The misogyny is bursting out even before Hillary Clinton announces if she'll run for president in 2016, with a Republican Super PAC pushing a "Slap Hillary" game. Buzzfeed's Andrew Kaczynski reports that the game dates back to 2000, but is being
aggressively promoted this week by:
[...] The Hillary Project, an anti-Clinton Super PAC that lists its address in Nashua, New Hampshire, according to FEC filings, and has Christopher M. Marston, a Republican campaign finance consultant and former member of the Bush administration, as its treasurer.
This is not a fringe-of-the-fringe-of-the-Republican-Party undertaking, in other words. It's a reminder of how people a half step outside of the very core of the Republican establishment have always treated Hillary Clinton, and a preview of what the 2016 campaign against her would be. It's the
nutcracker on steroids. And it's today's Republican Party: looking for laughs and fundraising dollars off of slapping a woman across the face.
11:19 AM PT: ThinkProgress lays out more about Christopher Marston's GOP connections:
Marston, who served as treasurer for the pro-Rick Santorum Red, White, and Blue fund in 2012, also currently serves in a similar role for leadership PACs for Rep. Marlin Stuzman (R-IN), Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), and Virginia Speaker of the House William Howell (R).