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Enough with the Hillary cult: Her admirers ignore reality, dream of worshipping a queen
Salon ^ | April 21, 2016 | Camille Paglia

Posted on 04/21/2016 12:16:39 PM PDT by yoe

Clinton voters overlook money lust, shadowy surrogates, sociopathic policy shifts, horrific overseas record. Why?

As a lifelong Democrat who will be enthusiastically voting for Bernie Sanders in next week’s Pennsylvania primary, I have trouble understanding the fuzzy rosy filter through which Hillary fans see their champion. So much must be overlooked or discounted—from Hillary’s compulsive money-lust and her brazen indifference to normal rules to her conspiratorial use of shadowy surrogates and her sociopathic shape-shifting in policy positions for momentary expedience.

Hillary’s breathtaking lack of concrete achievements or even minimal initiatives over her long public career doesn’t faze her admirers a whit. They have a religious conviction of her essential goodness and blame her blank track record on diabolical sexist obstructionists. When at last week’s debate Hillary crassly blamed President Obama for the disastrous Libyan incursion that she had pushed him into, her acolytes hardly noticed. They don’t give a damn about international affairs—all that matters is transgender bathrooms and instant access to abortion.

(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary2016; hillaryarticle; paglia
Ms. Paglia's fantasy is not too far afield certainly with the under educated, misinformed, and groupie mentality, ie.e under age 55 and with few exceptions really civics challenged....a national brain dump.
1 posted on 04/21/2016 12:16:39 PM PDT by yoe
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To: yoe

yep


2 posted on 04/21/2016 12:23:45 PM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: yoe

I was stationed in upstate NY for 2 years. Most likely I’m more of a New Yorker than she is and I don’t even claim to be one.


3 posted on 04/21/2016 12:41:53 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: yoe
As a lifelong Democrat who will be enthusiastically voting for Bernie Sanders in next week’s Pennsylvania primary, I have trouble understanding the fuzzy rosy filter through which Hillary fans see their champion.

And if Hillary wins the nomination as she is likely to, she will no doubt "enthusiastically vote" for her in the general election.

4 posted on 04/21/2016 12:43:24 PM PDT by NJRighty ("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Of course I meant Hillary.


5 posted on 04/21/2016 12:43:26 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: yoe

Exactly... people who ignore reality and worship their favorite candidate as a godlike being are a threat to democracy.


6 posted on 04/21/2016 12:45:39 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: yoe
Hillary’s breathtaking lack of concrete achievements or even minimal initiatives over her long public career doesn’t faze her admirers a whit

Hearing her worshippers attempt to enumerate her barren list of "accomplishments" is entertainment unto itself.

7 posted on 04/21/2016 12:48:30 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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Hearing her worshippers attempt to enumerate her barren list of "accomplishments" is entertainment unto itself.

She's a woman for crying out loud, isn;'t that enough?

8 posted on 04/21/2016 12:49:42 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: NJRighty

“And if Hillary wins the nomination as she is likely to, she will no doubt “enthusiastically vote” for her in the general election. “

I don’t understand how Hillary is still in it. I know a number of hard core democrats and none, NONE, are enthusiastic about her.


9 posted on 04/21/2016 12:50:16 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

I’m more of a New Yorker than Hillary is, and my family left there in the 1890’s.


10 posted on 04/21/2016 1:13:56 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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And people who think we live in a democracy are a threat to the republic.

Oh wait. The republic is dead anyway...


11 posted on 04/21/2016 1:15:11 PM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (Three Percenter - Cruz/West)
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The republic is dead. Long live the republic!

Anybody wanna banana?

12 posted on 04/21/2016 1:21:18 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: yoe

They have no idea of the truth about her because the media conceals it. Probably out of fear.


13 posted on 04/21/2016 1:22:26 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Calling Obama a POS is a major insult to S.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
I was stationed in upstate NY for 2 years. Most likely I’m more of a New Yorker than she is and I don’t even claim to be one.

A person who has a 45 minute layover at LaGuardia Airport is more of a New Yorker than she is.

14 posted on 04/21/2016 1:24:28 PM PDT by NJRighty ("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
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I’m happy Camille wrote about Hillary’s health... the constant cough and mentioned only Drudge dared to post anything about this.


15 posted on 04/21/2016 1:30:05 PM PDT by Katya (Homo Nosce Te Ipsum)
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To: ScottinVA
Exactly... people who ignore reality and worship their favorite candidate as a godlike being are a threat to democracy.

Oh my, the irony of that being posted on FR at this time!

16 posted on 04/21/2016 1:31:10 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: ScottinVA
Exactly... people who ignore reality and worship their favorite candidate as a godlike being are a threat to democracy.

Trump... Palin.... Clinton.... Obama....

It's getting so that people are starting to see some politicians as people to worship.

17 posted on 04/21/2016 1:52:19 PM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumpers sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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“It’s getting so that people are starting to see some politicians as people to worship.”

I agree. As the country moves away from belief and trust in God, other figures fill the vacuum, whether they be celebrities or politicians.


18 posted on 04/21/2016 2:18:00 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: NJRighty

I was interviewed for a job at CUNY. They flew me in and I stayed there over night. Does that make me more of a New Yorker than Hillary?


19 posted on 04/21/2016 3:58:24 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: yoe

This is a trait many Trump supporters here on FR exhibit.


20 posted on 04/21/2016 8:04:08 PM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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