Tag: Hillary Clinton

A choice we should all dread having to make.

The GOP unveils the first of many Congressional race ads using the specter of Clinton to undermine her own party.

Getting a little ahead of ourselves, aren’t we?

Funny how a trivial subplot becomes the main story, innit? I don’t see any evidence of underhand manipulation from Clinton here, just incompetent vetting by CNN. Still: it shouldn’t have happened. And the fact that it did was probably just enthusiasm on CNN’s part to have such a vivid questioner. And, of course, yes, I suppose CNN’s producers are more likely to support lifting the ban. Most non-fundies are. My take on the actual, you know, issue here is below.

The untold love-story.

Ouch.

Obsessive secrecy; contempt for the press; planted questions; choreographed events; and brutal payback for any reporters daring to ask tough questions – these are some of the patterns that the press has come to know, from long experience, about the Clinton machine. Crowley explains:

Even seasoned political journalists describe reporting on Hillary as a torturous experience. Though few dare offer specifics for the record–"They’re too smart," one furtively confides. "They’ll figure out who I am"–privately, they recount excruciating battles to secure basic facts. Innocent queries are met with deep suspicion. Only surgically precise questioning yields relevant answers.

If Dish readers wonder why I’ve been so relentless in trying to highlight these unsavory facets of the Democratic front-runner, it is partly because so many in the MSM have been cowed by her and partly because the GOP is happy to let her coast to victory. It is also because I fear that the re-constituted presidency, engineered by Bush and Cheney would likely exacerbate all her worst qualities. Yes, I worry about abuse of power in her hands. I bet you that plenty of Republicans will feel the same way when the law-free executive branch they have supported these past few years turns its attention on them.

He does better in the polls than you might expect.

Some interesting Rasmussen crack: Paul polls almost identically with Giuliani and Thompson, and even beats them handily among 30-year-olds, against She Who Is Inevitable.