November 24, 2015 was not so long ago.
That was the day Hillary Clinton — comfortably in the lead for the Democratic nomination for president — warned Americans not to be swayed by the Republicans’ “fear tactics and scare mongering and inflammatory rhetoric,” CNN reported.
Now, a mere six weeks later, that has all changed.
Hillary’s poll numbers are falling and it’s save the sinking ship by any means necessary.
On the candidate’s website today, staffer Logan Anderson warns what a Republican president could mean for the U.S. Supreme Court.
“One of these people could decide the future of your rights. That should terrify you,” the piece is titled, with a very poorly photoshopped graphic of the Republican presidential candidates’ faces over some very frumpy people sitting in black robes. (Carly Fiorina is looking particularly rotund — sexist!)
In many minds, that would qualify as “fear tactics,” or “scare mongering” or even “inflammatory rhetoric.” Or maybe all three.
But only Republicans can be guilty of such a thing.
“Hillary understands the court’s power to review and interpret our laws—but unlike the Republicans, she won’t appoint justices who will move our country backwards,” the campaign writes.
“A Republican president could stack the Supreme Court with justices who will rip away all of the progress we’ve made as a nation.”
On Monday, Clinton began attacking rival Bernie Sanders in speeches.
The New York Times reported:
On CBS, Mrs. Clinton continued to knock Mr. Sanders for a past Senate vote to give gun manufacturers immunity from prosecution when a gun is used in a crime. She is seeking to highlight one of the few areas where she is to Mr. Sanders’s left on an issue.
“It’s the only industry in our country where we have given that kind of carte blanche to do whatever you want to do with no fear of legal consequences,” Mrs. Clinton said.
She added, “And he often says, well, look, I’m from Vermont and it’s different. It’s not like being in New York City.” She faulted him for “excuses” on the issue, saying, “It’s a difference that Democratic voters in our primary can take into account.”
Character assassination and personal attacks have been hallmarks of the Clinton campaign style, in 1992, 1996 and 2008. Will they work again?
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