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May 16, 2008 at 11:46:47
Rehabilitating Hillary Clinton by SDrobny Page 1 of 1 page(s) |
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With the exception of Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, every Democratic candidate since 1968 has presented a platform that did not represent their base. Clinton and Carter won in years that the Republicans self-destructed. In Carter's case it was Watergate. Clinton was fortunate to have Ross Perot peeling votes from "pappy" Bush. He never got a majority in either 1992 and 1996. The Republicans understand this and have always first appealed to their base because they know that those are the votes that they need to be elected. However, the Democratic leaders are more like the Republicans than their constituents because they are mostly rich and powerful people who have no clue about their base support. That is why the Democratic Party has run its campaigns appealing to the center, the DEAD enter. Using a sports metaphor, it is like a team playing not to lose.
The jury is still out on Barak Obama as to which approach he will use in the general election against McCain. As a change candidate, he has the opportunity to level the playing field because he gets most of his support from small donations coming from his base. He has the opportunity to win a landslide victory if he does not move to the center. His campaign is based upon change and any overt move to the center by him will be easily perceived by his millions of supporters as a betrayal.
Hillary ran in 2000 as a DLC Democrat supporting the death penalty and strong national security. Her vote supporting the Iraq war in 2002 was a calculated decision to advance her candidacy for President. That vote was clearly against the base of her party. It was an illogical vote because had the war been successful, Bush and the Republicans would have been enormously popular which would have decreased the likelihood that she or any other Democrat could win a presidential campaign against a Republican in 2008. On the other hand, had she voted with her base as many of her colleagues did in 2002, she would be the candidate in 2008. Success in the Iraq war was not her ticket to the White House. That left the door open for the insurgency candidate, Barak Obama.
How many losing elections will it take for the Democratic leadership to understand the old biblical quote from Proverbs 11:29: "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart." Hillary's path to rehabilitation would be to stay in the Senate and support with all her heart the base that she abandoned when her husband became President. There are many illustrations of politicians who have been written off only to come back with intelligent, forthright, and sincere representations of their constituency. In order for Hillary to find her "voice" as a Democrat she must listen to the right voices that represent the base of her party and the rational approach to governing based upon principal and not politics.
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tell the American people what they really need to hear
Anyone who would tell the American people what they really need to hear would never be elected. We are going to have to raise taxes, cut spending, and become responsible people if we are to continue as a democracy. How could anyone win by telling the American people this. by Michael Chavers (53 articles, 0 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 198 comments [5 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 16, 2008 at 4:20:20 PM  (0+)
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The premise here makes no sense. The problem is not that
Hillary has unfortunately strayed, & needs merely to make a few adjustments in order to be "rehabilitated." The problem is that she's demonstrated beyond all possible doubt that she's unfit to hold high office. She's a liar, a narcissist & a sociopath, remarkably similar to Bush. She doesn't have a principled bone in her body. You can't "rehabilitate" that condition. One might as well speculate about how Bush can be "rehabilitated." Also, in the final sentence where you speak of Hillary finding "her voice as a Democrat" -- there isn't any such thing. The notion of a "Democratic voice" has lost whatever meaning it might once have had. It doesn't mean Paul Wellstone anymore (& he of course was an outlier, in no way representative of the party as a whole). It means the likes of Tom Daschle, the Clintons, John Kerry, Terry McCullough, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, etc -- who collectively not only failed to stand up to the threat the Bush regime posed to US democracy, but didn't even try to do so. by Richard Mynick (2 articles, 4 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 1552 comments [255 recommended, 5 rejected]) on Friday, May 16, 2008 at 5:01:56 PM (0+)
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Hillary and Bill are Sociopaths.
The are habitual and conscienceless liars. Haven't they had their day? Yes, they have considerable charm, but they are basically crooks. by John Hanks (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1762 comments [39 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 16, 2008 at 9:01:05 PM (0+)
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Rehabbing Us-- We need it.
Hillary and Bill Clinton did more for this country than anyone in the past forty years taking us back to the Nixon Administration. They have been treated like trash by both the narrow minded Liberal Left Wing and the narrower minded Right Wing. Chris Matthews has made "Hardball" just plain "Cornball" with his diatribes against Senator Clinton in show after show while much to my dismay, Olbermann sounds much like Bill O'Reilly as he continually attacks her, but never to her face when she is on Countdown. He has lost my respect. I expect the unfairness on Fox News, but I hoped MSNBC would be different. Nope, just another corporate media hack station. I want Obama elected, but I am afraid this is just another pipe dream from the Gene McCarthy era. How stupid can we be? I want more for the Republicans not to have eight more years and not replacing at least two more SCOTUS judges as we are losing both Stevens and Ginsburg than for any particular candidate, but Obama was the weakest of the four Democrats. Yes, how stupid can we be: hike our leg, urinate in her face and expect her people to support us? Wow! Now Hillary act like a submissive little woman and support those who hate you with vigor or you can stay home and bake cookies. Phil by pratliff94 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 972 comments) on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 10:08:20 PM (0+)
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