A Thought About Hillary Clinton

[H2O Man]

39. I think it is self-evident, but

will try to explain ....keeping in mind that my attempt cannot be taken as anything more than my impression, since it was my son who said the words that you chose to be upset by this morning.

We are entering the 2016 primary season. Hence, what has happened before might be viewed as significant -- at least to people such as my son -- in that no candidate has yet taken the approach that he suggests Hillary Clinton could take. No one that I am aware of has suggested that Ms. Clinton alone has access to large sums of money for a presidential campaign. But as my son noted, she could take a very different -- hence, unique -- approach to using that resource.

That any potential republican candidate for 2016 will have enormous amounts of money to spend is obviously beyond question. I will speculate that even you will agree that it is unlikely that any republican presidential candidate would seriously consider investing such resources in anything other than a highly-polished campaign of lies. Indeed, it is more likely that cats will bark, and dogs meow, than a republican candidate for national office undertake such an approach.

Among potential Democratic Party candidates in the primaries, I suppose it is possible to argue that others will have similar access to financial resources as Ms. Clinton in this contest. But that would only prove that person likes to argue, and places being disagreeable as a greater goal than dealing with the harsh, cold realities of modern political contests. By any and all objective measures, Ms. Clinton has the ability to raise -- by far -- more money than any other potential Democratic Party candidate. That puts her in a unique position.

Hillary Clinton is also in a unique position, in terms of the national corporate media reporting on virtually every move she makes. This, of course, has both positive and negative potentials. But the reality is that she is a high-profile person. This status provides her the opportunity to be reported upon, regardless of what she does. In a "usual" campaign, that unfortunately allows the media to present her almost entirely in the context that they have for decades.

Thus, we have the expected package -- both what her campaign hopes to present, and what the corporations that own the major media sources want to sell. Again, this is, as you note, the same as with any politician. This includes presenting their views on the three primary issues: social, economic, and foreign policy. As a general rule, both campaigns and the media present these issues in a routine package.

Hillary Clinton has the ability -- including the financial resources -- to change how these matters are presented, and understood, by the American people. Despite the corporate media. And that, at least in my opinion, is unique. But I appreciate that you see it differently.