Hillary’s campaign to make me actively dislike her has succeeded. Playing on people’s fears? Check. Having surrogates noodle racial issues while retaining some semblance of deniability? Check. Brazenly asserting a reality (that she is still in the race by an reasonable measure) that is flagrantly at odds with real reality? Check.
#1 and #3 cut deep because they are so, so Bush-Administration-esque. I’m not holding out hope that an Obama presidency would usher in any more change than the usual, incremental kind, but at the very least I’d like a chance for my persistent state of outrage fatigue to have time to fade. With Clinton, at this point, I’m not so sure it would.

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May 5, 2008 at 12:11 pm
derek bruinooge
hey nate, thought i’d stop by to say hi.
i think hillary’s campaign has been become nothing more than an appeal to fear and ignorance. it ain’t pretty.
fortunately obama’s nomination is all but assured at this point. it will be nice voting for someone who i genuinely respect, for once.
May 9, 2008 at 7:29 pm
polytropos
Ahoy, cousin!
Indeed, it looks even more assured now and I’m still enthusiastic about Obama. Something will happen to resurrect my entrenched cynicism, I’m sure, but right now I’m feeling pretty good.