Thursday, March 27, 2008

CLINTON'S DISHONESTY ABOUT HOW REV WRIGHT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HER PASTOR

POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hillary just becomes more and more nasty and ridiculous the longer she campaigns.
How absolutely self-serving and self-righteous these remarks of hers are.

First, what Wright said actually was more true than incorrect, given America’s long unpleasant history of race relations.

Second, Hillary and her husband have a long history of relations with far more unsavory people who helped their careers with money or other benefits.

Third, since when do we judge anyone by a remark his or her pastor or other associate made?

Four, I guess Mrs. Clinton just forgets the countless times she stood stony-faced in front of cameras lying for Bill.

We all saw her, and it didn’t start with the stained dress in the Oval Office. There was the case of Bill’s long-established paramour when he first ran, and there was Hillary lying about something she had to know about, playing falsely on our sympathy.

Many of us realized what a sleazy character Bill was early on, but she managed to stay with him and lie for him for decades.

Is that in keeping with her burst of self-righteousness on this matter?

All this just brings back the reason why Hillary cannot be successful. She is seen by many, both on the right and the left, as a transparent example of raging blind ambition, a metallic personality without grace.

Her marriage, her ethics, her compromises in rising to the Senate, and now her mud-slinging campaign all point to pure brittle ambition, and little else.

Of course, this is a common fault of national politicians, but people do like to have the illusion that something a bit more is there.