Yup.
I heard something like this from the despicable Tom DeLay, I think -- that as beaten down as the Republican party is these days, nothing would cause the party to unify than a Hillary Clinton nomination. Apparently, someone purposefully put together "before and after" photos to suggest she had taken some Botox -- but switched the after and before. (e.g., the "before" was actually her as a younger woman.) Andrew Sullivan is very often a twit, but he sums this up pretty damn well:
Just so the Democrats understand, this is nothing compared to the avalanche of anti-Hillary trivia and bile that will be unleashed if she gets the nomination. It may not be fair, but it's a reality. If the Democrats want to save the Republican right, if they want to reboot the entire VRWC, they know what to do. Support Clinton.
Sad, but true. I can't see any reason I won't end up supporting Barack Obama, but I also have a pretty strong anti-HRC vote in my pocket, for several reasons, including this one.
I have a million reasons not to support Obama. I think right now he's a creation. An idealistic one mind you, but a creation. I've heard nothing yet that makes me think he'd be able to handle running the country. He's just too raw.
ReplyDeleteI hate to tell you, but there isn't anyone running right now that the Republicans wouldn't be united against. We'll be united against Obama if it's him. We'll be WAY united against Edwards.
ReplyDeleteIf Democrats wanted to disunite the Republicans, they could nominate Joe Lieberman.
Having said that, if it's Hillary, we're going to hit her with everything in the book. And it's a long book.
I think you are underestimating the fact that every Republican candidate is supporting the Iraq policy of our president besides Ron Paul and potentially Chuck Hagel. Ron Paul's popularity is not a myth (though he's obviously not a viable candidate) but there are going to be a lot of people who would have never voted for Kerry in their life who won't want to vote for a McCain or Giuliani or Romney, who all seem to insist that our Iraq strategy is fine and ignore the fact that 55-60% of the country is now convinced we're on the wrong track. Not saying things won't change in Iraq by next November - god, I hope they do -- but all of these guys seem to want to jump on the train of support Bush had in 2004, and that train just doesn't exist any more. (See: Immigration bill.)
ReplyDeleteSo the question is, will the good old American prejudices against the possibility of a president being African-American or Gyno-American overcome the dislike of the boiling toilet of death called Iraq that we're flushing our military down ... OR will people say, "Well, I'm not prejudiced but..." (Always the clue that a completely prejudiced statement is about to follow) And then conclude that while THEY have no problem about a woman or a totally inexperienced (but seriously intelligent) black man, but "no one else will vote for them" and therefore, I'm cassandra-ing that John Edwards will be the candidate, will beat the crap out of the Republicans (even with Bloomberg now declared as an Independent), and will turn out to be a damn fine prez. (Fred Thompson? Will Dick Wolf give him the writers so he can continue to have "gravitas?")
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