(DISCLAIMER...My thoughts here are the pondering of a political addicts mind. Thought I do not support Hillary, there are aspects about her that I've respected. This is my attempt as fixing some of MY confusion as far as the mistakes made during this campaign. I seriously want a discussion on this please.)
This article was posted Dec 17, 2007...
I don't recall reading it here, if it's a dupe please forgive me.
http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2007/12/17/diagnosis_clinton_fatigue/ Keep in mind, it is the BG, so read with a candid eye.
This interesting part here
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Hillary's campaign clearly views husband Bill as an asset. Others, including the Globe's Joan Vennochi, aren't so sure. But here is a more intriguing angle, suggested by Herald columnist Margery Eagan: Is Bill "The Underminer," as defined by the hilarious book of the same name by Mike Albo and Virginia Heffernan? The underminer is your "friend" who waxes enthusiastic about your fabulous trip to New Zealand, and then lets slip that he was hang-gliding there in the early 1980s, you know, before all the American tourists arrived.
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I've actually been thinking this myself for a little over a month, but haven't wanted to say anything.
Bill is very charismatic, and as of "Right now" he's still popular, and people have forgotten alot of the fatigue they had in the late 90's
By what he has done to Hillary during their marriage, it's obvious he doesn't respect her. I used to hold to the theory that if HRC hadn't been married to him, then she wouldn't be running for president. I don't believe that anymore.
When Hillary stands on HER OWN accomplishments, and doesn't try to stay connected at the hip with Bill...
She actually makes a good case on her experience, and philosophy.
The "Clinton Machine" was never this chaotic when Bill was running for office. It has proven time and time again to be able to overcome much more difficult situations both in and out of the white house. The fiasco's that have been happening, don't remind me of a "Clinton" anything.
Now, before people shoot me...
I don't like Hillary...so this is VERY hard for me to admit.
Could it be, that Bill..somewhere...doesn't want Hillary to actually make the white house? That by being the first female president, with a history of fighting for women and children...she will end up changing this nation much more than he did, and making a ten times larger mark?
Hillary has had aspirations to be "Something more" before she ever MET Bill...I think it was only her gender that kept her from gaining many of them.
Could it be that Bill rode HER "tactical coat-tails" and not the other way around...simply because the world wasn't ready for women to do what Hillary had aspirations to do?
If this is the case, it would DRAMATICALLY change my view of Hillary Rodham Clinton.