Re: Campaign 2016 Part XVI: KICK THE BABY!
Never go up against a Clinton when death is on the line.
You have to be at least 45 to remember the 80s when the Democrats used to get mowed down by Lee Atwater and his GOP ilk because they'd respond to negative ads by sniffing about trusting the voters to reward them for taking the high road. That's the world the Clintons came of political age in, and the lesson they took from it is "nice guys finish last."
The difference between Obama and the Clintons is stark. Obama on campaign was a sushi chef, dispassionately eviscerating the Republicans to a Philip Glass score. The Clintons glory in it. "Crush your enemies! See them driven before you! Hear the lamentations of their women!" When the Clintons go to work on an opponent it's the "Stuck in the Middle with You" torture scene in Reservoir Dogs.
It's creepy, but if you did live through being continually punched in the face by the Republican Machine throughout the 80s, it is hella satsifying.
Never go up against a Clinton when death is on the line.
You have to be at least 45 to remember the 80s when the Democrats used to get mowed down by Lee Atwater and his GOP ilk because they'd respond to negative ads by sniffing about trusting the voters to reward them for taking the high road. That's the world the Clintons came of political age in, and the lesson they took from it is "nice guys finish last."
The difference between Obama and the Clintons is stark. Obama on campaign was a sushi chef, dispassionately eviscerating the Republicans to a Philip Glass score. The Clintons glory in it. "Crush your enemies! See them driven before you! Hear the lamentations of their women!" When the Clintons go to work on an opponent it's the "Stuck in the Middle with You" torture scene in Reservoir Dogs.
It's creepy, but if you did live through being continually punched in the face by the Republican Machine throughout the 80s, it is hella satsifying.
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