A GENERATIONAL BREAK?: This Josh
A GENERATIONAL BREAK?: This Josh Chafetz post suggests that by 2008, there will be a clear dividing line among conservatives between those who still care about the Clinton Wars and those who have moved past it: Conservatives are at their absolute worst when the name “Clinton” comes up. There’s a visceral hatred there, every bit ...
A GENERATIONAL BREAK?: This Josh Chafetz post suggests that by 2008, there will be a clear dividing line among conservatives between those who still care about the Clinton Wars and those who have moved past it:
A GENERATIONAL BREAK?: This Josh Chafetz post suggests that by 2008, there will be a clear dividing line among conservatives between those who still care about the Clinton Wars and those who have moved past it:
Conservatives are at their absolute worst when the name “Clinton” comes up. There’s a visceral hatred there, every bit as deep as the far left’s hatred for President Bush, but the conservative hatred for the Clintons seems broader…. But the thing is, who cares? Maybe she [Hillary] lied; maybe she didn’t. Honestly, I don’t think most of us will ever know. But why are conservatives so obsessed with speculating about it? Sure, if she knew about President Clinton’s infidelities earlier than she claims, then she lied in some public interviews. But lots of politicians have lied in lots of interviews about lots of things much, much worse than whether or not their spouse was sleeping around. Conservatives really, really should move on. Because right now, it just looks like a lot of them are pursuing a vendetta — they have the tone of the outraged self-righteous moralist who can’t believe that the public still hasn’t figured out how superior they are to the scum which, inexplicably, keeps rising to the top. Get over it. Bill Clinton was a popular president, and, by most accounts, Hillary Rodham Clinton is a popular senator. If the GOP really feels the need to attack Senator Clinton, it should spend less time drawing horns on pictures of her and more time arguing against her policy proposals (which, as far as I can tell, have generally been moderate since she took office). Enough is enough: personal animosity is not a political platform. At least not one that I am willing to support.
I’m with Josh on this… and I’ve never even met Chelsea (go read Josh’s post to understand that line).
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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