BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead sent out an email to members of the GOP Monday morning expressing some of the reasons he believes Hillary Clinton won’t be the next President of the United States.
“Democrats and the media have been anxiously awaiting Hillary’s ascendancy to the White House as the first woman president of the United States,” Chairman Armistead said. “So, will 2016 finally be Hillary’s year? Don’t bet on it!”
Noting that Hillary Clinton was in a similar position in the polls during this time in 2007, Mr. Armistead gave several reasons the GOP shouldn’t fear Clinton, listing Hillary’s own husband as her biggest liability.
Hillary Clinton will not become president for a number of reasons. First, is her husband and former president Bill Clinton. She is where she is because of him, but when they get in campaign mode he can quickly become an albatross to her campaign. He has to be the center of attention, offering his opinions on any and all subjects. In 2008, he accused Sen. Ted Kennedy of only supporting Obama because he was black. Clinton said to Kennedy, “A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.”
Then there is Monica. She just won’t go away. She will always be linked to the Clintons and will be sought out during the campaign by the media. What may be worse is Bill Clinton’s association with billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of pimping underage girls for sex. Epstein had 21 contact numbers for Bill Clinton and flew him to a private Caribbean island on multiple occasions.
Armistead also cited perception of Hillary’s personality and image, particularly following her stint as Secretary of State, her role in the Benghazi terror attack, and her assertion that she and Bill were “dead broke” when they left the White House and returned to their multi million mansions in New York.
Don’t count her out of politics all together, Armistead warns, if another Democrat is elected to the presidency in 2016, perhaps she’ll “settle” for a spot on the Supreme Court.
“There is only one problem with that scenario,” Armistead adds, “We will elect a Republican president next year!”
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— Elizabeth BeShears (@LizEBeesh) January 21, 2015
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