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In the course of a funny riff on Che Day, Burro Hall's Frank takes a parenthetical swipe at anti-Che shirts: "The same people who recoil at the Guevara myth-making would have you believe that nutty right-wing conservative chicks are really this hot. Please. Your dictator lost. Get over it."

While over at that wingnut outfitters page, I couldn't help but notice that in addition to their anti-Che shirts, they have a whole host of equally subtle anti-Hillary shirts. I've been saying for more than a year (though apparently not explicitly on this blog) that there is virtually no way Hillary Clinton can win the 2008 election. I don't care how much of a shambles the Republicans are in. What Clinton and the Democratic establishment seem to have forgotten is that 49 percent of the country already hates her passionately. Remember John Kerry? The GOP had to work their assess off to convince 51 percent of the country that he was unlikable, and they just barely pulled it off. With Clinton, they start the race mere steps from their goal. Obviously not everyone who dislikes Clinton is as batshit insane as these shirt-mongers, but they're on the same continuum. Roping in the last two percent should be a breeze. Take my anecdotal analysis for what you will, but travelling around the country for the last two years, I met lots of people who would accept, if unenthusiastically, an Obama or Edwards presidency, and who will, if either of them gets the nomination, sit out the election rather than vote for a Mormon or an abortion-enabler. But I promise you, they will hold their noses and vote for Giuliani or Romney or Thompson or the rotting corpse of John McCain rather than let Hillary Clinton into the White House.

The GOP and its allies on talk radio, Fox News and the rightwing blogoweb are drooling for the chance to take on Hillary Clinton again. After eight years of being saddled with an allegiance to George W. Bush, they need a juicy enemy to find their groove again, and there's none juicier than HRC. Hell, the talkers and bloggers probably secretly hope she'll win so they'll have four years to kick her around for fun and profit. They're keeping their powder dry now, feigning respect for her political skills and so forth, but when the time comes, Clinton won't know what hit her. Yes, she thinks she does, but the heat she took during her husband's years in office doesn't begin to compare with what she's due for next fall.

And don't tell me that she won over upstate New York. Alabama is not upstate New York -- and neither are Florida or Ohio.

Posted by Daniel Radosh

10:00 AM