On countless occasions when I was younger, my paternal grandfather would often say:
“A hit dog will always holler.”
No, this does not mean that my granddad beat his dog. He, like me, believed dogs were among the most wonderful creatures in the world and should be cherished, even spoiled.
But his Georgia wisdom about the hit dog always hollering was meant to teach a larger lesson: When you say something that makes a person feel guilty, they will inevitably start to yell, protest, and get very defensive.
So it should come as no surprise that Republicans began to complain when Hillary Clinton made this remark at a campaign stop in Ohio earlier today:
“Now extreme views about women, we expect that from some of the terrorist groups, we expect that from people who don’t want to live in the modern world, but it’s a little hard to take coming from Republicans who want to be the President of the United States. They are dead wrong for 21st Century America. We are going forward. We are not going back.”
Social media lit up like a massive Christmas tree a few minutes after Secretary Clinton uttered those words. How dare she expose the Republicans for the Neanderthal troglodytes they are! Check out these dogs in full holler mode:
Right out of the Obama playbook. No debating, just demagoguing. Very presidential. At least, in the 21st century. https://t.co/WyOWudOrOa
— Brent Leatherwood (@LeatherwoodTN) August 27, 2015
@HillaryClinton so now I am a terrorist because I do not believe in parting out fetuses? Isn’t it terroristic to sell fetal organs?
— Dave (@GLASSSSSSSSSMAN) August 27, 2015
6 died 1993 World Trade Center bomb under Bill Clinton watch yet Hillary Clinton wants tighter gun ban when shes 2inept 2keep terrorist out — ChristinaBistes (@PlainUnamerican) August 27, 2015
Hillary just compared Republicans to Islamic terrorists. Nice try changing the subject. Won’t work. Seems desperate. — Andrea Tantaros (@AndreaTantaros) August 27, 2015
Hillary just compared her opponents to terrorists. http://t.co/KHgaCksis0 Needs to apologize. pic.twitter.com/Lx2M42fJAy — RNC (@GOP) August 27, 2015
Aw, did the widdle Wepubwicans get their feelings hurt? Are they gonna start to cry? Too late, they already have.
Someone needs to give all those hit dogs on the right a hush puppy or two to shut them up. They can’t seem to handle the truth.