Thursday, March 6, 2008

Hillary being "Vetted", whatever that means

So Hillary won in Ohio and Texas. Her campaign has been declared dead more often than Jason Vorhees, and like that hockey-masked heartbreaker, the campaign has risen from the dead to claim major victories this past Tuesday. They said it couldn't be done, but then "they" said a woman would never be President.

I like Hillary, and I really liked Bill Clinton. His accomplishments as President should serve as the litmus test for all future presidents. Our current President can only hope that future generations look with pity on him; it's his only hope. That's not to say she's my pick among the Democrats, but if she is the nominee she can expect my unwavering support.

But the latest offering from the "Anybody But Hillary" camp is to attack her for not being "vetted". I looked up the term on dictionary.com and it shows one of the definitions to be "to subject to thorough examination or evaluation". This is what they claim Hillary has yet to be subjected to. Personally, I think anyone who suspects that Hillary Clinton has yet to be subjected to intense public scrutiny must have just woken from a 16-year coma. All throughout Bill Clinton's presidency and Hillary's two terms as a U.S. Senator, and especially in this campaign, she has been scrutinized by the right wing and accused of everything but kidnapping the Lindbergh baby.

Now they are calling into account her and Bill's alleged association with, contributions from and various other dealings with people suspected of contributing to her campaign under dubious circumstances. I do think this needs to be addressed, but maybe not in the way others are. Let me state, for my part:

Personally, I don't care if Bill and Hillary raised money by sacrificing children to ancient Sumerian gods.

I don't care if they raised money but selling the organs of nuns and orphans.

I don't care if Adolf Hitler rose from the dead and funded her campaign with Nazi gold.

I don't care if they beat up every school child in America and took their lunch money to fund her campaign.

There is no source of income, no nefarious character performing fundraising, no scheme so evil as to eclipse the horrors of George Bush and Company.

  • They have gutted our nation's surplus.
  • They have allowed the family of Osama bin Laden safe passage out of the country before the dust from the Twin Towers was even settled.
  • They have waged war under false pretenses, and killed thousands of loyal American soldiers in the process.
  • They have plunged our nation into debt never imagined by our founding fathers.
  • They have spearheaded legislation like the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act specifically to usurp our basic liberties and silence the opposition.
  • They have conducted torture and befouled the good name and standing of our proud nation on the world's stage.
And you think a few shady deals from Hillary are going to turn her into the villain here?

You make the mistake of assuming we haven't been paying attention to the abuses of George W. Bush.

WE HAVE.

And no matter what sins you pin on Bill and Hillary Clinton now or in the past, they are comparitive SAINTS next to this corrupt and evil administration. And before I vote for another Republican presidential candidate, I will happily endorse any fund-raising deal Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama make with Satan himself.

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