Vote Billary 2008!

...or not.

Published on January 28, 2007 By Deference In Current Events

The Candidate

Jim Dyke is our local asinine political cartoonist for our local, inane, daily rag that is the Jefferson City News Tribune Link. He passes off uninspired doodles that are quite easily seen as biased, but the real crime of his 'work' is that it always manages to be unfunny, instead of cleverly hilarious. I don't care what side you snipe from or if you snipe at both sides (preferably Bloom County style), just as long as you're clever at doing such, I'll chuckle instead of groan.

The most recent bit of work thrust upon the poor joyless Jefferson City paper readers is a swipe at Hillary Clinton announcing that she's 'In to Win!' (a bit too close to Pat Schroeder's She Wins, We Win campaign slogan for my comfort). In the limp art, Hillary is trumpeting her announcement whilst a scared witless voter cowers behind her with the label 'Americans' holding a list of reasons why 'Americans' may be scared to hear of Hillary's candidacy.

Billary

The list includes, curiously, Hillary's failed health care plan she attempted to propose in '94 when hubby Bill was in office and the Jennifer Flowers and Whitewater scandals. I say this list is curious as though I saw the Whitewater scandal as a major ethical concern (I dislike corruption), I couldn't find anyone who was concerned about B.C.'s b.j. or his other (probably many) extra-marital affairs and Hillary's only crime there was staying by the side of some jackass who mistreated her. I say this in ignorance - I'm not married, let alone to Mrs. H-to-the-R-nizzle-C, so I can't say how appropriate or out of what necessity the infidelities were. However, I don't care to have them occur in our White House. My concerns fell on deaf ears to all in the populace around me, however. Most people just don't seem to care about such moral slights.

Presidential spouses writing legislative proposals backed by the Oval office, however is a major concern for me. Though Hillary's Universal 'Cradle to Grave' health care plan continues to look more and more tempting as prices continually balloon I don't appreciate an unelected official so close to an elected official proposing grand plans. That's a dangerous precedent to create.

However, every Presidential spouse in recent years has had some sort of pet project. Mrs. Bush's seems to be libraries and reading, Mrs. Reagan's seemed to be 'Just Say No!' replete with an appearance on Different Strokes( what'choo talkin' 'bout Mrs. Reagan?) the list goes on and on, so perhaps Hillary gets some slack in that department.

Back to Mr. Dyke, his cartoon is far from accurate. 'Americans' aren't scared to hear of RHC's announcement. Democrats and Conservatives are.

'Conservatives' (that term is being used quite loosely) are still so tangled up in their attempt to wind up the public that Mrs. Clinton is an anti-family butch broad with a pair of her own that they managed to brainwash themselves in to believing Hillary the second anti-christ. The truth is she grew up a devout Methodist that was highly active in her church group, a girl scout, a National Honor Society member (our High School NHS members picked up trash on the school grounds), a devoted wife who allowed her husband to trample her dignity in the public forum, and one who did her best Betty Crocker impersonation baking cookies on the cover of magazines during Bill's tenure. She also had the White House kitchen remodeled so that she could 'properly' bake dinners for Chelsea and distinguished guests.

Democrats are the ones who should be afraid. Molly Ivins (highly intelligent acid tongued progressive) recently warned Dem's of Hillary's actual politics; including a failure to provide progressive leadership on what should be easy softballs for any democrat;

What kind of courage does it take, for mercy's sake? The majority of the American people (55 percent) think the war in Iraq is a mistake and that we should get out. The majority (65 percent) of the American people want single-payer health care and are willing to pay more taxes to get it. The majority (86 percent) of the American people favor raising the minimum wage. The majority of the American people (60 percent) favor repealing Bush's tax cuts, or at least those that go only to the rich. The majority (66 percent) wants to reduce the deficit not by cutting domestic spending, but by reducing Pentagon spending or raising taxes.

The majority (77 percent) thinks we should do "whatever it takes" to protect the environment. The majority (87 percent) thinks big oil companies are gouging consumers and would support a windfall profits tax. That is the center, you fools. WHO ARE YOU AFRAID OF? - Ms. Ivins

http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/1/2006/1304

There is the aforementioned anti-Hillary bloc that will not vote for her no matter what that continually represents that 20% of all voters who blindly ascribe to anything Mr. Limbaugh or Mr. Hannity would push. Combine that with a good number of men and women who will simply not vote a woman in to the highest office in the land as they simply don't perceive that as a woman's place and you've got a hefty number of votes against an otherwise very smart and very able candidate who;

Hillary, back when she was hot

Graduated from High School with Honours, made very high marks at Wellesly, graduated from Yale with higher marks then her husband, assisted in the Watergate hearings, ran a succesful law firm, and carpetbagged her way in to Senatorship. Impressive indeed.

One of the biggest problems with Hillary is she and her husband's near Republicanism - shining brilliant light on the lack of actual choice under our two-party system.

Who said this on September 12, 2001? George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, or Hillary Clinton?

1."[we should] make it very clear that not only those who harbor terrorists but those who in any way give any aid or comfort whatsoever wil now face the wrath of our country. You are either with America in our time of need or you are not."

Who said this?

2."We will tolerate no bashing of Mexico or immigrants. Candidates who bash immigrants will be asked to pay the price."

Who said this?

3.I was struck by the rigor of [President Nixon's] analysis and the wisdom of his suggestions. President Nixon believed deeply that the United States cannot be strong at home unless we lead abroad.

The answers are 1. HRC, 2. GWB, and 3. WJC, respectively.

Hillary did impress me today with her intelligent political maneuvering putting the onus of Iraq on Mr. Bush.

"This was his decision to go to war with an ill-conceived plan and an incompetently executed strategy," the Democratic senator from New York said her in initial presidential campaign swing through Iowa.

"We expect him to extricate our country from this before he leaves office" in January 2009, the former first lady said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070128/ap_on_el_pr/clinton2008

Like her or not, support her or not, that was a damn smart move.

Will we see more smart moves from Hillary, or will she do her best to be Republican-lite? Only time will tell, but in Deference's eyes, her hold on a successful run for the Presidency is a tightrope walk towards oblivion or salvation.

Comments (Page 2)

bakerstreet

on Jan 30, 2007

Wasn't making a political point, just saying that Hillary Republican = Hot. Any conclusions you find therein are your own.

Deference

on Jan 30, 2007

*Chuckle*

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would probably return to Bakerstreet.

Deference

on Jan 30, 2007

Working together, we would sort this sociopolitical mess out. There is a disconnect between those representing us in today's media; guessing our positions on Fuck You With Pat Buchanan and Bill Press featuring Ari Fleischer and "Candy Time" featuring Hillary Clinton and George Bush moderated by Tony Snow. I'd hope private citizens could sort things out - between commercial breaks.....

Dr Guy

on Jan 30, 2007

I was going to come and make my political weigh-in, but I'm still floored at the fact that Hillary was that hot once upon a time.

So was Loreena Bobbit.

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