-1389278483-0.gif?no-auto


28 posted on 11/19/2016 12:13:09 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: Rummyfan

——great white beast: Bill Clinton — and his remora bride, Hillary.-—

Now that is great writing. In spite of his failure to note the Trump beacon beckoning around the danger, Jonah did get his words about the Clinton’s right.

What does one do to return to grace?


29 posted on 11/19/2016 12:18:55 PM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Does America still have lots of safe closet?)
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To: Stosh

Also the Michael Moore simile and the reference to Big Bill pole testing Monica were hilarious.


30 posted on 11/19/2016 12:23:26 PM PST by p. henry
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To: Rummyfan

If one renews their subscription to Nation Review it is also time to check into a mental hospital.


31 posted on 11/19/2016 12:24:02 PM PST by georgiarat (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Volttaire)
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To: Rummyfan

The bulk of the column is about “the little things.” You know, the countless little lies.

No, it wasn’t. It was the abortion. The crony capitalism. The jihad. The genocide.

In other words, there isn’t EVER going to be an “honest” pro-abortion, globalist Democrat.


32 posted on 11/19/2016 12:24:07 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: Rummyfan

Get a real job Jonah.

And shave while you’re at it.


33 posted on 11/19/2016 12:25:38 PM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V):)
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To: katana

Good one, describes Hillary perfectly.


34 posted on 11/19/2016 12:31:14 PM PST by Jane Austen (Nimrata "Nikki" Haley hates America, welcomes radical Muslims)
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To: Grampa Dave

Get any 10 Clinton speeches for a penny!

-PJ

35 posted on 11/19/2016 12:31:14 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Rummyfan

The Clintons ARE the Cuckoo's Nest!

36 posted on 11/19/2016 12:33:35 PM PST by luvie (I love the troops. That is all....)
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To: Rummyfan

Why not enjoy a relaxing cigar while you contemplate the absence of a market for your pseudo-con never-Trump uniparty rag?


37 posted on 11/19/2016 12:37:23 PM PST by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: bert

Perhaps when one has egregiously sided with the enemy nothing less will serve that to go to war against that enemy.

And not with mere words.

There will be war with Islam throughout Europe very soon. If this dipsh!t and his cronies truly desire to be let back into the fold let them go earn it.


38 posted on 11/19/2016 12:39:32 PM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: Rummyfan
I was thinking about this when I was raking leaves today.

This has got to be (for right now), the biggest gift Donald could have ever given us.

I am still staggered at how close we came to losing the republic.

Thank You Lord.

39 posted on 11/19/2016 12:39:37 PM PST by onona (Keeping the faith will be our new directive for the republic !)
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To: Rummyfan

Ok...Jonah can KMA...

There are some real Clinton zingers in the the article...


40 posted on 11/19/2016 12:39:57 PM PST by Popman
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