The first thing that I’ll say is that it’s no insignificant possibility that I actually vote for Hillary Clinton. I would vote for her over Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, possibly Rand Paul, Michelle Bachmann, Sarah Palin, etc. In other words, she’s a safe, adequate choice among a backdrop of crazy moron. With regard to my thread, let’s dig in:
I’m not satisfied with the outer-most layer; I am compelled to dig deeper. Was Hillary’s 2016 presidential campaign announcement video significant? There has yet been a campaign announcement video of any similar import. This video was highly-touted, much-awaited, and carefully crafted to illuminate the core of the Clinton campaign strategy. I’ve already said it several times so I won’t repeat it ad nauseum (actually, I will); demographics, demographics, demographics…
On that note, some wonder about my use of the term “demographic fairy tales.” A fair point, so allow me to explain. The recession hit lower-class Americans the hardest. Among those lie the primary demographics Hillary is targeting—blacks, asians, and latinos. Yeah, whites were hurt too, but much less so. Hillary’s announcement video made a point of parading the stories of successful minorities. No mention that the recession has crushed minorities and how to affect that: a feast of happy-go-lucky-ism.
All, of course, a deliberate attempt to sharply contrast Hillary’s 2016 campaign (about the demographic coalition) from her failed 2008 campaign (about Hillary). The New York Times published an article analyzing the announcement video. Some snippets (bolding mine):
So, in reading on the opinion of the “experts,” one notices them drawing essentially the same conclusions I have re-iterated numerous times: this campaign will be as separated from Hillary as an individual (her history, her policies, her personality) as possible, will not actively seek the white male vote as it did in 2008, and will be a smorgasbord of demographic pandering quite apart from the reality of life for most minorities. This is the campaign of “demographic fairy tales.”
When I write on political campaign strategy, I use the terminology and brash verbiage of a campaign manager. You know, the type who might say, “I’ll have them niggers voting Democratic for the next two hundred years". I’m not going to engage in the cold-hearted analysis of modern political campaigning and try to appease the lightweights. I deign my reasoning and you do with it what you please. I believe this election will be waged on the terms of “demographic warfare.” If that term gets your panties in a bunch, read elsewhere. You’re a lightweight.
And for those who just looooove Hillary Clinton such that they enter the irrational paradigm of Hillary trumpeting, I leave you with the first (and thus most-liked) comment on Hillary’s own Youtube channel:
Oh, how the heart swells.