while driving home tonight, NPR aired a story about the issue of electability for the democratic presidential nominee. the surprise of the story was that a group of experts was polled and they were evenly divided about whether barack obama or hillary clinton is more electable in a general election. i'm not a political expert (i'm not even a registered democrat - i lean libertarian if you must know), but i am probably more in touch with the goings-on of politics than most people i know and all i can think is: anyone who thinks hillary clinton is more electable than barack obama is nuts. simply put, REPUBLICANS HAVE AN EXCEPTIONAL, IRRATIONAL, RALLY-ROUND-THEIR-CANDIDATE HATRED OF HILLARY CLINTON. this hatred trumps everything else in terms of electability. republicans will rise up and rally for john mccain, coming out in greater, stronger numbers than they would against barack obama. republicans thrive on hate and fear - and those are the exact qualities that are most awakened (awoke? waked up?) when hillary is mentioned. obama as the opponent doesn't energize the republican base the way hillary does. and seeing as i'm no fan of this current administration or the current state of the republican party, i wholeheartedly hope that obama is the nominee come election day.
btw, wanna have some fun? find a staunch republican, casually bring up hillary clinton, and watch them squirm and get angry. then, ask them why they hate her so much. i've done it multiple times and no one has EVER had an answer. it's like they've all been brainwashed to hate her... but don't know why.
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it's the same as with her husband - the only reason i've really ever heard for why my republican friends hate bill clinton is monica lewinsky which is what the republican hate machine wanted everyone to feel - so sad how easy it is to brainwash america.
but i too am very much in preference of obama over hillary, and admittedly it's b/c she stood and has stood by her man thru all of his sexcapades in order to further her political career. i understand the motives certainly, but i don't see as much strength there as i would've had she told bill a long time ago to have his hooch scented cigars while she'll take their daughter and run.
of course, had she done that, she more than likely would not be in this position today.
dirty politics indeed.
that's funny - with the recent spitzer stuff reminding me of the past, i said to christine, "ya know, i bet if hillary told bill to f off ten years ago, she'd be in a better position today." i was hopeful america would appreciate her pride and dignity... but perhaps i was being naive.
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