Why is Hilary Clinton such a boogy-man to the freepers?

Virginia Dare

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Thu Jul-20-06 08:49 AM
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Why is Hilary Clinton such a boogy-man to the freepers?

Seriously, why is she such an affront to their existance? Afterall, she is one of the most friendly Democrats out there to big business. She's not exactly a snow-white dove frothing-at-the mouth liberal, at least as far as I'm concerned. Face it, she ain't no Ted Kennedy.

I don't get it.

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Sweet Freedom

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Thu Jul-20-06 08:51 AM
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1. She's a powerful female

and they don't like women having power :shrug:

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raccoon

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Thu Jul-20-06 08:52 AM
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2. I'd say it's because she's a woman. nt

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unpossibles

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Thu Jul-20-06 08:52 AM
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3. powerful women are scary

Edited on Thu Jul-20-06 08:52 AM by unpossibles

to them - add to that the popularity of her husband's terms, and I think you have an answer: she represents everything they fought to bring down, or so they have been told by Rushanniteilly.

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Virginia Dare

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Thu Jul-20-06 08:55 AM
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4. That's one thought that occurred to me...

that the right-wing hatemongers have to have a nemesis, and somehow they decided it would be her, because they didn't have Billy-boy to kick around anymore, in other words, it was just a continuation of the Clinton name-brand?

They've built her up to be some sort of cartoonish monster, it's utterly ridiculous.

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NNadir

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Thu Jul-20-06 08:55 AM
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5. She's a boogy-woman for many people, right and left.

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MemphisTiger

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Thu Jul-20-06 08:56 AM
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6. It's because she's a Clinton, any chance they have

to bag on a Clinton they will.

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Jimbo S

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Thu Jul-20-06 08:56 AM
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7. The good ol' boys

Edited on Thu Jul-20-06 09:00 AM by Jimbo S

prefer their women quiet and in the kitchen.

How dare a woman have strong opinions, courage, conviction!

On edit: to the above posts - the hatefest for her began during the '92 campaign. I think their hatred is more due to being a strong woman than it does her last name.

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wyldwolf

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Thu Jul-20-06 08:59 AM
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8. let me rephrase the question the way a freeper might

Why is Hilary Clinton such a boogy-man to the left?

Seriously, why is she such an affront to their existance? Afterall, she is one of the most friendly Democrats out there to socialist causes. She's not exactly a snow-white hawk frothing-at-the mouth moderate, at least as far as I'm concerned. Face it, she ain't no Joe Lieberman.

I don't get it.

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Virginia Dare

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Thu Jul-20-06 10:07 AM
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17. Touche...

personally, I'm sort of ambivalent about her. I can't get excited either way.

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Lasher

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Thu Jul-20-06 08:59 AM
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9. Because they're afraid of her

They were afraid of Bill, and for good reason. They figured they had a lock on the presidency. Bill not only proved them wrong about that, but he also set standards that's showing up the current and former Republican president as the dismal failures they truly are. Their fear and resentment of Hillary is primarily on account of association with Bill, at least initially.

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seafan

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Thu Jul-20-06 09:00 AM
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10. She's a Clinton, she's a strong & assertive woman, she's a Democrat.

This pretty much catapults them into a foaming rage.

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leesa

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Thu Jul-20-06 09:04 AM
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11. To keep the illusion alive that there is a difference between the DLC and

the GOP.

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AtomicKitten

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Thu Jul-20-06 09:12 AM
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12. now here's where you insert "name recognition" legitimately.

The Rs have a short attention span.

They are still using epithets like "communist."

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zbdent

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Thu Jul-20-06 09:48 AM
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13. Because there's a D at the end of her name ...

look at they way they coddle Mannthrax Coultergeist ... who is a filthier, skankier media whore far worse than any reichwinger ever tried to portray Hillary as ...

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jonnyblitz

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Thu Jul-20-06 10:13 AM
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19. yup, and I believe DLCers only dislike Bush because he has

Edited on Thu Jul-20-06 10:14 AM by jonnyblitz

an R after his name. if he was a DEM they would be singing his praises. :hide:

but I digress...

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zbdent

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Thu Jul-20-06 11:36 AM
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22. you stumbled in your regression, er, digression

I remember that we all JUST TOTALLY LOVE EVERYTHING THAT HILLARY DOES here at D.U. ...

I remember a guy in a parking lot (early 90s) just totally throwing out the latest bile from Oxyrush that she was sleeping around with everybody in D.C. ... contradicting his assertion that she was a lesbian ... I asked him what proof he had ... he just had his Rush-inspired hatred ...

Oh, and don't forget the ongoing love-fest of Joe Lieberman here ...

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OneBlueSky

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Thu Jul-20-06 09:50 AM
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14. $$$$$$$$ . . . ka-ching . . . n/t

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The Gunslinger

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Thu Jul-20-06 10:02 AM
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15. Its all a set up

They want to swift boat her and anger the Dems so they blindly back her to strike back at the rightists.

But they are smart enough to know that she has a snowball's chance in hell's chance of winning the presidency. And if that freak chance happens, they have a Pro-big business hawk as president, which is almost as good as a rightist anyhow.

They want nothing more than for her to run for President.

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Sam Odom

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Thu Jul-20-06 10:05 AM
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16. Please don't throw me in the brier patch

They would love to see HRC as the '08 Dem nominee

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Virginia Dare

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Thu Jul-20-06 10:11 AM
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18. Do you really think so?

I think that may be part of their fear, is that if she were the nominee, she'd be unbeatable. She'd blow everyone away in raising funds. What can they say or do to her that hasn't already been done? I think once the true Hilary comes out and the moderates in this country realize that she's not the monster she's been made out to be, she will be a very powerful candidate.

She's probably down near the bottom of my list for choices, but I wouldn't go into a deep dark funk if she became President the way I would if we ended up with say, any of the Republicans out there.

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Sam Odom

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Thu Jul-20-06 10:16 AM
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20. Her negatives are too high

The hardest thing for a candidate to do is lower their neg poll #s

We need a southern strategy to win.

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Virginia Dare

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Thu Jul-20-06 10:18 AM
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21. Well...

she is the former first lady of Arkansas!

:rofl:

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Skittles

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Thu Jul-20-06 12:12 PM
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23. freeper bastards detest strong women

they like their women to be stepford wife clones like Mrs. bush

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tabasco

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Thu Jul-20-06 12:43 PM
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24. Their hatefest reached a crescendo when Clinton was prez.

You know how they love to hate.

They just couldn't stand all the peace & prosperity.

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