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Is Hillary the rodeo clown of the Democratic Party?
With some of her gaffes like "dead broke," and the fact that conservatives will expend all their energy attacking her if there's even a one percent chance she will run for president, it's starting to look like Hillary is less a serious candidate and more the Democratic Party's rodeo clown.
That's the clown who goes out and the distracts the bull at the rodeo when the real cowboys are in danger.
The rodeo clown can't necessarily rope or ride the bull, but he's an expert at pissing him off then jumping in a barrel or dodging the bull so he doesn't get hurt himself.
By accident or design, Hillary seems to be doing this for the last couple of presidential elections.
In 2008, the right spent the whole primaries firing their big guns at Hillary, leaving Obama relatively unscathed with low-information votes until the general election.
It could also be that all the conservative noise about Hillary actually tipped a few voters toward Obama in the primaries, a candidate remarkably similar to Hillary in many policies. Some might not have have had the stomach for another decade of Republicans trying to pants Bill and project all their own faults onto Hillary.
Hillary's candidacy makes others look more competent, virtuous, and populist by comparison. How easy is it to find fault in Elizabeth Warren when you've got Hillary as the Goofus to her Gallant after all?
I do not agree with Hillary on many things, but I salute her for performing this valuable service to her party and her country.
I hope that she continues to consider running for many elections to come.
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