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In one of the odder transformations seen this primary season, some of the harshest critics of Hillary Clinton are now championing her candidacy with great gusto. Kristol seems to lead this pack of concern trolls from the vast rightwing conspiracy, but we’ve also seen Rush Limbaugh, Joe Scarborough,and Karl Rove among others rush to her defense. And then last month’s bizarre endorsement from her once arch nemesis Richard Mellon Scaife.
In this clip from yesterday’s Fox News Sunday Kristol rallies to her side saying, “She is a better candidate than he is. “
And Kristol continues today in the NY Times:
I normally don’t claim to speak for other members of the vast right-wing conspiracy. After all, we’re each nefarious in our own, individual way. Indeed, we often disagree with one another.
But I do think I can speak for most of my fellow right-wingers when I say this: We once looked forward with unambivalent glee to the fall of the house of Clinton. Many of us still do. But we also see the liberal media failing to give Hillary Clinton the respect she deserves. So, since we conservatives believe in giving credit where credit is due, it falls to us to praise Hillary.
Of course, the disdain for all things Clinton has not lessened one iota among these people. The annoying clucking sound we hear is only Republicans savoring the prospect of Democratic discord, their only real means to retaining the White House.
Filed Under: Fox News Sunday/Chris Wallace, Hillary Clinton, NY Times, Neocons/PNAC, Right Wing Pundits
Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Kristol, Hillary Clinton, NY Times
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Bingo.
just in time that the GOP talking heads start talking her up. Now maybe even the “uneducated” voters will pick up on this…
The “Right” wants Hillary to get the nom. because they believe they can beat her.
They fear Obama.
Ewww, if Kristol thinks you’re good, you better check yourself into a mental instution! He’s getting creepier and creepier…
Of course they like Clinton, she’s shown she’s just like them. Obama’s honesty and independence, on the other hand, scares them shitless.
Kristol is on board with Limbaugh:
Screw the World! Riot in Denver!
They just want to promote disarray in the Democratic Party. The media is eating up. Despite the dissent of folks like Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Thad Cochran, etc., who had vowed never to support McCain, it is the Dems who are falling apart.
More blabbering from the chickensh!t, chickenhawk, warmongering, coward. Why does this useless specimen get space?
Why are Neo-cons campaigning for Hillary Clinton?
I have to wonder whether or not the Neo-cons and the Centrist Democrats have some kind of secret power sharing agreement.
And don’t the Obama supporters suck it up.
Blame her for disunity in the party that’s not there, except for the most hard-core who play by repugs talking points whether they know it or not.
“So, since we conservatives believe in giving credit where credit is due…”
HOOEY. and BULLSHIT.
… no more than they believe in taking responsibility for wrongs…
A totally expected editorial perspective on the Wright speech today from Fox News: http://www.skewz.com/link/link.....n=comments
However, the comment here is interesting. Is Mr. Moody offended by Hagee’s remarks about the Roman Catholic church which were much more pointed and direct? It seems not. This seems to be an example of selective outrage to advance a very specific political agenda.
Otay @ 1:
I think it’s more a case of them seeing Hillary as “sensible” (see: selling out to Health Insurance interests, threatening Iran with genocide) than them trying to split the vote. In the eyes of the conservative, a triangulating centrist is far preferable than a slightly-left-of-center figure. Not to mention, of course, the fact that Obama will likely have a stronger influence on Congressional elections as the nominee.
Of course at this point, the Neutral Progressive Blogosphere™ has to keep pretending that Hillary and Obama are exactly the same people with slightly different names. Keep on reachin’ for that rainbow, dudes.
I think the Repubs have given up any realistic hope of holding the White House this year. They are rallying behind Clinton because they know it will give them a better chance in 2012. One Clinton term would be more than enough to energize the right wing base like McCain never could. An Obama presidency on the other hand, would not engender nearly the same knee-jerk rage that Hillary does.
Hillary attended fundraisers thrown for her by Rupert Murdoch and was endorsed by his New York post. She attended editorial meetings with Richard Mellon Scaife and was endorsed by his Pittsbugh Tribune-Review.
Should anyone be surprised that Kristol is in her corner now?
News Corpse, The Internet’s Chronicle Of Media Decay.
I like the frame you chose of Kristal to post for this entry. It looks like he got smacked in the face….not that I’m advocating violence.
Finnigan @ 5:
You mean like JFK’s run, Carter’s run, Clinton’s run?
repugs favorite tactics are god and country, so if Obama is the candidate he will be the target of propagandizing about flag-pins, national anthems, Michelle’s “anti-American” comments, Wright’s “anti-American” comments, his Islamic father, his “funny” middle-name etc.
Hillary’s already used to and familiar with the reichwing’s tactics.
Hillary is generally considered more hard-core liberal than Bill, and less likely to compromise like Obama.
The right thinks they know how to defeat Hillary. If they can’t, it’s no big deal as she’s really one of them. Obama, on the other hand, is a wild card. Elected mostly by small contributors, he’s a danger to their way of doing business. They fear him.
Of course the reichwing also want Hillary to run so they can bring up Monicagate, and all the phony baloney scandals of the 90’s against her.
ysbaddaden @ 17:
By whom? And if it’s someone you know, can you ask if they’ve seen her voting record?
Also, again, threatening to kill everyone in Iran.
That is exactly right. The campaign that they would run against Obama will reveal them as the racist party. That will set them back even more.
bob @ 18:
Wow.. way to say the same thing I did.
Hmm maybe it’s reverse psychology. They really want McCain to face Obama so they talk up Hillary expecting and getting the kneejerk reaction. Either way Bill Kristol has made an obvious statement of fact: despite a lifetime of dedication to the Democratic party she sure doesn’t get any respect here.
Travis @ 20:
The Neocons call it the New World Order; the Centrist Democrats (like the Clintons) call it Globalism.
Same meaning different word.
So, Bill, was your country happier and more prosperous ten years ago than today? Yes or no?
Bill? Bill?
It was, but you weren’t.
Getting to the nub of the issue, I think.
so hillary is “already used to and familiar with the reichwing’s tactics”…
then, if nothing else, i’m quite ready for some NEW trash talk…
i’m really really really sick of the clinton baggage…
A vote of support from these buttworms is like getting Hilter, Jack the Ripper and Al Capone to do tv ads for you. Sciafe has funded almost every rightwing think tank(bullshit factory) that you would care to name, the world will be a much better place when that eggsucker dies. As for bloodless bill, stay off our side ,you smell of skunk and Iam not sure which end Iam looking at. CEO
I think we easily forgot that Falwell himself came out and said only Satan himself could get a disillusioned GOP populace out to vote better than Hillary Clinton. When Rupert Murdock is throwing campaign fundraisers for her, when Rush, Coulter, and Kristol are pining for her, what the hell do you think this means? They are even having Republicans vote in the Dem primary to prop her campaign corpse up. They simply NEED her to get their voters out. Come general election every one of those @ssholes will be firmly behind McCain. They’ll fabricate some reason or another…
Boy, with friends like this Hillary doesn’t need enemys.
the more i see of these type of endorsements, the more i realize that hillary is our next president.
and that’s not a good thing.
CEO,citizens,eyes,open @ 27:
The loser leaders that we had in the 90s are trying to cling to power through proxy.
We got poppy pulling W’s strings and now we got Bill trying to rule through his on again off again wife.
Rush Limbaugh, Joe Scarborough,and Karl Rove among others rush to her defense. And then last month’s bizarre endorsement from her once arch nemesis Richard Mellon Scaife
….fearin’ the black man….
It’s amazing that his photogenic smile hides such egotistic evil.
We are so lucky that Cheney only has a callous smirk.
It’s maddening but Clintons wins from Texas on are all from gooper mischief and Reagan racists that wont vote for her in the fall. The problem try telling that to Clintonistas. As pathetic a candidate as McCain is, he will be a favorite against Hillary.
And yes, there’s always time to throw in the “liberal media” lie…
YourMom @ 33:
The man is the PR spokesperson for the Illuminati.
Name Required @ 28:
Absolutely, and I hope the superdelegates are watching closely.
If Hillary was ahead, the Republican concern trolls would be praising Obama.
It’s all about sowing that discord.
moondancer @ 34:
Odd conclusion that. According to today’s AP-Ipsos poll she shows a nine point lead over Obama against McCain
20 Travis
No one source, but various reviews of insider books by those who worked in the Clinton Whitehouse. Bill kept trying to reach across the aisle.
Her reputation for stubborness came from her attempts at medical reform, as well as an unfortunate secrecy. She knew her opponents would try to shoot it apart point by point if that’s how she released it, but releasing it complete made would-be supporters felt ignored.
Plus like Social Security “reform” it was a lightening rod.
Haulin’ Oates @ 30:
i agree!… but my comment is about your name… made me smile big…
my kids are adults now, but when growing up i would play “name that tune” with them while they were captive in the car listening to radio…
my son was in jr. high (and way more into punk than mom’s rock-n-roll) when we both found out that he had thought, all that time, the name of that band was: “Haulin’ Oates”… we still get a giggle out of that one…
ok… sorry ’bout the OT…
just, thanks for the funny memory…
The rightwing nut jobs know the only way McCrazy can win is if he runs against Hillary. Repugs are betting that if she gets the nod, one of the largest blocks of the democratic party will stay home and thats the black vote. She will also lose a good portion of the youth vote who will go for a third party like Nader. She will also lose a portion of the anti-war progressive part of the party to someone else. A good chunk of raygun dems will also go for McCrazy. This is the perfect storm for repugs to keep the white house for the next four years.
Kristol’s an idiot & a confirmed liar! Re: HRC ~ boo frickin’ hoo, besides, you don’t get respect you earn respect.
The bad news for HRC, she won’t get my vote. The good news, she won’t need it, after hearing some right wing radio recently & limbo & hannity going after mcbush, either Obama or HRC will easily beat mcbush in the general election imo, he’s that bad of a candidate!
Did I mention Kristol’s an idiot.
37 YourMom
Actually Hillary has been running a very traditional Democratic run for office, winning large states strong with unions, blue collar, women and older voters.
Older voters traditionally are more reliable in turning out than the younger voters.
But she was blind-sided by states jockeying so fiercely to have the first primary and caucuses, and fully expected the nomination to wrap up well before Texas as customary.
Although Obama seems to have run a more Howard Dean 50-state approach, in many ways he echoes the Rove tactic of sweeping up a large number of smaller states.
diamondmc @ 42:
Recent polling would seem to indicate otherwise. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....7543Ws0NUE
ysbaddaden @ 9:
perhaps they would rather beat obama because he can be beat!
That these people are becoming so blatant and transparent is an indicator of how bad things are. The neo-cons have planned for Clinton to be the Democratic candidate. The fact that Bush himself tapped her as the Dem’s choice should have been an alarm that the Republicans were up to something and they don’t care if you know it. The supreme arrogance!
I still think they were behind Kerry’s nomination in ‘04. Now he’s tied himself around Obama’s neck.
Yeah yeah, hand me my tinfoil hat and I’ll wear it proudly. The only thing that will surprise me now will be if we have a President Barack Obama inaugurated in January with all this skullduggery going on.
what liberal media is he talking about? CNN? Huffington Post? FOX?
They don’t want Obama to be the candidate because they can’t hurl race bait at us because they’ll be labeled bigots. It’ll be tougher to slur Obama because one whole area of attack is out of bounds.
This clown and the entire us media should be under criminal investigation.