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oh that's right, that's just of the many stupid things you have to believe in -- like the globe quit warming a 16 years ago -- to gain and maintain the proud rightwinger card these days.
Here's what's curious: Look at the sour assessments that surround the chattering class's Clinton appraisal and then compare that to the last time the Republican Party had a presidential campaign-in-waiting. As is the case with Clinton today, that featured a candidate with global name recognition, a big lead in the primary polls and a seemingly bottomless well of generous donors. That was George W. Bush prior to 2000, and the press had very few doubts about his mission.
"The national news media have built up George W. Bush like a rock star," observed one Florida newspaper columnist in 1999. And that media worship started long before Bush formally declared his candidacy in June of that year. It began in earnest when Bush won a re-election landslide as the governor of Texas in 1998.
Back then, while Bush lurked on the sidelines and gobbled up endorsement and campaign cash prior to his official candidacy, the press was amazed by his good fortune. There was no chronic hand-wringing. Instead, reporters and pundits marveled at Bush's standing and the unmatched infrastructure his team had built.
For instance, I've gone back and read dozens of New York Times articles about Bush from that period and trust me, the doom-and-gloom that often permeates today's Clinton coverage simply did not exist. http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/terror-asylum-restrictions-obama-administration-103181.html
"The national news media have built up George W. Bush like a rock star," observed one Florida newspaper columnist in 1999. And that media worship started long before Bush formally declared his candidacy in June of that year. It began in earnest when Bush won a re-election landslide as the governor of Texas in 1998.
Back then, while Bush lurked on the sidelines and gobbled up endorsement and campaign cash prior to his official candidacy, the press was amazed by his good fortune. There was no chronic hand-wringing. Instead, reporters and pundits marveled at Bush's standing and the unmatched infrastructure his team had built.
For instance, I've gone back and read dozens of New York Times articles about Bush from that period and trust me, the doom-and-gloom that often permeates today's Clinton coverage simply did not exist. http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/terror-asylum-restrictions-obama-administration-103181.html
