I couldn't believe it
when Wolfe Blitzer referred to the New Hampshire primary as a
stunning win for Hillary Clinton. Stunning win? This allegedly
invincible, unbeatable candidate only won the primary by 2%. That's
hardly impressive within the scheme of things, even if one wants to
believe that she was losing by large numbers 48 hours before the
primary itself. Obviously, the polls were wrong, so why use them to
define her win?
Impressive was Obama
beating the self-proclaimed unbeatable Hillary Clinton in Iowa. It
was impressive because of how Hillary was portrayed the front-runner
and untouchable by any other hopefuls. It proved that being
over-confident can be a dangerous thing to be, especially in a
campaign. It also has left Hillary unable to live up to the claim so
boldly made. No matter what--she was beaten and it doesn't matter by
how much or how little. A win is a win and a loss is a loss and she
lost in Iowa.
Obama wasn't expected
to win against the Clinton machine, so every win he gets under his
campaign is definitely impressive. After all, the Clintons had led
us to believe none were possible. We can, therefore, be surprised
and amazed when they happen. What do we have to be surprised and
amazed by with Hillary?
Hillary made a
statement that this was not a game. She's right. The outcome of this
campaign does affect the lives of people. Did this fact only
recently come to her attention? Was she so busy making changes these
past 35 years that this realization slipped right over her head? And
speaking of the thirty five years that she keeps bringing up, I
would be interested in some specifics, rather than be expected to
simply take her word there were accomplishments that I should be
impressed by.
Hillary told us that
she was unbeatable. She told us she was the candidate of experience.
When those proved untrue and didn't have the expected effect she was
counting on--she took on Obama's winning theme. But is that really
Hillary or did she win New Hampshire under false pretense? Was it
all--every bit of it--nothing more than a ploy? It is a fair
question. This is politics, after all, and the Clinton's claim to be
experts in the field.
A stunning win? A
stunning win would be if Hillary had won with high double digits.
She should have. Remember, she went all out to groom us to believe
she was the front-runner that no other candidate could stay in the
shadow of. With that in mind, I would say that Obama getting 37% to
her 39% was actually a stunning win for him. He won against the odds
we were told were reality and that he had no chance against!
Carrie Hutchens
is a former law enforcement officer and a freelance writer who is
active in fighting against the death culture movement and the
injustices within the judicial and law enforcement systems.
