What was to be a carefully staged photo opportunity;
... with the Clintons and NBA legend Magic Johnson at a Des Moines, Iowa, coffee shop veered into near-bedlam, as Bill Clinton broke away from the small dining area and wandered through an adjoining grocery store, chatting up patrons and salespeople along the way.Reporters, who had been stuck behind a rope line so as not to disturb the coffee shop customers, scurried to follow the garrulous former president as he meandered through the store. He stopped at one point to speak with a TV crew from "Entertainment Tonight," ignoring his handlers' pleas as he described how he and his wife spend their private "human being" time.
Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, stayed in the coffee shop area, nearly alone and mostly ignored amid the mayhem her husband created. It took several more minutes, and entreaties from her campaign staff, before he returned to stand by her side and cede the spotlight ... if ever so briefly.
Bill is a ego maniac among other less desirable traits. He will sink Hillary's bid even if only sub consciously. Does anyone think he could stand having her as 'his' president? C'mon ... really?
Posted by: John West at January 1, 2008 4:02 PMI took up Daniel M Ryan's link a while back to a 1994 Reason Magazine piece about Bubba! "Can the President Think?" Absolutely amazing character sketch -- beautifully illustrated here.
Hillary: I despise her, but at least she has the required ruthlessness which will be very handy when HERS and the nation's interests converge.
Posted by: Me No Dhimmi at January 1, 2008 4:13 PMPoor Hillary, ever the long suffering wife!
It can't be easy to be married to a man of Tabloid caliber. The paparazzi will be following his every move.
He remains an Idol of the Left which says a lot about where their values lie.
Just imagine what Bill could get up to roaming around the White House with no responsibilities.
Posted by: Liz J at January 1, 2008 4:53 PMShe is, in my opinion, the best candidate for the Democratic Party.
If she wins the nomination, will it be politically correct for Obama to take the number two position? Guidance from the left is needed for this one. Frankly, I am surprised the left has not seen this one coming and isn't out there stumping for affirmative action. By rights, it should be Obama's turn. Unless I am missing the point of affirmative action. What's that you say? It doesn't apply to important jobs, like President and Vice President of the United States of America?
Posted by: Shaken at January 1, 2008 5:11 PMThe Clintons (both of them) are power hungry egotistical buffoons whose only interest is gaining (regaining) power. Everything else is secondary to them. They will say and do anything to further their cause. That is why she drops into those accents when she is talking to the southern folk. Thank God Hillary hasn't heard that sex sells. Seeing Clinton cleavage or even worse a bare belly button just might forever emotionally scar the American public. Remember how Janet Jackson devastated a nation watching the Super Bowl. The free western civilization cannot endure any more of that.
Posted by: Texas Canuck at January 1, 2008 5:46 PMAffirmative action? For the Leadership of the most powerful nation on Earth!? Are you insane?!!
How about the most qualified person for the position (no, it's NOT a "job") REGARDLESS of any personal characteristics such as gender, race, or religious affiliation.
Their presence there reminds me of the "two assholes" joke that has been around for these many years.
Posted by: Redneck Ralph at January 1, 2008 5:58 PMShe's been the first Dem to raise $100 mil & seems to be getting support from somewhere.
Posted by: el gordo at January 1, 2008 6:02 PM[quote]Thank God Hillary hasn't heard that sex sells. Seeing Clinton cleavage or even worse a bare belly button just might forever emotionally scar the American public.[/quote]
Not Hillary's Butt again!. She was barred from the Bronx Zoo because all the male Apes line up in pecking order and refuse to eat.
Strange.. Monica had a big butt.. Gore had.....
Bubba may like it that way...
The First Grifters don't have private "human being" time, who the hell is Bubba kidding, only the airheads in the media would eat up that fantasy.
What is it going to take to put a fork in these two? Stomping her at the polls will help, but, narcissists of their calibre never leave center stage voluntarily. The damage they've done to American politics is on a par with what Trudeau did to Canada.
Amusing, isn't it, all of the effort made to humanize that witch and normalize them as a couple. If they didn't have the MSM on pimping for them they'd be Jerry Springer trailer trash.
Posted by: penny at January 1, 2008 6:34 PMIF she makes it to the white house how many people really think that he will settle for being the "First Man" ? Better get used to it Hillary he will act the same way IF you make it AND so will the people in the store.
Posted by: tom at January 1, 2008 6:39 PMI think raising the name of affirmative action, Hillary, and Obama in the same paragraph is just hilarious, really, really funny.
Oh yeah, I know it's sick, but still, I laugh.
re, Reason magazine, I don't believe Bill "really" thinks.. but he can read a poll.
Hillary has no cleavege, Bill's mom pointed "it" out.
I do agree that Hillary may be the best the Democratic Party has to offer... and if she is the candidate, I don't think she'll win the 1 poll that counts. It'll galvanize the Republicans, like no other cause.
Happy New Year to Kate and all the posters here, all the best in 2008
Posted by: marc in calgary at January 1, 2008 6:58 PMbill: Commander-in-Cheeks
hillary: Commandress-in-Sheif
... but maybe Prez Hillary would only have young studs as White House interns ... after all turnabout is fair foreplay .. LOL
Posted by: Observant at January 1, 2008 7:21 PMIn Canada the liberal party alternates between French leaders and non French leaders. In the USA they alternate between Bush, Clinton, Bush and possible Clinton. Who will be next, Laura, Jeb or Jena.
Posted by: MaryT at January 1, 2008 7:41 PMHonestly, how stupid would you have to be to vote for this woman? I just kills me that anyone takes her seriously even for a second.
Posted by: The Phantom at January 1, 2008 8:17 PMTe: Bubba's 2nd presidential campaign tag team tour.
I think it was Maggie Thatcher that stated in a speech in Canada, that a Politician can get more done after they retire because they are not bound by the protocol of office.
We have seen Bubba stumping for Hitlery and shilling the global government models throigh every istitutional venue possible in the past 8 years...now his wife simply regugitates the same platitutdes which are widow dressing to their long term agenda ....as the 2 top American lackeys of UN globalism....spreding the soviet system world wide...a government of unelected committees and NGOs
Posted by: WL Mackenzie Redux at January 1, 2008 9:07 PMCome on now!
This is a woman of enormous experience and is "job ready". Surely you must be talking about someone else?
Serves her right for "standing by her" man only for the power she hoped to gain. If she wasn't so liberal she would have tuned him in long ago instead of tolerating it.
Posted by: Mugs at January 1, 2008 11:05 PMA Hillary-Obama ticket? That would be suicide for the Dems. From what I've seen, about 40% like Hillary, 40% loathe her, and the rest haven't made up their minds. Put Obama on the ticket, and there are enough closet racists to ensure she doesn't get elected. Clinton-Edwards is probably their strongest option (especially regarding cash), but frankly, both of them seem like opportunistic weasels to me. (Not that there aren't a lot of Republican candidates that fit into the same category for me - hi Rudy! Hi Mitt!) An overdose of Valium would probably serve to inject more energy into Thompson's langorous campaign, while blimp or no blimp, Paul doesn't have a chance. For the first time in a long time, I feel we have a better choice here in Canada - a strong PM vs. a unilingual, dithering dolt vs. a lunatic, sponging hypocrite.
Posted by: KevinB at January 1, 2008 11:19 PMWhere does she get the money?
NEW YORK -- Something remarkable happened at 44 Henry St., a grimy Chinatown tenement with peeling walls. It also happened nearby at a dimly lighted apartment building with trash bins clustered by the front door.
And again not too far away, at 88 E. Broadway beneath the Manhattan bridge, where vendors chatter in Mandarin and Fujianese as they hawk rubber sandals and bargain-basement clothes.
All three locations, along with scores of others scattered throughout some of the poorest Chinese neighborhoods in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, have been swept by an extraordinary impulse to shower money on one particular presidential candidate -- Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Dishwashers, waiters and others whose jobs and dilapidated home addresses seem to make them unpromising targets for political fundraisers are pouring $1,000 and $2,000 contributions into Clinton's campaign treasury. In April, a single fundraiser in an area long known for its gritty urban poverty yielded a whopping $380,000. When Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) ran for president in 2004, he received $24,000 from Chinatown.
At this point in the presidential campaign cycle, Clinton has raised more money than any candidate in history. Those dishwashers, waiters and street stall hawkers are part of the reason. And Clinton's success in gathering money from Chinatown's least-affluent residents stems from a two-pronged strategy: mutually beneficial alliances with powerful groups, and appeals to the hopes and dreams of people now consigned to the margins.
more at http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-donors19oct19,0,4231217.story
Posted by: anon at January 1, 2008 11:37 PMAnd if you relly believe that dishwashers in Chinatown are giving HRC cheques for thousands of dollars then you might not want to go here, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-earmarks10dec10,1,6720618.story?track=rss
She's a grifter and practitioner of pork barrel politics.
Posted by: anon at January 1, 2008 11:51 PMIf we are going for affirmative action, would Condoleezza Rice please go up against Hillary! I can't think of a worst role model for women thatn Hillary, except perhaps Pauline Marois the P.Q. leader here in Quebec who lives in a chateau and is like a Soviet commissar.
Posted by: Nicola Timmerman at January 2, 2008 12:16 AMThis is starting to get down right dangerous with the Hildebeast (a good moniker for her, I must say) getting closer to control.
Posted by: Woodporter at January 2, 2008 12:54 AMLet's have a quiet time and think about the
"Hill and Bill show in the WH?
I can't think about it, I get dizzy and want
to sit down and well, cry a lot.
There has to be a reaon why people like them.
A friend of mine, a liberal forever, was shocked
when I said I would not vote for Bill, he is so
handsome?
We are helpless, we can simply watch the election
and cry and drink beer here at SDA for
support in getting over the sheer terror we
feel for the world with a woman president whose
only real qualification for the job is how
to handle his bimbo eruptions.
Posted by: Phillip G.Shaw : "Condoleezza Rice"
One word "Lebenon"
That's not a word.
Anon asks: "Where does she get the money?"
Until the Feds allow a public accounting of the financial going's-on of the "foundations" we will never know how much the moneyed establishment interests was into the party system through these unaccountable "payola" laundromats.
Much of Hitlery's direct funding (injected into her DNC private accounts) comes from CFR affiliated/run "foundations".
speaking of where does she get the money, where does Justin Trudeau get financed from . 36 year old with barely 3 years work on his resume.
Posted by: cal2 at January 2, 2008 2:26 PMIt seems to me that to be against certain politicians implies support for others.
As much as listening to Hilary brings bile up my esophagus,I don't see any politician running for any party who isn't totally full of shit and unable to tell it straight.
Maybe instead of bitching about and attacking the individual participants,American political pundits themselves should be bitching about the system that created these insincere,manipulative and generally dishonest creatures in the first place.
If the US is truly the zenith of democracy on this planet,God help us all.
Posted by: teddy at January 2, 2008 2:50 PMI have seen no reportage on her gaffe in either the G and M or Nat Post. There was no mention of Hilary at all in the G and M.
Posted by: tranio at January 2, 2008 11:09 PM