Hillary Clinton Is One of the Most Ethical (and Most Lied About) Political Leaders in America
Note: This article has received nearly a quarter million 300,000 shares since it was first published in January, making it one of the top five most shared positive pieces about Hillary of the entire cycle. It has been updated to reflect developments in the 2016 race.
Democrats are sick and tired of the endless lies about Hillary, the character attacks, the distortions of her record, the contorted caricature portrayed in the media. They want an unfiltered connection to Hillary without the prism of GOP-style talking points and false frames.
By Peter Daou
April 12, 2016
If the headline of this piece blows some minds, you can thank three decades of relentless lies and smears by the conservative attack machine and its mainstream media enablers, who have labored to create an aura of corruption around Hillary Clinton. Hillary’s detractors on the right, left and center reel off a laundry list of unsupported accusations with an air of absolute authority, as though it is simply a given that she is a terrible, horrible, no-good human being.
And that is precisely the intention: Taint her through innuendo and guilt-by-association, throw enough dirt at her that voters develop an instant negative association with her name. Accuse, accuse, accuse until the accusation becomes the reality, and may the truth be damned.
Karl Rove, the Koch brothers, and billionaire conservative moneymen like Paul Singer have spent inordinate sums to paint a malignant picture of Hillary, using sophisticated propaganda techniques to render her toxic to the American electorate.
Sadly, many on the left imbibe and regurgitate these fabricated narratives, spewing falsehoods and filth at Hillary with gleeful abandon. They are joined by mainstream media operatives with personal vendettas like Maureen Dowd and the Morning Joe crew, whose venomous words reveal more about their own failings than about Hillary.
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One of the reasons I admire her so. She has such courage and ability to continue in the face of adversity. A true leader.
She's been ravaged by both sides, but she came out on top. Any woman who reaches her level of success would have to go through the same thing. Had it been Elizabeth Warren, there would have been a whole different set of 'reasons' why she wasn't qualified to be president.
There will always be a male competitor who people compare more favorably to the woman, so screw the people who try to tear her down. If we don't grab this chance, we'll always be stuck in second place. I'm thankful that HRC is incredibly tough, and I think she's the perfect woman to become our first woman president.
