Why does NeoGAF love Hillary Clinton so much? Is it just me or is it weird that so many people can't see how much of a slimeball fake she is?
Some people are actually saying "Everyone would have been fine with it if Obama did this"... They're missing the point, Obama wouldn't have done this. Whether you like Obama or not, he is a solid politician through and through. He had almost complete control over his image during both his campaign and presidency and had almost never humiliated himself, even when faced with the most opposition a president has faced since FDR. Clinton has the world in the palm of her hand, yet she can't pull anything off to appear likeable. It's actually sad. Just this thread is enough proof that her image isn't the same as "Yes We Can" Obama... And most of these examples are from just this last campaign.
Furthermore, disregarding that fact that almost every facet of the race is designed for her to win, people understand that her winning is a massive loss to true progress, right? She's going to maintain and perpetuate a lot of the most predatory elements of our society, under the guise of "incremental change" when it's really to benefit her donors. She's a disgrace. I mean, the DNC bias is already something that we should be thinking about more seriously than just "well, that's politics." The former co-chair of her campaign is running the show. With only 8 years difference between campaigns. That particular situation is almost Bush-level corruption...
So let me get this straight.
Somewhere since 2008, Hillary decides she is going to run again, and she prepares for 2016. She reaches out to the former Obama campaign staff. She meets with Democratic legislators to suss out viable legislation. She tracks the trends of the country and learns from her mistakes of 2008, and this time hires diverse and promotes diversity. She comes out the door punching about a wide variety of issues: criminal justice, immigration, economy, etc. without needing prompting from protestors, because she did her homework.
And you're telling me, that this whole thing, happens by
design for Hillary Clinton to win? Because she couldn't have
possibly worked very hard to secure frontrunner status, is that right? She couldn't have endured years of hate and accomplished what she could within her power, it is always someone else or something else that is handing everything to Hillary Clinton.
When has Hillary ever had control of her own image from the media that simultaneously considers her too tough for a woman but too weak to be president, pandering too much but not appealing enough, and that when she cries she doesn't get sympathy but the question of whether or not her tears are fake? How was she supposed to control it to begin with when the double standard for women in the public eye is so ridiculous? Yeah, she can't pull anything off to appear likablebecause
you were never going to like her to begin with. You've formed an opinion that she is going to be a "massive loss to progress" before she has even gotten into office and done anything. It doesn't matter what she did over her career, what policies she's put forth, what she tries to do to ameliorate your concerns, because that certainly isn't the research you did to get to your conspiracy theory and apocalypse prediction.
When has the presidency been designed for a woman to win?
On topic:
I linked it to a Latino 26 year old friend, and he says it's not hispandering enough. (・・？
His impression is that they're trying, but someone told them to dial it back 10 notches.
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[18:08] friend: i'm sure all the progressive millenials will love it
[18:08] me: they hate it
[18:08] friend: sorry
[18:08] friend: progressive hispanic millenials
lol
"She's not likable" is the political equivalent of "She's not hot enough".
