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You've got to hand it to her. In spite of her attacks on the alleged media bias against her, Hillary quite literally dominates every single news cycle. Even following Obama's eleven straight wins, the lead stories are inevitably thus: what can Hillary do to get back in the game/catch up/come back? Are we being too tough on Hillary? Is Obama getting a free pass? Every storyline, good or bad, has been handed to the press by the Clinton campaign.
In the parallel universe that is the Clinton campaign, this point is rarely, if ever, discussed. It's almost become a pathology. The media can't help themselves, they just have a compulsion to cover her every public utterance and take at face value every reckless charge (Obama hates the Jews, Obama is an empty suit).
What this unfortunate oversight misses is something all voters need to consider: this destructive and co-dependent relationship the press has with Clinton is a part of the whole Clinton thing. It will never go away. All the chaos, the drama, the histrionics, the whining, the blaming, the almost oppressive narcissism and self-pity, is not something new. We had it in the 90s and Arkansas had it in the 80s. It is a fundamental component of the Clinton public experience. So much so that it goes unnoticed by the Clintons themselves and their most ardent supporters. People living inside a psychosis, see their psychosis as perfectly rational (really, the tinfoil hats will keep the government from reading my thoughts).
So I say to the undecided voters of Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont, is this really how you want to spend the next four years? All caught up on Clinton drama and histrionics' gerbil wheel? Spinning and spinning and spinning? With meaning and productivity being lost to unrelieved whining and belly-aching?
Please, please consider that when making up your minds.
