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38. And the CTers said it was really about the Sun-God Ra! Obama is Ra! He's gonna take over the planet!

They really, really hated that logo.

Of course, they've been hating Hillary for so much longer, since she tried to get UHC in 1993. Rush put forth the Death Panels would ensue from universal health care, with comparisons to Nazis instead of the Scandinavian health care system that she wanted to replace the existing health care system with.

Rush grabbed on to that meme to get the Newt Gingrich majority, and it worked, and was also used against Obamacare. Some still believe it's all about killing them in exotic fashions, when the for-profit system is social darwinism at its most cruel and is divisive to society.

Many HRC fans were vehemently against Obama on this issue, but I know that the provision is in the law, if states want to set it up. Those who faulted Obama didn't read the provisions, many of which were designed to eventually end for profit health care. If they wanted it, they needed to take over their state capitols by voting. They didn't.

The steady obstruction and picking apart of the ACA was begun as it was being enacted, and with the lack of interest in voting, the Tea Party took over in 2010, after it became law. The GOP has fought it from state capitols to the nation's capitol.

Over a generation of hate inspired by that, along with fear from her book, It Takes A Village, which was fodder to the memes against her. And this is a gentle disagreement here, but has all the dogwhistles:

I would like to begin by focusing on the title of the book, It Takes a Village. The title comes from an African proverb which states that "It takes a village to raise a child." This oft- repeated African proverb has become the mantra of recent international women's conferences (Cairo, Beijing). I believe it represents the new paradigm of feminist and socialist thinking...

Unfortunately, the rest of the book contradicts that early statement. The First Lady essentially extends her notion of the village far beyond the family to include various organizations, especially the federal government. By the end of the book, it appears that Mrs. Clinton has never met a government program she didn't like.

She says that those who hold to an anti-government position are the "noisiest" position and getting all the attention from the media. But she goes on to say that "despite the resurgence of anti- government extremism, it is becoming clear that most Americans do not favor a radical dismantling of government. Instead of rollback, they want real reform. And when a strong case can be made, they still favor government action, as they have demonstrated recently in their support for measures like the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Brady Bill, and the new Direct Student Loan program."

By the end of the book Mrs. Clinton has endorsed nearly every government program of the last thirty years including those mentioned above and others like Goals 2000, Parents as Teachers, and AmeriCorps. The village, in Mrs. Clinton's book, is much more than the communities in which we live--it is a metaphor for the continued expansion of government into every aspect of our lives.

http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/village.html

Which is definitely New Deal-ish, but some will say the Democratic Party does not respresent that anymore. To that, with all due respect for such ignorance, I say balderdash. And I'm not ranting at you, just taking the opportunity to vent against ignorance.

And the family values crowd was onto the meme for years. Yes, a roll call full. World Net Daily which now employs Rick Sanctorum, no less, wrote a book in response:

http://genius.com/2371166/Worst-neighbors-in-the-world-halloween-letters/It-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-child

Not to mention her hard stance on women's reproductive rights which galls the right, but seemingly does not generate a lot of support from those who can't take Hillary Clinton:

In this video, Clinton states boldy, 'I consider... Any governmental imposition that imposes government policy on women to be absolutely unacceptable.'

See you later!