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Why Hillary is Angry (and rightfully so, well partially)

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Commenting on Hillary’s performance in the Ohio debate last week, Michelle Malkin observed that the Democratic candidate for president looked “bitter, tired, angry.” This is not the first time a pundit has noted the former First Lady’s anger.

It does seem she has become increasingly irritated as the campaign for the Democratic nomination has failed to meet her expectation of the coronation she believes she deserved. On that score, her anger does not seem warranted in the least. No one is entitled to election or nomination just because he believes he is better suited for the office than others might be.

Yet, on another level, Mrs. Clinton’s anger does seem justified. While the media has been harsher on her than in years past (but not as harsh as they have been on Republican candidates), it has largely given her rival for the Democratic nomination a free pass.

For example, one has to turn to the blogs for questions about Senator Obama’s connections to real estate developer (and Democratic fundraiser) Tony Rezko who goes on trial tomorrow for corruption charges in the Illinois Senator’s adopted home town. (Glenn Reynolds has been doing a good job of linking posts on Rezko, e.g., here, here and here. Interestingly, most of his links are to non-traditional news sources.)

Perhaps, were Mrs. Clinton losing to a more accomplished politician, I might be less sympathetic to her bitterness. Much as I dislike and distrust the woman, I do have to admire her intelligence, her diligence and her perseverance. She has sacrificed much for her ambitions, having endured what has been (by many accounts) a difficult marriage at least in part (if not in entirety) to attach herself to one of the most gifted politicians on her side of the political aisle in the last few decades.

Once elected to the Senate, she took a seat on the Armed Services committee, mastering the details of defense policy, an issue for which she had theretofore shown little interest. As a Senator, she has worked hard, making more efforts to reach out to Republicans than she ever had as First Lady. It seemed to me she was compromising her long-standing and well-established liberal views in order to appear more centrist, thus making it easier for her to defeat a Republican in the fall campaign once she secured the Democratic nomination which she believed she would have no trouble winning.

Indeed, I believe she voted for the Iraq war not because she favored aggressive military action against a dictator who repeatedly defied U.N. mandates (as well as the terms of the cease-fire he signed with the United States) but because she thought it would cement her image as a sensible centrist. And now, she’s bitter because her choice to craft a centrist political image is hurting her among her natural political allies.

It’s not just that, she’s losing to a man who has managed to avoid the specifics which has taken great pains to master. She must be fuming that her attention to detail has not helped her while a candidate with a presence and rhetorical gifts that she lacks is winning. It must not seem fair that, having worked so hard and suffered so much, the man beating her seems to be doing so effortlessly.

As an example of this, consider her reaction to the Los Angeles debate. I didn’t get to see it, but when reading about it on the blogs and news-sites, the pundits thought she had won while voters in focus groups preferred Mr. Obama. The pundits evaluated the candidates on their command of the issues. The undecided voters on how they made them feel.

She believes she worked hard for his accomplishments while his success came to him naturally. No wonder, this video comparing her to Reese Witherspoon‘s Tracy Flick from the movie, Election, has been circulating widely over the Internet. (I have lost count at the number of times friends and family members have e-mailed various links to the video to me not to mention the number of bloggers who have linked it.)

I’m no fan of Hillary Clinton because of her extreme partisan nature, something which she managed to obscure for the better part of her first term in the United States Senate, but which has become increasingly manifest in this campaign. All that said, she is an intelligent woman who has worked hard to master the details of policy and to position herself as a centrist who could work with Republicans and lead the nation. And she is losing to a man who, while intelligent and charismatic, has campaigned on broad themes rather than concrete policies.

It must be frustrating to her to be losing to a man who has gifts like her husband, gifts he did not have to work hard to attain. Had she had those gifts, she might more easily have achieved her goals–without having to tie herself to a philandering spouse.

UPDATE: As a followup to my point on the free pass Obama is getting from the media, check out this post on Obama’s relationship to his pastor (whom he has called a spiritual mentor) when that pastor has honored a hatemonger like Farrakhan. (Via Instapundit). If a Republican candidate’s pastor had commended David Duke or a religious leader who claimed Scripture sanctions segregration, the MSM would look into.

The MSM needs to be diligent in asking Obama about his relationship to a pastor who presents awards to Farrakhan and followup when he tries to dodge the issue as he did in the anecdote which leads off the post linked above.

UP-UPDATE: Glenn Reynolds has more on the Rezko trial and the media’s disinterest. Just follow the links and read both pieces!

Comments

  1. Well as probably the only Hillary supporter on here, I actually liked your post. I know Republicans do not like her, and most of them would never vote for her but I am glad you did write a piece that was fair.

    I think she is tired because of a constant bombing on her campaign, whether its the media or her own party. I guess it seems like every week there is someone else switching from her to Obama, which must wear down on her psychologically.

    If she does manage to win this nomination, I don’t have any false hopes at this point. She will have earned it, she will have had to fight for it and use everything she has to win it. It will make her a better canidate for the general election than if she had gottent his coronation that seemed likely last year.

  2. The Republic is not in a happy state. McCain on the one side, Hillary or Barack Hussein on the other. McCain will get my vote while I hold my nose. But I would much prefer her to Obama. She understands power in the real world. He is a biracial cipher,  his only calling card.  The choice between W and Kerry was bad enough. Now this.

  3. and most of them would never vote for her but I am glad you did write a piece that was fair.

    It would seem that a lot of Texas Republicans are going to vote for her just to keep her in the game. It would be better if she imploded later rather than sooner.

    Pitty she can’t cry again. She’s already played that ace and I don’t know if liberals are that stupid.

  4. If it is going that far, some Pennsylvania Republicans have until March 22 to switch to Democrat before our primary. If it matters I will vote to mess with the Dems. I dream of the day when the hateful Clintons pass from the national scene. And Barack is the weakest candidate in a generation. Now that’s saying a lot. I agree with Essem from above, the final three candidates (well 4 with Nader), can you believe these are the best 3 in a country of 300 million people? Very sad I think. A 71 year old guy, a first lady who stands up for children, and a state representative who was a "community organizer". You gotta be kidding.

  5. Oh I love how the national press thinks Obama is "attracting" Republican voters in these primaries. They think he is changing the political spectrum. Funny. When we have a chance we are voting for the weakest candidate or simply voting against the Clintons. How many dumb "journalists" does it take to figure that out? Republicans didn’t feel strongly about any of our candidates so it was far more interesting to mess up the Dems contest. Do you really think a Republican would vote for the most liberal Democrat in the Senate? In open primaries or caucases we ended up picking the Democrat we wanted to run against. And it wasn’t Hill and Bill. I think frankly a lot of Independents did the same thing.

  6. Interesting the discussion on this thread.  Recalling that one could choose his party the day he votes in the Old Dominion, I was convinced a good number of Republicans asked for Democratic ballots so they could vote against Mrs. Clinton.

    And I’ve talked to Republicans in Ohio thinking the same thing, changing registration (which I believe one can do at the polls) to vote against her.

  7. Hey all…. leaving Germany this AM for the good old USA.   But I had to leave a thought on this post by Dan.

    BOO-FRIKKIN-HOO for Hillary.   She was the Karl Rove of Bill Clinton’s systematic imposition of the "politics of personal destruction" in the 1990s.  I have NO sympathy for her now that her own kind are eating her alive.

    Finally, I would have had a lot more respect for her as a leader and a strong woman if she had in 1997… held a press conference in the Rose Garden… and carried her luggage out of the White House and divorced Bill. Â

    Instead, she is using him to bank on a "Third Clinton Term" – God forbid.    Obama v. McCain ain’t a great choice for me…. but the faster and farther this country gets away from the Clintons… the better.

  8. I think Hillary got everything that she deserved.

    From: http://tammybruce.com/2007/12/hillary_in_her_own.php

    “Where is the Goddamn fucking flag? I want the Goddamn fucking flag up every fucking morning at fucking sunrise.”Said by the First Lady of Arkansas to her staff at the Arkansas governor’s mansion on Labor Day, 1991. (Inside the White House, p. 244).

      “Fuck off! It’s enough that I have to see you shit-kickers every day. I’m not going to talk to you, too. Just do your Goddamn job and keep your mouth shut.”Said to her Arkansas state trooper bodyguards, after one of them deigned to greet her with “good morning.” (American Evita, p. 90)

      “[You] fucking idiot.”To a state trooper who was driving her to an event. (Crossfire, p. 84). Describing Hillary’s general personality, Larry Gleghorn, a former state trooper, said: “She was a bitch day in and day out” (The First Partner, p. 119).

      “That sorry son of a bitch.” That is what Hillary would often refer to Bill around the mansion of the Arkansas’s governor’s mansion, according to state trooper Larry Patterson.

      “Personal, trained pigs.”Gary Aldrich reported that as America’s First Lady, “[Hillary] had a clear dislike for the agents (U.S. Secret Service), bordering on hatred… Two Secret Service agents heard Hillary’s daughter Chelsea refer to them as ‘personal, trained pigs’ … The agent on the detail tried to scold Chelsea for such disrespect. He told her … he believed that her father, the president, would be shocked if he heard what she had just said to her friends. Chelsea’s response? ‘I don’t think so. That’s what my parents call you’ ” (Unlimited Access, p. 90).

      “If you want to remain on this detail, get your fucking ass over here and grab those bags.”Hillary gave this order to a Secret Service agent who wanted to keep his hands free in case of an incident (as he was trained and supposed to do) and who, therefore, was hesitant to carry her bags. According to countless witnesses over many years, this kind of demanding and demeaning behavior was and still is common for Hillary Rodham Clinton. In fact, Chris Mathews—a left-leaning news commentator who is often an apologist for Democrats—said years later that he had seen Senator Hillary Clinton using a Secret Service agent to carry her bags on the Washington to New York shuttle. “Who in the Senate gets a sherpa to carry their bags for them? Who pays the airfare for this guy? Who pays for his life-style? Who pays his salary to walk around carrying her bags? This looks pretty regal” (Hardball, 08/01, quoted on Newsmax.com, 07/17/01).

      “Get fucked! Get the fuck out of my way! Get out of my face!”More comments by Hillary and heard by members of Secret Service details. (Hillary’s Scheme, p. 89)

      “Stay the fuck back, stay the fuck away from me! Don’t come within ten yards of me, or else! … Just fucking do as I say, okay!"Yet more kind and gracious words from America’s lovely First Lady to the brave and devoted Secret Service agents who were committed to protecting her life (Unlimited Access, p. 139). In A Matter of Character (p. 2), Ron Kessler wrote “Secret Service agents assigned at various points to guard Hillary during her campaign for the Senate were dismayed at how two-faced and unbalanced she was.”

      “What the fuck is going on?”Once again, Hillary to a Secret Service agent after she read an article by a UC Berkeley student, which was critical of Chelsea Clinton, a new high-profile Stanford undergrad. The student was subsequently interrogated by the Secret Service (SFGate.com, 11/26/97).Â

    Bimbos, sluts, trailer trash, rednecks, and shit-kickers …Terms Hillary commonly used to describe Arkansans (American Evita, p. 139). Hmm… Did first lady trash mouth really think that anyone could be trashier than she?Â

    “Goddamn L.D., did you see that family right out of Deliverance? Get me the hell out of here.”To L.D. Brown, her bodyguard, while at a county fair in Arkansas in the early 1980s. They had just spoken to folks in bib overalls and cotton dresses.

      “This is the kind of shit I have to put up with.”To a friend after a Clinton supporter had given her earrings shaped like Arkansas Razorbacks (Blood Sport, p. 105).

      Motherfucker. Cocksucker.Some of Hillary’s favorite names for hubby Bill (Boy Clinton, p. 278)

      “You Goddamn stupid fucking fool.”More loving words for hubby Bill. These in the company of toddler Chelsea (Newsmax.com, 07/15/00).Â

    “I want you to do damage control over Bill’s philandering … Bill’s going to be president of the United States … I want you to get rid of these bitches he’s seeing … I want you to give me the names and addresses and phone numbers, and we can get them under control.”Hillary instructing Ivan Duda, a private detective, in the 1980s (The Truth About Hillary, pp. 98-99).

      “Goddamn it, Bill, you promised me that office.”During the infamous Inauguration Day fight about Hillary getting an office in the West Wing (Bill & Hillary, p. 258). Hillary was furious at Bill for reneging on his promise, which was part of their power sharing agreement, to give her the office that traditionally goes to the vice-president. We should also not miss the important fact that American voters did not vote Hillary into any office.

      “You fucking asshole.”Even more endearing words to the newly elected President of the United States of America from his loving wife on Inauguration Day (Hillary’s Choice, p. 223).

      “You stupid motherfucker.”One more shot at the new President from loving Hillary on Inauguration Day (The Seduction of Hillary Rodham, p. 321).

      “Gentlemen, I have looked at your proposal, and it’s pure bullshit! Now you’ve had your meeting! Get out!”Harsh words from America’s nasty First Lady to health insurance executives after a meeting in which they presented their proposal for health care reform (Unlimited Access, p. 88).

      “What the fuck are you doing up there? You get back here right away.”On the phone chastising Bill because he had floated a health care reform proposal that differed from hers (The Survivor, p. 118). As always, one must wonder who elected her, anyway?

      “Come back here, you asshole! Where the fuck do you think you’re going?”To the president when he tried to avoid her (Unlimited Access, p. 192).

      “How could you be so damn stupid? How could you do that?To her hubby, our president, at the White House in front of guests, after he had done something of which Hillary disapproved (U.S. News & World Report, 02/05/96).

      “Goddamn it …You bastard … It’s your fucking fault.”Said to her dear hubby regarding bad news about the Whitewater investigation (Dereliction of Duty, p. 68). It should be noted that the author, Buzz Patterson, reported that he had witnessed several similar incidents while in the White House.Â

    “You stupid fucking moron. How could you risk your presidency for this?To Bill when the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke in January 1998 (Newsmax.com, 12/09/01).Â

    “Fuck him, Bill. He’s Reagan’s Goddamn vice president!”Hillary screamed these words at her husband in response to an invitation from Vice President George H.W. Bush to come to his home in Maine, circa 1984 (Crossfire, p. 69).Â

    “Son of a bitch.”Her reaction when she learned of President Bush’s surprise 2003 Thanksgiving visit to the troops in Iraq. Thus, in her mind, he upstaged her (American Evita, p. 259). It should be noted that the troops were wildly enthusiastic to see the president there and that Senator Clinton’s later visit was not received well by them.Â

    “That’ll teach them to fuck with us.”To aides, immediately following her “Vast right-wing conspiracy” charge on national television (The Case Against Hillary Clinton, p. 162). Â

    “These women are all trash. Nobody’s going to believe them.”Hillary referring to the long list of women who claimed they have or had “personal relationships” with then Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton (Bill & Hillary, p. 220). During the campaign, Hillary sent out a group of investigators known as the “truth squad” to “discourage” many of Bill’s former lovers from going public.Â

    “What the fuck do you think you’re doing? I know who that whore is. I know what she’s here for. Get her out of here.”To President-Elect Clinton as she spots him talking to one of his reputed girlfriends at a going-away celebration the day they left Little Rock for Washington, D.C. in January 1993 (Inside the White House, p. 245).Â

    “The sorry damn son of a bitch.”Hillary’s reaction upon being informed that Bill was missing from the governor’s mansion in the middle of the night because “he had gone for a drive” (Inside the White House, p. 240).Â

    “Goddamn it Bill, how long do you expect me to put up with this shit?”Hill to Bill during just one more of their countless fights about Governor Bill’s womanizing (Bill & Hillary, p. 202). Of course, Hill will always “put up this shit” as long as Bill is useful to her, politically.Â

    “You are a real shit, do you know that, Bill? Christ, a real shit.”Another fight of many fights with Bill (Bill & Hillary, p. 132).

      “Come on, Bill, put your dick up. You can’t fuck her here.”To her hubby the Governor, after catching him talking to an attractive woman at a political rally (Inside the White House, p. 243).Â

    “Bill has talked so much about Juanita.” [who Bill had just raped a few weeks before.]On the way to a political gathering, Hillary to her limo driver, anxious to meet a woman named Juanita Hickey, now Juanita Broaddrick (An Open Letter to Hillary Clinton: Do You Remember?” by Juanita Broaddrick, 10/15/00). Ms. Broaddrick claims that — several weeks before this encounter with Hillary—Bill Clinton raped her in a Little Rock hotel room.

      “I am proud that my husband has stood up as president to confront the violence and to protect American women.”Regarding Bill Clinton’s position on the issue of violence against women (Issues2000.org 01/21/03).Â

    Note: When Bill Clinton saw that Juanita Broaddrick had a swollen lip after he raped her, he advised, “You’d better put some ice on that” (The Wall Street Journal, 02/19/99).

      “You sold out you motherfucker, you sold out!”Circa 1970, congressional staffer Hillary Rodham yelling at prominent Democrat lawyer Joseph Califano, who was representing clients in opposition to Hillary’s interests (Inside: A Public and Private Life, p. 213).

      “I want to get this shit over with and get these damn people out of here.”Hillary overheard on the governor’s mansion intercom as some preschoolers posed on the mansion lawn for a photograph (The First Partner, p. 192).Â

    “We have to destroy her.”Regarding Gennifer Flowers’ allegations of her affair with Bill (The Final Days, p. 13).

      “You know I’m going to start thanking the woman who cleans the rest room in the building that I work in. You know, maybe that sounds kind of stupid, but on the other hand I want to start seeing her as a human being.”In a speech just weeks before she had the White House Travel Office employees fired (New York Times Magazine, 05/23/93). Apparently, it didn’t occur to Hillary before this epiphany that most people already see maids, janitors, and other blue-collar workers as human beings.Â

    “Just keep smiling until these assholes get their pictures.”Instructions to her husband while they were posing for photographers (American Evita, p. 114).

      “Who in the hell asked you?”Snapping at a staffer who expressed a view that she disagreed with (American Evita, p. 125).

      “She’s a short, Irish bitch.”Regarding The New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd (Newsmax.com quoting The New York Post, 07/25/00).Â

    “You fucking Jew bastard.”Honoring campaign manager Paul Fray’s rich religious heritage on the night of Bill Clinton’s defeat for the House of Representatives in 1974 (The State of A Union, p. 153).Â

    “You all remember Mahatma Ghandi. He ran a gas station down in St. Louis.”Said during a speech at a Democratic fundraiser (CNN, 01/04/04). Senator Clinton was later forced to apologize.Â

    “My name is Hillary Clinton. You going to vote in the primary?”Speaking to a hungry, homeless man in New York City on election day (Newsmax.com, 12/07/99). The homeless man had asked Mrs. Clinton to purchase something from him, so he could get something to eat.Â

    “Well, good for you.”Hillary’s response to another homeless man when he tells her, “I’m homeless,” while she was campaigning in New York City. After inquiring of his voting status, Hillary promptly left (Hannity & Colmes, 08/16/02).Â

    [You] Jew bastard…[You] Jew motherfucker.Common insults that both Hillary and Bill Clinton used with each other and towards others who angered them, according to former bodyguard Larry Patterson (The State of A Union, p. 155).Â

    “[You] motherfucking Jew.”Hillary to Bill (Bitter Legacy, p. 11). Hillary is a big supporter of the PLO, which pits her against Israel.

      Now, keeping in mind all of the above quotes from Hillary’s foul mouth, I think it wonderfully appropriate to end her quotes with:

      “I can’t think of any.”Response to Dick Morris when asked to name some defects or weaknesses she could improve in order to soften her negative public image (Shadow, p. 335).

      Oh yes, character does matter.

      Speaking of character, Hill and Bill are a perfectly imperfect couple. They truly compliment each other. So with that in mind …

      … here are a few Bill Clinton quotes to balance things out:

      “What’s all the fuss about; it was just a Goddamn mother-fucking pig.”Governor Bill Clinton’s reaction upon seeing all the people at a funeral for a black state trooper killed in the line of duty, as retold by former bodyguard Larry Patterson during an audiotape interview with Newsmax. The “First Black President” later apologized, but only after being chastised by his security guards (Newsmax Media, 2002).

      “What does that whore think she’s doing to me?…[She’s] a fucking slut.”During the 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton regarding Gennifer Flowers going public with their long affair (High Crimes & Misdemeanors, p. 80). The ever-sensitive Hillary once said that she would “crucify” Ms. Flowers (Hillary’s Choice, p. 13).

      “That little Greek motherfucker!”Bill Clinton angry with Michael Dukakis after the Dukakis team ridiculed his long-winded speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention as endless and self-serving (Partners in Power, p. 439). For perspective, many Democrats criticized Clinton’s speech for the same reasons.

      “He couldn’t get a whore across a bridge.”Bill Clinton displaying his self-proclaimed sensitivity for others’ pain as he discusses Ted Kennedy’s “accident” at Chappaquiddick (Bill & Hillary, p. 238).

      “Larry, unless they have pictures of me with a goat, I’ll deny it.”Bill Clinton telling state trooper Larry Patterson what he would do if anyone brought up any of his gargantuan amount of affairs.”[More Than Sex, The Secrets of Bill and Hillary Clinton Revealed! By Larry Patterson]

  9. Hillary voted for the war to be consistent with her hubby’s stance. They were using all the info and players left from the previous eight years.  
    If she seems tired and cranky from a hectic campaign, how will she hold up under the pressures of the oval office? I refer here to the old Truman "heat/kitchen" aphorism.
    How long do we have to wait for her to sing "Don’t Cry for Me, Little People of America"?

  11. "She must be fuming… It must not seem fair… " – Do I detect an undertone of schadenfreude, GPW?

    "the free pass Obama is getting… [on] Obama’s relationship to his pastor [who] has honored a hatemonger like Farrakhan."  – It is indeed a double standard.  To left-liberals, only other people’s racism counts; not their own.

    "She has sacrificed much for her ambitions, having endured what has been (by many accounts) a difficult marriage…" – Disagree here.  Hillary hasn’t "endured" her marriage.  She has been in a full partner in it – including, a full liar in it.

  12. I’m not so sure the Clinton’s are going to be swept away today. She could win Ohio and RI and maybe even Texas. Then Pennsylvania looms very large for Barry Obama. And what is all this about a bad land deal and possible corruption in Obamas past. Humm I’m sure the press will get right on that and inform the public about all the details. Happy days.

  13. My preference of course is a Bill and Hillary press conference tomorrow, Wednesday. With him biting his lip and her crying saying "you aren’t going to have the Clinton’s to kick around anymore." I can dream can’t I?

  14. Good point – The Clintons could be playing nice for the cameras right now, or play dead if Obama wins the next primaries… but then knock Obama out in the early summer by finally getting an anti-Obama scandal to break in the media.  There are several possibilities.  And if the scandal were big enough, or broke the right way, even Obama’s own delegates could abandon him.  It’s all about emotions, in that party.  I’m not sure one should ever count the Clintons out.

  15. I don’t think it is a sad day for the republic when you have a war veteran, a first lady with a long history of child work, and a politican who is inspiring new people to get into politics. I guess it is all in how you look at it, but I don’t find this to be a depressing election….this might change in 24 hours.

    I don’t see as tired or overly anger, I just see her fighting for something she has wanted all her life. I just see this a plus if she surives, McCain’s comeback will pale in comparsion to her’s. Obama should be able to put her away, he has the money, the media, and the surge on his side. If he can’t beat her now, why should anyone believe he could beat John McCain?

  16. Schadenfreude, absolutely!! If Hillary is gone after tomorrow – bye bye Clintons! If not then how wonderful to see the infighting continue.

    It is great seeing the Dems being hoisted up by their beloved media,  who always goes hand in hand with the will of the party. Did the Dems help create a monster they can’t control?  Has the media decided it’s time to flex their own muscle and anoint our next president?

    As for Hillary’s marriage – I agree with ILC, she is a full partner in it. She is giving the worst example possible to all woman about modern marriage. The contempt Bill has shown to the women he ‘used and abused’, is nothing like the treatment Hilary has willingly put up with. She bought into, its’ the price she’d pay for her own power. And now all she has left is to resort to tears and whine about how hard it is to be a woman. Please, trade places with an African, or muslim woman for one month, then come back and whine to me.

  17. If this is a Democratic year, as I think it will be come November, a lot of people are going to regret that Barack Obama (supported by George Soros, moveon.org and many, many more on the far-left) is the Democratic candidate and not the more centrist Hillary Clinton.

    And, Dan, you’re being far too kind to the media.  Much of the mainstream media has openly promoted Obama.  Some of the leftists on NBC and MSNBC even admit their bias.

    On the right, Fox News Channel’s far-right pit bull Sean Hannity is given six prime time hours a week to bash Senator Clinton, often with the help of Hillary-hater Dick Morris.

    Often, the bias is hardly-noticed.  One night on Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room on CNN, Blitzer was reporting on how many votes had been missed by Senators running for the presidency.  As I recall the graphic, McCain had missed the most votes, followed by Obama.  In both cases, Blitzer simply said what percentage McCain had missed and what percentage Obama had missed.  But when he got to Senator Clinton, who had missed the fewest votes, he changed the take on the issue, saying, "Look at this, Senator Clinton was present to vote only 75 percent of the time."  Blitzer had made a positive sound like a negative.

    Doesn’t sound like much, but things like that are done night after night on all the networks. Â

  18. Trace, have I been too easy on the media? Â

    I certainly didn’t mean to be.  I see Hillary’s anger as justified because the MSM has given short shrift to his scandals because they don’t fit their narrative about the candidate from of Hope.

    Perhaps, I should excoriate them more for reporting on his bid for the White House to fit their narrative rather than to portray honestly the platform and political career of this potential chief executive.

  19. #15
    and a politican who is inspiring new people to get into politics.

    Used to hear that all the time about MTV and look how well that turned out.

    I just see her fighting for something she has wanted all her life.

    How pathetic is that? To spend your entire life building up to that? Only hanging out with the "right people", marrying the "right" guy, doing everything in your life to get there? To groom entire life to run for president. And then if she loses? That would suck. I’ll bet anything she hasn’t spent a similar amount of thought on that eventuality.

    Obama should be able to put her away, he has the money, the media, and the surge on his side.

    For now. Eventually the honeymoon is going to end, most likely before the convention. At some point folks are going to want to know how a politician comes out of Chicago smelling as sweet as he thinks he does. Eventually folks are going to want to know what part he has had in the old Daley Machine. Eventually folks are going to want to know what exactly hope and change means.

    So far, Obama’s been insulated from questions and critique because he’s black. I doubt that will last. Clearly the RNC has shown it doesn’t stow the gear necessary to do it and I’m not so sure McCain does. Surviving the Hanoi Hilton is one thing, but daring to question/criticize a black man in uber PC America is "an entirely different kind of flying altogether".

  20. I think Obama would be more tied into the corrupt Cook County government as opposed to the corrupt City of Chicago government.

    Blacks like Todd Stroger and his friends control the County and his ally Emil Jones, Jr. is President of the Illinois Senate.

    Also, the slimebag Rezko was really close with the Illinois Democratic Government Blagovich.

    So I think Obama ran with the County / State corruption as opposed to City of Chicago.

  21. I’m usually not one to use internet shorthand, but this post has me ROFLMAO.  This is not sympathy for Mrs. Clinton:  it’s the real fear that Republicans now have (and grows daily) that Obama will be undefeatable should he become the Democratic candidate.  They are really hoping that Mrs. Clinton becomes the nominee because they think McCain will easily defeat her.

  23. The reason that Hillary is losing to Obama is very simple; in Democrat poker, black trumps gender.

    The funny part has been watching the Party members establish the entitlement hierarchy, i.e. making it clear that white males are the bottom of the totem pole, followed by Hispanic males (they look too white, perhaps?).

  24. I think that the compliant press in New York city & state has given Hiliary the false belief that a run for POTUS would be greeted with the same level of softballing that see got during her 2 runs for Senate.

    Had either of those 2 campaigns been more rigorous, she would have been better prepared for this campaign.

    I believe they used to call this "tough love."