Via Robert Gehl:

Hillary Clinton is trying to convince us that because she’s a woman she – by default – can not possibly be the “establishment” candidate.

Who is she kidding?

At Thursday night’s debate, Bernie Sanders – whose entire campaign is about running against the “establishment,” said the obvious: With two decades of experience in Washington D.C., including a husband president, Hillary Clinton represents the Washington establishment.

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SANDERS: So, Rachel, yes, Secretary Clinton does represent the establishment. I represent, I hope, ordinary Americans, and by the way — who are not all that enamored with the establishment. But I am very proud to have people like Keith Ellison and Raul Grijalva in the House, the co-chairmen of the House Progressive Caucus.

Clinton responded by trying to deny the obvious.

CLINTON: Well, look, I’ve got to just jump in here because, honestly, Sen. Sanders is the only person who I think would characterize me, a woman running to be the first woman president, as exemplifying the establishment. And I’ve got to tell you that it is really quite amusing to me.

Is Hillary Clinton trying to claim that merely because she is a woman she is not and can not possibly be part of the “establishment”? Does she think New Hampshire voters are going to buy this? The Washington Post reports:

There are those who insist that race, gender and any other aspects of identity which are immutable or visible are held in one’s pocket — or somehow cease to exist until such time that individuals elect to pull them out and “play” them like some kind of cultural ace card. These people are, to put it very simply, plain wrong — or, at least, fortunate enough in their own social standing to remain blissfully unaware. So, Clinton’s fundamental claim that her status as a precedent-setting candidate — the first woman with a real and solid chance at a major party’s presidential nomination — is not the problem here. She is who she is. This is a statement of fact. The problem is what followed — the “exemplifying the establishment” and the “quite amusing” parts. She all but said that a woman cannot be a part of the establishment.

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And this, we must say, is simply false.

Clinton has managed to raise more than of $150 million from Wall Street, big business and Washington lobbyists.

Does Clinton truly believe that her time working as a young lawyer on a congressional committee, her time in the Senate, her time as secretary of state, her two presidential campaigns and yes, even her marriage to a U.S. president and role as one of his principal advisers, gave her no power, no connections, no access to those with influence that differs at all from what others can truthfully claim?

Voters can see right through this – and right through Hillary.





