Damon Linker, writing
an opinion column for “The Week”, slammed the Democratic Party Bench in
need for “a serious candidate”.
First exulting that US Senator Bernie Sanders of
Vermont had passed Clinton in the latest New Hampshire poll, Linker laid out why
this development presented good news for Democrats, even though he contended
that the Vermont socialist-turned-Democrat would all but assure a Republican
President in 2017:Because
it helps to puncture the aura of inevitability around Hillary Clinton. Yes, she
continues to lead in every national poll by a large margin, which is why few
formidable opponents have shown an interest in challenging her for the
Democratic nomination. That has always been foolish, given the mountain of
baggage she and her husband carry around with them everywhere they go. But now
it’s become downright irresponsible. Interesting how this Democratic partisan, dedicated
to voting for the first female President, does not ignore the rising number of
improprieties and scandals threatening her ascent. The Democrats desperately need more
serious, viable candidates in the race, or at least poised to jump in at a
moment’s notice. (And it sure would be great if they were more appealing thanAl Gore.) The point wouldn’t be to catch up to her in a mad
dash. The point would be to serve as a strong back-up for when the nearly
inevitable happens. What’s the nearly inevitable? The scandal
that, sooner or later, is bound to sink Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Hillary Clinton: Tick. . . Tick. . . TickFor Linker, Hillary the Inevitable is turning into
an inevitable disaster, and one from which the Democratic Party cannot hope to
recover with a better “Plan B” liberal candidate.
What scandal does “The Week” columnist speak to
specifically? Email-Gate:And then: Ka-Blam! The story is back andbigger than ever.
Oh, that server we wouldn’t give to you? You can have it now, cleaned up all
nice and tidy. There certainly weren’t any classified documents on there. Oh,
there were? Oops, well, only those two — oh, I mean four — and don’t worry
about how that’s just a “limited sample” of 40 emails out of tens of
thousands; the inspector general of the Justice Department just got lucky. And
hey, we deleted them, so who cares? (Freedom of information is for suckers.)
Yes, of course, my “shadow”
had access to that server and those classified emails, too. Why is that a
problem? What, are you a member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy? Tick, tick, boom.
As
of press time, Hillary
Clinton faces FBI investigation in relation to her misuse of government and
private email servers. Prior
allegations from the Washington Times
contended that Clinton could face jail time for this alleged crime.
With
the probability of criminal charges turning into an inevitability, the once
invincible Clinton, whom the New
York Times Magazine had once
styled a planetary phenomenon in the middle of a new political universe, may
find herself in the middle of prison cell, and the Democratic Party’s chances
blown for keeping the White House.
