A current Republican meme is Clinton Fatigue, the notion being pushed by right-wing commentators that Hillary Clinton's less than stellar book tour is evidence that America has tired of the Clintons. I believe that it is very important to acknowledge truth from whatever source it issues, so I wish to confess that I have indeed been suffering from Clinton fatigue for quite some time.
Andrew Sullivan has a useful piece reprinted on The Huffington Post that pretty much says it all. He notes that Clinton has earned twelve million dollars in speaking fees since stepping down from the Secretaryship of State. I do not begrudge her the money. It would have been just fine if she had earned it by giving 6,000 talks to progressive groups at $200 a speech [no, that wouldn't do it -- she would have had to give 60,000 speeches to progressive groups at $200 a pop. I guess that is somewhat unrealistic. It would work out to about one hundred speeches a day, assuming she took off Sundays to attend the local Southern Baptist church with her husband.]
What hurts is that by the time she formally receives the nomination, the Republicans will have settled upon someone so horrible that practical reason will dictate that I do what I can to ensure her election. I think it is reasonable to conclude that this is my punishment for sins unspecified in times gone by. I fear my eighties are not going to be the romp I anticipated.
My sentiments, exactly. She is about as conservative as a Democrat can be and yet not be from the South.
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