After reading one baffling defense of HRC after another on DKOS, I have finally realized what it is that makes Clinton impervious to charges that should sink any progressive candidate. She appeals to Nixonian Democrats, a group that vocally supports her while remaining silent about their ugly and cynical model of Politics. These people like the fact that she admires Henry Kissinger. These people admire her for scooping up $30 million in personal wealth by working the speaking circuit. These people say that Sanders would have taken a seat on the WalMart board if only he had the chance. Nixonian Democrats like her belligerent stance on Syria. They like seeing her chuckle about killing Ghaddafi. They want a female tricky Dick in the White House.
Nixonian Democrats believe that the world is a jungle and that an American President should be ruthless, amoral, and, above all, cunning. Clinton’s windsock shifts in position are viewed as proof of cunning and guile by Nixonian Democrats. Clinton’s disgusting relationship with WalMart is proof to her admirers that she is a major league PLAYER, as is her Wall Street speaking fees. Her decision to stick with her philandering husband, after repeated public humiliations, is viewed as a smart move to maintain her political momentum. Although they are ashamed to say so, Nixonian Democrats privately admire the worst characteristics of Hillary Clinton.
Unfortunately, as we saw with Nixon, a cunning and treacherous President is not an ideal leader. Once secure in high office, the Machiavellian mind wants to keep working at full speed and finds plots and enemies aplenty — real or imagined. The Nixonian personality surrounds itself with sycophants, compiles enemies lists, and launches clandestine schemes. Be careful what you wish for, Nixonian Democrats, she may become the first impeached woman president.