Only Bill Clinton could play the racial aspects of this or any campaign. I know it’s widely understood that his intentions with the black community have always been altruistic, but I didn’t believe it. I’ve always thought him a cad. Even before the Clintons misogyny was undeniable exposed. Every woman has had experience with cads, at one time or another, and I think all of can agree that cads are more easily spotted when they’re romancing somebody else. He’s been romancing the Soul Patrol (not my expression, but I like it) forever, and exactly what has he actually done for them? Sure, he’s got at table at Silvia’s, and knows to grab a hymn book, and sway with the music, but so what? Who did he hire?
If anybody else had tried these underhanded tactics, they would have been, quite rightly, stopped at the gate. But Bill Clinton gets a pass. Or rather thinks he does. But it’s become too obvious. People, who actually believed the things that Clinton used to promote himself, are now feeling a little bit betrayed. That’s a reference to liberal white people. People with a long history of public service, not the sort to be dismissed with a well placed anonymous rumor. These are people who have worked Clinton campaigns before, and they know the nuts and bolts. Now, they feel dirty.
What about the people of color who were around for the protest marches? I mean back in the day when protest marches were interesting, and dangerous. Leaders in the black community are hesitating to join Obama, what’s that about? Al Sharpton says that just because Obama looks like him, doesn’t mean he’s his kind of people. HUH? We’re talking about Al Sharpton; a guy who came running anytime somebody said a naughty word. As much as we’d all like such hypocrites get their comeuppance, the fight for civil rights has been an industry. The soul patrol (yes, it tickles me to say that) they worry about their mortgages, the children who have come to expect a higher education. Many of these people have made a living, yes, but also a life. Their business associates, friends, wives, all came from the movement. Now what? Where are they going to go every day? What are they going to talk about? Try to imagine the heartbreak that happens, when you’ve spent forty years working towards a goal, and the realization that once that goal is reached, you become instantly redundant. Instantly, you’ve got nothing to do.
I hate rallies. The people who go tend to go to praise themselves, for nothing more than disagreeing with the government. Big whoop. I went to American University, more on principle than interest, to watch the Kennedys endorse Obama. I was only there for a few minutes, as Obama was being introduced, and a bit after, but in that short time it was obvious that this was a completely different deal. The crowd didn’t energize the speakers so much as it was the other way around.
We don’t know what it is to hear people speak anymore. We are so accustomed to the sound bite, the bumper sticker, the rolling slogans, tailored to the latest polls, that to see a proper speaker, hold a crowd in his hand, is breathtaking. When the Obama crowd started to boo Hillary Clinton’s name, and Ted Kennedy quieted them. It wasn’t aggressive just masterful.
What the Kennedys did was more than an endorsement. It was permission. Just as the Clinton campaign gave people permission to vote against somebody for the color of his skin, the Kennedys gave the voters permission to not. In doing so, they may have just rescued the Democratic Party.
The Clinton campaign has been busted for exploiting the growing pains of the people of this nation. That’s why their words are being scrutinized.
I’m the kind who watches the crowd, and watch the crowd I did. As Senator Kennedy passed the torch, people were simultaneously cheering and crying. As cynical as I am, a new day may really be dawning.
I went to lunch afterwards, in the same place patronized by supporters, some of whom didn’t make it in the room; they were outside listening on speakers. I eavesdropped as the friends mimicked each of the attending Kennedys, their words, their pitch, and their tone. With great bravado, they their eyes the size of serving platters, they regaled one another with stories of how the candidate shook their hands. Too excited to eat, they ignored their food, stomped their feet, completely unaware of their naked grins stretching from ear to buzzing ear. Those students will tell those stories, will remember that day and how they felt for years.
When was the last time anybody said that about anyone at all?
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Romney
Why didn't Mitt Romney whine when he was told that people don't like him? Didn't it hurt his feelings?
Bubba and the Little Girl
I'm of course referencing the question asked by a little girl, to the former president. Do we think he handled that better than Chelsea did? Just asking...
Thursday, January 24, 2008
MMFA
I was going to stay out of this one, I’m not a morning person, and by the time I noticed, it appeared to be over. I’ve reconsidered.
Media Matters for America enjoys a 503 nonprofit federal tax exemption. This is supposed to be reserved for organizations that do work for the greater good. Charity work, promoting sports programs, educational activities etc. Instead, MMFA has been acting as professional muscle, shutting down anybody unfriendly to its co-founder, Hillary Clinton, and her ambitions for the presidency.
Part of the reason MMFA has thus far gotten away with it is that they snuck up on people. I’ve heard it said that Imus was left out in the cold, was because nobody likes him, that he had a history of making insensitive remarks, I don’t agree. Of course his remarks are often insensitive, that’s been his trademark for many years. Of course powerful people liked his show, he had a loyal if not large audience, of mostly media professionals. I think it was the mulit-teir punch, of MMFA, Al Sharpton and some discrete upper management people who have an interest in promoting and protecting Hillary Clinton. Punishing those who don’t share their rabid devotion.
Here’s how they do it, using the recent Matthews brouhaha. MMFA writes an open letter to the big wig at NBC, Steve Capus. This is for show, public consumption. Capus also gets a quiet call from GE executive Steven Kluger demanding that Matthews be fired. Capus would rather not fire Matthews because his show has an audience, which pleases the advertisers, which generates money for NBC. Capus is between a rock and a hard place. Capus is a big deal at NBC, but GE is NBC ‘s parent company. To placate Steven Kluger, as a courtesy to Capus, and he wants Hillary Clinton to appear as his guest, Matthews agrees to an on air mea culpa. You’ll remember that Steven Kluger shared a house while at Vassar, with Rick Lazio, the guy who walked against Hillary Clinton in her bid for a seat in the Senate.
I know it’s commonly proclaimed that since Hillary Clinton was married to a sitting president that she is, by osmosis, qualified. I ask all feminists one question, is your husband qualified enough, competent enough, to do what you do every day?
Nobody begrudged your little protest march down memory lane. Nobody minds your designer duds, your over-priced lattes, your Ivy League diplomas, but you really did choose an undeserving cause. Did you even consider the harm you do to women in this country just to promote somebody in your cliché? A faux feminist, who deliberately mislead women in their quests for legal council to protect themselves from a hostile work environment, only to learn too late that the attorney they’d hired, was married the guy creating said hostile work environment.
MMFA has told CNN not to use Ralph Reed. This is by my count the third time inside of one year that MMFA has tried to have professionals blacklisted. Don Imus, Chris Matthews, Ralph Reed, big boys all, nobody’s worried about them. But not everybody has their assets. There are a lot of journalists, who don’t have the prestige to weather this modern day McCarthyism.
The Clintons along with MMFA are trying to end the careers of people, because they won’t drink the Kool Aid. MMFA is enjoying prestige and financial benefits from our tax dollars to shut down free speech, in concert with the Clintons.
They’re trying to control the airwaves, making sure that everything broadcast is to their taste, and suits their chosen politicians. A democracy requires discourse, discussion, and yes, disagreement too. Public money should not be used to suppress any American’s Freedom of Expression, tacky or not, it’s an offense against the Constitution.
MMFA has a pattern of trying to jettison working people from the civilized world; it shouldn’t be a one directional thing. Nobody should be able to do this with impunity. Broadcasters, it’s time to find a way to get their 503 status reviewed. Perhaps even revoked. Let the Clinton campaign pay its campaign workers.
It’s fraud.
It’s time for the media to stop airing the unwarranted attacks that Bill Clinton makes against itself. Do not air his unfounded accusations unless you have a proper rebuttal. I mean a pre-taped statement from a station owner, or manager, or president. Do try not to become the story.
If the Clintons don’t like it, let them sue. You have no obligation to report on things that you don’t find credible. No matter how silly his whiney, little tantrums make him look.
Changing the channel because you don’t like a show or a person on it is legitimate. Being an arbiter of the nation’s taste is not.
Media Matters for America enjoys a 503 nonprofit federal tax exemption. This is supposed to be reserved for organizations that do work for the greater good. Charity work, promoting sports programs, educational activities etc. Instead, MMFA has been acting as professional muscle, shutting down anybody unfriendly to its co-founder, Hillary Clinton, and her ambitions for the presidency.
Part of the reason MMFA has thus far gotten away with it is that they snuck up on people. I’ve heard it said that Imus was left out in the cold, was because nobody likes him, that he had a history of making insensitive remarks, I don’t agree. Of course his remarks are often insensitive, that’s been his trademark for many years. Of course powerful people liked his show, he had a loyal if not large audience, of mostly media professionals. I think it was the mulit-teir punch, of MMFA, Al Sharpton and some discrete upper management people who have an interest in promoting and protecting Hillary Clinton. Punishing those who don’t share their rabid devotion.
Here’s how they do it, using the recent Matthews brouhaha. MMFA writes an open letter to the big wig at NBC, Steve Capus. This is for show, public consumption. Capus also gets a quiet call from GE executive Steven Kluger demanding that Matthews be fired. Capus would rather not fire Matthews because his show has an audience, which pleases the advertisers, which generates money for NBC. Capus is between a rock and a hard place. Capus is a big deal at NBC, but GE is NBC ‘s parent company. To placate Steven Kluger, as a courtesy to Capus, and he wants Hillary Clinton to appear as his guest, Matthews agrees to an on air mea culpa. You’ll remember that Steven Kluger shared a house while at Vassar, with Rick Lazio, the guy who walked against Hillary Clinton in her bid for a seat in the Senate.
I know it’s commonly proclaimed that since Hillary Clinton was married to a sitting president that she is, by osmosis, qualified. I ask all feminists one question, is your husband qualified enough, competent enough, to do what you do every day?
Nobody begrudged your little protest march down memory lane. Nobody minds your designer duds, your over-priced lattes, your Ivy League diplomas, but you really did choose an undeserving cause. Did you even consider the harm you do to women in this country just to promote somebody in your cliché? A faux feminist, who deliberately mislead women in their quests for legal council to protect themselves from a hostile work environment, only to learn too late that the attorney they’d hired, was married the guy creating said hostile work environment.
MMFA has told CNN not to use Ralph Reed. This is by my count the third time inside of one year that MMFA has tried to have professionals blacklisted. Don Imus, Chris Matthews, Ralph Reed, big boys all, nobody’s worried about them. But not everybody has their assets. There are a lot of journalists, who don’t have the prestige to weather this modern day McCarthyism.
The Clintons along with MMFA are trying to end the careers of people, because they won’t drink the Kool Aid. MMFA is enjoying prestige and financial benefits from our tax dollars to shut down free speech, in concert with the Clintons.
They’re trying to control the airwaves, making sure that everything broadcast is to their taste, and suits their chosen politicians. A democracy requires discourse, discussion, and yes, disagreement too. Public money should not be used to suppress any American’s Freedom of Expression, tacky or not, it’s an offense against the Constitution.
MMFA has a pattern of trying to jettison working people from the civilized world; it shouldn’t be a one directional thing. Nobody should be able to do this with impunity. Broadcasters, it’s time to find a way to get their 503 status reviewed. Perhaps even revoked. Let the Clinton campaign pay its campaign workers.
It’s fraud.
It’s time for the media to stop airing the unwarranted attacks that Bill Clinton makes against itself. Do not air his unfounded accusations unless you have a proper rebuttal. I mean a pre-taped statement from a station owner, or manager, or president. Do try not to become the story.
If the Clintons don’t like it, let them sue. You have no obligation to report on things that you don’t find credible. No matter how silly his whiney, little tantrums make him look.
Changing the channel because you don’t like a show or a person on it is legitimate. Being an arbiter of the nation’s taste is not.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Slumlord
That comment Hillary made about Obama's ties to the slumlord seems to me pretty fair. I liked it. It's nice seeing Hillary going after a grown man, as opposed to a woman who isn't looking. Besides, I thought the term slumlord, might endear Obama to "Whitey"
Then somebody had to go ahead and check it out. Turns out, Obama as a junior lawyer did some due diligence on a real estate deal between slumlord and some church. Everything's warm and fuzzy. I'm disappointed.
Then somebody had to go ahead and check it out. Turns out, Obama as a junior lawyer did some due diligence on a real estate deal between slumlord and some church. Everything's warm and fuzzy. I'm disappointed.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Lewinsky
Why do we call the Monica Lewinsky scandal by that name? For those of you who are now old enough to vote, but whose parents forbade you to watch TV while the president was being impeached, here's a quick overview. A woman named Paula Jones had pushed an old issue of Bill Clinton sexually harassing her many years back. She was not the first to accuse Bill Clinton of creating a hostile work environment, but most of the other women had gone to the Rose Law firm for representation, and were greeted by Hillary Rodham. She was married to Bubba, but failed to mention. Anyway Hillary, who is now running for president, got these women to drop the proceedings. It's widely accepted that intimidation was used. Paula Jones tried to settle, but again offended by the form in which the Clintons conducted themselves. Plus, they didn't want to admit anything, which was kind of a deal breaker.
Through the years, Clinton continued his habit of dipping his pen in the company ink. Continued to lie about it. Hillary decided that just because it was her husband's habit of dipping his pen company ink, and she was either required to enable that activity, or happy to enable that activity, was no reason to think that he was continuing that activity. She hit the talk shows. Proclaiming a vast right wing conspiracy. She publicly that they were the cause of all of these accusations. Claimed that unless you can prove without a doubt, down to the toppings of the pizzas Monica and Bill shared, than the president was completely innocent. Past conduct didn't matter, and would not be addressed.
Bill Clinton saw fit to lie under oath. He got cute with definitions even of the word "is" as well as what was sex, with that woman. Details of the interaction were made public. Instead of just paying Paula Jones the agreed upon sum, and refraining from vilifying her, and many of the other women he'd targeted, his wife had targeted, the Clintons decided to put their interests ahead of the nation's, and an impeachment ensued.
All the Clintons had to do, was write a check, and shut their mouths. They did later write the check, and shut their mouths, but only after putting the American people through that international embarrassment. Bill was convicted of perjury, had to pay a fine, a suspension of his law license, basically the same stuff that Scooter Libby was punished with. Neither went to jail. It was arranged for Chuck Schumer to ask Hillary to run for Senate. It was arranged for Rick Lazio, Steven Kluger's Vassar housemate, to walk against her.
All the women who've complained about the Clintons harassing them continue to be punished. All the women, tarred for life.
Monica Lewinksy was 22 years old and did something stupid. Bill Clinton, was the sitting President and encouraged the stupid conduct. Clintons take no responsibility, and were simply victims of everything. Despite the fact that they had been participating this style of conduct since before Monica Lewinsky was a twinkle in anybody's eye.
The Clintons still hold a grudge against Ken Starr, who probably was assigned the job. Clinton's campaign has also accepted contributions from Ken Starr. Which is silly. Considering how consistently the Clintons have insisted on being placated with money and apologies, only to use said money and apologies as weapons, confessions etc., Starr should have kept his money.
Through the years, Clinton continued his habit of dipping his pen in the company ink. Continued to lie about it. Hillary decided that just because it was her husband's habit of dipping his pen company ink, and she was either required to enable that activity, or happy to enable that activity, was no reason to think that he was continuing that activity. She hit the talk shows. Proclaiming a vast right wing conspiracy. She publicly that they were the cause of all of these accusations. Claimed that unless you can prove without a doubt, down to the toppings of the pizzas Monica and Bill shared, than the president was completely innocent. Past conduct didn't matter, and would not be addressed.
Bill Clinton saw fit to lie under oath. He got cute with definitions even of the word "is" as well as what was sex, with that woman. Details of the interaction were made public. Instead of just paying Paula Jones the agreed upon sum, and refraining from vilifying her, and many of the other women he'd targeted, his wife had targeted, the Clintons decided to put their interests ahead of the nation's, and an impeachment ensued.
All the Clintons had to do, was write a check, and shut their mouths. They did later write the check, and shut their mouths, but only after putting the American people through that international embarrassment. Bill was convicted of perjury, had to pay a fine, a suspension of his law license, basically the same stuff that Scooter Libby was punished with. Neither went to jail. It was arranged for Chuck Schumer to ask Hillary to run for Senate. It was arranged for Rick Lazio, Steven Kluger's Vassar housemate, to walk against her.
All the women who've complained about the Clintons harassing them continue to be punished. All the women, tarred for life.
Monica Lewinksy was 22 years old and did something stupid. Bill Clinton, was the sitting President and encouraged the stupid conduct. Clintons take no responsibility, and were simply victims of everything. Despite the fact that they had been participating this style of conduct since before Monica Lewinsky was a twinkle in anybody's eye.
The Clintons still hold a grudge against Ken Starr, who probably was assigned the job. Clinton's campaign has also accepted contributions from Ken Starr. Which is silly. Considering how consistently the Clintons have insisted on being placated with money and apologies, only to use said money and apologies as weapons, confessions etc., Starr should have kept his money.
PAY CUT
A few years ago when Chelsea Clinton began working, she bagged a low to mid six figure salary, now the NY Post is reporting that this year, with bonus and salary it's between $150,000 and $200,000. Why'd her pay get cut? Is somebody lying? She can't even talk to a nine-year-old kid reporter. The Clintons all think everyone else is stupid, or at least that's how they act. What exactly is special about them?
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