Hillary back in the White House routine

The Daily Telegraph ^ | June 1, 2006 | Harry Mount

[MadIvan]

Hillary Clinton failed to answer the question on everybody's lips. But the song she was jiving to said it all.

Launching her Senate re-election campaign at a rally in Buffalo, New York, she refrained from revealing whether she intended to serve a full six-year term or might cut it short to run for the presidency in 2008.

But it was no coincidence that when she was joined by her husband and former president Bill Clinton the chorus of the 1970s song they danced to was "We're going to get right back to where we started from", leaving her Democrat supporters in little doubt that another Clinton White House was in her sights.

Mrs Clinton took a leap in the long march to the White House with a vicious attack on President George W Bush and a glimpse into the policies of her prospective presidency.

The rally for her nomination by New York Democrats for November's mid-term elections opened with a high production value film showing Mrs Clinton's devotion to the victims of September 11 and her obsession with national security, a transparent bid to win Republican votes.

It closed with her knockout weapon, her husband, who took to the stage, hand-clapping, jutting out his lower lip and emoting on maximum voltage.

The speech was theoretically aimed at local state policies in New York, but she quickly moved on to the federal level, bagging soundbites that would resonate across America.

"We previously had leadership from both sides of the aisle in this country," Mrs Clinton said to rousing cheers. "That's not happening in America today. We all need to stand up and demand new leadership that will put our country back on the right track."

In a direct attack on President Bush, Mrs Clinton said: "For this administration, it's more important to say 'Mission accomplished' than actually accomplish the mission. "What happened in the Gulf Coast and New Orleans was a disgrace. This administration destroyed the Federal Emergency Management Administration and stuffed it with cronies and turned their backs.

"It's time to reverse the short-sighted, wrong-headed foreign policies of this administration, to promote alliances, not hostility."

Mrs Clinton attacked what she called Mr Bush's "voodoo economics", in particular his failure to balance the budget.

The Hillary image has been fine-tuned to perfection in recent years. The pie-crust collars and the chintz curtain blouses of the late 1980s have been replaced by the turquoise immaculately-tailored to disguise her billiard-table calves.

Gone too is the frizzy, finger-in-the-light-socket hair-do, which has been replaced by an elegant bob.

"I have had the same hair-do for the longest period of my life now," Mrs Clinton said in her only joke in the speech. "It took me a while but I finally got it right."

[MadIvan]

Never Again!

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Henchster]

The pie-crust collars and the chintz curtain blouses of the late 1980s have been replaced by the turquoise immaculately-tailored to disguise her billiard-table calves.

Gone too is the frizzy, finger-in-the-light-socket hair-do, which has been replaced by an elegant bob.

Silk purse and lipstick on a....

[OldFriend]

What in the world was all that blathering about? She's the same old same old stinking sack of garbage.

The media can melt at the very sight of those two traitors but I cannot imagine any patriotic American trusting their country over to the likes of these two a second time around.

[backhoe]

As I recall, a contemporary rival from that era was "Never can say Goodbye" by Gloria Gaynor.

And as Rush has mentioned, "we'll never be rid of the Clintons."

Think of them as the penicillin-resistant gonorrhea of politics.

More here:

-Hillary Clinton- archives, comments, and opposition research --

( And yes, I really do mean what my tagline states. )

[battlegearboat]

pig

[WideGlide]

But it was no coincidence that when she was joined by her husband and former president Bill Clinton the chorus of the 1970s song they danced to was "We're going to get right back to where we started from", leaving her Democrat supporters in little doubt

I too have little doubt where they started from.

[Luke21]

That crummy song the author described was recorded by Maxine Nightingale, I didn't like it in 1976, and I darn sure don't like it if it's Hillary theme song.

[Caipirabob]

And as Rush has mentioned, "we'll never be rid of the Clintons."

Think of them as the penicillin-resistant gonorrhea of politics.

So very well said, worth repeating again and again and again...

We are so doomed if she becomes queen.

[backhoe]

[battlegearboat]

Chelsea to wed Patrick after rehab.

[gakrak]

" Silk purse and lipstick"

Ya can put lipstick on a PIG but it's still a PIB. Amen.

[battlegearboat]

Tastes like Dr. Pepper.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Good Lord, check out the look Bill is giving to the camera, if one has any doubts. I think I'm going to be sick! BRRRRRRRRR!

[MadIvan]

I get the distinct impression that the White House will resemble the court of Caligula, if Hillary is elected.

Regards, Ivan

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Bill: "Hey, interns...heeeere's Bubba!"

[AmeriBrit]

Bookmarked

[Hardastarboard]

Mr Bush's "voodoo economics"

Is producing so many jobs that I'm being driven crazy by recruiters. Every store I go to has help wanted signs up. I even see them on the back of tow trucks.

[Hardastarboard]

Let's face it, most music in the '70's really sucked.

[sgtbono2002]

Low lifes.