Since the rise of Rush Limbaugh in the early 1990's the Right Wing Noise Machine (VRWC) has known only one enemy - Bill/Hillary Clinton.
Talk radio, cable news, magazines, books, websites, think tanks - they all rose to under the guise and unifying theme of destroying the first two-term Democratic administration since FDR.
The Clintons, collectively, are the only enemy face they know. Oh, they rail against the "liberal media" and "liberals" in general - but specifically, they are a cottage industry of Clinton hate.
And Clinton hate is the oxygen to their fire.
You've seen it over the past eight years. Since Bush has been in the office and has steadily shown himself to be a bumbling moron and corrosive disease to his own party - right wing radio has declined in ratings, FOXNEWS has declined in ratings, right wing book sales are down.
They have nothing to rail against. Nothing to focus their anger on.
The Right Wing, as a political wing of the Republican party, and as a cottage industry of political thought and opinion, needs Hillary Clinton to run in 2008.
Win or lose, they still win.
If she runs, they'll have their oxygen back. Their ratings will rise, their book sales will increase, their voters will be energized.
If she loses, great for them, they defeated the Clinton's one and for all.
If she wins, EVEN BETTER for them, they get another four, possibly eight, years of high ratings, high book sales, ect.
Clinton Hate Inc. will be back with a vengeance.
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Now, this isn't meant to be a post saying don't nominate Hillary, she'll lose. Or don't nominate her because it would benefit this industry. Personally, I think if she's the nominee she'll beat them. She's done it before, I think she'll do it again.
It just means, to me, even more reason to vote for Obama. He'll depress their turnout, dry up their ratings, obliterate their book sales - and - AND - win the White House.
It would be a win-win for us, and a lose-lose for them.
Just another reason to vote for Obama.