Never Assume


Here in Kalamazoo, back in January, my friends were divided between Kucinich, Edwards, and Obama-- not a single Clinton supporter, though none of them had anything "against" Clinton. She was simply second or third choice, all of us preferring other candidates for reasons that had nothing to do with gender or "hating Hillary".

Back then, I felt a little sorry for her. I had questions about her electability-- she was going into this with at least a third of the country despising her, not just distrusting her, and I thought the Hillary-haters, however misguided, were too big an obstacle. It was clear that the Republicans were slavering for a chance to run against Hillary.

Her parsing of words, dismissal of the obvious, and squirming around the rules have only made things worse. Now I'm a Hillary hater, too. This kind of self-destruction by a candidate is more complex than simple irony. I don't even know what to call it.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I also do not trust her. She brings a lot of baggage with her and from her past dealings and failures......
No way should she be the VP. The stupid comments about Obama possibly being killed in office put her at the bottom of my list.
What to call her self-destructive behavior /// bi-polar manic-depressive ??? at the top of the world one minute and into the depths the next.....
Sigh, Dee Ann

Anonymous said...

Considering her hay-day in the 1960's, as a terrorist, torturing disadents, and being a psychopath, the thought of H.Clinton in the Oval office is a chilling scenario!
An untrustworthy wench, and psychological relative to the the Bush clan, don't think the presidency would have much hope for an improved future?

Michael Fountain: Blood for Ink said...

All the more reason to have her on our side-- psychopaths who are well-organized enough to vote almost always go Republican. We've had a sociopathic administration in control of this country for the last eight years, and one look in Lindsey Graham's eyes will make it clear that Democrats need to close the batshit crazy candidate gap.

Wayne Allen Sallee said...

Christ knows where our country is going, Mike. I don't like talking politics, but I think, in certain ways, you have to live in Illinois to get the whole Obama picture. You just can't get it from FoxNews. Regardless, this is the last election, right? Mayans still have the Old Ones showing up in 2012, or did I miss the memo?