There is a phenomenon these days known as Hillary Derangement Syndrome, which characterizes people who are consumed with hatred of Hillary.
Alexandra Petrilli of the Washington Post read all the Hillary Haters’ books and wrote a summary of the theories that animate those who see Hillary as the essence of evil: a witch, a devil, a robot.
It is pretty funny. She must be a super-powerful woman to inspire so much fear and fantastic theorizing. Must be her Wellesley education.
The scary thing is that hard-core, far right Republicans who worship hate media and distrust everyone and everything else will read this and accept it as if it is gospel. Trump will probably even quote from it at the last debate as if it is a fact. Then he will grope her on stage to prove she’s a robot and isn’t human. When he discovers she is a real woman, he’ll blame her for his groping her without warning, because she’s a witch and cursed him.
LLOYD, I had the same thought, that the alt-right would read this as validation of their loony views.
Very amusing. It wasn’t Hillary that got Scalia. I must confess that I am the culprit. Two weeks before Scalia’s death, in a moment of feeling frustrated with Scalia’s intractable obstinance and knowing that the public union membership case was on the docket, I stated to my husband, “I wish Scalia would just shuffle off this mortal coil.” Two weeks later, it happened. It must have been witchcraft!
I cross posted the Washington Post article at http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/The-hideous-diabolical-tr-in-Best_Web_OpEds-Clinton-Campaign_Fear_Hatred_Hillary-Clinton-161017-685.html#comment623332
with this comment which as embedded links at that address
I was born in 1941 and have seen a campaign or two; nothing compares to the ‘both sides now,’ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/18/opinion/both-sides-now.html?_r=1 media coverages that has promoted outright hatred and blurred truth with false equivalencies, and the ‘lesser of two evils,’ meme!
The medium IS the message as McLuhan predicted, and the killery-shillary level of rhetoric is as ANTI-AMERICAN democracy as anything I hear from ‘trumpsters.’ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25955.The_Medium_is_the_Massage
I never much liked Hillary, finding her cold and part of the insider pathology of Washington. Her connection to Bilderburg troubled me, but that did not stop me from learning about her when she became the Senator from NY. She did a good job.
This IS America, albeit not one that I remember, and after all , to be fair,I actually researched to see her accomplishments, beyond war-mongering & eating babies! I watched the PBS Frontline piece, “The Choice,”, http://www.pbs.org/video/2365848966/
where veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk goes beyond the headlines http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/think-know-clinton-trump-new-documentary-gets-inside-candidates-past-lives/
to investigate what has shaped these two candidates, where they came from, how they lead– and why they want one of the most difficult jobs imaginable. (From this great documentary I learned more about what shaped her, and what shaped Trump ( his cold father and mother, Roy Cohen and Norman Vincent Peale) That Frontline history of the 2 candidates is fascinating.”
I tried to seea summary of the policies that she espouses (not that I believe anything that ANY political says on the stump. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/hillary-clinton-believe-candidate-stands-10-issues/
And then, just saying… I wonder what would the Headlines be, if Hillary said this! http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/sunday/if-hillary-clinton-groped-men.html?ribbon-ad-idx=3&rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=origin
John Oliver says that we are voting for the lesser of 4 evils: DT, HRC, GJ and JS. He rips the shreds out of the 3rd party candidates, especially that incredible loon, Gary Johnson. GJ is bizarre beyond words. HRC is by far the lesser evil, she is not equal to Trump. Jill Stein is polling at 2%+. After this nauseating election cycle is over, Stein should attempt a run for the senate or the house; or run for mayor of her town, that’s how Bernie Sanders started out. The Hillary haters believe that Hillary is the same as or worse than Trump and that she’d start WWIII.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-oliver-third-party_us_58047859e4b0162c043cbdaa?section=&
So glad you posted this. Never in history has their been media so powerful, or an echo chamber for haters like the internet. If she were a man and groped me…
IF HILLARY GROPED MEN
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/opinion/sunday/if-hillary-clinton-groped-men.html?ribbon-ad-idx=3&rref=opinion&module=Ribbon&version=origin