Hillary's revenge?

As I write this, I’m watching the second round of the Democratic presidential debates, and my mind is drifting to a video I watched this morning in which Hillary Clinton said fascism is happening. HRC:

The demagoguery, the appeal to the crowd, the very clever use of symbols, the intimidation, verbal and physical—this is a classic pattern.

There is nothing new about it, it is just different means of messages being delivered.

I’ve never been one to gush about candidates, and I probably won’t ever be.

But Clinton is the victim of the greatest presidential cheat of my lifetime. The Republicans cheated her. The political press cheated her. And of course the Russians cheated her. And yet here she is.

If anyone had the right to complain, it’s her. Yet she doesn’t, and that’s just an amazing thing.

Moreover, she keeps her focus, our focus, on the country and on the people.

If you care about this incredible experiment that we have been engaged in now for 200-plus years, then you have to be concerned about this.

With a few exceptions, I still like all of the Democratic candidates. But if that person beats Trump next year, I can’t help thinking that person’s victory will be in part Hillary Clinton’s revenge. —JS