… But none
of it matters, we\’re being told. Not even when Terry
McCauliffe channels
Tancredo on illegal immigration (… \”these people\”? ….) Oh, but Terry
speaks for himself, not Hillary. He just raises all of her money. Right.
I get it. Ho-boy.
The beat goes on… .. …
Just when you think it couldn\’t get any worse it does. It\’s bad enough that
we have to listen to Hillary (and Edwards) ramble on about no option is
off the table on Iran, the most obvious statement any politician can make
that has the added effect of ripping off right-wing talking points. But now Candidate
Inevitable is at it again, this time over 9/11. We\’ve had to listen to Bush flog our national tragedy, but now Hillary thinks it\’s a good
idea that she get in on the act, too.
Earlier today, via John at Americablog.
\”As a senator from New York, I lived through 9/11 and I am still
dealing with the aftereffects,\” Clinton said. \”I may have
a slightly different take on this from some of the other people who will be
coming through here.\”Clinton said her view is that the nation is engaged in a deadly fight against
terrorism, a battle that she contends Bush has botched.\”I do think we are engaged in a war against heartless, ruthless enemies,\”
she said. \”If they could come after us again tomorrow they would do so.\”Clinton has urged a cap to the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, but has refused
to go along with suggestions that Congress use its power of the purse to bring
the war to a halt. … ..
I\’ve not written off anyone for \’08, certainly not Hillary, though I\’ve been
critical of her, that\’s for sure, especially over Iraq. I will also support
whomever we nominate. But flogging 9/11 just like Bush is beyond the pale. Evidently,
Democrats are learning from our losses, but we\’re learning all the wrong things.
Unfortunately, we won\’t be able to ask Hillary
or Obama about some of our more pressing issues as the early debates unfold,
because they believe they\’re above having to debate this early in the contest.
First excuse is that they have day jobs. Real reason is that there\’s nothing
to gain by jumping in early in the debate season, because as front-runners they
can only lose.
This brings me to Tom Vilsack, whom
I interviewed
earlier today (podcasts available). He admitted he\’s not a rock star, but is \”rock
solid.\” If we had real public financing of campaigns I believe Tom Vilsack
would be getting more attention. We talked about Harold Ford, Jr. and the DLC,
and Vilsack did laugh today when I said Hillary\’s idea to cut off funding for
the Maliki gov. and the Iraqi troops was the worst idea I\’d heard. There are
many bad ideas, Tom reminded me. Maybe, but Hillary\’s is by far the worst.
It\’s true Hillary is a big target right now. But it\’s not because people like
me are gunning for her. She\’s setting herself up. It\’s equally true that the
criticism may bounce right off of her and we\’ll get her anyway. However, even
with all of our disagreements, the slams on Fox \”News\” channel\’s \”Hannity
& Colmes,\” compliments of Dick Morris pimping for Rudy, still make me mad. Hillary as a \”monster.\” (podcast)
But it didn\’t stop there. Morris said flatly that Hillary and her team were
responsible for the Obama madrassa slur. Colmes\’s whispered protestations didn\’t
mention Fox\’s own John Gibson or their role in spreading the slanderous story
that resulted in Obama freezing out Fox. Hey, but that\’s par for the course
for Fox (podcast).
Still, if Hillary wants better press from progressive bloggers it would be
helpful if she quit sounding like a Republican on foreign policy issues. It
begins with not using 9/11 like Bush. But as Markos said earlier today, it worked
for Bush. It could work for Hillary, too.
Photo Note: Hint, it\’s Oscar season… She\’s handsome (it\’s a compliment for a middle aged women). Definitely not too young. Not liberal enough. Has a great chance. She\’s PERFECT?
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