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“Well, I reached my hand out in friendship and unity and my hand is
still reaching out,” she said, lapsing back into the dissed-woman mode.
“And I look forward to shaking his hand sometime soon.” … ..
Given her brazen quote to ABC News, Obama is right to be scared of Hillary.
He just needs to learn that Uncle Teddy can’t fight all his fights,
and that a little chivalry goes a long way.Seeing
Red Over Hillary, by Maureen Dowd
That’s so true; a little chivalry does go a long way. But it seems Obama’s too intent on looking tough, while overplaying it and being down right rude. We’re almost into Freudian territory now. Recalling a time when Clinton rebuffed Obama, Dowd ascribes the classic rejection emotion some males feel and often don’t know how to deal with, especially in professional settings. Dowd also has a point about Uncle Teddy, and
what Obama seems to think he can do for him. It reminds me of Kerry saying he’ll
fight for Obama, as if the latter needs protection from Clinton, while Kerry actually hopes to salve his own political wounds from a past contest. But the real focus is that this formidable woman in red is challenging Obama in a way he finds disconcerting, leaving him less than confident on how to react. It’s either way too little or over the top.
But now The Snub plot thickens:
Sources: Senior Obama staffers rejected proposal for their candidate to sit
with Clinton at State of the Union.Leading Democrats wanted rivals to sit together for the sake of party unity.
Clinton was willing, but Obama chose to sit with newly-minted supporter Ted
Kennedy.Obama strategist David Axelrod to The Page: “No such invitation
ever came from Senator Clinton. Had [she] made such a proposal, we would have
adjusted our plans.”
What is this, high school? But considering Mr. Axelrod’s
commentary on The Snub was a total fabrication, seen
through art, as was Obama’s first two explanations of it, how can we believe them about the Pre Snub?
Good grief.
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