The Village Holy Grail
by digby
I am always grateful when Village scribes are upfront with their agenda. It makes things so much clearer:
The conventional wisdom among Clinton's supporters is that Clinton is invincible, because she has already weathered all the storms of media scrutiny. She has been in the public eye for 25 years and endured countless controversies, from Whitewater to Lewinsky to Benghazi. The book has been thrown at her, and the book lost.
This argument overlooks two important factors: First, the national media have never been more primed to take down Hillary Clinton (and, by the same token, elevate a Republican candidate). Even before she announced her presidential bid, The New York Times alone had publishedmore than 40 articles related to her private email account, spurring other stories across the national print, digital and television media. Since announcing her bid, the national media have spent the bulk of their time investigating potential lines of influence between Clinton Foundation donations/speaking fees and Clinton's actions as secretary of state. The Times, The Washington Post and others even struck deals for early access to anti-Clinton research.
They want to "take down Hillary Clinton and by the same token, elevate a Republican candidate."
Not surprising to those of us who've been watching these people for decades. They managed to get rid of Al Gore. They got a slew of lesser knowns like Mike Espy (for accepting football tickets) and Henry Cisneros (for lying to the FBI about payments he made to an old girlfriend.) They even ran that poor schmuck Gary Condit out of town. But so what? The big fish got away.
"Taking down" Clinton (either or both) is the Village's Holy Grail. And the young Village turks, eager to prove their manhood, are taking up the challenge and joining the crusade. Maybe they'll be the ones who'll finally get 'er done.
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