A tale of two Hillarys Gene Lyons

[springhill]

This was posted by mooseandsquirrel in editorials, but I thought it would get more reads in general discussion:

http://moose-and-squirrel.com/gene/gene.html

President-elect Barack Obama’s nomination of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state marks yet another setback for the professional Clintonphobes of the Washington celebrity press. Also, however, it is an opportunity to advance the peculiar group narrative these courtiers have peddled about the Clintons since 1992. In choosing Clinton, Obama stressed the respect she commands in foreign capitals; also her intellect, hard work and pragmatism. “I’m a strong believer in strong personalities and strong opinions,” Obama said. “I think that’s how the best decisions are made.” So much for six months of feverish speculation, prognostication, amateur psychoanalysis and professional character assassination from the press. Angered by their bête noire’s refusal to end her presidential campaign until the voters had their say, pundits predicted that Clinton would sabotage Obama. She’d scheme to upstage him at the Democratic convention and steal the nomination. Failing that, she and Bill would conspire to help make John McCain president so she could run in 2012.

As usual, the looniest stuff came from The New York Times’ resident clairvoyant, Maureen Dowd. As late as Aug. 20, she satirically depicted Clinton and Mc-Cain meeting secretly to plot Obama’s doom. Get this excerpt:

“‘They’re all pinko Commies,’ McCain laughs. ‘Especially since they deserted me for The Messiah. Seriously, Hill, that Paris-Britney ad you came up with was brilliant. I owe you.’

“ Looking pleased, Hillary expertly downs another shot. ‘His secret fear is being seen as a dumb blonde,’ she says. ‘He wants to take a short cut to the top and pose on glossy magazine covers, but he doesn’t want to be seen as a glib pretty boy.’”

[amdezurik]

1. I keep seeing that kind of crap all the time

editorial cartoons and LTTE's claiming "that woman" is (insert explitive here) and is plotting (insert tin-foil hat here) and is to blame for everything bad that has ever happened. Hell even Doonesbury bit into that bullshit.

[Bucky]

2. Lyons didn't even touch on Christopher Hitchen's bizarre boogeyman named Hillary

Hitch has now twice gone off on semi-delusional rants about how Hillary (never "Senator Clinton") only puts her own interests ahead of the country and how corrupt she and her husband are. It's just mindboggling to watch an otherwise intelligent man sputter himself into paranoia.

[Beacool]

3. Great read, thanks.

What can one say about MoDo? The woman has such a visceral dislike of Hillary that it permeates through every time she writes a column about her. Her pen always drips venom, the irony is that it adversely reflects on her rather than the subject of her perpetual attacks.

:eyes:

[Captain Hilts]

4. The whole MoDo thing is really bent. Kinda like Westbrook Pegler and Eleanor Roosevelt...

there's just more there than is healthy.

[Beacool]

5. Well, it may be a tad personal.

The rumor mill in NY said that she was infatuated with Bill when he was president and resented Hillary. I have no clue whether any of this is true, so take it with a grain of salt. But there's definitely something very catty about the way she goes after Hillary, its definitely not due to any disagreement on policy.

:eyes:

[Captain Hilts]

7. Yes, it IS personal.

I have no idea about MoDo having the hots for Bubba - I couldn't rule anything out since MoDo does seem to like bad boys.

I think Hillary got priorities in the line for the bathroom at the Kennedy Center for some event because she was first lady, and MoDo had probably been drinking a few beers during intermission and really had to go and really resented HRC getting cuts in line. That's my theory.

[Beacool]

8. Who knows, but MoDo is just plain nasty.

I can't stand the woman.

;(

[DeepModem Mom]

6. K&R