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In reply to the discussion: Is there trolling going on here in regards to Obama? Like [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Those are the ones that appear over-the-top critical, even visceral in their dislike of SoS Clinton.
I've also remembered the 2008 Rush Limbaugh call to discredit Senator Barack Obama dubbed: Operation Chaos. He told his minions to vote for then Senator Clinton and to go to "liberal" comment boards and proclaim the evil of Senator Barack Obama while acting like a Hillary supporter in order to help her stay in and win the primaries. So, based on those calls (other Conservatives made similar requests of their supporters) I believe a healthy skepticism regarding critical posts about SoS Clinton is necessary here, today, as well, since she appears invincible when pitted against any one of GOP candidates and they desperately want to take the White House back in light of Bader-Ginsberg's health and age, and the high age of Kennedy and Scalia, as well.
I'm not a huge Hillary Clinton fan myself. In fact, it was for her IWR vote that I refused to vote for her in the 2008 primaries. But I would still have voted for her in the general had she won. I'd never go on any Democratic Party message board or community board to announce that if she won the primaries, I would stay home. NEVER.
And as to the argument that SoS Clinton supports issues based on polling - although I doubt she'd use national polls and would review internal polls that are more accurate - I don't see it as a bad thing to keep a finger on the pulse of one's supporters, is it? As an aside - and I am by no means suggesting you're a Republican or a Republican supporter - until you mentioned it here on DU, I've only seen Republicans claim that Clinton governs by polls. That claim was constantly made as a blight against President Clinton all throughout his presidency.
The GOP machine isn't going to use a one-trick pony when it comes to elections. They use multiple attack methods. The War on Voting is just one tactic. Vote stealing is another. Discrediting their opponents is another. Infiltrating their Base's watering holes and spreading disinformation, is yet another.