Insiders love Hillary Clinton

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Insiders love Hillary Clinton
John Kass
Chicago Tribune

The Democratic "insiders" say Hillary Clinton won by a landslide. I read all about it in Politico.com, a political website written by insiders, for insiders.

Outsiders were too busy watching the baseball playoffs on TV. But "insiders" play politics for a living. Being "insiders," they're shy, like dappled forest creatures, so they wouldn't let their names be used in praise of Mrs. Clinton, lest they be wrong someday.

But don't dismiss the "insiders." They count for much in American politics. They helped rot out the Republican Party, and now they're running around Washington with their hair on fire, pretending that what's going on among Republicans in the House of Representatives is chaos, rather than a revolution.

What upsets "insiders" is the revolutionary dynamic running through voters of both parties. Voters are angry. They know that "insiders" are the creatures who remain after institutions fail.

History is always written by "insiders," and what's clear is that "insiders" think Hillary Clinton won the debate.

Wrong.

The hard-left Vermont socialist, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, won the debate.

Sanders could have stressed that Mrs. Clinton is a creature of Wall Street, but he didn't.

The "insiders" call such people "true believers," usually with a dismissive smirk, and then buzz back to the hive.

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[Hortensis]

1. Your title is nonsense. "Insiders" have been trying to destroy her for decades.

Pick any TV or cable network and LISTEN for the spin put on coverage of her.

[quickesst]

2. It's an MO....

Insiders spend twenty+ years trying to destroy her, then they say one thing in her favor, and suddenly they are in Hillary's pocket. And so it goes.

[Hortensis]

3. I wonder what it would be like to be unchained by consistency...

[quickesst]

5. Here you go.....

Help me pass these out. It's gonna be one of those days.

[Hortensis]

7. LOL. I'm imagining my psyche like a little leaf carried

here and there by my moods.

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9. You do have...

...a way with words.

[RiverLover]

4. You should say that to the person who actually wrote the title

John Kass.

And we all know he's talking about Moneyed Interest Insiders. You know, the ones paying her off now to reap the rewards if she's elected in the primary & GE...

Nice try though.

[Fawke Em]

6. Uhhh... no.

She's about as inside as inside gets.

Bernie is somewhat of an insider having served in the Congress for years - he's certainly more of an insider than I am - but, given that he eschews conventional wisdom, he is far more of an outsider than Hillary.

[Hortensis]

8. Any else would destroy the picture you've built up, right?

After I suggested that people look for the routinely negative spins the press give Hillary, I realized that people who insist on having the worst possible views of her would not be able to pick up on them. So, enjoy the coverage, Fawke Em.