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In reply to the discussion: Rolling Stone: Clinton's Call for a 'Manhattan-Like Project' Is Terrifying [View all]Divernan
(15,480 posts)17. The better to wreak her revenge, my sweet!
You know, the woman who's Enemies List goes back to her years in Arkansas? And at the end of her 2008 failed campaign had that list upgraded, spreadsheeted and downloaded? It is comprised of fellow Democrats, of course.
Danger, Will Robinson!
Her administration would be like a Grimm fairy tale, writ large!
If revenge is a dish best served cold, than the Clintons are in a subzero frenzy of anticipation at the thought of gaining the power of the presidency.
Francis Bacon coined this 'revenge' proverb:
- A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
The Godfather, 1969: Don Corleone nodded. "Revenge is a dish that tastes best when it is cold," he said.
Star Trek II, The Wrath of Kahn, 1982: Kirk, old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb, "Revenge is a dish best served cold"?
This Atlantic article from 2014 documents Hillary's thirst and need for revenge.
In the waning days of her 2008 campaign, staffers for Hillary Clinton put the final touches on a list of people they thought betrayed the candidate, and then ranked their level of betrayal. The problem with losing, however, is that its hard to exact any revenge.t-people-hillary-39-2008-enemies-list-doing-144100158.html;_ylt=A0LEV7gan3pWB1gADIknnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBydWNmY2MwBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM0BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--
In an excerpt from HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton, Politico's Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes outline the Clintons' tabulation of all of the campaign's many, many betrayals. Hillary's "Hit List," Politico calls it an Excel spreadsheet delineating those people most and least loyal to Clinton as she unsuccessfully tried to hold off Barack Obama. According to the Politico excerpt, the Clinton camp was gleeful about the fate of some of those who'd failed to see the practical wisdom of endorsing her.
Years later, they would joke among themselves in harsh terms about the fates of folks they felt had betrayed them. Bill Richardson: investigated; John Edwards: disgraced by scandal; Chris Dodd: stepped down, one said to another. Ted Kennedy, the aide continued, lowering his voice to a whisper for the punch line, dead.
Those three are the exception. Allen and Parnes describe a ranking of loyalty from 1 to 7, with 1 being those most loyal to Hillary Clinton during the campaign. The 7s, those people who the Clintons felt betrayed her the most, were added to what "a Clintonworld source" "wouldnt, of course, call an enemies list." Regardless of what it's called, none of them seems to have suffered much from being given that low designation.
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Rolling Stone: Clinton's Call for a 'Manhattan-Like Project' Is Terrifying [View all]
eridani
Dec 2015
OP
Exactly what would happen! "a backdoor could equally be exploited by hackers and render
RKP5637
Dec 2015
#1
Just more bullshit pandering to the right wing and the surveillance state. Not good enough, Hillary.
Scuba
Dec 2015
#3
Backdoor (aka key escrow) Clipper Chips and Skipjack encryption are a Bill Clinton era idea
Paulie
Dec 2015
#5
Regardless of who's saying it, the idea of spending trillions of dollars on breaking encryption...
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2015
#10
That's why they want to limit the debate's. To keep her thoughts to herself.
bahrbearian
Dec 2015
#7
Kind of explains all the superdelegates endorsing her, bet they flip for Bernie
peacebird
Dec 2015
#27
Poor choice of words again...associating the creation of nuclear weapons with a project to spy
EndElectoral
Dec 2015
#34
I don't know how anyone can still lay claim to the label of "democrat" while pandering to corporate
mother earth
Dec 2015
#41