En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 LONG read, but well worth it and very interesting + insightful... "Clinton’s unpopularity is a big problem and her email controversy helps recycle a quarter-century of anti-Clinton drama. S.V. Date Senior Political Correspondent, The Huffington Post ASSOCIATED PRESS Presumptive Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton’s email server controversy has helped Republicans recycle the scandals from husband Bill Clinton’s presidency in the 1990s. PHILADELPHIA ― Donald Trump bragged not long ago that he could shoot someone dead on New York’s Fifth Avenue and his supporters would still love him. The boast was meant to illustrate the loyalty of his fans. But if the Republican nominee truly wants to know how such a charge can affect a political career, he could just ask Hillary Clinton. Murdering someone with a gun is just one of the things Clinton has been accused of over the years by her political opponents, who have attacked her for such things as profiting from insider information in the commodities market, enabling husband and former president Bill Clinton’s infidelities, and, more recently, mishandling the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. A quarter-century of drama involving the former first lady brings her to a remarkable threshold: on the doorstep of becoming the first female American president, despite being seen as a villain by a sizable segment of the population. “There’s a narrative here, and it’s a real narrative, and she hasn’t dealt with it at all,” said David Winston, Republican pollster and former aide to Bill Clinton-era House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) “The challenge for her is the things that have happened recently that are feeding into an existing storyline.” So ingrained is the anti-Hillary sentiment, crossing party and demographic lines, that even those too young to remember anything about Whitewater or “Troopergate” know it’s cool to dislike her -– even though they may not be quite sure why. A private person by nature, Clinton responded through the years by throwing up even more barriers against outsiders, her supporters say, culminating in the decision that led her to use a private email server to handle her official communications as secretary of state. A November 2011 email to her top confidante stated it best: “I don’t want any risk of the personal being accessible.” Winston said the email controversy has hurt Clinton because it gives critics an opening to re-litigate the headlines of the 1990s, making them seem relevant even for younger voters. “Does the entire 18-and-over universe remember the ‘90s?” Winston asked. “No. But the political discourse that is occurring in the news media does remember them.” And that, in turn, has made distrust of Clinton permeate across the country and across the political spectrum ― from undergraduates at the University of Virginia just before the state’s March primary who said they couldn’t trust Clinton without really being to explain why, to the female 34-year-old Republican National Convention delegate in Cleveland last week who was not sold on Trump, but said Clinton was out of the question. “Obviously I don’t think she’s trustworthy. I mean we saw what she did in Benghazi,” said Utah’s Kendra Seeley. In Florida, meanwhile, a recent Quinnipiac University poll showed that Clinton had fallen behind Trump by double digits on the question of who was more honest and trustworthy. Among those in the Sunshine State who don’t trust Clinton is the 19-year-old college sophomore son of Barbara Cady. “’No one likes her, Mom.’ So I’ve been told,” Cady said Monday as she walked Center City Philadelphia with fellow Clinton delegates from Florida. She added that her son could not really articulate his reasoning. “He has no idea. And he’s a political science major.” Clinton’s weakness in the polls has led many Republicans to grouse that their party had managed to nominate the one candidate with an even worse public image than Clinton’s. Even a senior White House aide privately noted the irony, describing the coming contest as a battle between two unlikable 1970s sitcom characters: “It’s Maude versus Archie Bunker.” Disliked From The Start Being disliked is nothing new for Clinton. She entered public life as the wife of Arkansas attorney general Bill Clinton, not long afterward becoming that state’s first lady ― and immediately attracted criticism for keeping her maiden name, Hillary Rodham. When husband Bill ran for president in 1992, her image problems continued. An irritated interview response justifying her decision to pursue a career ― “I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas.” ― brought a quick backlash, followed by a cookie bakeoff with then-first lady Barbara Bush. Republicans at first didn’t worry about the Clintons, believing that a draft-dodging womanizer had no chance of defeating a World War II Navy pilot who had successfully prosecuted the Gulf War against Iraq and had sky-high approval ratings. Please read the rest here: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57969600e4b0d3568f84486d/comments Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre 10,480 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 To that people, enjoy Trump! ❝Is not blue, not turquoise, not lapis. It's actually cerulean❞. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinneyUnderYou 0 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 #NeverTrump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andres Miller 206 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 My antipathy towards Hillary has NOTHING to do with Trump. It has everything to do with Hillary, her history, the DNC, and their corruption. I won't be shamed into voting for her either. Never Trump, but Hill no. Trump is a bigot who has no political history to prove his worth, Hillary has a history to prove why her presidency isn't a good idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,888 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Or, maybe it's her and her families history of being douchebags to the same people she's trying to pander to this year. Shes got a lot of problems, this isn't some all of a sudden hate train. This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
politicqxs 358 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 It's not that difficult to articulate the antipathy.. The abrasive harridan never fails to impress giving up sodomy and moving to 🇦🇪 converting to ☪ and marrying four girls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, Licq said: It's not that difficult to articulate the antipathy.. The abrasive harridan never fails to impress YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS get his sexist ass together Queen!!! Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilMonst3r 5,681 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Lmao people Been hating Hillary dont try to make it sound like people are just aimlessly throwing hate at her without the proper reason. She is not the candidate the PEOPLE wanted she is the candidate that the government chose and they made sure there was no chance for her rivals. Even after an unpresidented number of people wanted to choose Bernie Sanders. She also just had Bernie Sanders endorse her but then she hires the woman who was plotting against Bernie I know the lady worked with Hillary in 2008 but whay that Lady did was shady and what Hillary did was dirty. Furthermore proving that she is crooked and from the beginning she this whole election was rigged in her favor. #BernieIn4Years #HillaryCelebritySheeps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
politicqxs 358 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 1 minute ago, En_Sabah_Nur said: YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS get his sexist ass together Queen!!! She was just being typically racist giving up sodomy and moving to 🇦🇪 converting to ☪ and marrying four girls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 8 minutes ago, FATCAT said: Or, maybe it's her and her families history of being douchebags to the same people she's trying to pander to this year. Shes got a lot of problems, this isn't some all of a sudden hate train. I know, it started at the very beginning of her public life... Funny how a lot of the controversies that surround her always seem to appear before a major event in her public life! Emailgate happened a week or two before she announced she was running for President, or how this current controversy involving the DNC emails just happened so conveniently right before the Convention... Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, Licq said: She was just being typically racist Lmao! Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, myluis617 said: Lmao people Been hating Hillary dont try to make it sound like people are just aimlessly throwing hate at her without the proper reason. She is not the candidate the PEOPLE wanted she is the candidate that the government chose and they made sure there was no chance for her rivals. Even after an unpresidented number of people wanted to choose Bernie Sanders. She also just had Bernie Sanders endorse her but then she hires the woman who was plotting against Bernie I know the lady worked with Hillary in 2008 but whay that Lady did was shady and what Hillary did was dirty. Furthermore proving that she is crooked and from the beginning she this whole election was rigged in her favor. #BernieIn4Years #HillaryCelebritySheeps He lost by almost 4 million more votes!! #DelusionalMuch? Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
politicqxs 358 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 1 minute ago, En_Sabah_Nur said: Lmao! Watch how BLM dies when Hillary or Trump ascends to power. giving up sodomy and moving to 🇦🇪 converting to ☪ and marrying four girls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 4 minutes ago, Licq said: Watch how BLM dies when Hillary or Trump ascends to power. 🙄🙄🙄🙄 Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaLuna 12,732 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 She's still the only option to defeat Trump. So what's it gonna be? And to those who are planning to vote for a third party, you might as well just vote for Trump, because it's basically the same thing. You have the right to use your vote however you want to, but just know that if Trump is elected and sh*t hits the fan (which you know damn well it will), then it's on you. I'm not saying Hillary is perfect. Far from it. She definitely has skeletons in her closet. But she's also the lesser of two evils. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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