In which we thank Mother Jones Magazine for services rendered.
No, really, guys. It's a *cooperative* effort, getting the GOP candidate elected.
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What does it take for Mother Jones to get a favorable mention on RedState, anyway?
Why, writing something useful, of course.
Did the Clintons Try to Whack a Cat?
By Stephanie MencimerHillary Clinton has what pollsters call high negatives, which essentially means that lots of people really don’t like her and never will. But her supporters have long argued that she is a formidable candidate despite these negatives because those numbers aren't likely to go any higher. As the theory goes, Americans are already well acquainted with the Clintons' dirty laundry—Whitewater, Monica, etc.—and as a result, any more mud slung at Hillary isn’t likely to stick. Unlike the less-seasoned presidential contenders, she's been through the mill, and is still standing. But if last night’s Washington premier of Hillary: The Movie is any indication, this particular case for Clinton the candidate is wishful thinking.
Created by the conservative political group Citizens United, the anti-Hillary movie makes the Democratic primary season look like a polite college-debate tournament. It hurls all the down-and-dirty opposition research her opponents have thus far declined to touch. Moreover, it doesn’t simply recycle the old anti-Hillary stuff; it raises a new slew of charges to spin the New York senator as a cross between Machiavelli and Lady Macbeth. The movie offers a preview of what the general election could look like should Clinton become the Democratic nominee. Despite far too much ranting by Ann Coulter and a few silly moments, the movie hits hard at Clinton’s weak spots and lands some solid punches that can’t be dismissed just because they come from the right-wing’s usual suspects.
Do you know, I hadn't even heard of either Citizens United or Hillary: The Movie before the magazine brought up either? Go figure.
Read on.
Speaking as a practical matter, I understand that while Mother Jones - and, by extension, most of the rest of the progressive movement - must be getting increasingly frantic over the indications that neither of their anti-Clintons are going anywhere, endorsing right-wing hit pieces isn't the way to go about winning the election...
What? Oh. Well, duh, of course Hillary The Movie is a right-wing hit piece. Break that down: it's certainly coming from my side of the aisle, and well to my right, as well (the Ann Coulter presence is, as we say, diagnostic). And CU ain't accusing the Clintons of killing people's cats and conducting prison interviews with former staff because they want to be on the couple's next Christmas card list. All conceded, and shoot, these guys probably would consider me to be some sort of squishy moderate RiNO who's not to be trusted at all, at all.
Which makes it fascinating that Mother Jones is so terrified of the inevitable nomination of Hillary Clinton - and, thanks to Barack Obama's careful blandness and John Edwards' willful refusal to accept reality, it is inevitable - that it is willing to try to use this group to stop her. Yes, yes, I understand the concept of "any weapon at hand" as well as the next gamer, but still. This favorable review and validation of Hillary the Movie will not go away after the convention*; and if Mother Jones doesn't expect the producers of it to use their own recommendation against them, well. I understand, I really do: it's scary, watching the avalanche come down. But they would have been better off trying to build up the walls erected to hold it off, instead of just trying to shoot at the oncoming snow and ice.
And what was this with giving props to Senate Majo... excuse me, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell? Were they not paying attention to the last year? The man's sole hobbies are apparently passing GOP legislation, blocking Democratic legislation, and making Harry Reid cry like a little girl...
Moe Lane
*Pack sunscreen and lots of spare water, ye Netrootian protesters. And watch out for altitude sickness.
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Single showings in individual Theaters. Not even in the most friendly of markets either.
If their purpose is profit I think they may have failed. If they want to influence people it needs to be spread wider.
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Getting it in non-friendly markets is kind of the point. In the friendly markets, they already know this stuff. When I heard it was playing in NYC, and selling out there, I was dumbfounded.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
... Teddy Roosevelt said about talking softly,but carrying a really big stick. We also know what kind of a stick Slick Willy carried. How did Monica describe it to her confidante? "More like a thumb."
Oh, the joys of a Clinton Presidency.
opposition research is going to twist Hillary Clinton into knots...these Democrat debates do nothing but swat her...we will be smacking her...dude you haven't heard of Citizen's United? wow.
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