Daily Revolt

August 26, 2007

Chicago Tribune: 'A Vast Army of Professional "Hillary Haters"'

I watched Chris Matthews and his panel today gush over Hillary and her toughness. It wasn't very objective, but played into the hands of the Billary campaign machine. If these were real objective reporters they would know that its part of the strategy of the Clinton gang to portray her as tough; believing that polls show woman aren't tough enough for the job of President. It is also part of their strategy to reintroduce the myth of a vast right-wing conspiracy against the Clintons that we first heard about during the Billary White House days:
Today's front page of the Chicago Tribune carries the story "Vast army of 'Hillary haters' has claws out." Written by Tribune national correspondent Jill Zuckman, the article cites a handful of people and organizations opposed to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's White House ambitions:
Armed with new technologies and fueled by animus, they are bent on preventing "four more years" of Clintonism. Every old charge, it seems, is being repackaged and sold as new. Every rumor is given a new, blog-stoked currency.

Correspondent Zuckman writes of the "venomous opposition" to Mrs. Clinton:
Ever since she uttered those famous words about staying home, baking cookies and holding teas rather than fulfilling her professional goals, Clinton has been a magnet for passionate criticism.

Ms. Zuckman quotes an advisor of another Democratic presidential candidate:
"There's clearly a sliver of the right wing in the country that's unhinged over both of the Clintons. Their hatred is simply pathological," said Jim Jordan, who is advising Sen. Christopher Dodd's presidential bid. "I'm sure some of these kooks look back at the Clinton White House as the good ol' days - they were energized and relevant then."

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