Huh. I’m getting a sense that Mrs. Clinton is a polarizing figure, even among Democrats. Maybe the party would best be served if they nominated someone that wasn’t as polarizing.
I think the level of emotion is also very high because the Kerry candidacy was so disappointing, and Hillary appears to have many of the same vulnerabilities. It would be nice if the party learned a lesson or two from its failures.
I think people might need to grasp the fact that Hillary is just UNLIKABLE. I can’t stand the shifty non-gender-specific-insulting-noun. If a poll told her that most Americans would vote for her if she started dressing like Capn Crunch, you’d see her out there in an admiral’s hat the next day.
Then there are slurs that only perplex, like “motherfucking faggot…”
[aside]I could be wrong, but I think the proper phrase is “cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.” I mean, how can you build a bridge out of water, I mean besides an ice bridge, but you don’t cry ice unless you’re Hila…damnit.[/aside]
Oh, screw “likeability”! I don’t like Hillary either, but can’t tell you why. I can tell you what particular points of her politics I don’t like (too “centrist”, triangulated, Republican Lite…)but can’t tell you why I don’t like her.
I also have to admit that I like some people I shouldn’t, I know some amoral assholes that would sell a blind man a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring, that I like. Don’t approve of them, just like them. I also know any number of perfectly nice people who I cannot stand.
Remember “who would you rather have a beer with - Bush or Gore”? Gee, that standard of judgement sure served us well, didn’t it? Gore is boring. I didn’t used to like boring. But after eight years of really interesting times, I’m totally ready for some boring.
She is scrutinized as much as any other candidate. They all have microscopes up their asses as you put it. If she gets more negative press than the other candidates then it is because there is more to write about. The media would love to get juicy stuff on McCain or Obama. They are whores, they don’t care who they fuck. She could have easily removed that microscope herself. When she chose to run she chose to insert it.
But I can tell you why I don’t like her… I think she’s as crooked as the day is long.
she doesn’t ask for it by being Hillary Clinton, she asks for it by actively courting it and not letting go once she has it. Why are we STILL hearing about that asinine “pimping” remark after the guy apologized and was suspended? That’s right, because Clinton has to keep bringing it up into the spotlight for another couple inches of newsprint with her name on it.
Okay. And she’s still indulged because…?
You seem to be under the impression I’m defending her. I’m not. I voted for Obama and will be sincerely disappointed if he doesn’t get the nom. This isn’t about that. It is, as I said, just like Brittney Spears. And Paris Hilton, and Lindsay Lohan and Amy Winehouse and Mel Gibson, and… insert name here of any other weirdo papparazzi addicted celeb who just can’t seem to stop intentionally screwing themselves for fun and profit if a camera is pointed their way, but everyone swears up and down they cannot stand to look at one more time. We like train wrecks. They’re fun. The schedenfreude seems to be hardwired into our systems.
Sure. It’s a two-way street. But I’m not going to feel bad for her or think she’s being treated unfairly when she’s intentionally dishing it out in as big a portion as the media can fit on their plate.
An anecdote that amused me: I’m an Obama supporter. My wife and I were watching 60 Minutes last night (first story was Obama, second was Clinton). In the middle of the Clinton story, I exlaimed, “Gah, she’s so incredibly awful!”
My wife sorta took offense and was beginning to get huffy, when I replied, “No, it’s not Clinton that’s awful. Katie Couric is just mind-numbingly terrible!”
Fortunately for me, my wife agrees.
Speaking of people who have had microscopes up their ass…
Sir, I’ll have you know that there’s nothing up my ass that didn’t get there via digestion. And I haven’t been eating any microscopes lately. 
I was referring to Katie Couric’s televised colonoscopy a few years ago. Kind of an obscure refernce, I guess.
I think he got it and was making a further joke.
Yow. Thanks for the clarification; though I was just joking back. If I was aware of that at some point in the past, it’s been permanently wiped from my memory. And I’ll endeavor to do a similar thing again now that you’ve brought it up.
It’s not clear to me which is worse: Couric’s televised colonoscopy or when Reagan’s polyps were plastered all over the front page. shudder
I got it.
I didn’t, but for the first time in years, after I had a joke explained to me, I laughed.
Regards,
Shodan