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Taking off from the springboard of the John Cole post that’s making the rounds, J&J Politics invokes the vivid and unflattering image of Tonya Harding to describe Hillary Clinton. Funny! Really, it is. Made me smile. This meme has also been - unsurprisingly - making the rounds for a while.
The obvious conceptual hazard, however, is that if Hillary is Tonya, that pretty much sticks Obama with another vivid and unflattering image:
If I was an Obama guy - which I’m not, any more than I’m “for” Hillary just now - I’m not sure that’s the association with my candidate that I’d want lodged in the public’s frontal lobe…now, or during the general election.
Just sayin’: Analogies, they’re slippery. Like ice.
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If you think that one is funny, just wait for the image the Republicans will put on Obama.
You won’t even be able to say Barack without thinking Willie Horton.
See if you’re smiling then. And what will you say? Because crying that it is unfair is a bit unseemly since you’ve already dined at that table.