You notice they never raise the question of whether Bill Clinton would have made it to the White House "if he hadn't married the gal."
There's no question that having been First Lady provided a definite amount of publicity for Clinton in her race for the Senate in New York — but Senators rarely get solely on name recognition. Clinton made it all the way to the end of a neck-and-neck primary battle against Barack Obama in '08 (further than, cough, Herman Cain got). And she was appointed and served as Secretary of State.
You don't do those things just because you "married the guy."
It's actually funny. Half the attacks on Clinton are that she's a super-villain, a ruthless intelligence that is out to destroy America through her fiendish plans. The other half are that she's an empty suit, cruising by on being married to a former president, with no qualifications and no capabilities of her own.
Once they make up their mind if she's Ernestine Blofeld or Elly May Clampett, maybe it will be a discussion worth having.
Originally shared by +Media Matters for America:
Herman Cain: I refer to Clinton as "Bill Clinton's wife because "she has only ever gotten anywhere in politics because of who she's married to."
Conservative Men: Hillary Clinton Would Be Nothing “If She Hadn’t Married The Guy”
+Dave Hill, at this point they're just throwing stuff out to see what sticks. I don't think they have a grand strategy, they're running scared.
+Harold Chester Oh, I know that's part of it. It's just so incoherently meanspirited that I hope it does more harm than good.
Hilary is still leading by a huge margin over any Republican candidate from every recent poll I've seen.
+Harold Chester I take little faith in polls, especially a year and a half ahead the event. Too many things can go wrong (or right) between now and then, and certainly until the GOP end up with a candidate (Bush, if they have any brains) there won't be any basis for meaningful polling.