Reply #59: But you can see from the reaction here meeting with Sheehan was stupid [View All]

No offense to nobody, but Cindy Sheehan's call to unseat HRC was never going to even dent HRC's re-election numbers. Senator from New York is a freaking safe seat for the Dems. The only way a GOPer could beat an incumbent Dem Senator is for the Dem Senator to sacrifice extra fluffy kittens to Satan on live TV.

There was no way HRC was going to win, meeting with Sheehan. HRC couldn't say "You're right, the war was a stupid idea," because she would loose all credibility in the "Dems need to be tough on Defense" sweepstakes - - and she'd admit how bad her judgment and leadership skills are. All HRC's vacuous non-answer does is p*ss off the base - - as you're seeing here. It gives them one more reason to vote against her in the primary, or even the general election.

All HRC had to do was to ignore Sheehan, and find somebody credible to praise her bold, courageous leadership on foreign policy (or defense or whatever). Then the base here would have been cheering HRC on for proving that Dems are strong on foreign policy (or defense or whatever) and anybody who posted something along the lines of "I notice she avoided meeting with Cindy Sheehan, though!" would look like a wing nut. They would be harshly reminded that Smirk is really the one at fault for the war - - and most folks would agree with that. Sheehan's case would be weakened without HRC having to lift a finger.

But meeting with Sheehan makes Sheehan's charges seem more legitimate. It makes HRC look more responsible for the war, not less. It makes HRC look like more of a hypocrite, not less. Meeting with Sheehan showed - - once again - - HRC is not ready for Prime Time.