Dem Debate

If it was relevant to ask Chris Dodd about his father being censured in 1967, why wasn’t it relevant to ask Hillary about her husband’s impeachment? Dodd’s dad did a lot of cool stuff, apparently the people of Iowa respected him, as Dodd’s answer got applause. Hillary always seemed to be waiting for hers.

There’s been a lot of discussion about the Oprah factor, so I’ll chime in too. I think what Oprah has done for Obama, if fine, but I don’t think it’s being properly read. Obama will benefit from Oprah, but so will most of the other candidates too. I think the real value of her endorsement is in giving American women permission to choose our president sans an ovarian litmus test. Without the ‘vote for Hillary or else you’re a traitor to your gender’ thing everybody’s a little more free to check out the issues, and vote for whomever we think will best see to our interests.

Wasn’t it nice of Mrs. Rodham to do that lovely commercial for her daughter? Such a low key person, doesn’t ever seem to be seen out of doors, unless she’s stumping for Hillary. “Hillary’s mom lives with her” was an included caption. Not included was any mention of Hillary’s husband’s residence.

Moral authority

Bill Clinton gave a heckler permission to disagree with him, provided he didn’t kill a tree to do it. Isn’t that great, he travels the world in a private jet, and yet he is morally superior to all those who use paper.

Does anybody remember a couple of weeks ago, a reporter with Republican leanings said that the Clinton camp had dug up some dirt on Obama, but were too superior to use it? Only to include in a press release that Obama wanted to be president in Kindergarten? Only to say that it was a joke? Now they’re using the spouse of one of their campaign chairs to bring up youthful drug use of their opponents. I’m sure Hillary is too cowardly to admit that she is behind the back-handed swipe, but it does beg the question, did Hillary inhale?

By the way, I did think it a fair question, when Tim Russert asked Rudy if presidential girlfriends were entitled to Secret Service protection, but we do have a precedent, are Bill Clinton’s girlfriends afforded such protection? How awkward could that get?

Rampage

I’m bothered about these rampage shootings. I don’t understand these bozos. The guy in Omaha said he wanted to be famous. There are many ways to get famous, many of them also include making money, but he didn’t choose those. Instead he chose to kill a bunch of people that he probably didn’t even know, and himself. I can’t remember his name already. A month from now, nobody else will remember his name either, with the probable exception of those directly involved, those who had to bury their own. Plus, he killed himself, what’s the point of being famous if you’re dead?

I don’t know the name of this other bozo. Gunning down people at a church, what’s up with that? I do agree that people who are excessively churchy can be very annoying, but still…

Where are our leaders? Our elected officials, feeling the victims pain is fine, but not enough. Where is the NRA and the other gun clubs, denouncing these nut jobs? Where are the military recruitment officers, suggesting that those who would like to go on a rampage shooting, can serve their country by doing it in a war zone? Where are the many moguls of our nation, proclaiming rampage shootings bad for business?

Omaha Nebraska is known for being Warren Buffet’s town. Sure, many other billionaires also live there, but he’s the most famous. Also, he’s having a public conversation with Queen Clinton. I’m sure nobody actually believes that jihadist for healthcare started this recent ball rolling, but if it were to be discussed, it might show leadership. Of course it might also bring visions of Queen Clinton sitting in her DC mansion with her mother, waiting for the professionals to do their jobs, so that she could have her close-up.

Honest

When a woman uses the expression "be quiet and out of the way" she does not mean she would like for you to pay her more attention. She is not fishing for compliments. She means that she wants you to be quiet and out of the way. She is letting you know that the best way to please her, is to be quiet, and out of the way. Really.

Dumb

So Bubba's unhappy with the press for not reporting on his wife's experience. Maybe the press would report on her experience if her experience could be verified. In my opinion, failing to make the White House records available means never getting to scold those who don't report on it. It's wrong to whine that nobody is reporting on that which you yourself is denying them access.

When Hillary said that she didn't want a "one night stand" with the voters, to me she implied that her husband did. It was a way to bring sex into the conversation. Not gender, sex. She's her most successful when people compensate her for her husband's activities.

Last week we had Mark Penn slamming Zogby on the grounds that Zogby doesn't know his business. Claiming that the poll the Clinton camp didn't like was flawed. Nevermind that Zogby's been in that business forever, and for at least the past five years, has been selling his polling data to Penn for Clinton. Well today Mark Penn decided to tell the world that crack Hillary made about Obama's kindergarten was a joke. Attention folks, if you have to label something as a joke, it's not a joke.

Why didn't she go?

Why didn't Hillary Clinton not want to go to the DNC meeting? I hope it was more than just ducking the press. I hope it was more than just wanting a day off to sit at home with her mother and play the mommy card. What does she need deniability about? Why didn't she attend?

In Politico, a guy sounding like a sycophant of the campaign said wonderful things about her photo op. He said terrific things about her camp, keeping her on schedule, only to be shown up the next by the weather, which kept her from her appointments. He said she looked presidential, which I agree she looked the part, after everything was over. I just don't agree that cloistering yourself at home with your mother is the sort of thing a respected and trusted leader does.

By the way CNN, as for that report you did, outside HRC's empty office, during the town's Christmas Parade, I enjoyed the Nutcracker music in the background.

Now that Gillian Gibbons is on her way home, and everything is all over, I'm sure we can expect at any moment a display of HRC's leadership prowess. Man, is she tough?

New Hampshire Incident

It’s wonderful that nobody got hurt during the hostage situation. It was also a very lucky break for the Clintons. They’d had a bad week. Hillary Clinton’s campaign had just gotten busted, again, for planting another question, this time at the Republicans debate. It was also being reported that people in Iowa were getting annoyed with HRC’s repeated tardiness. How about that interview with Katie Couric, “It will be me.”

Do we think that Hillary Clinton canceled her schedule because she wanted to give a guy with a road flare taped to his body the power to stop her from making a speech at the DNC, or because she wanted to stay at home for the day? I don’t see any reason she should not have, at the very least, attended the DNC event.

Do we think that Bill Clinton canceled his schedule because he thought it was a good idea to give a guy with a road flare taped to his body the power to stop him in his tracks, or because it hadn’t yet wriggled out of his statement about being opposed to the war from the beginning? Was there concern that Charlie Rose might have brought that up?

It could not have been scripted better. It could not have been timed better. The conversation is completely changed. We a local guy that everybody knows, and nobody actually fears. He straps on a road flare, and goes to Clinton’s local office to bring attention to his inability to get the medical and mental help he needs, providing the perfect preamble for a conversation about Hillarycare.

I know Clinton needs New Hampshire. I just don’t know if the nation needs the sort of government that shuts down any time a person straps on a road flare.