Running scared of Hillary 2016

Well, if you didn't notice in the 08 primary that the media favored unflattering photos of Hillary and gravitas-enhancing photos of Barack, you missed out on a key force in the tidal wave that swept the inexperienced, youthful male senator to the nomination.

Ani at The New Agenda sees the same "visual vilification" of Hillary happening today before she has even announced her candidacy in 2016 - in other words the RNC is running scared along with a few on the extreme left. That would be the lefties still dissing Hillary while suffering from Obama's emergence as a centrist and continuing to fantasize about Dennis Kucinich, etc.

Here's Ani:

In the media’s obsession with all things Hillary, no sooner do NBC and CNN announce biopics on the former Secretary of State and presumably, once and future presidential candidate, than the RNC denounces those films as biased infomercials.  Clinton has nothing to do with pushing these projects, of course, but since Republicans are terrified of running against someone with her bona fides and popularity, we can cue the “visual vilification.”  Check out the photographs of Mrs. Clinton and RNC Chair, Reince Priebus, in the FOX News’ article, Republicans open pre-emptive strikes on Clinton, undecided yet formidable in 2016:

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The efforts of a frenzied few to undermine "the most accomplished woman in a lifetime"

Courtesy of Peter Daou.com.

The mushrooming support for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election has been stirring up increasing frenzy among her few remaining irrational adversaries. Peter Daou has done the rest of us a favor by providing a reader's guide to ant-Hillary themes. Daou writes:

Over the years, the chasm between the real Hillary Clinton and the unseemly caricature portrayed during two decades of personal attacks has been all too familiar to those who know her. Distinct from legitimate policy criticisms, these attacks have served as lazy shortcuts to undermine one of the most accomplished women of our lifetime.

Now, as the floodgates open on 2016 speculation, and despite her high standing in public polls, commentary about Hillary Clinton is following predictable patterns. Several pervasive anti-Hillary themes are being dusted off for yet another political cycle; these are carefully-crafted and patently false talking points designed to dehumanize and demean her. Many of the themes are rooted in the sexism that permeates our culture.

During the 2008 campaign, under withering fire for allegedly being, among other things, too ambitious, too polarizing, and willing to “say or do anything to win,” Hillary refused to play into stereotypes. She told her staff, “I don’t want to succeed because I’m a woman, I want to succeed because I’m the best at what I do.” Whatever she chooses to do in the future, as a former advisor and current supporter, I sincerely hope she is judged based on her actions, not on other people’s inventions. With that in mind, I’ve put together a list of anti-Hillary themes so that readers, viewers and listeners recognize them for what they are.

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