{"id":24517,"date":"2016-06-27T05:45:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T09:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=24517"},"modified":"2016-06-26T20:03:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T00:03:19","slug":"hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton: more of the same, or much worse?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In a column in which he coins the useful term \u201cHillaryism,\u201d \u00a0Charles Krauthammer says that Hillary Clinton is offering the status quo in a time when much of the general public is desperate for change. \u00a0Thus the popularity of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. \u00a0Clinton, though, offers nothing more than the old liberal bromides and a continuation of the Obama administration. \u00a0See Krauthammer\u2019s argument after the jump.<\/p>\n

I wonder, though. \u00a0Would a Clinton administration amount to a third term for Obama? \u00a0I don\u2019t think it would. \u00a0She seems much tougher and meaner than he is. \u00a0Other countries would probably be less willing to cross her. \u00a0And I suspect she would be more willing than Obama to intervene someplace militarily to throw her weight around.<\/p>\n

And a Clinton victory would seem to put the radical feminists, the pro-abortion fanatics, and the political correctness enforcers in charge of the whole country.<\/p>\n

\n

Her husband, you may recall, was considered a conservative or at least a moderate Democrat, ending welfare as we know it, supporting\u00a0the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, supporting the Defense of Marriage Act. \u00a0She is not. \u00a0Despite what those who are nostalgic for another Clinton administration assume, that being the last time they had money in their pockets, Hillary does not have the same ideology as Bill. \u00a0And she and her party have\u00a0been pushed farther to the left by Bernie Sanders, whose mark will probably be seen in her vice presidential choice and the party platform.<\/p>\n

What do you think her administration would be like? \u00a0<\/p>\n

From Charles Krauthammer,\u00a0Hillaryism \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

Clinton is trapped by circumstance. She\u2019s the status quo candidate, Barack Obama\u2019s heir, running essentially on more of the same when, after two terms and glaring failures both at home and abroad, Americans are hardly clamoring for four more years. . . .<\/p>\n

Defending the status quo today is a thankless undertaking. It nearly cost Clinton the Democratic nomination. Bernie Sanders campaigned loudly and convincingly against the baleful consequences of the Obama years \u2014 stagnant wages, income inequality and a squeezing of the middle class. Clinton was forced to echo those charges while simultaneously defending the president and policies that brought on the miseries.<\/p>\n

Not easy to do. She is left, therefore, with a pared and pinched rationale for her candidacy. She promises no fundamental change, no relief from the new normal of slow growth, low productivity and economic stagnation. Instead, she offers government as remediator, as gap filler. Hillaryism steps in to alleviate the consequences of what it cannot change with a patchwork of subsidies, handouts and small-ball initiatives.<\/p>\n

Hence the $30 billion she proposes<\/a> to soften the blow for the coal miners she will put out of business<\/a>. Hence her cure for stagnant wages. Employers are reluctant to give you a wage hike in an economy growing at 1 percent<\/a>. So she will give it to you instead by decreeing from Washington a huge increase in the minimum wage.<\/p>\n

Hillaryism embodies the essence of modern liberalism. Having reached the limits of a welfare state grown increasingly sclerotic, bureaucratic and dysfunctional, the mission of modern liberalism is to patch the fraying safety net with yet more programs and entitlements.<\/div>\n
\n

Her line of argument is quite straightforward: I\u2019m the devil you know \u2014 experienced, if flawed; safe, if devious; reliable, if totally uninspired. I give you steady incrementalism. Meanwhile, the other guy is absurdly risky. His policies on trade, immigration and national security threaten trade wars, social unrest and alienation from friends and allies abroad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

[Keep reading. . .]<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a column in which he coins the useful term \u201cHillaryism,\u201d \u00a0Charles Krauthammer says that Hillary Clinton is offering the status quo in a time when much of the general public is desperate for change. \u00a0Thus the popularity of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. \u00a0Clinton, though, offers nothing more than the old liberal bromides and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,36],"tags":[3457,1019,1787],"class_list":["post-24517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-politics","tag-2016-presidential-election","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-president-barack-obama"],"yoast_head":"\nHillary Clinton: more of the same, or much worse?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a column in which he coins the useful term "Hillaryism," \u00a0Charles Krauthammer says that Hillary Clinton is offering the status quo in a time when much\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hillary Clinton: more of the same, or much worse?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a column in which he coins the useful term "Hillaryism," \u00a0Charles Krauthammer says that Hillary Clinton is offering the status quo in a time when much\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cranach\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cranachblog\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-27T09:45:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-06-27T00:03:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gene Veith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gene Veith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/\",\"name\":\"Hillary Clinton: more of the same, or much worse?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-27T09:45:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-27T00:03:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#\/schema\/person\/f9ca8670bcc51908a78994c0484dbfa1\"},\"description\":\"In a column in which he coins the useful term \\\"Hillaryism,\\\" \u00a0Charles Krauthammer says that Hillary Clinton is offering the status quo in a time when much\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hillary Clinton: more of the same, or much worse?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/\",\"name\":\"Cranach\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#\/schema\/person\/f9ca8670bcc51908a78994c0484dbfa1\",\"name\":\"Gene Veith\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/054d79faea5d476edd8f99e5f14fb17f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/054d79faea5d476edd8f99e5f14fb17f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Gene Veith\"},\"description\":\"Gene Edward Veith, Jr. is a writer and retired literature professor, serving as Provost Emeritus at Patrick Henry College. He has authored over 25 books on Christianity and culture, literature, classical education, and theology. Dr. Veith previously held academic and editorial roles at Concordia University Wisconsin and WORLD Magazine. A respected voice in Lutheran and classical education circles, he holds a Ph.D. in English and several honorary doctorates. He and his wife, Jackquelyn, live in St. Louis and have three children and twelve grandchildren.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cranachblog\/\",\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gene_Edward_Veith\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/author\/geneveith\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hillary Clinton: more of the same, or much worse?","description":"In a column in which he coins the useful term \"Hillaryism,\" \u00a0Charles Krauthammer says that Hillary Clinton is offering the status quo in a time when much","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hillary Clinton: more of the same, or much worse?","og_description":"In a column in which he coins the useful term \"Hillaryism,\" \u00a0Charles Krauthammer says that Hillary Clinton is offering the status quo in a time when much","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/","og_site_name":"Cranach","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cranachblog\/","article_published_time":"2016-06-27T09:45:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-06-27T00:03:19+00:00","author":"Gene Veith","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gene Veith","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/","name":"Hillary Clinton: more of the same, or much worse?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-06-27T09:45:38+00:00","dateModified":"2016-06-27T00:03:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#\/schema\/person\/f9ca8670bcc51908a78994c0484dbfa1"},"description":"In a column in which he coins the useful term \"Hillaryism,\" \u00a0Charles Krauthammer says that Hillary Clinton is offering the status quo in a time when much","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2016\/06\/hillary-clinton-more-of-the-same-or-much-worse\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hillary Clinton: more of the same, or much worse?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/","name":"Cranach","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#\/schema\/person\/f9ca8670bcc51908a78994c0484dbfa1","name":"Gene Veith","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/054d79faea5d476edd8f99e5f14fb17f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/054d79faea5d476edd8f99e5f14fb17f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Gene Veith"},"description":"Gene Edward Veith, Jr. is a writer and retired literature professor, serving as Provost Emeritus at Patrick Henry College. He has authored over 25 books on Christianity and culture, literature, classical education, and theology. Dr. Veith previously held academic and editorial roles at Concordia University Wisconsin and WORLD Magazine. A respected voice in Lutheran and classical education circles, he holds a Ph.D. in English and several honorary doctorates. He and his wife, Jackquelyn, live in St. Louis and have three children and twelve grandchildren.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cranachblog\/","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gene_Edward_Veith"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/author\/geneveith\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}