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Hillary Clinton Declares 2016 Democratic Presidential Bid
An anonymous reader writes In a move that surprised no one, Hillary Clinton has officially announced she is entering the 2016 race for the White House. According to the Times: "Ending two years of speculation and coy denials, Hillary Rodham Clinton announced on Sunday that she would seek the presidency for a second time, immediately establishing herself as the likely 2016 Democratic nominee. 'I'm running for president,' she said with a smile near the end of a two-minute video released just after 3 p.m. 'Everyday Americans need a champion. And I want to be that champion,' Mrs. Clinton said. 'So I'm hitting the road to earn your vote — because it's your time. And I hope you'll join me on this journey.'"
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(A little bit of drool drips out of mouth)
(Gets modded +5, Insightful by other droolers)
Hillary is pretty much poison to any Republican candidate. They already can hardly go 5 minutes without putting their foot in their mouths about women, immigrants or God. Sometimes all three. Hillary will bludgeon ever male candidate with her vagina until they just can't help to say "rape babies are God's punishment for Mexicans," or dumb[-ass shit like that. Admit it, that would not sound the least bit out of place coming out of the mouth of any likely Republican candidate. The only chance the Republicans have would be to nominate a female candidate who's not Carly Fiorina or Sarah Palin. Condoleezza Rice would be a good option and also the only other female Republican I can think of off the top of my head. I see some of you starting to point at some members of the Fox news team, but those are actually animatronic characters that get shut down and put back in the closet at the end of their daily news cycle.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
After almost 7 years of implications that I'm racist when I disagree with the surveillance and foreign policies of the current administration, I can look forward to now being called a sexist instead!
Free at last!
Whatever one party comes out with, the other party has to approximately match. Think of it as weight class in sports. That keeps it at least mildly competitive. Hillary has a lot of baggage so the Republicans now must choose someone in the same weight class, which means a candidate as detestable as Hillary. Then the public can complain about how bad the candidates are but at least there candidate is not as bad as the other.
Personally I'm hoping that we see Bush III vs Clinton II, only so the public can see how silly and corrupt the whole thing is.
Vote third party or don't bother.
I registered democrat in 2008 specifically to vote for Hillary, because the 'pubs couldn't field a viable candidate to save their lives, and I felt that HIllary would at least be entertaining, in a tawdry, back-room-deal sorta way. Since then it's been fairly apparent that she doesn't really have a clue about foreign policy, and sees positions of power as a goal for its own sake, with no idea what to do with it when she gets there. A Hillary presidency is something we would be talking about for decades to come, and not in a good way. I especially look forward to a spectacular melt-down at some press conference.
So yeah, go HIllary. If nothing else, her administration would be something to remember, should we survive it.
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
I'm going to vote for Hillary because....she isn't overly corrupt and she's not bat shit crazy.
That's quite a ringing endorsement.