In Defense of Hillary

I think my readers may have picked up my subtle hints that I am not a supporter of Sen. Clinton's, but I am also continually amazed at the pure venomous hatred that the American right-wing has for Ms. Clinton. Gosh, you'd think she'd launched two failed wars, used fear as a political weapon, enabled a recession, made a mockery of constitutional and international law, politicized the entire federal government, and shrugged off other serious national concerns as someone else's problem!

The National Review's Andy McCarthy said Monday of the Obama surge-

"It's very tempting to get giddy over what is looking like Hillary's collapse. The Clintons have been so destructive of our politics and have hurt so many people along the way that satisfaction over their seeming comeuppance is irresistible."

I can understand disagreeing with the Clintons (from left or right) on policy positions, but in what universe did they "hurt" people? I guess those record approval ratings Bill left office with were from all the people who loved the abuse.

And the complaining of "destructive politics" is laughable considering it was the Republican party who not only ran the Congress as an anti-Clinton machine (shutting down the government because Speaker Gingrich felt snubbed), but also spent his entire presidency (from Whitewater to Monica and everything in between) trying to destroy him personally. They didn't (fully) succeed, and they never forgave either Clinton for it.

I look forward to future historians psychoanalyzing this phenomenon.

[PS- McCarthy has no praise for Obama... he's "every bit as bad and in many ways worse" as the villainous Clinton.]