I watched 20 minutes of the debate last night, about as much as I could bear, and noticed that Hillary twice used the word "privileged" to describe her public service. She was privileged to represent the people of New York. Had been privileged to spend 8 years in the White House. The 2nd most calculating human being on the planet doesn’t pop out with the same word like that inside of five minutes without its having been scripted; and this is surely an effort by her handlers to overcome the image she and her husband have of dynastic assumptiveness. The White House is ours, we’re gonna get it back. Bill Clinton radiated that aura last week. Like he can’t wait to be taking phone calls from heads of state again, rather than just from rich guys… People resent those airs and want to punish the Clintons for it. Hillary’s "privileged" tack is a way to disarm the resentment.
Oh my, what will we do when we don’t have the Clintons to kick around anymore?
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How about all those other senators who voted to give Shrub a blank check to attack Iraq? The full national IT report was available to all, not merely the neocon summary, not to mention the amendment that would have forced Shrub into more investigation and multilateral consensus before reasking for the blank check.
It might be accurate to say that Hillary was 'privileged' to represent New York in the Senate. Never having lived there or been outside of Manhattan before leaving Washington, she had to take a 'listening tour' upstate to ascertain the existence of remote frontier outposts such as Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo.
In 2006, she coyly avoided commenting on her presidential ambitions, although we now know that was obviously the plan, and probably had been since 1999.
What a triumph of carpetbaggery, to move to New York and get elected its Senator the same year!
What amazes me is how few New Yorkers resent the Empire State being used as the Doormat State; a brief but necessary stepping stone in Hillary's charmed career. Apparently, "Love 'em and leave 'em" is not just Bill's slogan.
It might be accurate to say that Hillary was 'privileged' to represent New York in the Senate. Never having lived there or been outside of Manhattan before leaving Washington, she had to take a 'listening tour' upstate to ascertain the existence of remote frontier outposts such as Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo.
In 2006, she coyly avoided commenting on her presidential ambitions, although we now know that was obviously the plan, and probably had been since 1999.
What a triumph of carpetbaggery, to move to New York and get elected its Senator the same year!
What amazes me is how few New Yorkers resent the Empire State being used as the Doormat State; a brief but necessary stepping stone in Hillary's charmed career. Apparently, "Love 'em and leave 'em" is not just Bill's slogan.
New Yorkers are always the most provencial of all.
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