That should get the asses in the seats. The title is half the attraction. But seriously, that's a pretty common claim we see about Clinton. She's an AIPAC whore. She's a Corporatist whore. She's a NEOCON whore. Last night a diary pointed out that Glen Beck had called Clinton a bitch. Everyone was shocked, Shocked! that someone would say such a thing. Well, roughly 1/5th of the posts about her have said basically the same things. This is my humble attempt to counter that.
"Hillary Clinton is an AIPAC whore!" Why?
"Because she gives speeches to AIPAC" So do Edwards and Obama.
"Well, she takes money from them" So do Feingold and Kucinich.
"Well, she won't take force against Iran off the table" Neither will Obama, Edwards, Clark or Richardson.
"Well... she's a Whore!"
"Hillary Clinton is a Corporate whore!" Why?
"Because she has a terrible economic voting record" Actually, she is rated highly on most economic issues.
"She voted for the Bankruptcy Bill" No she didn't. She was against it.
"Well, she's a free trader"
She voted against CAFTA and several other Free Trade agreements. Obama and Edwards both have pro free trade votes.
Well, she's raised alot of money" Would it be better if our candidate went into the election without any?
"Well.... she's a Whore!"
"Hillary Clinton is a Conservative Pandering whore!" Why?
"She supported a Flag Burning Ammendment" No she didn't.
"Well, she supported a Flag Burning Law" So did, Boxer and Durbin. It was an effort to prevent a Flag Burning Ammendment. It worked.
"Well, she wants to outlaw video games" No, she wants better ratings and more enforcement.
"Well, I don't trust her on choice" She voted against more Judicial nominees than anyone else in the Senate.
"Well... she's a Whore!"
"Hillary Clinton is a Warmongering Hawk Whore" Why?
"She voted for the War" So did Edwards. Unlike Edwards, she supported Ammendments that required more diplomacy and inspections.
"That proves she supports all wars" At the time, she said that she didn't support pre-emption. She's against unilateralism. She constantly talks about diplomacy and political engagment.
I could go on. When I conceived of this, I planned to make it longer. But it's just so disheartening.
Hillary Clinton isn't a bitch. She isn't a warmonger or "our best Republican" or Republican lite, or a conservative panderer or a constant triangulator or a corporate shill or a Whore!. She's a Democrat. A good Democrat. And if she were to win the primary election, it wouldn't be a disaster. It wouldn't be the end of the netroots or a symbol of the decline of our party or any of the other fearful claims often made. It would just be an oppurtunity to get a good, progressive, liberal Democrat elected.