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To: TARADO96 who wrote (6132)1/13/2008 9:48:28 PM
From: miraje  Respond to of 149317
 
I am a libertarian and have no dog in this presidential hunt. That being said, I have to agree with those who think that Hillary Clinton will be bad news for the Democrats in the general election. Obama is the type of person who would be gracious in defeat. Can't say the same about Hillary. I agree with the sentiment expressed below...

Richelieu: Hillary Meets the Press
January 13, 2008 • By Richelieu

A truly overpowering cocktail of narcissism and intellectual dishonesty mixed up by Hillary Clinton on Meet the Press this morning. Depressing to think that such slipperiness has apparently become the essential talent required of a wannabe president, but after watching Tim Russert try to wrestle this sophist octopus for an entire hour it is clear Clinton has an Olympic talent for it. The problem is that her cynicism is totally transparent and very off-putting for all but the most slavish zombies of feminist identity politics. This morning's long display of nasty stares, parsing, mad cackles, and shameless re-invention of history cannot have done her much good. If Clinton can indeed defeat Barack Obama for the nomination, Republicans will be lucky to face her in the fall.

weeklystandard.com