...Is This Our Quote of the Day?

"A presidential candidate who lightly commits to obliterating Iran - and, presumably, all the children, parents, and grandparents in Iran - should not be answering the White House phone at any time of day or night."

Those are the closing lines of a Boston Globe editorial entitled Hillary Strangelove.

...Or Is Hillary in My GPS?

We got a new portable Garmin GPS for our trip to Maui. After only three days we christened it "Hillary."

Why?
Three reasons:
1. She thinks she knows it all but she hasn't a clue about obstacles outside her script.
2. She just loves giving orders and she doesn't much care if they're the right ones.
3. Her favorite word is "Recalculating."

...Or Is This the Face of Stupid Angry?

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.”

"Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign down and says let's address reality and the problems we're facing in this world, you're accused of being racist, so you have to shut up," Ferraro said. "Racism works in two different directions. I really think they're attacking me because I'm white. How's that?"

Since, given her biography, one would be hard-pressed to accuse Ms. Ferraro of ignorance, we have to assume that the woman is stupid.

Let's look at some facts:

As of Monday morning there will have been three black Governors of States in this country since Reconstruction, only two of whom have been elected to the office. On the other hand, there have been 29 women governors, eight of whom currently serve.

In the U.S. House of Representatives, there are 41 members of the Congressional Black Caucus, 13 of whom are women and one of whom is Senator Obama. There are 73 women in the House, including those 13 African-American and including the woman who is Speaker of the House.

There have, since Reconstruction, been three black members of the Senate, one of whom was a woman and one of whom is Senator Obama who is the only one currently serving. There have, since 1922, been 35 women in the Senate (including one who served only one day), 16 of whom currently serve.

Gloria Steinem, Geraldine Ferraro, and the rest of Hillary's hitwomen need to put away their bubbling cauldrons of bitterness and anger and look to the future of their party and their movement. Young women are already reluctant to call themselves feminists... this kind of behavior is going to make that reluctance even more understandable.

...Or Does This Like Someone We Know Too Well?

From Adam Nagourney, Patrick Healy, and Kate Zernike in today's New York Times...

"[X] showed a tendency toward an insular management style, relying on a coterie of aides who have worked for [X] for years, [X]'s aides and associates said. [X]'s choice of lieutenants, and... insistence on staying with them even when friends urged [X] to shake things up, was blamed by some associates for the campaign’s woes. Again and again, [X] was portrayed as a manager who valued loyalty and familiarity over experience and expertise."

The emphases are mine and the article isn't- though you might think it should be- George W. Bush.

...Or Is Colene of NYC Our Kinda Girl?

Over on MSNBC they're running a story on this new Hill-Billy ad being run in the Austin/Akron/Altoona Axis states by a 527 that's gaming the election laws by raising $10M in $100,000 donations to fund the run. Colene from New York New York had this totally insightful comment: Tonya Harding didn't win the Olympics. Hillary Clinton won't win the White House.

...Or Is This Something We Can Look Forward To?

President-Elect Clinton Announces New Intern Policy at White House
January 15, 2009. The White House.

President-elect Hillary Clinton announced new guidelines for placing interns in the White House today. Called the Unacknowledged Minorities Affirmative Hiring Policy, Ms. Clinton said the new policies will give priority in intern placement to persons who, in past administrations, would not have been give "such a grand opportunity."

"In the past," Ms. Clinton stated, "these positions were held to be specifically for young people who in reality should have been busy with their classes and their books. We have distracted them from their very real career goals while ignoring the rich contributions that could be brought to the Executive Offices by persons with more life and work experience."

"For that reason," the president-elect said, " and that reason alone I assure you, for the next four years we will draw interns from a special pool of unacknowledged minorities which will include the grotesquely overweight, individuals with chronic and incurable halitosis and/or body odor, members of religious communities that require silence and chastity, Islamic fundamentalists, widows in their late 70s and early 80s, and ex-gay men. As the administration progresses we will expand these programs as other appropriate categories are called to our attention by the volunteer who will be heading up our outreach efforts... my husband, the former president."

...Or Does This Make You Like Rudy Better?

RUDY'S PUSH TO SAVE AMERICA
I'd love to give credit for this but it came in my email box with no citation (Thanks, Paso Bob).

...Or Is This Woman After Dorothy's Shoes??

That's it.

After the past two weeks, I've made up my mind....
I will vote to put Hill-Billy in the White House only after I've made a meal of ground-glass covered (used) urinal cakes accompanied by a vintage bottle of battery acid and anti-freeze.

If she's the Democratic Party nominee, I'll skip the presidential race and move on down the ballot.

... Or Is There Some Symbolism Goin' On Here?

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Rumor has it Barack Obama's response was "I feel Bill's pain," or not.