Clinton Rules

Clinton Rules bumped & updated

As in, Hillary Clinton is subjected to different rules than everyone else.
Paul
Krugman is going to pay for this one.

… .. I won't try for fake evenhandedness here: most of the venom I see is coming from supporters of Mr. Obama, who want their hero or nobody. I'm not the first to point out that the Obama campaign seems dangerously close to becoming a cult of personality. We've already had that from the Bush administration – remember Operation Flight Suit? We really don't want to go there again. What's particularly saddening is the way many Obama supporters seem happy with the application of “Clinton rules” – the term a number of observers use for the way pundits and some news organizations treat any action or statement by the Clintons, no matter how innocuous, as proof of evil intent. … .. Hate Springs Eternal

It really is difficult to distinguish whether Obama has a campaign, cult, or mirage. One of Obama's own supporters named it recently “Obamaphilia.”
Joe Klein has wondered if what Obama is offering might not be a “mirage.”
Supporters talk about “coming
to Obama” as if he was Jesus. James
Wolcott has his doubts about Obama as well. In the absence of any substance
it's hard not to notice.

Last night on “60 Minutes” was a prime example. Once you got past
Katie's fetish for asking if Clinton could survive losing the fight for the
nomination, which she has asked over and over again in interviews with Clinton,
the comparison of that interview with what Obama offered was stunning. Clinton
actually made it a point to talk about policies and what she might do as president
and for the American people. Obama didn't mention anything of note (To add, you know, besides the only thing he ever talks about: Iraq.). It was all
about him. I guess policies don't matter when you actually believe by sheer personality you can move Washington. He'll evidently just take everyone elses ideas, mix them up and see how it all turns out.

So in the midst of a void of any criticism of Obama, which is simply not allowed, or his lack of specifics, his
one single solitary speech on which he's made not one single solitary move in
the Senate to lead us out of Iraq, it's not exactly wrong to wonder what the
man is actually going to do. However, bring it up and the Obamabots launch.
I can't even print the emails I get on my hate mail page. The vile assumption
that our political messiah has arrived is something we're all supposed to accept.

It used to simply be called a double standard. Clinton rules are now the reality,
because there is one set of rules for Hillary Clinton, and another set for
Barack Obama. Her record is combed over continually. The fact he has no record or has ever accomplished one thing is ignored. He simply can do no wrong. She can do no right. But as far as
hate goes, if Obama is the political messiah, you sure can't tell it from the
way his legions of fans react. “Hate springs eternal” is dead on.