Why Senator Clinton Just Can't Catch a Break

BusinessWeek ^ | June 10, 2002 | Paula Dwyer

[spokeshave]

The Irish call it a "six-pack"

[nicollo]

Ah, yes, the Delegate from Chappaquiddick .

Personally, the best imitation of Kennedy I'd like to see from Hillary would be from that Sat. Nite Live routine of the Thomas hearings: a bag over his head.

VP ticket? Mark Hanna tried to bury Teddy Roosevelt in the Vice Presidency. Ain't worth a bucket of spit, as Gardner said (FDR's VP), 'cept until lead is introduced in the mix. Then its the alchemist's dream: pure gold.

[Nick Danger]

it won't free Hillary from the shackles that prevent her from leading her party's charge, let alone the national ticket.

That is just so... New York. To even think that Hillary Clinton has a place as national party leader, or belongs on a national ticket, bespeaks a lifestyle that never crosses 82nd street.

Outside New York, Hillary Clinton is radioactive. Some Democrat wag noted that if she were on a national ticket, the Republicans wouldn't have to spend one nickel on get-out-the-vote programs.

People who say she can probably keep her Senate seat for as long as she wants it might be right, but she isn't going anywhere else. She's a crook, her husband is a crook, and everybody knows it. There will be no second crack at the White House furniture for them.

[GrandMoM]

bump

[PsyOp]

Is it my imagination, or do her ankle actually get fatter when she lies? You know - the way bill's nose would get red.

[timestax]

If it's too hot in the kitchen, she should get out!!

[let freedom sing]

Ol' crusty can dish it out, but it can't take it.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Rough poll numbers, eh? Wonder if she's gonna now don her pink outfit?

[11B3]

Did I hear someone mentioning Hitlery's ankles?
No, she is THE ANKLE!

[wingnuts'nbolts]

As a wymyn I resent that! Hillary could have done a lot for wymyn and chose to enable Bill instead. She is dead meat. I don't know a wymyn who would vote for this degenerate.

Now she claims she was a duck hunter. Along with being a New York Yankee Fan and a new Yorker, wanting to adopt a baby ( remember that one?) and head of the anti bimbo eruptions committee. She is a piece of work!

[altair]

(2) she could have a good enough showing to come out of the race as the party front-runner for 2008.

Remember who lost in the Republican Primaries in 1976 to President Ford?

I think you overestimate her chances of not being reelected Senator in '06 should she choose to run. Incumbent Senators are nearly always elected and with the Incumbent Protection Act in place (I don't think the Supreme Court will strike it down) they'll be even harder to unseat in the future.

[altair]

she's gonna go into a long term Ted Kennedy act -- with or without an imitation of Kennedy's disasterous 1980 run.

Somehow, I don't think so. She doesn't have Kennedy's negatives and is a skilled enough liar that she won't ever have to pay the price of her past mistakes. Kennedy was also stupid enough to seriously try to unseat an elected sitting President. Compare that with the Reagan campaign in '76 against (unelected) President Ford. She may not be the smartest woman in the world, but she's smarter than most folks here give her credit for.

Do not underestimate her.

[altair]

Outside New York, Hillary Clinton is radioactive.

That's not what I've read.

Some Democrat wag noted that if she were on a national ticket, the Republicans wouldn't have to spend one nickel on get-out-the-vote programs.

Oh yeah? How would this explain 1996 (other than the fact that Bob Dole is a pathetic loser)?

[leadpenny]

It would be interesting to know if HER protesters were able to get a permit that allowed them to be on Whitehaven when OUR permits require us to be out on Mass. Ave.

[HoosierFather]

The more likely scenario is that Hil gets "drafted" by the Dims for the VP slot with Edwards, Kerry, or Liberman as the potential sacrificial lamb (the argument for taking on GWB will be that noboby thought Billy-Boy would defeat GHWB, so why not roll the dice). This gives her cover for a possible landslide loss against GWB and allows her to return to Senate, fully positioned as the Dim front-runner for 2008. There would also be the slight chance that an Edwards/Hil ticket could upset GWB (Hil on the ticket might minimally insure NY and California for the Dims). In that unlikely event she makes history as the first woman VP, and is of course a heartbeat away from the oval office. The downside to this scenario would be that she might have to wait 8 years for her turn at POTUS. But, she would only be in her mid-60's (not too old) for the 2016 election. Of course, she could also do alot of damage as VP since the media would spin that Hil put the ticket over the top. She would have tremendous influence behind the scenes (maybe greater influence than Cheney) and be "de-facto" POTUS with a weakling like Edwards. The other tack for her is to sit back in '04 watch the slaughter and be ready for a wide open race in '08 (this seems to be the track she is on at the moment despite any uncertainty for her re-election in NY). Waiting will also provide more time for the sheeple to forget all the scandals from her 8 years in the WH with Billy-Boy. However, alot can change in politics. If GWB starts to show any real weakness (because the economy goes south or he suffers a major foreiegn policy fiasco) in the next 12 months, watch for Hil to rev up the POTUS campaign engine.

[NYCop]

Here's hoping your way off the mark. I believe Rudy will run against her in '06 unless W pulls him him to be the VP for the next Pres. election. I think Rudy would like nothing more than kicking her weasley a** back to Arkansas in the Senate race.

[PGalt]

Can't Catch a Break Hell! Hillary should be incarcerated. It Takes a Criminal is a reminder of how far the socialist/terrorists have advanced their internal attack on we the people. The attack but never be questioned Junior Criminal from New York is the propagandists dream. Can't Catch a Break Hell! Hillary should be incarcerated.

[Looking4Truth]

No she has no aspirations for publicity. NOT!

Did anyone see the final tribute at Ground Zero the other day on FOX? Ol' Crusty was mugging for the shot every single time that she knew a camera was on her. She even committed the cardinal TV sin of looking directly at the camera as if to say 'Yeah, here i am!". Sickening sow.

[MinorityRepublican]

The Sunday magazine Parade mentioned likely women candidates for President. And while I didn't read the entire article, not one photo of Hillary was shown. Thank God.

I noticed that too. That is because Hiliary Clinton is not a feasible candidate for the presidency since she is probably the most polarizing figure in America.

If you think we were motivated to vote aganist Al Gore in 2000, wait until Hiliary! runs for the presidency, which I doubt will ever happen. She wants to be president, but it's not just possible.

[Elkiejg]

Wymyn still luv her, wymyn will vore for her. Republican purple hairs, soccer moms, college grrrls will all vote for Prezdent Evita for what they think she's (presumably) got in her crusty panties!

Wrong Cat - I'm a "wymyn" and I wouldn't vote for the BEAST if she was the last candidate standing!!!