Posted on 01/22/2007 6:05:51 PM PST by zarf
In today's "conversation" over the web, Hillary declared among many things that (1) "We have got to do more, look for alternatives. I support all kinds of ethanol. I support looking at the solar and geothermal,l and certainly trying to do more on hyrdrogen which are longer term goals. I think we have to do more on conservation and energy efficiency. I really am impressed with what California has done over thirty years, because they have imposed conservation and energy efficiency standards, and they have kept flat their energy use, and the rest of the country has just unfortunately continued to use more and more energy." (2) Asked about her favorite movie, she replied in part: "Probably when I was in college and law school, Casablanca. You know, I watched it, I don't know how many times, and you know it was always so just much fun, and by the time we watched it over and over again we were actually reciting the dialogue," and (3) that her favorite movie from recent years was "Out of Africa."
I think number 1 must be a reference to the NRDC's consumption per capita statistic as even cursory review of basic facts leave this stunner way out there. In 1980, California's 24 million people used 17 million vehicles. Today California has more than 35 million people and they use more than 23.4 million vehicles. If Mrs. Clinton is going to get ready for prime time, she'll have to do better than vague references to unspecified measurements.
Then there is her Al Gore-like summoning up of her days in college and law school watching Casablanca. Mrs. Clinton graduated from Wellesley in 1969 and Yale Law School in 1973. Perhaps Betamax machines and VCRs made an early appearance at those campuses, or there was a film theater nearby that showed nothing but Casablanca, but the idea that she watched it "over and over again," is one of those "hmmm" moments that catch your attention, like Al Gore's dog's Shiloh's medicine or John Kerry's magic hat.
Finally, the "Out of Africa" reference may lose her the election. Really. That's frightening.
#1?? California has kept flat it's energy demands? What is she smoking??
Okay, I was with him until the last paragraph. What's wrong with "Out of Africa"? Too old? Too Meryl Streep-ish? Redford got paid 7 million but couldn't be bothered to learn an English accent?
Redford's character was an American in Out of Africa. Why would he learn an English accent?
He played Denys George Finch-Hatton, who was born in England and went to Eton and Oxford. English to the core.
You must know that from the book, right? I don't recall it from the movie.
Is that the royal "we"?
Another sign that she's the most brilliant woman in the country...she was probably the first one ever to quote lines from "Casablanca" after having seen the movie two or three times.
I would have guessed that her favorite movie was "Triumph of the Will" or perhaps some Soviet propaganda film.
I don't think Hillary has ever watched a movie.
Yes, I did read Izak Dinesen's works but I thought I had an answer for you that Finch-Hatton's British origin was "obvious" due to clues in the film. But the more I think about it, the more I suppose that someone could watch that movie and not see anything in Finch-Hatton but an American adventurer who'd been in Africa too long for his own good. Unless you're a snob who thinks that only the British would have double-barreled names.
Either that or Red Dawn, before the Soviets lost.
Gee. 'The smartest woman in the world' should know there is just one ethanol, C2H5OH. Hillary is a bad-tempered dunce. The REAL story is how she plans to run for president without answering any live questions on TV. She managed it in her senate race...
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