Posted on 11/12/2006 6:08:26 AM PST by Mia T
A 'LANDSLIDE'???
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Henry Kissinger
Such conditions, irrespective of vote tally, can never a 'landslide' make.
Nonetheless, missus clinton dumped 30-million-dollars' worth of false advertising 2 into the race: Standard-issue clinton sleight-of-hand intended to transform:
The purpose of the 30-million-dollar demagogic infusion was to create the illusion of a landslide in New York in '06, which would, (so the wishful thinking goes), create the illusion of national electability in '08, an absolute prerequisite to nomination for someone with a Q Score as wanting as missus clinton's. 6
FUZZY MATH AT THE NEW YORK TIMES
The official New York State Board of Elections tally will not be available until mid-December, a sufficient time lag for Pinch and Company 7 to exaggerate the significance of the hillary vote and for the mischaracterization to become firmly fixed in our collective 'history.' Truth and America matter not at all to The New York Times. Agenda is everything. 8 The Times' clinton endorsements redux. 9
Patrick Healy
If missus clinton won two-thirds of the total vote and two-thirds of the male vote, she could not have won three-quarters of female vote unless the total female vote was at or about zero. Similarly, if she won two-thirds of the total vote and three-quarters of female vote, she could not have won two-thirds of the male vote.
SPITZER'S ZIPPER
For her entire adult (such as it is) life, zipper-hoisting has been missus clinton's principal means of upward mobility. 10 This election was no different.
Zipper-hoisting has, in the past, proven to be a sticky wicket for missus clinton, owing not to antithetical feminist ideology, as one would expect -- feminists willingly sacrificed feminism on the altar of clintonism -- but to zipper choice, her rather injudicious attachment early on to a certain zipper habitually on the downslide.
This time she picked zippers a bit better, glomming onto Eliot's.
Contrary to 'conventional wisdom,' the coattails were Eliot's, not hers. The three percent who voted for Spitzer who could not overcome their revulsion to pull the lever for hillary tell it all.
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8. Missus clinton's only 'plan,' insofar as we can tell, is to run for president.
When asked about her plan to run for president, missus clinton said the voters should 'factor in' that possibility.
7. 'Knownothing-Victim' and 'Failure' are missus clinton's middle names.
My two cents' worth--and I think it is the two cents' worth of everybody who worked for the Clinton Administration health care reform effort of 1993-1994--is that Hillary Rodham Clinton needs to be kept very far away from the White House for the rest of her life. Heading up health-care reform was the only major administrative job she has ever tried to do. And she was a complete flop at it. She had neither the grasp of policy substance, the managerial skills, nor the political smarts to do the job she was then given. And she wasn't smart enough to realize that she was in over her head and had to get out of the Health Care Czar role quickly.... there is no reason to think that she would be anything but an abysmal president.
J. Bradford DeLong
... While America appears not to be ready for a female president under any circumstances, the post-9/11 realities pose special problems for a female presidential candidate. Add to these the problems unique to missus clinton. The reviews make the mistake of focusing on the problems of the generic female presidential candidate running during ordinary times.
These are not ordinary times. America is waging the global War on Terror; the uncharted territory of asymmetric netherworlds is the battlefield; the enemy is brutal, subhuman; the threat of global conflagration is real.
Defeating the enemy isn't sufficient. For America to prevail, she must also defeat a retrograde, misogynous mindset. To successfully prosecute the War on Terror, it is essential that the collective patriarchal islamic culture perceives America as politically and militarily strong. Condi Rice excepted, this requirement presents an insurmountable hurdle for any female presidential candidate, and especially missus clinton, historically antimilitary--(an image, incidentally, that is only enhanced today by her clumsy, termagant parody of Thatcher), forever the pitiful victim, and, according to Dick Morris, "the biggest dove in the clinton administration."
It is ironic that had the clintons not failed utterly to fight terrorism... not failed to take bin Laden from Sudan... not failed repeatedly to decapitate a nascent, still stoppable al Qaeda... the generic female president as a construct would still be viable... missus clinton's obstacles would be limited largely to standard-issue clintonisms: corruption, abuse, malpractice, malfeasance, megalomania, rape and treason... and, in spite of Juanita Broaddrick, or perhaps because of her, Rod Lurie would be reduced to perversely hawking the "First Gentleman" instead of the "Commander-in-Chief."
Mia T, 10.02.05
6. ... And the corollary: Zipper-hoisting has been missus clinton's only means of upward mobility
For her entire adult (such as it is) life, zipper-hoisting has been missus clinton's principal means of upward mobility.
Zipper-hoisting has proved to be a sticky wicket for missus clinton, owing not to antithetical feminist ideology, as one would expect -- feminists willingly sacrificed feminism on the altar of clintonism -- but to zipper choice, her rather injudicious attachment early on to a certain zipper habitually on the downslide.
Mia T
Too many pundits, usually leftist and privileged, sneer at country music. To these critics, any music created by poor, Southern whites (at least those poor, Southern whites who didn't attend an Ivy League university) must be held in contempt, along with its correlatives: incest, racism and trailer parks.
Hillary Clinton? Who would even know her name were it not for her attachment to a man? Where would she be now if she as a child had to pick cotton from sun up to sun down?
Tammy Wynette stands alone, a legend; and she will be admired wherever people appreciate the honesty of the human experience. Human beings are vulnerable. We all should be thankful to any artist courageous enough to bare her soul on the public stage so the rest of us who are listening and know whereof she speaks might benefit.
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2. Cattle futures were the future.
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* Spencer is, far and away, the landslide winner if the results are weighted for the cost per vote.
NOT SO FAST, HILLARY....
issus clinton ran for reelection against an unfunded* third-stringer with zero name recognition; that is to say, she ran virtually unopposed.
(ASIDE: That missus clinton has never been tested should concern all Democrats.) 1
She also won two-thirds of the male voters and three-quarters of female voters.
The New York Times
November 8, 2006
COPYRIGHT MIA T 2006
The 200,000 new jobs missus clinton pledged to create in depressed Upstate became under her tenure a 75,000-job LOSS.
(In contrast, her opponent, John Spencer, has a proven record creating jobs.)
Because she 'has plans,' would you believe?!
We agree.
Missus clinton certainly factors into her job description her self-serving presidential schemes, frittering away time and energy out on the hustings and votes against New York interests on the Senate floor.
professor of economics, Berkeley
clinton Administration veteran
"Hillary Rodham Clinton needs to be kept very far
away from the White House for the rest of her life."
HILLARY'S COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PROBLEM
(see descriptor morphs)
DEEP VEEP
3.06.04
Thank you, Gavin McNett, for your tribute to the incomparable Tammy Wynette. (TAMMY WYNETTE, 1942-1998)
Sean Smith
Fresno, Calif.
Salon.com
THE RUBES' GOLDBERG MACHINE
A STATE OF PERPETUAL CLINTON BEGGARY
by Mia T, 10.31.06
(BASED ON THE RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINE 3)
* thanx to Gail Wynand for the turn of phrase
They demand serious people of exceptional accomplishment and character.
COPYRIGHT MIA T 2006
If only someone had found the strength to squash these bugs, to expose them, while they were still little bugs....--Twinkie
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. . bump . .
bump
thanx, Twinkie. :)
Thank you, Wolverine. :)
An unamused at the Clintons bump . . .
An unenchanted by the Clintons bump . . .
If she is not even capable of even remotely satisfying Bubba Jeff in the bedroom . . .
How in the heck do people think she is capable of running this country?
You know, Mia, Hillary has had to try to keep his zipper hoisted - and failing that, she has resorted to simply employing a whole staff charged with keeping numerous women's lips zipped. . at taxpayers' expense, I think would be a safe guess.
both clintons abused women
HEAR DICK MORRIS
HEAR JUANITA BROADDRICK
thanx :)
thanks, Twinkie. :)
bmp . .
thanks, Twinkie :)
. . .keep on bumping the "Bill & Hillary Story" up . . . :O)
btt. .
Mia T, I was curious so I thought I'd ask you...looking at anyone right now in the GOP, is there anyone that you see that you can say "that's the guy, give him the nomination, and Hillary goes down in flames"???
Thanks in advance
thanks! :)
By Lorie Byrd
Sep 27, 2005
This is the story of how Hurricane Katrina made this conservative Republican fall in love with Rudy Giuliani all over again. I first developed a fond affection for the mayor when he did what many believed could not be done and cleaned up New York City. In 1999, I cheered him when he stood up for common decency and the taxpayers of New York by rejecting city funding for elephant dung art. My admiration turned to love when Mayor Giuliani reassured the nation, and the world, with his incredible response to the attacks of September 11.
An admirer of Giuliani and a believer that he had a good shot at the presidency long before Hurricane Katrina, I now find myself becoming a full-fledged fan of the prospect. I will likely get some grief from some of my fellow pro-life, social conservatives, but I hope they will consider not only what an attractive candidate Rudy would be in the post-Katrina political climate, but also to consider the attributes Giuliani would bring to the presidency.
On September 11, we saw what a leader looks like during a crisis and it looked like Rudolph Giuliani. In contrast, the recent example of New Orleans’ Mayor Nagin taking to the airwaves cursing the federal government and calling for the cavalry, not only did not look like leadership, but made Giuliani's performance on 9/11 look positively, well, presidential by comparison.
Many of the lessons learned from Katrina highlight Giuliani’s strengths. Considering that he received some of his harshest criticism as mayor for his tough law and order positions, it is impossible to imagine Giuliani giving looters a pass (and, I would argue, encouragement) as Mayor Nagin did in the early days of flooding in New Orleans.
Thanks to the blame-Bush media, it seems the public now believes that the first and ultimate responder to any kind of disaster, whether natural or man-made, should be the federal government, or more specifically, the President. Giuliani is the only potential 2008 candidate that has shown himself capable of handling a challenge of such historic proportions. Because issues of national security and war and peace in the Middle East will outlive the Bush presidency, the nation will be looking for a leader able to perform in a crisis.
Even more than his proven ability to perform under pressure, however, one thing that Giuliani may be able to do, that some other Republicans might not, is unite the country. If Bush, as amiable as he is, and with a reputation as a uniter as governor of Texas, could be painted as an extremist divider, it is reasonable to believe the same will be attempted with the next Republican candidate. Giuliani achieved giant stature in my eyes, and those of most other Americans, with his actions following 9/11. Because he is already known as a uniter and a strong leader, he will be resistant to attempts to portray him otherwise. He can also claim to have received a large number of votes from Democrats in past elections. Not many, if any, of the other potential Republican presidential candidates can say that.
Ironically, Giuliani's positions on abortion and gay rights, while making it more difficult for him to win the Republican primary, make it almost impossible for opponents to paint him as an extremist. Abortion will always be an important issue to Republican primary voters, but with Bush appointments of two (or possibly three) conservative Supreme Court justices, the issue is not as likely to be the deal breaker that it has been in some past elections. Choosing a pro-life running mate might be enough to win over enough pro-life Republican primary voters to capture the nomination. He would definitely have to answer some tough questions about social policy (and he better not have any Bernie Kerik problems), but if he plays things smart, he can win the Republican nomination.
Electability though, while obviously necessary, does not a good president make. Giuliani's effectiveness as mayor of New York and his excellent communication skills convince me that he could be a very successful president. From his words and actions following 9/11, and more recently from his speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention, I know he can inspire. Because of Giuliani's staunch, and often eloquent, defense of President Bush’s policy in Iraq, and because of his personal experience on 9/11, I have no doubt that he would continue to vigorously prosecute the War on Terror and would be a strong defender of Israel and a promoter of democracy in the Middle East.
It is still early. I’m not saying Rudy Giuliani will be my choice in the spring of 2008. I’m just saying that in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and with the mission in Iraq and the Middle East still far from over, “the world’s mayor” is looking pretty good right now.
Lorie Byrd lives in North Carolina where she worked as a litigation paralegal before becoming a stay-at-home to her two daughters six years ago. She has written on political matters at the group blog, Polipundit, since April 2004. She also writes at her own weblog, Byrd Droppings, and is currently a contributor at ConfirmThem.com and MediaSlander.com.
Find this story at: http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/loriebyrd/2005/09/27/156949.html
That was not the media's agenda!!! and still isn't!!! ---- BUMP
I wonder something . . .
Why did the Democrats' proposed impeachment of the "war criminal" Bush just magically disintegrate on Nov. 8th? They have a lot of Bush-hating supporters in their base who were waiting with bated breath for them to send President Bush and his whole administration to the big house. You know, seems to me that a "war criminal" would have to be sent up the river to the big house, assuming the left wasn't lying when their lips were moving.
The American people elected them because they promised the instant gratification of abandoning the fight against Al Qaeda in Iraq, so why do the Democrats now suddenly want to wait six months to cut and run? Cut and run now, Nancy, so not one more American life is lost in a silly old "situation", as you call it. - Of course, the "situation" (Al Qaeda) will follow right to your doorstep, Nancy. Remember nine-eleven, Nancy? Expect more similar "situations" to arise, only this time RIGHT HERE, because of nothing more than the Democrats' party loyalty and greed for total power trumping their minuscule love of country.
And now back to - "The Continuing Saga of the Adventures of the Real Bill & Hillary Clinton" . . the puerile pair that never dies but never fades away either . . . BUMP! . .
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