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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘07
What the hell is it about Hillary Clinton that inspires such loathing in people? Quite frankly, I don’t get it — is it her politics? Or is it because she’s a woman? I think that certain people, especially Southern Republican men, feel threatened by her abrasiveness, by her strong view points, and her take-no-shit attitude.
Maybe that’s what it is for 19-year-old Richard Wargo, a freshman at the University of Louisiana. He’s been arrested and charged with terrorizing, and is now being held on $1 million bail. His crime: He threatened to kill Hillary Clinton.
Wargo told a fellow classmate that he wanted to commit an act of terrorism and asked if the classmate would join him. Clinton is scheduled to appear at the school this week, and Wargo said that his attack would be a “national event.” Then, according to the Smoking Gun, “when Wargo’s classmate told him that an attack on Clinton would make her even more popular, he responded, according to the warrant, ‘True, but have you ever heard of a dead president?’”
But as I say, I just don’t get it - why the Hillary hate? What is it about her that might drive a 19-year-old to assassinate her? It’s that bullshit feminazi stuff that Rush Limbaugh spews, right?
