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DeepModem Mom

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Wed Sep 9, 2015, 10:12 PM Sep 2015

New from #HillaryMen: The Sad, Sisyphean Struggle of Hillary Haters (Morning Joe, Dowd...) (HILLARY GROUP)

Writing for Politico, Jack Shafer explains why he thinks “Being a Clinton apologist is a hard life.”

Which got us thinking: what must it be like to be a die-hard Hillary hater? Obsessing over one of the most accomplished and resilient public figures on the planet? How depressing and demoralizing is it to latch onto fabricated scandal after fabricated scandal, only to have every one fade away?

How frustrating is it to expend so much time and mental energy bashing, bashing, bashing, only to have Hillary come back stronger than ever?

And how awful is it to be on the wrong side of women’s history, to help reinforce the gender barrier that prevents women and girls from realizing their full potential?

We’re not talking about fair-minded critics and principled political opponents. They have every right to disagree with Hillary and to dislike her if they're so inclined. We’re talking about haters, people who have a pathological need to savage Hillary.

Think of the self-righteous rants on Morning Joe, the seething vitriol of Maureen Dowd, the feverish swamps of rightwing trolls. Think of the reporters and pundits who mindlessly repeat Rove-funded frames and narratives, hoping to taint Hillary’s public image, to sully her character. Think of the Republican and conservative operatives who have tried in vain for over two decades to silence her.

Read the terms they use to describe her, which we've chronicled in painful detail:

“Machiavellian, Lovecraftian, slithering, monstrous, imperious, musty, petulant, paranoid, stale, scornful, regal, devious, deceitful, abnormal, acting all innocent, disingenuous, egregious, crafty, sketchy, seamy, Faustian, robotic, queenly, suspicious, unsavory.”

Then look at this beautiful and happy picture of Hillary and understand why we pity those who devote their lives to verbally assaulting someone who never did anything to harm them and whose biggest sin is simply being who she is, a woman of pride, joy and power....

http://bit.ly/1Qpte4h via #HillaryMen (Tom Watson and Peter Daou)

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New from #HillaryMen: The Sad, Sisyphean Struggle of Hillary Haters (Morning Joe, Dowd...) (HILLARY GROUP) (Original Post) DeepModem Mom Sep 2015 OP
Hillary knows what she is in for. She has been fighing made up scandals since before she was upaloopa Sep 2015 #1
The Hillary Men hit another one out of the park! greatlaurel Sep 2015 #2
Love the picture in the article. The kid is expressing it perfectly at the haters. LOL SunSeeker Sep 2015 #3
Thanks for this! BooScout Sep 2015 #4
I put it in GDP William769 Sep 2015 #5
Did you wear protection? BooScout Sep 2015 #6
Damn straight! William769 Sep 2015 #7

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
1. Hillary knows what she is in for. She has been fighing made up scandals since before she was
Wed Sep 9, 2015, 10:20 PM
Sep 2015

First Lady. She is a more dignified and a stronger person then any of her critics. What her haters don't realize is that they are helping to make her a better person. Who among us can take all the shit flung at her and remain standing? She has equanimity,

greatlaurel

(2,004 posts)
2. The Hillary Men hit another one out of the park!
Thu Sep 10, 2015, 01:50 AM
Sep 2015

That is a beautiful and genuine picture. We need this woman as POTUS! It will be a sea change.

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