be reasonable!

Peggy Noonan is looking for one thing in the next election. And Hillary Clinton isn’t it.

Hillary Clinton? No, not reasonable. I concede her sturdy mind, deep sophistication, and seriousness of intent. I see her as a triangulator like her husband, not a radical but a maneuverer in the direction of a vague, half-forgotten but always remembered, leftism. It is also true that she has a command-and-control mentality, an urgent, insistent and grating sense of destiny, and she appears to believe that any act that benefits Clintons is a virtuous act, because Clintons are good and deserve to be benefited.

But this is not, actually, my central problem with her candidacy. My central problem is that the next American president will very likely face another big bad thing, a terrible day, or days, and in that time it will be crucial–crucial–that our nation be led by a man or woman who can be, at least for the moment and at least in general, trusted. Mrs. Clinton is the most dramatically polarizing, the most instinctively distrusted, political figure of my lifetime. Yes, I include Nixon. Would she be able to speak the nation through the trauma? I do not think so. And if I am right, that simple fact would do as much damage to America as the terrible thing itself.

hillary is ‘underwhelming’ Iowa

“I was a little bit underwhelmed,’’ said Doug Rohde, 46, as he left her a rally in a fire station in Denison. “The message was very generic — and no questions.’’

Hillary is invoking a “don’t ask because I won’t tell” rule at her latest campaign stops. I think she is starting to remember that her poll numbers drop every time she opens her mouth.

Hillary Clinton must be late on her payment!

In what certainly must feel like a sucker punch, Hillary Clinton was the recipient of a scathing review by a source she previously had considered her bought and paid for advertising network… the New York Times.

Normally the New York Times could always be counted on to carry water for the former first lady by pushing stories of her scandals, temper tantrums and general bad behavior to the back section of their paper. However, with the primaries just around the corner, and no Republican contest to wring their hands over, the Times is doing something that would cause Vizzini from The Princess Bride to utter “Incontheivable!”

In seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, Mrs. Clinton lays claim to two traits nearly every day: strength and experience. But as the junior senator from New York, she has few significant legislative accomplishments to her name. She has cast herself, instead, as a first lady like no other: a full partner to her husband in his administration, and, she says, all the stronger and more experienced for her “eight years with a front-row seat on history.”

But during those two terms in the White House, Mrs. Clinton did not hold a security clearance. She did not attend National Security Council meetings. She was not given a copy of the president’s daily intelligence briefing. She did not assert herself on the crises in Somalia, Haiti and Rwanda.

And during one of President Bill Clinton’s major tests on terrorism, whether to bomb Afghanistan and Sudan in 1998, Mrs. Clinton was barely speaking to her husband, let alone advising him, as the Lewinsky scandal sizzled.

A very interesting read from an unlikely source.

“I’ve been to cattle barns before and sales before, in Arkansas, but I’ve never felt like I was the one that was being bid on,” Clinton told a crowd in western Iowa. “I know you’re going to inspect me. You can look inside my mouth if you want. I hope by the end of my time with you I can make the case for my candidacy and to ask you to consider caucusing for me.”

maybe Iowans aren’t as stupid as Hillary thinks

See the video HERE.

One comment… it’s the DEMOCRAT party. Not the Democratic party.

young voters, stay home!

According to the smartest woman in the world, college students who did not grow up in Iowa should not caucus there. The fact that it is perfectly legal and has always been that way has no relevance.

age of aquarius

Whatever happened to these lovable kids? And why were they replaced with a rapist and an abusive securities defrauder?

obama is a crackhead

A top adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign said Wednesday that Democrats should give more thought to Sen. Barack Obama’s admissions of illegal drug use before they pick a presidential candidate.

Bill Shaheen, a national co-chairman of Clinton’s front-runner campaign, raised the issue during an interview with The Washington Post, posted on washingtonpost.com.

Shaheen, an attorney and veteran organizer, said much of Obama’s background is unknown and could be a problem in November 2008 if he is the Democratic nominee. He said the Republicans would work hard to discover new aspects of Obama’s admittedly spotty youth.

Now let’s compare this to the earlier years in the Clinton household where Bill was (and most likely still is) a known cokehead.

According to biographer Roger Morris, a personal acquaintance of the Clintons, “The Clintons were close socially to Lasater and his wife and flew often on Lasater’s private Lear jet. They went to the Kentucky Derby. And these are flights that we later had testimony from state troopers and others that cocaine was available in ashtrays and literally at every seat on the private jet – as well as in the box at Churchill Downs.”

you [don't] like me.. you really [don't] like me!

Hillary Clinton is the first woman in U.S. history with a clear shot at winning the White House, but she’s suffering from a lack of support from what might otherwise be considered a solid Clinton base — upscale, college-educated women.

Surprisingly, polls continue to show that half of college-educated Democratic women do not support Hillary.

These “Hillary resisters” oppose her candidacy for a variety of reasons.

“For some, it’s visceral,” the Los Angeles Times observes.

“While they struggled to break through institutional barriers in the workplace, Clinton hitched her star to her man and followed him to the top. When his philandering imperiled his political career, she not only pulled him out of the fire but helped orchestrate attacks against his accusers.”

For other women, the opposition to the Clinton candidacy is purely political — they are disturbed by Hillary’s support for the Iraq war and her reluctance to take firm stands on some important issues.

On the Huffington Post blog, writer Nora Ephron included herself among the “Hillary resisters” and said these women “don’t trust her as far as you can spit.”

hillary brings out the big guns.. from kindergarten

In her latest character assassination attempt targeting Barack, Hillary dug up dirt from Obama’s kindergarten teacher.

Next week, unnamed sources state that she plans to unleash another political knock-out, quoting his daycare provider who claims “When he was three, Obama often would spin in circles until he fell down laughing.”

pot calls the black kettle…

“So you decide which makes more sense: Entrust our country to someone who is ready on day one … or to put America in the hands of someone with little national or international experience, who started running for president the day he arrived in the U.S. Senate,” Clinton said.

Now I’m sure we’re all waiting for Hillary to tell us about her national and international experience prior to arriving in the US Senate. Doesn’t her ‘experience’ mostly involve running for president?

boo hoo, Hillary

Only a day after a New Hampshire campaign headquarters was the center stage for a hostage situation, Hillary felt herself held hostage by an unappreciative crowd in Iowa.

Her cool reception turned frigid when she took real questions from real citizens (probably a first for her at a campaign stop). Her response to a question about amnesty for illegal aliens prompted boos from the small throng of people.