Devlin Barrett reports for the AP that Hillary Clinton is talking about the “vast right-wing conspiracy” again. She started using that phrase (publicly) during the time of the Lewinsky scandal.
As Barrett points out Clinton was ridiculed for referring to a ‘conservative conspiracy’ once “evidence of the affair eventually came to light”, but “many Democrats have since insisted that Clinton was correct, pointing to the well-documented efforts by conservative financier Richard Mellon Scaife to fund a network of anti-Clinton investigations.”
New Hampshire Democratic Party chairwoman Kathy Sullivan said she absolutely agreed with the senator’s description of the case.
“People think we’re paranoid when we talk about the vast right-wing conspiracy, but there is a real connection of these groups — the same names keep popping up,” said Sullivan. “They are the most disgusting group of political thugs that I have ever seen.”
Conservatives will, undoubtedly, continue to ridicule Clinton for mentioning this ‘right-wing conspiracy’ for the rest of her career, but I have to admit that – although there is certainly a lot of truth to what Ed Morrissey argues: that both sides have individuals who are willing to break the law for political purposes (but that there’s no such thing as a ‘conspiracy’) – I do understand her.
Hot Air’s allahpundit has a good point (especially when referring to Obama):
Only the Glacier could think dusting off this dilapidated meme is a good idea. It wins her no points with the left, who hate her for Iraq; it portends a return to Clinton-era rancor, which would be distasteful even if it didn’t follow eight years of Bush-era rancor; and it sharpens the contrast with Obama’s image as a fresh face who’s above the fray of partisan politics. He’s talking about a new day in Washington and she’s working off a script that’s literally ten years old.
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