Posted by
lge on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 2:22:43 AM
One thing everybody knows who isn't a total sap: Hillary Clinton is a totally calculated individual, and everything she does and says is just for effect.
People are starting to catch on. Some of the other Democrat candidates started boring in on her during the latest debate. (But not "attacking" her. One of the unintentionally funny moments of the debate was when Hillary accused Russert of playing "gotcha" because he -- asked her a question! Oh, the underhanded tactics of her enemies!)
Hillary equivocated, infinitely "parsed" her meanings, played both sides of an issue, refused to give a yes-or-no answer about licenses for illegal aliens. So when criticized for her usual hypocritical, calculated, evasive performance, she moaned. She went into the "vast left-wing conspiracy" mode, attacking her opponents' motives, singing a few choruses of "Poor, poor pitiful me. Oh, these boys won't let me be. Lord have mercy on me. Woe, woe is me!"
I find it impossible to listen to Hillary. Whatever she says, I don't hear her words. Those are just sucker-bait for the yokels. What I hear is, "I wanna be President. I wanna be President. I really, really, really, really wanna be President." That's what she says on every occasion, and that's what she means. Period.