Nearly everyone now is making fun of the two-headed Clintonian hydra. Sometimes, it's important we prop our newsie comrades, particularly when they make us laugh out loud. Thus, we thank today the NYT's Maureen Dowd, who refers to "the mute Chelsea," in her most recent column. Funny, huh? All that brain power, all that Stanford education, such a political pedigree -- and she stands there in those $500 shoes like Roxanne, the fabulously attired cocker spaniel. Sometimes when we see her there in the background, we wanna toss up a crudite (or perhaps a potato chip) and see if she snaps for it.
Kidding, we kid because we love.
She is youthful window dressing in the hydrafest. And we think she probably has something thoughtful to say. Bill says he's digging watching the missus squabble with Obama. We think it was Sean Hannnity who said that's because she's fighting with someone ELSE. We laughed out loud at that one, too.
What kind of gacks us out is Bill now referring to "us" on the campaign stump. We knew he meant that all along, but now it's game on and it's brazen. He's campaigning for him and the fun of four more years. It seems like he wants it more than her, too. The question is do enough people want him back so much that they vote for her as a default? We'd love to see some recent polling on that. Or are more folks sickened by the entitlement of that duo and they vote for Barack because they are ticked? It's been said before but we repeat: How is it that the nation's "first black president" can so creatively put down the nation's first credible black presidential candidate? And where is the outrage? It's just a flutter. Are people afraid to say it? That dude is BULLETPROOF.
Hey, wait a minute ... what if Oprah slammed Bill? That would get more headlines than Britney -- maybe. Speaking of which, we were slightly jazzed that her paparazzi boyfriend, Mister Bad Facial Hair, did not totally sell her out when he appeared on Entertainment Tonight this week. Didn't watch it? Sure ya did. Right before you swung over to FoxNews or CNN, you watched it. Couldn't help yourself.
Just wondering how many celebrity youngsters, the A-listers who like to drug and dive, did a little pharmaceutical gut check after Heath Ledger's untimely passing. We hope more than a few pushed back on the stash.
-- Andrea Billups, The Washington Times
Comments (4)
Bill sees two actions on his id: (1) A superb chance to get back in the spotlight and (2) the possibility that he may lose that spotlight (if she loses) which will curb his global philandering. You can tell how urgent it is by counting the number of times he points his finger at someone. He really needs to go back to sleep, either that or close his mouth when listening to reporters. Question for Jack Nicholson: You warned him but did you tell anyone that could help him?
Posted by Larry Stone | January 25, 2008 4:03 AM
Does anyone really believe that ole' Slick Willie will obediantly stand in the background while Comrade Hillary runs our lives for us, and saves us from ourselves?
The breathless quest for power, destroying ANYONE in their path, is without peer. I hope Obama wins the nomination, and I am a repub. He is a stand up guy. I wish he would start pointing out where the Rose Law Firm billing records were, campaign finance slime, all the other Clinton scandals.
Posted by Cleveland Steamer | January 26, 2008 8:59 AM
Of course Bill Clinton sees Hillary as President as his way back into power. All they need is to use gutter level sleazy political tricks - they have always been good at.
Let's see... Bill Clinton stabs Obama in the back... Obama responds appropriately to show the untruth, and is then accused of being a pathetic revengeful person...
Hillary offers to mediate the war between Bill and Obama so she can be seen by the voters as the great "Peacemaker"...
Bill then stabs Obama in the back again and Obama dare not make a reply or they will accuse him of being even more revengeful...
Seems to me the Clintons have Obama trapped in the middle -- being stabbed in the back and the front too... Let's hope Americans have had enough of this kind of trashy strategy to discredit opponents, not for the good of America, but for their own personal gain... Let's rid ourselves of this "trashy" family...
Posted by jimthe1st | January 26, 2008 4:56 PM
I don't think America is ready to take back Bill-ary and their scorched earth policies. A two-fer presidency? Of course they acknowledge that possibility and on some levels it makes sense.
I also think it was a SUPERB strategy early on in the debates for Mrs. C. to refer to the "First Clinton Presidency" almost defacto that there would be a second.
But I don't think we can trust the Clinton machine. In person, Hillary can be charming, gracious and approachable. But on the soapbox, she's still strident and finding her voice and her humanity. She comes across as the B-word. Bill is extremely charismatic and charming in person, but as a politician, I fear him. "I did not...have...sexual relations...with that woman..."
Then there's the trust issue. What other hanky-panky will Bill get into if he gets back into power? Shades of the Kwame Kilpatrick text messaging scandal in Detroit! Power is so intoxicating...and attractive.
If America is ready for a change in leadership, they aren't going to be satisfied with a switcheroo from Bill to Hillary. They want someone shiny and new who has a real plan for leading us out of this financial and military quagmire. Someone with a vision for creating a better America financially (it's still the economy, stupid) and keeping us safe from worldwide terrorism. A commander-in-chief who can keep our boys and girls out of harm's way unnecessarily, while still protecting our homefront. Can we fight islamofascists and World War IV and still take care of our own here at home?
Here's to truth, justice and the American Way!
Posted by MIke Lenninger | January 28, 2008 2:59 PM