2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Lets face it, most of the hate for Hillary is because she is a strong, intelligent woman........ [View all]karynnj
(60,758 posts)They have called for him to be shot or hung as a traitor - this goes back to 1971, but they have added things like his exposure of the illegal efforts on behalf of the Contras and things like the Iran deal and even the Paris climate accord. In fact, from Vietnam, to opposing the Contras (unlike the Clintons), and his dedication to both the Iran deal (which HRC likely would not have spent the political capital or effort on had she been President) and climate change, Kerry EARNED the hatred of the right for actually succeeding in exposing bad things they did or succeeding on things they are against. Clinton EARNED the hatred of the right because Bill Clinton won the Presidency, she has spoken out strongly in favor of women and children and because of her successes.
In 2004, there were calls to impeach him immediately should he win.
The ONLY thing I agree with you on here is that the attacks on HRC , while mostly from the fringes like those on Kerry, there are more elected or party officials making the charges now. Part of that is their atypical (a polite word ) nominee, who is making many intemperate comments -- and would have against any nominee.
As to the seriousness either charges have, you might note that fewer Senators voted against HRC as SoS than against Kerry -- but only 3 voted against him. Obviously, that ignores anything they did in office.