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TrollBuster9090

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12. I love it. This Clinton Cash thing has been what Timothy Geithner might call a 'stress test.'
Tue May 5, 2015, 03:09 PM
May 2015

For THREE SOLID WEEKS the right wing echo chamber (Fox News in particular) ran the Clinton Cash, Uranium 1 story from a book that had yet to be released. Since the book had not yet been released, nobody could really tell what was in it, or how solid the reporting was (it wasn't, obviously), and so viewers just had to take the word of the author and those who were spinning the faux scandal.

Meanwhile....the Clinton Campaign SAID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to 'defend' themselves.

Those were IDEAL CONDITIONS to see just how effective their attacks on her will be. They had three weeks to spin a scary-sounding faux scandal that hit every available button (national security, the Russians, Putin, Clinton corruption etc.) without the ability of anybody to fact check their story; while the Clinton camp did absolutely nothing to counter the argument.....and they succeeded in driving her favorability ratings down by TWO POINTS. Congratulations.

Once she starts actively campaigning, and once a real GOP contender has been identified, the point spread in Hilary Clinton's favor will only widen.

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Kick Iliyah May 2015 #1
I think many are thinking she is the most qualificated and put this above all the BS Thinkingabout May 2015 #2
K&R! hrmjustin May 2015 #3
Not comforting ram2008 May 2015 #4
This is the Hillary Clinton room. hrmjustin May 2015 #6
Whoops sorry ram2008 May 2015 #8
Wait till the republicans start debating workinclasszero May 2015 #7
I hope so! ram2008 May 2015 #9
"Her Republican rivals are pretty much unknown" TrollBuster9090 May 2015 #14
Her republican rivals awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #32
Hillary is a veritable goddess workinclasszero May 2015 #5
What scandals ? Teacheral May 2015 #10
But said "scandals" seem to be taking hold ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #11
Not that I've noticed. TrollBuster9090 May 2015 #13
If I linked to the posts, I'd probably get a hide ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #15
Heh, maybe. But I'll take your word for it. TrollBuster9090 May 2015 #16
I think that call out rule is unproductive. BlancheSplanchnik May 2015 #19
Agreed; but, I don't make the rules ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #20
yep. BlancheSplanchnik May 2015 #31
Oh, you mean the ones trying to do the rw's work for them by posting from their sites? Cha May 2015 #21
Yep. n/t 1StrongBlackMan May 2015 #22
I love it. This Clinton Cash thing has been what Timothy Geithner might call a 'stress test.' TrollBuster9090 May 2015 #12
People are not as dumb as Republicans assume them to be. Beacool May 2015 #17
I hope so. But when I look at idiots like louie gohmert and bobby jindal and huckypoo and calimary May 2015 #18
Me too ... BlueMTexpat May 2015 #24
Yea, she left out Carly and the Trumpster leftofcool May 2015 #26
God, I hope you're right awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #33
Yeah, well, Texas is a special case. Beacool May 2015 #34
Thank God for that! workinclasszero May 2015 #36
I think she's going to run like Secretariat. okasha May 2015 #23
K&R! stonecutter357 May 2015 #25
Nice! DCBob May 2015 #27
Those infamous pant suits must be made of teflon liberal N proud May 2015 #28
This is great news Gothmog May 2015 #29
"As we knew they would!!" Tarheel_Dem May 2015 #30
Except she isn't running against any of them yet LynneSin May 2015 #35
Hillary has been running against the GOP for over 20 years. leftofcool May 2015 #37
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