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Hillary The Feminist
Rich Lowry has more thoughts about Hillary's past.
Distasteful though it might be, Democrats would be well-advised to revisit Bill Clinton’s personal scandals from the 1990s, not for what they say about Bill (we already know all that), but for what they say about the political character of Hillary. She was present at the creation of the Clinton “ultimate fighting” style of politics. As George Stephanopoulos recounts in his memoir, when he and James Carville discussed creating a central clearinghouse for attacks during the 1992 campaign, Hillary quickly grasped the idea: “‘What you’re describing is a war room,’ she said, giving us both a name and an attitude.”
During Clinton’s campaign and presidency, the war room got its truest test in beating back allegations of Bill Clinton’s infidelities. The strategy was to deny no matter what, and if the allegations had merit, persuade the woman involved to lie about them or, if she didn’t comply, destroy her. Hillary the feminist pioneer was an adamant supporter of and participant in this approach.
Her enabling of the trashing of other women is why its relevant to her, and not just him, and it's why the Swift Grope Vets will play a pivotal role in the campaign.
I think that the nineties are over, and that they won't be able to get away with it any more. The Geffen dust up is just the beginning.
Posted by Rand Simberg at February 27, 2007 12:44 PM
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Posted by John Breen III at February 27, 2007 12:51 PM
I can see that you missed on very big aspect of the Clinton Presidency, the unmasking of the "feminist" wing of the Democratic party. As women were being preyed on by a serial sex harrasser, the silence was deafening. It's not about equal rights, fighting the patriarchy or even jobs and money, it's about making sure that someone who supports abortion remains in the White House. Hillary will be stanch supporter of that so there will be NO problems whatsoever with further bimbo eruptions.
Posted by K at February 27, 2007 11:18 PM
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