The
Chicago Tribune reports that Hillary Clinton's favorability ratings are on the decline, although a majority of those responding still say they have a favorable view of her for some reason.
So can you guess the one and only reason Hillary's favorables are declining? It's something very basic. It's not Benghazi. It's not Boko Haram. It's not the State Department misplacing $6 billion during her tenure. Those are all examples of her being a terrible Secretary of State, but they're not the reason her favorables are declining.
It is this:
Because Hillary is raising her profile in preparation for her presidential campaign, people are seeing more of Hillary Clinton. That is a very bad thing for Hillary's favorability ratings, because when people actually see Hillary, they don't like what they see.
When people say they have a favorable impression of Hillary, what they really mean is that they like the
idea of Hillary. They like the idea that a First Lady is strong, smart and confident in her own right, and had the ability to be an effective and successful U.S. senator and a cabinet member. They like the idea of a woman strong and capable enough to do all these things, and because the
Hillary! brand is put forward as representing these things, people express positive feelings about it.
The problem is that the actual person who is Hillary Rodham Clinton is not these things at all. She is not smart. She is not capable. She does not do a good job at anything she does. She is not strong and independent, and only gets political opportunities because of who she is married to. She is also not honest. She also does not have any compelling ideas. She is also shrill. She is also mean and ruthless. She is also self-absorbed.
And when she gives interviews designed to promote a book that really offers nothing worth reading, she gets noticably irritated when she is asked questions designed to hold her accountable for her performance in the jobs she got because of who she is married to.
Published by:
Dan Calabrese on Wednesday June 11th, 2014