May 16, 2008...4:14 pm
Hillary too boring to be president
Yahoo Headline from the Wall Street Journal today: Hillary to Boring to be President. Dammit, why didn’t I see that? Of course she is too boring. Bill was not boring back in the day, but there hasn’t been one boyfriend or girlfriend, one indicted crony, or one crazy minister. No early coke habit to make he seem cool. Even Michelle Obama is more interesting than Bill has been lately.
Her endorsments include some of the most boring people on the planet, while Obama has stars like Tom Hanks and Bruce Springsteen. He even has an Obamagirl, but there is no Hillboy. I mean, how is Ed Rendell going to hold up to a girl in a thong!
So as I was tossing back a bottle of very fine scotch last night, it came to me that I was old and stodgy. Scotch, not vodka, for crying out loud. Vodka is the sexy drink. Isn’t there one named for Obama? Absoluama or something?
OK, here is typical Hillary endorsement: President of Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana Endorses Hillary Clinton for President. Now that’s pretty cool, an American Indian. But wait, Indians live in poverty and just thinking about their lives is a downer.
But look: a wave of artists as disparate as The Grateful Dead, Will.i.am, OK Go and members of Pearl Jam are rallying support for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.” Billboard.com
So although I am now officially independent and divorced from the Democratic Party, I am beginning to see why Clinton cannot become president. Who wants to hear about policy? Elizabeth Edwards came out and said Hillary Clinton’s health care policy was better than Barack Obama’s. But John endorsed Obama because he knows those policies don’t mean snot.
So here are some of Hillary’s Endorsements:
Congressman Ciro Rodriguez Endorses Hillary Clinton For President
Former West Virginia Governor Hulett Smith Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
North Carolina Governor Mike Easley Endorses Hillary for President
Liberty City Democratic Club Endorses Hillary Clinton
California Rep. Maxine Waters Endorses Clinton
Actor Jack Nicholson Endorses Hillary Clinton for President (OK, he’s a biggie)
Former Navajo Chairman and First President of the Navajo Nation Peterson Zah Endorses Hillary Clinton for President (see, depressing again…)
I mean there are hundreds of them, all like this. Go to her website: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/endorsements/ Miss Indiana stands out like a sore thumb.
Now compare these to Obama’s and I am sure you will readily agree he is The One:
I am going to have to think about this.
9 Comments
May 16, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Anybody can get endorsements for president: Here are mine: http://ahmnodtheare.wordpress.com/wp-admin/page.php?action=edit&post=34
May 16, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Anybody can get endorsements for president: Here are mine: http://ahmnodtheare.wordpress.com/endorsements/
May 16, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Don’t worry, now that Hill’s back is against the wall, and as resourceful as she is, she’ll find a way to sexify her campaign… precedent shows us that it’d only take her 5 seconds.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E3D6123EF933A1575BC0A9669C8B63
May 16, 2008 at 8:15 pm
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May 16, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I wouldn’t be so hard on Hillary. Actually, the Clinton camp has had its share of indicted cronies. Like David Rosen, former chief fundraiser for Hillary. Or Sandy Berger, Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy adviser. Hell, Obama hasn’t even been implicated in engaging in illegal real estate transactions, not even involving Rezco. So they aren’t nearly as boring after all.
There’s still hope.
May 17, 2008 at 12:02 am
Geno: Puerto Rico Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila faces criminal charges relating to the financing of past election campaigns. He endorsed Obama. Now, Obama may not have been mentioned in the indictment, but I think it’s clear who has more action going on. And Obama was mentioned in the Rezko trial last month and in the indictment (http://www.countercurrents.org/pringle160508A.htm), I think. But, Rezko hasn’t endorsed him, so perhaps that’s off the “excitement” table.
I dunno HP. There’s a blog fest going on where over 1500 women have checked in with Taylor Marsh, you might wanna go over there.
May 17, 2008 at 12:08 am
Oh, yeah: Another Obama friend Rep. Rick Renzi indicted Friday on multiple federal charges, law enforcement sources tell CNN.
It’s like the Sopranos at the Obama Camp!
May 17, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Here I am trying to defend Clinton, and all you can talk about is how cool Obama is.
Didn’t read the WSJ article, but it does seem to be an incredibly stupid premise. The things that pass for news today. Isn’t WSJ Murdock now? I hate that guy.
May 19, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I am with TGG; WSJ stinks. Of course, the only article you can find about Hillary these days is if you search deep in the bowels of Fox News or something, because no one else is paying attention. I saw on O’Reilly weekend update that there are a lot of women leaving the Democratic party because of the sexism. It has been unbelievable and Obama has been silent or complicit. I think you make a good point with your list, HP, which is that the endorsements for Hillary are local, solid Democrats, and the for Obama, largely celebrity type. Of course he has the “big boy” Dems but that isn’t so surprising. I just hope Gore isn’t a turncoat. If he backs the winner, fine. The bad thing about the NARAL endorsement is that HRC really is much more pro-Women’s right to choose than Obama who takes endorsements from pro-life Dems and there are more of them (all guys). So NARAL is supporting the candidate who will lead the Dem party into being anti-choice?
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