It’s less than 24 hours since Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her bid for US presidential candidacy — and already, the haters are out in full force.
Almost immediately after Hillary Clinton posted a video announcing she will run as a Democratic candidate for the 2016 US Presidency, the detractors started yelling that she wasn’t trustworthy enough, sexy enough or quiet enough.
“Hillary Clinton represents the worst of the Washington machine: the arrogance of power, corruption and cover-up, conflicts of interest and failed leadership with tragic results,” a promotional video for Republican candidate from Kentucky Rand Paul stated.
Meanwhile, Republican Governor Jeb Bush of Florida has started a fundraising effort to stop Hillary and her powerful supporters by pledging funds to counter her campaign.
“Moments ago Hillary Clinton officially announced her White House bid – and it’s up to us to stop her,” he wrote on Facebook. “This isn’t going to be easy, but if you’re committed to stopping Hillary, then I need you to add your name now.”
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Perhaps those sort of jabs can be expected from the opposing political party — but it wasn’t just politicians making a racket.
The tabloids also jumped on board with a few barbs of their own. The New York Post ran with this on their front page:
Then there was this charming headline: “Hillary Clinton is in with a chance… providing she can keep her mouth shut.”
Beyond that, Hillary’s logo has attracted an unexpected amount of criticism. The ‘H’ with an arrow has already sparked 9/11 conspiracy theories, and been compared to something that might come out of the Microsoft Office Suite.
One right-wing media commentator posted this Instagram response to Clinton’s announcement:
As Treasurer Joe Hockey forewarned this morning, Clinton won’t have an easy road ahead. Let’s hope, at least, that we’ve come a long way since this happened…
What do you think about Hillary Clinton running for Presidential election?
Top Comments
A US Politician vies for Presidency, it happens. People make comments, some of them are critical, it happens.
How is this any different to comments about Abbott, Gillard, Rudd, Howard, Obama, Matt Romney, Bill Clinton, the Bush family, Reagon or any politician running for office that were equally criticised.
You can only cry wolf so many times before people stop listening.
"...before people stop listening"
...or start ridiculing.
I don't really see any of those comments as misogynistic except the 'Clemson Parties' tweet. It's mainly petulant jibes at Clinton.
There is no strong Republican candidate, so they have to focus on attacking the opponent. The same thing happened with Romney's lacklustre campaign in 2012.
You mean theres no sane Republican candidate.Barking mad some of them
"I don't really see any of those comments as misogynistic except the 'Clemson Parties' tweet."
That's because they're not.