
I’m never in the mood for Hillary Clinton. But today, I’m REALLY not in the mood. Yesterday, my social media feeds were clogged with pictures of excited millennials posing with the Hildabeast. And there were even comments like, “I’m SO JEALOUS.”
If you were/are one of those people, please read this and punch yourself in the face repeatedly.
There. Glad that’s taken care of.
Anyway, Hillary finally sat down for her first national interview since announcing her presidential run. (First announcement or the redo? Just wondering.) I guess she’s been so busy interacting with "ordinary Americans" that she hasn’t had the time. But it's safe to say that we're dealing with the same old crusty Hillary. She actually had the nerve to say this:
"People should and do trust me.”
Yes. She actually said that to CNN's Brianna Keilar.
What people? All the people showing up at her campaign events? Oh wait, that’s right. It couldn’t be them. Because no one’s even showing up. And why should the American people trust her? I still haven't heard a Hillary supporter explain to me in explicit detail why she should be seen as a trustworthy individual. What has she ever done to prove her trust to the American people?
Lying about Benghazi? (And reaching out to jihadists to help her SPREAD the lie?) Deleting any/all emails that have anything juicy in it? Accepting a crapload of foreign donations from the sketchiest human beings on the face of the earth?
Do these people adore her because she's so down to earth? So she hasn’t driven a car in like, two decades. SO WHAT? And she charges a gazillion dollars a minute to speak. Someone’s gotta pay the bills, right Bill? Maybe she only speaks to “ordinary Americans” who’ve been properly vetted, transported, pre-interviewed and stripped of all their electronic devices. She’s just being cautious! Maybe all of the casual roundtable discussions are "staged." We call it "staged." They call it "prepared." And who cares if she herds reporters around like cattle. It’s called creativity. Duh.
Hillary hasn’t told the American people why they should trust her. Because what she wants to say is, “Darn it, it’s because I’m the Queen and I’M THE NEXT RIGHTFUL POTUS SO YOU CAN ALL SUCK IT. Now someone fetch me some iced tea.”
But you know something? When we point to the facts, talk about her lack of accomplishments and reveal how untrustworthy she is– we're just launching senseless attacks.
She blamed the "barrage of attacks that are largely fomented by and coming from the right" for fueling a perception that trust is an area of vulnerability for her.
See? It’s not actually that she’s untrustworthy. We just make her seem like she’s untrustworthy. She’s the victim here. (But honestly, you know it’s bad when publications like The Daily Beast are calling her out for pulling the victim card.)
Pressed on why the public has a hard time trusting her, Clinton maintained she faced "the same kind of onslaught" in her two New York Senate campaigns and her confirmation as secretary of state, and said Republicans have sought to turn controversies like her use of a private email address and the Clinton Foundation's actions against her.
It's not her fault. You big bunch of meanies. You're totally mischaracterizing her.