You want to know what is boring? It’s boring to discuss the Blogad purchasing choices of Hillary Clinton. She bought an ad here and I’m grateful. I need a lot more ad buys. Does it change how I view her? Not in the slightest. You know what will impress me? When she creates an account and posts a diary, and sticks around to answer a few questions.
I’d also be a lot more impressed if the whole establishment of the Democratic Party took any concern whatsoever for the financial health of the netroots. And by that, I don’t mean primarily politicians running for election, but donors that ignore us and let us go on fending for ourselves, without health insurance.
As for Hillary, we know what her people think of us. Paul Begala said of Howard Dean that he didn’t need ‘some asshole from Vermont to tell him what to do’. Well…the netroots, taken as a whole, wanted Howard Dean to chair the DNC. The netroots wanted Howard Dean to have a major role in telling Democrats how to run the party. So, if Begala feels that way about Dean then he basically thinks we are all just ‘assholes from Vermont’. And that is how I view Hillary’s campaign. They are implacable foes. They are to be opposed.
She has some time to change perceptions, but not too much time. And I haven’t seen anything yet to soften my stance. Thanks for the money Ms. Clinton, but I ain’t biting.
