I don't support Hillary, but that's the case against Hillary? Big deal! A family fable about her name turns out to be untrue? Join the club, do you know how many families have those kind of fables? Watch Antiques Roadshow and you'll see how often family lore doesn't quite fit with history.
I really hope she doesn't win, but I don't fear it either. We'll survive 8 years of GWB, we can survive Hillary or whoever gets elected.
In case you didn't notice, there was a lot more to the article. I'd tell you to go read it, but no doubt you'd protest that you already have. But here are some of the main points, all of which are far more serious than a fable about her name's origin:
1. William Jefferson Clinton shamefully mistreated several women, including Monica Lewinsky, Gennifer Flowers, Kathleen Willey (who he allegedly groped in the Oval Office, while he was president), and Juannita Broderick (who he allegedly raped). Although no one disputes his sexual indiscretions, HRC knowingly lied about them to help him get elected in 1992. Although she poses as a champion of women's rights, she has also participated in the slander of these women in order to further her own ambitions.
2. She presided over the HMO debacle in the 90s, made the system worse, and now she is posing as a champion of healthcare reform.
3. As a senator, HRC supported the invasion of Iraq and the removal of Saddam Hussein. But rather than defend her previous position, she is pretending she never held it, counting on our short term memory as a tactic for winning a few percentage points in the primaries.
Although I'm willing to vote for Democrats, I never joined the party and I never will. I hope the Democrats will have more sense than to nominate her for the presidency.
