Yesterday, Hillary issued a typically Clintonian statement which purported to state her position on the war in Iraq but which actually staked out every position, and therefore, no position at all. Of course, the fact that she even has to issue a statement in order for us to know her position on this somewhat prominent issue says a lot in itself. Well-orchestrated maneuvers like these show why, in the mold of her husband, she is simultaneously the most formidable and the most soul-less Democratic politician around.
John Rocket at Powerline knows he has to say something about Hillary's Iraq statement and he knows it can't be anything good. That presents a real problem for our intrepid Power pundit because Hillary's statement has an overwhelmingly pro-war odor to it, which, among other things, refuses to repudiate her pro-war vote or to advocate troop withdraw. As intended, this makes it exceedingly difficult for Bush-worshipers to use the statement to attack her.
But John does not disappoint. He reaches deep down into the Hillary insult cliche barrel and digs this out:
There is a certain sourness in the position Clinton has staked out: the war was a mistake which I voted to authorize only because I didn't know the facts; ever since, it has been bungled horribly; nevertheless, we have no choice but to see the mistake through to the bitter end. It smacks, somehow, of the purse-lipped, take-your-medicine feminist First Lady of the early days of Bill Clinton's presidency.
If there is a Non-Sequitur of the Year contest somewhere, Rocket John should start planning his victory party now. John (who uses a Rocket as his symbol, placed above his buddy who calls himself "Big Trunk") cannot escape the piercing image of Hillary as power-hungry feminist. He sees this Hillary everywhere, so that even her rather standard, hawkish prescription for Iraq -- which, as John notes, almost completely mirrors Bush's views -- "somehow" becomes a reflection of her evil, emasculating feminism.
It's only 2005. The level of madness that Hillary's candidacy will inspire once she actually announces that she's running is truly scary to contemplate.
I think there will be mass suicides and spontaneous head explosions on the Right if Hillary is actually nominated. And the mass death on the Right if she is elected will exceed any sort of terrorist attack.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I'm no Hillary fan, the effect her victory will have on the Right is enough to make me strongly consider supporting her candidacy.
Powerline is like an insane asylum for conservatives, a museum where one can find and study every mental illness, intellectual lie, and bitter rage which plauges the Right, all in its purest form.
ReplyDeleteTalk about intellectual dishonesty, like you like to do, HIllary is the queen of it. Is she pro-war or anti-war? Does she favor withdraw or not?
ReplyDeleteEven with the statement she isseud, we still have no idea, which is exactly how she wants it. Like her hubby, being all things to all people.
Bitch.