How to Oppose Hillary
by Patrick Ruffini :: February 20th, 2007 9:03 amYesterday’s New York Times seems to be speaking in forked tongues on the subject of Hillary Clinton. On the one hand, her critics are more marginalized than ever. But don’t worry — those left behind are just as hate-filled as ever:
To judge by conservative talk radio, Mrs. Clinton appears to be the most reviled politician in the country. But others in the conservative movement say it is easy to be deceived by what is on the airwaves and by the marketing of anti-Clinton paraphernalia, books and movies. (Among items on sale at conservative Web sites: “No Way in Hellary” barbecue aprons; “Hillary Scares Me” baby onesies; and buttons that say simply “Hillary Hater.”)
For every conservative who says Mrs. Clinton will feel the wrath of the movement’s grass-roots organizers later in the campaign, particularly if she becomes her party’s nominee, another expresses doubt that Clinton foes can ever be revved up as they once were.
Some of her former antagonists say that terrorism and war have made the political battles of her husband’s administration — gay men and lesbians in the military, the White House travel office, Monica Lewinsky — seem remote, if not trivial.
And:
“She is the designated devil,” said David A. Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union, whose Conservative Political Action Conference next month in Washington will showcase assorted anti-Clinton T-shirts and gear.
So, the NYT stokes the flickering embers of “devil” Hillary “hatred,” never even considering that conservatives may have better reasons to reject Hillary Clinton, namely her full-on embrace of cut and run.
The only ones still stuck in the ’90s are the Clintons. Hillary is now campaigning openly for a retreat in the face of radical jihadists. That’s what matters today. Based on the waning of the conspiracy-minded Hillary-bashing of the ’90s, conservatives seem to get that.
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