Democrats are doomed, finished, stick a fork in them they are done, if Hillary Clinton decides not to run for president in 2016, so says Politico's Maggie Haberman.
According to the two-page overly dramatic Politico piece, Democratic insiders insist that "there is no plan B," worse yet, no plans C through J either.
• “We would be at sea in a lifeboat with no food, no water, and no land in sight
• It would be, the operative said, a “gut punch” to the Democratic party.
• “There’s Hillary, and then there’s, like, Plan K. There is no B or C or G or whatever.”
• If she doesn’t run, there will be stages of grief
• “Whether it’s unifying the party, campaigning for the nominee, organizing for women across the country, I don’t think anybody can do it without her
Get it? Without Hillary, Democrats will simply cease to exist.
It isn't often I will quote the far left, progressive, liberal Shakesville, but the smack down on the media and the Democratic party as a whole, for laying the fate of Democrats on a woman who they betrayed very publicly in 2008, is a sight to behold.
To recap: The leaders of the party in which Hillary Clinton has loyally served as a public servant for most of her life told her, during the 2008 primary, that they wanted to make history, but not with her, and she needed to get out of the way for Obama and go the fuck home. (Sort of.) The media literally demonized her, and, when she refused to drop out while she still had a chance to win, the chattering classes, with an assist from members of her own party, called her ruthless and destructive and narcissistic, and made reprehensible accusations that she was so hellbent on winning that she would implode the Democratic Convention in order to try to win. Instead, she gracefully accepted defeat and got behind Obama, encouraging her supporters, donors, and delegates to do the same. And then she went on the campaign trail with him. And then she accepted a role in his administration. And then the same people who had literally called her a devil expressed surprise that she isn't one. And now, six years later, the same people who told her to go home are telling her to COME BACK, because now we're ready to make history with YOU, and if you don't come serve some more at our demand, then you—YOU, HILLARY CLINTON—are a dream-shattering asshole.
I hope that is something that makes her laugh, even if mirthlessly. I hope that it doesn't bother her, because it sure as fuck bothers me.
Question to ponder: Would it serve the Democratic party right if Hillary Clinton told them all to go to hell?
I can see the video below used relentlessly if Hillary does decide to run in 2016: "What difference does it make"
