Criticism of Bill Clinton when President was pervasive, bipartisan, and contradictory.
On the left, he was considered a creature of the business community, a compromiser, a man with no political or moral backbone. On the right, he was considered both lacking in principle and a committed leftist. He was considered a master political strategist, and reviled for "triangulating" issues.
Barack Obama also seems to have been attacked by both left and right. Against objective data, both also agree that the current state of our country is disastrous. The left doesn't like his drone strikes, the surveillance that has likely increased during his tenure, the continued use of Guantanamo has a prison for suspected terrorists. The right says that the economy is a disaster and that we're more at risk than ever.
And now we come to Hillary. A woman seen by the right as being without principle, but also devoted to left wing values. A woman seen by the right as being without principle, but a creature of the military and business communities. Forgotten is her previous reputation as an anti-military during the early years of her husband's presidency. Forgotten is her advocacy of universal health care.
Perhaps both left and right are projecting their own values on to candidates whose "brands" are too nuanced to categorize but easy too caricature.
On the left, he was considered a creature of the business community, a compromiser, a man with no political or moral backbone. On the right, he was considered both lacking in principle and a committed leftist. He was considered a master political strategist, and reviled for "triangulating" issues.
Barack Obama also seems to have been attacked by both left and right. Against objective data, both also agree that the current state of our country is disastrous. The left doesn't like his drone strikes, the surveillance that has likely increased during his tenure, the continued use of Guantanamo has a prison for suspected terrorists. The right says that the economy is a disaster and that we're more at risk than ever.
And now we come to Hillary. A woman seen by the right as being without principle, but also devoted to left wing values. A woman seen by the right as being without principle, but a creature of the military and business communities. Forgotten is her previous reputation as an anti-military during the early years of her husband's presidency. Forgotten is her advocacy of universal health care.
Perhaps both left and right are projecting their own values on to candidates whose "brands" are too nuanced to categorize but easy too caricature.
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