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Curtains for the Clintons
wral.com ^ | 12/1/2018 | maureen dowd

Posted on 12/01/2018 8:08:15 PM PST by bitt

The snow is falling lightly.

My thoughts are racing darkly.

I’m feeling something foreign, something I’ve never felt before. It takes me a moment to identify it.

I’m feeling sorry for the Clintons.

In the 27 years I’ve covered Bill and Hillary, I’ve experienced a range of emotions. They’ve dazzled me and they’ve disgusted me.

But now they’re mystifying me.

I’m looking around Scotiabank Arena, the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and it’s a depressing sight. It’s two-for-the-price-of-one in half the arena. The hockey rink is half curtained off, but even with that, organizers are scrambling at the last minute to cordon off more sections behind thick black curtains, they say due to a lack of sales. I paid $177 weeks in advance. (I passed on the pricey meet-and-greet option.) On the day of the event, some unsold tickets are slashed to single digits.

I get reassigned to another section as the Clintons’ audience space shrinks. But even with all the herding, I’m still looking at large swaths of empty seats — and I cringe at the thought that the Clintons will look out and see that, too. It was only four years ago, after all, that Canadians were clamoring to buy tickets to see the woman who seemed headed for history.

It’s a sad contrast with the sold-out boffo book tour of Michelle Obama, who’s getting a lot more personal for the premium prices. But introspection has never been within the Clintons’ range.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
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To: ClearCase_guy

Last time I looked, Michael Douglas was still married to Catherine Zeta Jones. BooHoo MoDo!


21 posted on 12/01/2018 8:26:30 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: bitt

Here for the CZJ pics. Disappointed so far.


22 posted on 12/01/2018 8:27:19 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: bitt
Rules.


23 posted on 12/01/2018 8:28:53 PM PST by DoodleBob
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To: bitt

Dowd should show up early for a Trump rally. She may get in if there’s an empty seat. Regardles, if she gets in, it’s free.


24 posted on 12/01/2018 8:31:43 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: bitt

The secrets held by our government and those who will never see justice sickens me.


25 posted on 12/01/2018 8:33:42 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Big Red Badger

I’ll feel sorry when they
Are Tried,
Convicted and
Soil themselves in
“Old Sparky!”
= = = = = = = = = = = =

Ah, we can add another ‘golden moment’ in history when people say or think Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, the Clinton Clowns will be right up there with them in more ways than one.

Oh to dream the impossible dream (ONLY because of no death penalty) but hopefully they can and will be fitted out for matching orange jump suits.

Maybe PDJT is ‘holding out’ giving them both the opportunity to either do the ‘right thing’ - hari-kari but neither of them have the class to do the right thing but you would think they would quit putting themselves in the spotlight.


26 posted on 12/01/2018 8:33:55 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98''Free competition enforced by law is a grotesque contradiction in terms.'' Ayn Rand)
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To: bitt

Just warms the cockles of my heart! :)


27 posted on 12/01/2018 8:37:19 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: bitt
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28 posted on 12/01/2018 8:37:59 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: bitt
When Democrats lose they whine forever and refuse to leave the stage.

Sore losers all.

29 posted on 12/01/2018 8:38:29 PM PST by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: bitt
OH! Bill and Hill,
CURTAINS FOR YOU-The Only Ones

30 posted on 12/01/2018 8:41:08 PM PST by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: Liz

31 posted on 12/01/2018 8:41:40 PM PST by DoodleBob
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To: bitt

Hillary couldn’t pull a crowd during the 2016 election, either.

She needs to take a hint.


32 posted on 12/01/2018 8:43:06 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Enterprise

Nice to see Maureen Dowd can ALWAYS be counted on to always be an idiot. She’s like the Sun rising in the morning.


33 posted on 12/01/2018 8:53:23 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: bitt

Garbage on parade whether you draw or not and the starving pathetic masses or in this case waining masses that need this in their lives


34 posted on 12/01/2018 8:56:01 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: SaveFerris

She could have left it to feeling sorry for them. But no, she had to get in a gratuitous slam on President Trump. What a skunk.


35 posted on 12/01/2018 9:01:22 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

No jail time my friends. Just house arrest TOGETHER. Rent the house next door for his black family.


36 posted on 12/01/2018 9:04:00 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: bitt
Imagine a contest for tickets to the next "Evening with the Clintons" tour event...

First Prize?... Two tickets to the event.

Second Prize?...10 Front Row Tickets to the event.

Third Prize?... 1,000 Front Section Tickets to the event, plus free* with each ticket, autographed double-knit pant suit or plus-sized muumuu guaranteed to be from an authentic Arkansas truck stop, (*only pay a separate fee plus shipping, handling, and Clinton foundation - ha ha- contribution).

37 posted on 12/01/2018 9:04:18 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in-never, never,never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill)
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To: bitt
People, people people!!! We have RULES!


38 posted on 12/01/2018 9:04:54 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Enterprise

Liberals. They never miss an opportunity to take a shot, a slam on the President.


39 posted on 12/01/2018 9:06:27 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: bitt

Clintons = The Toronto Maple Fleas.


40 posted on 12/01/2018 9:26:00 PM PST by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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