Run, Hillary, Run

Human Events ^ | Apr 17, 2006 | Jerome R. Corsi

[shining_city]

In the midst of the immigration debate, Hillary Clinton felt compelled to grab the microphone yet once more to lament that H.R. 4437 would have made her a criminal, too:

“I realize I would be a criminal, too. My staff would be criminal. We help people with all kinds of problems.”

In a tendency brilliantly observed by Thomas Kuiper in his new book, “I’ve Always Been a Yankees Fan”: Hillary Clinton in Her Own Words, the senator from New York has always thought everything in politics is really about her.

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Building from the assortment of “Hilliary-isms” that Kuiper has selected for our amusement and instruction, we detect a strategy emerging for campaigning against Hillary.

An opponent would be well advised to pick any campaign issue and ask, “Well, Hillary, how does that make you feel?” Hillary’s Law of Politics No. 1 is that she will always have a sentiment, and that sentiment will be memorable, even if highly personalized or somewhat fictionalized.

Just take 9/11. Hillary had to tell NBC’s Dateline the harrowing story of how Chelsea had dodged death in the shadow of the about-to-topple towers. “She had gone on what she thought would be a great jog,” Hillary told the world. “She was going down to Battery Park, she was going to go around the towers. She was going to get a cup of coffee and -- that’s when the plane hit.” Amidst (of course) the horror of 3,000 innocent murders on the first terror attack by radical Islamofacists on American soil, Chelsea’s close call with death became a major media story. Even Katie Couric was touched, noting about her friend Hillary, “At that moment, she was not just a senator, but a concerned parent.”

Following the trail of the “it’s all about me” Hillary rule, Matt Drudge on Nov. 9, 2001, pointed out that unfortunately Chelsea herself had a different story. It turns out that at the time the airplanes hit the buildings, Chelsea wasn’t saved by divine providence and a sudden urge for caffeine. On 9/11, Chelsea was safe in a friend’s apartment on Park Avenue South, miles away. “I stared senselessly at the television,” Chelsea wrote in an essay for Talk Magazine. Chelsea might have seen the smoke on TV, but she didn’t smell the smoke and hear the rumble from her coffee bunker in Battery Park, as Hillary told Dateline.

Remember, everything that happens in politics is all about Hillary, even 9/11. Hillary knows why Cardinal Roger Mahoney told Catholics to engage in civil disobedience, because she too was guilt of kindness, evidently to illegal aliens. Yet, dare we ask, “Does Hillary actually know any ‘undocumented migrants,’ first-hand, as friends or associates, or maybe as employees? Or is she imagining again, off once more in ‘Feelings Land’?”

As Thomas Kuiper so wonderfully points out, Hillary Clinton can always be counted upon to be a Yankees fan (unless, of course, it’s her day to be in Chicago). The book itself may cost $12.95 in bookstores, but as they say, the cover photo of Hillary pointing to her Cubs baseball hat is priceless.

It’s all about how you feel, that day that moment, don’t you get it? It’s pure Baby Boomer logic at the extreme, where everything is all about “me,” isn’t it? Sure, we all know the junior senator from New York is a Yankee’s fan, unless that day she happens to be in Chicago.

Mr. Corsi is the author of several books, including "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry" (along with John O'Neill), "Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil" (along with Craig R. Smith), and "Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians." He is a frequent guest on the G. Gordon Liddy radio show. He will soon co-author a new book with Jim Gilchrist on the Minuteman Project.

[shining_city]

Darth Hideous knows no shame. I had always thought that her lie about Chelsea and 9/11 was one of the worst statements ever -- until I came across her recent claim that the House's version of immigration reform would make Jesus into a felon.

[American Quilter]

The belief that everything is about them is shared by both Hill and Bill. I don't think either of them sees other people as real human beings--we're just pawns for them to manipulate in their ravenous pursuit of their personal agendas.

America can't possibly elect this horrible woman to the presidency.

[theDentist]

I know it's an oft-told and old joke but:

How do you tell a Liberal from a Conservative?
They both have "Run, Hillary, Run" bumper stickets, but Liberals have them on their rear bumper, and Conservatives have them on the front.

[shining_city]

America can't possibly elect this horrible woman to the presidency.

I certainly hope you're right, but remember that her husband did convince pluralities of voters to elect him twice. And with the media doing everything they can to destroy George Bush (and the GOP leadership in Congress not doing much to help), I'd say that unfortunately she has a decent chance...

[American Quilter]

I certainly hope you're right, but remember that her husband did convince pluralities of voters to elect him twice.

Yes (shudder). But he always came off (to the uninformed viewer) as genial, warmhearted, and pleasant. Her public persona is much less appealing. Was it Rush Limbaugh who said she sounds like every man's ex-wife? I hope that's the reaction every man in the country has to her!

[sgtbono2002]

I dont understand how the bill could make Hillary a criminal. As I undrstand it the bill makes it illegal to help immigrants. Hillary has never helped anyone but herself. If there isnt a payoff in it for Hilary dont be looking for help.

[Dead Corpse]

[shining_city]

Was it Rush Limbaugh who said she sounds like every man's ex-wife?

(Or mother-in-law -- since she is so condescending.) I certainly hope so, but I think the feminists and liberal media are going to really give her a "make-over" and try to paint her as strong and sympathetic. She is already positioned to run as a "moderate" in the Democratic primaries, and it's hard to imagine Kerry giving her much difficulty, so I think she could unfortunately be a tough candidate in the general election.

[subterfuge]

we're just pawns for them to manipulate in their ravenous pursuit of their personal agendas.

Yes. For him, the pursuit is to get laid. For her, it's to gather more power and influence, so she can get laid.

[Ditter]

Hillary made some statement about maids, waitresses,etc. that made it sound like before that *moment* she had never thought of them as human being with feelings, desires etc. I wish I could remember the details, perhaps someone else can.

[Sax]

the senator from New York has always thought everything in politics is really about her.

[ModelBreaker]

I dont understand how the bill could make Hillary a criminal.

It didn't need to. She already managed that all by herself.

[Clintonfatigued]

Hitlery is a danger to national security. The priority right now should be holding her reelection margin down as much as humanly possible.

[cvq3842]

You beat me to it!

[surrey]

As has often been stated about Bill, "he's the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral". Same goes for his lying mate.

[HarleyLady27]

She is a criminal....just ask Peter Paul....her and her lieing other half is to give a confession of sorts in the near future....

BACKGROUND - TRIAL DATE SET
L.A. TIMES DOESN'T THINK TRIAL DATE FOR CLINTON IS NEWSWORTHY

[subterfuge]

Thanks for reminding me of that truism.

[Rummyfan]

“I realize I would be a criminal, too. My staff would be criminal. We help people with all kinds of problems.”

Crikey! She is a criminal!

[Rummyfan]

I don't think either of them sees other people as real human beings--

Sociopaths the both of them!