What Hillary Should Have Done...

[ihavenobias]

What Hillary Should Have Done
By Cenk Uygur

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/what-hillary-should-have-_b_88242.html (clicking the link provides the full article with hyperlinks in an easier to read format)

Here are the slogans Hillary Clinton should have based her campaign on:

* Hillary Clinton: Battle-tested
* I have scars because I've been in the fight
* We've got a fight on our hands and I'm the fighter you need in your corner
* Actions speak louder than words (she has briefly used this one)
* I've been taking the fight to the bad guys for the last 35 years
* I have hope born of experience, a hope we can achieve

One of Hillary Clinton's main problems was that Barack Obama was so damn likable. They should have Karl Roved him by turning his biggest asset into his biggest disadvantage (as they did to John Kerry's service in Vietnam).

They should have said that everyone liked him because he never got into the ring, never fought hard for his side, never took a swing at the opposition, never got his uniform dirty and never got tested in the heat of battle. This isn't Pop Warner; this is the majors. And in the majors you have to fight hard enough for your side to get the other team's attention. If they like you, you must not have done anything to upset them.

Does Barack Obama want to hold hands with Karl Rove and Dick Cheney and sing kumbaya? Are those the guys he wants to get along with? The last thing we need is someone who is going to play patty-cakes with these Republicans. We need someone who is going to roll up their sleeves and clean house -- the White House!

Instead she has gone on this strange negative campaigning binge over the last couple of days because they saw they couldn't catch up to Obama by playing nice. But if you're going to play dirty, you have to play it just right. Any misstep and you're going to turn everyone off. And that's exactly what it looks they've done now.

The random angry diatribe about a campaign mailer that's been around forever and now mocking Obama's message of hope looks as desperate as it clearly is. You don't attack hope; that makes you look like you are wishing against people's dreams and aspirations. It makes you seem like a grumpy old man telling people they'll never get the government they want. No one wants to vote for someone who tells them, "Stop dreaming, young man."

There is a way to attack Obama and not attack his followers. Tell them you want the same things for our government and our country, but you know how to fight for them. If Barack had fought for any of these changes, wouldn't he have gotten his nose bloodied at least once by now? Why haven't the Republicans attacked him? Because he poses no real challenge to them and the way they do business!

The Republicans can't stand Hillary Clinton because the Clintons have been kicking their ass up and down Capitol Hill for the last 15 years. They don't mind Barack because he is not a threat to them.

If you're going to go negative, that's the way to do it. But luckily, it appears to be too late for that. I say "luckily" because I don't believe what I've written above...(for the rest, click the link at the top)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. I agree with much you write, but not this:

The Republicans can't stand Hillary Clinton because the Clintons have been kicking their ass up and down Capitol Hill for the last 15 years. They don't mind Barack because he is not a threat to them.



I seem to have experienced a totally different history. Term 1, Bill was on the ropes, especially the first two years, going down in a spectacular fashion. Part of the fix, and change, was show. Getting rid of that young girl who did the cartwheel as press secretary was a good start. In comparison, Dana Peroxide is a mature, deep, thinking individual with an incredible education.
Adding some weight, heft, experience to staff also helped.

Triangulating, and poll watching became the passwords. There was no fight with congress, (except Hillary's disastrous health care fiasco) there was triangulating. What pissed off the GOP was that he was stealing their platform. It also pissed off some democrats mighty bad, too.

His second term, starting off with a few problems, went down because of his own personal behavior. I don't care what people do in private, married or single. I do care when the White House Oval Office is a place for a quickie, and I am as liberal as they come. (-7.33 & -8.01) His orgasm was more important than the decorum of the office, and it was like a cattle prod to a giant herd of buffalo with open spaced ahead. He accomplished little or nothing, and even an attack on Osama Bin Laden was quickly turned into a Wag the Dog Scenario.

As for her senate actions, she has had no notable legislation that she wrote, pushed through and convinced others to follow. She was in the back of the herd, watching how others voted, and seeing how the wind blew. Leadership, my ass.

I agree they can't stand hillary. Hell, many of us on the left CAN'T STAND her either, sometimes for the same reasons.

[ihavenobias]

2. 2 Things(!)

1)-I didn't write this, Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks did. www.theyoungturks.com

2)-I hope everyone clicks the link in the original post and reads the entire article, not just the excerpt I posted. But notice at the end of the expert Cenk wrote this: "If you're going to go negative, that's the way to do it. But luckily, it appears to be too late for that. I say "luckily" because I don't believe what I've written above..."

[CherylK]

3. I for one am glad she did not use these tactics! n/t