seattle.politics

"David Johnston" wrote in message
news:r09qc3pt3q27oji3gcemsrgdn7ubsiroc7@ ...
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:48:54 -0700, "Bokonon"
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Clave" wrote in message
>>news:13cn3t3dvupiu66@ ...
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>>>> Another Clinton Presidency will only re-energize the right.
>>>
>>> Meh -- the right will re-energize against *any* Democrat.
>>
>>Not a good one they won't, and they will NEVER see Hillary as a good
>>President - nor will a lot of Democrats and independents.
>
> Given the current mood, I doubt they could see any Democrat as a good
> one.

Notice he doesn't say "...a good one LIKE..." -- like whom? It's the
same kind of division among the left-leaning that made those well-meaning
people throw the election to Bush by voting for Nader. (Wanna see
something even more viscerally knee-jerk than Clinton-hatred? Challenge
a Nader voter.)

But you echo my point -- yeah, anyone can make a case that this or that
Democrat will embolden the Republicans, and they're all correct. The
right will whinge and wail against *any* Democratic President, and I don't
think the family name enters into it in any meaningful way.

Arguing that one or some other Democrat will be more or less well-
received by right-wingers is foolishness in the extreme.

Jim