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In reply to the discussion: You won't see Hillary Clinton in the same light ever again [View all]greatlaurel
(2,004 posts)The attempted character assassination of Hillary Clinton is following the same pattern back to Hubert Humphrey. It is just another tool in the right wing kit bag to stop progressive candidates. The only way we can not win in 2016 is for the liberals to be fooled by the right wing into attacking our own candidates. I had to laugh the other day when I saw on DU someone posted that they would prefer Al Gore to HRC running in 2016, because he was more progressive than she is. I remember all the so called liberals screaming about what a corporate hack Gore was in 2000. By failing to fully support Al Gore, the left gave the right wing cover for the theft of the 2000 election.
The attacks on HRC here seem a strange mix of right wing talking points, ignorance of the platform she ran on in 2008 and misogyny. We need to win elections. Perfect is the enemy of good. There is not one candidate that can successfully rise to the level of running for president that does not have some sort of issue that compromises their purity.