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Hillary Clinton: Fairy Princess
Sunday, May 4, 2008
“Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.”
—former President Bill Clinton, Jan. 11, 2008 criticizing Barack Obama’s claim he opposed the Iraq war.
Slate is correct when they say the real “fairy tale” is the pretense that Hillary Clinton has a chance of winning the nomination.
“So, please, let’s stop pretending there’s much suspense about who the nominee will be. As an arithmecrat, I will not consider anyone the winner until a candidate achieves 2,025 delegates. But neither am I obliged to believe Hillary Clinton has a plausible shot. She doesn’t.”
If Obama’s rival were anyone other than Hillary Clinton, would the professional punditry and the eastcoast media elites even give her the time of day? I think not.
17 Comments
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The talkingheads make me sick. I don’t even bother watching cable news now. They’re like a broken record chanting, “What Hillary can do to still win,” or, “Hillary’s latest metric.” Her campaign has been dead for weeks, if not months. Admit it, fold up the tent and go home. Obama is the rightful nominee and it’s OK to admit it.
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I’m glad someone is saying it.
In any race for political office, you have a winner and a loser. Both candidates can’t win.
When did we cross the threshold where admitting Obama is so far ahead in delegates won that he’s unstoppable became a pox on every American woman and the legacy of Hillary’s campaign? It’s just how the cookie crumbles.
For someone who flies around on her broom claiming to be so tough, Hillary sure has a problem accepting the logic of her defeat.
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On the merits, Barack Obama has been an elected legislator longer than Hillary Clinton. He ran for and was elected to, the Illinois senate from 1997 to 2004. This was followed by his election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004 winning 70% of the vote. He has 11 years as a lawmaker compared to Hillary Clinton’s 8 years in the U.S. Senate. I know it’s become part of Hillary Clinton’s campaign to say she has “35 years experience,” but on the merits, this claim doesn’t hold water. You don’t get credit for being married to a president and having teas with visiting heads of state. As far as the satin pillow the media has sewn for Hillary Clinton to ride around the country on, I think the only reason she’s given this special treatment is because the Clintons decided to remake the Democratic party in their image. The problem is, the Clintons never grasped how unhappy the American had become after 8 years of Bush/Cheney and this unhappiness manifested itself in a profound need for change. I mean real, bottom up change and this is why the American voters have embraced Barack Obama.
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All I know is, I detest this woman and I want her to get the hell out of Dodge. The Clintons have become a destructive force.
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I was such a big Bill Clinton supporter. I always was.
Now I wish he would just shut up.
And her too, but I fear that the forces and powers that be foist them upon us.
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I think one reason the media won’t let Hillary go is job security. As long as there are two Democratic candidates they can call it a horse race. Everyone knows this isn’t a horserace. It’s Obama in the lead and a nasty, angry, and bitter Hillary trying to tear Obama down. It’s a circus.
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Obama won Guam.
He won Guam by 7 votes. How many of you Obamaholics want to bet the Borg Queen will send her surrogates out to say, “Guam doesn’t matter?”
Yep, I hate her.
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Ha!!! So true! Hillary needs to abandon her delusions and let Obama commence stomping McCain.
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Take heart all you Obamaholics.
The final state race is over in another month and I predict if Clinton loses her ass in Indiana, she will have no choice but to suspend her campaign and support Obama.
If she doesn’t, Hillary will return to the senate less popular than Joe Lieberman.
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Aunt Peg, you’re right. I have to admit I liked the Clintons and respected their campaign until they went with the “kitchen sink” strategy.
Now now. Not ever again.
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Hillary Clinton is a Republican, and the corporate media want the Democrats to nominate a Republican. That’s why Clinton is getting a pass.
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I love the art that you posted….I am sick of how the media spends hours and hours every week lamenting HOW she can win…it is disgusting…..I missed Meet the Press- Obama is the WHOLE hour…..and it is re-run at 6pm…..I am sick of the clintons…and their antics….it needs to end….I am hoping and praying that Indiana and NC really send a messege…
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Did you read about Hillary’s so called “nuclear option”?
She may be planning to push to have the Florida and Michigan delegates seated and simply FUBAR the whole nomination process in order to get her way.
You can read more about it on my site, at Huffingtonpost, or Raw Story.
If you ever disliked Hillary before this will absolutely make you despise her fat ass!
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Hillary’s “nuclear option?”
Well, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised but I have to wonder if she’s running to be the nominee or the most hated woman in the Democratic party?
Maybe in Hillary Clinton’s case, there is no difference?
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Hey there all- go over to Booman tribune - NEW early voter numbers are up for NC ( I am not sure where he go the numbers- exit polls? ) take a look…they are very interesting- HUGE numbers turning out to vote…
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I still blame the media for their willingness to parrot Hillary’s baseless claims.
But I know why they are doing it…they want the race to ‘continue’ as if there is some endpoint that will happen. As if Hillary could actually win.
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The reason they keep making it seem like Hillary can actually win is because they know she could try to pull off some big dirty trick and get the nomination - pull out all the stops and somehow convince the superdelegates to vote for her, and get Michigan and Florida seated. It is a long shot, but I think the thing is, no one puts anything past the Clintons. And neither do I…it scares me to imagine what they may do.
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