OK - Hillary is dirty as hell and she's dead-to-rights with what we already have. Clearly the threats from Wikileaks have them very hot and very bothered. Her opponent is openly suggesting he will prosecute her if elected, and she's losing the election.
Meanwhile, her health is an issue. If she has one more public incident, people know she's done. So Hillary makes a contingency plan - if I get sick in public, we tell them I died. And she escapes.
The body double and phone interview are meant to give her time to get out of dodge.
WhiteRonin ago
No.
She was planning to have Chelsea as President. That would destroy that plan.
Tripsick ago
she isnt running from what she has. and Time.. well
scvoon ago
The situation is overall too messy with too much backtracking to consider this part of some escape plan. Plus, it somewhat weakens her image in history. The typical escape plan would be to go out in a violent blaze of glory such as a plane or car crash which creates lasting and resonant legacy a powerful life cut short.
TFP191 ago
This is my guess too. All that murder she committed to get to the top. Now, her masters are going to murder her to keep dems on top. If I believed in karma I'd call it that.
Empire_of_the_mind ago
They don't care about Hillary they care about having the power of the executive for the next four-eight years. If Clinton is out, Kaine automatically becomes the candidate - he's on the ballot. He's their puppet so that's all good. Expect a real established person to be the new VP (would have to be appointed via congress after inauguration). Her death can be used to take up weeks of news cycle, dispel criticism, mute the Wikileaks revelations (which blow the doors on institutional corruption, not just Clinton personally), and more. The idea is they could ride the sympathy to a victory. It's a hail-mary because Trump is formidable, but it looks better than their current best option honestly.
whisky_cat ago
If MSM intends to push Kaine it's going to have to be swift and strong. And I mean like just enough time for people to let go Hillary is sick, but not enough for Trump to coast to victory. So that'd be you know, an early October Surprise. I wish Vegas had odds on it.
Empire_of_the_mind ago
There's a template for this - Arnold Schwarzenegger's governor run. They figured there was too much dirt on him to last a whole campaign, so they rigged up the recall election which created essentially a 3-week campaign. The scandals/etc came fast and furious but no time to sink in and before people could blink he was in.