Getting Us Ready For Hillarity!, NY Times Puffery Edition

The NY Times editors endorsed Hillarity! in 2008, eventually prompting a mini-revolt in the newsroom, which backed Obama. But there won't be any equivocation this time around - the NY Times delivers a comically uncritical "assessment" of one of the themes of Hillarity! 2016:

Clinton ’16 Would Give Gender More of a Role Than Clinton ’08 Did

I know what you're thinking - short of a videotape of her giving birth to Chelsea, how could Hillary possibly give gender an even greater role next time around? Well, that thought simply proves that, like me, you aren't smart enough to work for the NY Times.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The last time Hillary Rodham Clinton ran for president, she seemed torn over whether to emphasize her chance to make history, or to play down her gender and reassure voters that she was tough enough for the job.

This time there is no question: Mrs. Clinton’s potential to break what she has called “the highest and hardest glass ceiling” is already central to her fledgling 2016 presidential campaign.

...

And some of her longest-serving advisers are open about their intention not to repeat what they see as one of their most crucial mistakes from the 2008 primaries.

Ann Lewis, a senior adviser in that race, called the decision not to accentuate Mrs. Clinton’s gender — which ceded the mantle of barrier-breaker entirely to Barack Obama — the “biggest missed opportunity” of that primary contest. “It was not a major theme of the campaign,” Ms. Lewis said.

Not a major theme? What campaign are they remembering? Surely not the one reported on by Katharine Q. Seelye, who wrote this in May 2008 (yes, that was in the late innings for Hillary):

Live Blogging the Kentucky, Oregon Races

11:25 p.m. | Wrap Up: One big message from the night: Senator Clinton is increasingly playing the gender card to make her case. Her speech showed that her message is partly aspirational, that she is fighting to break the highest and hardest glass ceiling. It is also based in sexism, she says, that misogyny is alive and well in 21st Century America.

And here is David Brooks, writing in January 2008 before it all slipped away for Hillarity!:

But Clinton’s real problem is that she is caught in a trap, which you might call The Identity Trap.

Both Clinton and Obama have eagerly donned the mantle of identity politics. A Clinton victory wouldn’t just be a victory for one woman, it would be a victory for little girls everywhere. An Obama victory would be about completing the dream, keeping the dream alive, and so on.

Yes, and Hillary lost that duel of Affirmative Action hires. But Our Man Brooks presciently explained precisely why the gender card will be played hard again:

Fair enough. The problem is that both the feminist movement Clinton rides and the civil rights rhetoric Obama uses were constructed at a time when the enemy was the reactionary white male establishment. Today, they are not facing the white male establishment. They are facing each other.

All the rhetorical devices that have been a staple of identity politics are now being exploited by the Clinton and Obama campaigns against each other. They are competing to play the victim. They are both accusing each other of insensitivity. They are both deliberately misinterpreting each other’s comments in order to somehow imply that the other is morally retrograde.

All the habits of verbal thuggery that have long been used against critics of affirmative action, like Ward Connerly and Thomas Sowell, and critics of the radical feminism, like Christina Hoff Sommers, are now being turned inward by the Democratic front-runners.

But in 2016 Hillary (barring a rebellion in the Democratic ranks) will be facing a tedious white Republican male, so we can plan about hearing about all sexism all the time. The odds are slim that the poor guy will also be richer than Hillary and Bill, so the good news is we won't have to listen to talk about the rich white Republican candidate.

The NY Times really drills down on a few other points:

But rather than the assertive feminism associated with her years as first lady, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign message will be subtler. It will involve frequent references to being a mother and grandmother and to how her family has inspired her to embrace policies that she believes would help middle-class families.

As one Democrat close to her put it, voters have learned that she is tough; now she can also present herself as a sensitive candidate capable of nurturing the nation at a difficult time.

When did she prove she was tough? As to the nation needing nurturing, is there anything at all I can do - and I am begging now - to avoid having to spend two years listening to how I should sit in Granma Hillary's lap and tell her my troubles?

More hard-hitting journalism:

Mrs. Clinton’s advisers believe that her four years as secretary of state have only burnished her image as a leader and erased whatever doubts may have lingered about her experience and gravitas.

I'm sure the report that her advisers believe that (or at least, want the Times to print it and play along) is accurate, but does anyone at the Times want to lend a voice to alternative viewpoints? Evidently not.

I am not sure how a survey of the current world scene lends support to the notion that Hillary was an effective Secretary of State. But let's take a specific example.

Back in March 2011 Hillary got credit as being instrumental in persuading her boss to ignore Congress and undertake a more kinetic action against Qadaffi. Now, sort of like in Iraq, we have a situation where the US helped knock out an unsavory dictator with no serious plan for the post-liberation administration. And, again sort of like in Iraq, Libya has become a breeding ground and safe haven for ISIS and other terrorists groups. So even setting aside the Benghazi debacle, in which part of that process did Hillary show the sort of judgment and restraint we might hope to see in a President?

And do let me add - unlike Iraq, where Bush doubled down with the 2007 surge and created an opportunity (subsequently squandered by US and Iraqi leaders) for stability, neither Hillary nor Obama seem to be accepting any responsibility at all for events in Libya.

Oops, sexist! And racist. My apologies.

Comments

[henry]

Hillery causes enough puffery to herself, are they trying to turn her into one of those Macys Parade balloons?

[Danube on iPad]

Foist?

[Miss Marple]

I still like Carly Fiorina's comment to Hillary:

"Flying is an activity, not an accomplishment."

[Danube on iPad]

It is a very depressing thing to contemplate, when you give it a tought: I should be elected president because if I am it will break a glass ceiling.

What about ISIS? What about Libya? Never mind....

[Appalled]

As to the nation needing nurturing, is there anything at all I can do - and I am begging now - to avoid having to spend two years listening to how I should sit in Granma Hillary's lap and tell her my troubles?

Tom, I will carry that image burned on my mind for the rest of my days. I will not forgive you for that.

Seriously, Hillary does have a record to run on that is something other that Bill's coattails and affirmative action. Not that the record is at all impressive, but an ex NY Senator/Secretary of State as Presidential candidate seems reasonable, if not inevitable.

[rse]

Cross-posting from the dying thread

Well this will get people's blood pressure going. NSC is tied to both the federal Department of Labor and ED. This link's title does not agree with the actual title of the document which had an "Un-" prefix. http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/nsc-releases-new-report-on-job-driven-educational-pathways-for-authorized-youth-and-adults

Basically the fact that the DREAM Act was proposed or the XO enjoined is treated as irrelevant. Time to plug the holes to get full immigrant integration.

[Beasts of England]

Snowmageddon is about an hour away. I'm a bad Southerner - instead of white bread and milk, I bought lox, bagels, cream cheese, two bottles of good red and a 2" thick Porterhouse for two. Just brought my egg under the eave, so I can do some grilling.

Hopefully my little snow bunny will make it over the hill before the 'blizzard' so that we can be snowed-in in proper Beasts fashion. :)

[Jeff Dobbs]

Link to last page of thread for all time.

[MarkO]

DOOM™®

[lyle]

Yes, one could point to all those bills Hillary! introduced or co-sponsored in her Senate time. Since there were precisely none, one could simply point out the glaring reality that she was a carpetbagging, seat-warming, opportunistic backbencher with precisely no other accomplishments, if it may be deemed as such, than marrying a serial philanderer who might advance her career.

The mere fact that a fraud like King Hussein got himself elected and a fraud like Cankles is somehow considered a viable candidate speaks horrifyingly of the state of this country.

[henry]

Heh, without Rahm, they are roaming about aimlessly.

[Captain Hate]

Point on the doll where Clenis said to put some ice on it.

[Danube on iPad]

I believe David Brooks somehow understands that he was put on this earth to annoy the shit out of me.

[Danube on iPad]

Let's see how this gasbag handles this one:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/oreillys-dramatic-jfk-story-discredited-by-former-colleagues/

[lyle]

Huh. I thought he was put on this earth as a personal fellator to King Husssein.

[lyle]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/charge-clintons-turned-the-state-department-into-a-racket-to-line-their-own-pockets/article/2551448

I'm sure the press will relentlessly pursue this.

[MarkO]

Ron Fournier ‏@ron_fournier

Gotcha question: "Governor, when there's a pop-up behind the third baseman, whose ball is it?"

One supposes he never played. Again, not enough facts for a reasoned answer. He's blocked me, but I added Glenn and mentioned that in this case, Fournier was lucky, I Don't Know is on third.

He can't read it, but he wouldn't get it anyway.

[Jim Eagle]

Plus she is a "life long" Yankees fan.

[lyle]

Mr. Clinton’s speeches included appearances in China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Central America, Europe, Turkey, Thailand, Taiwan, India and the Cayman Islands. Sponsors of the speeches included some of the world’s largest financial institutions — Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, American Express and others — as well as major players in technology, energy, health care and media. Other speech sponsors included a car dealership, casino groups, hotel operators, retailers, real estate brokers, a Panamanian air cargo company and a sushi restaurant.

But, but, but...Koch Brothers!

[NKvirusedandback]

henry-- my sense is that the OPM famine has caught up with ChiTown. The old while Libs(like Rahm) just can't payoff the urban brown/black FSA any longer, why voters vote for Rahm. Meanwhile the Old White Libs have 'busted the joint out' and have their fat pensions, so the brown/black Progs may have the keys to Daley's piggybank, buut the bank is empty. The Progs have won a pyrhic victory.

[MarkO]

I'm no fan of BOR, but these bits are intended only to help a man who claimed he was shot down in combat while reporting the news.

I'm inclined to protect Fox News because without it we have nothing. Our brave wealthy boys have not purchased a network news outlet. And, as you know, I think that is vital.

[Frau Steingehirn]

Putting Hillary! and "nurturing" in the same sentence should have made the passage self-destruct. Isn't there some mythological harpy whose breasts only spewed bile?

Re: Clarice's comment concerning snarky remarks about female attire, how about the remark that Wes Anderson's long-time partner, Juman Malouf, who accompanied him to the Osacar ceremony was not pretty enough? She seemed "alt" and was wearing a "1950s wedding dress."

Beats Snark-rich Cher any day and I will *not* spoil anyone's lunch or dinner with a photo of her.

[NKvirusedandback]

'why would those voters ...'

[Some Guy]

Why do the progressive idiots think that populist Blowhard O'Reilly is the other side of the Brian Williams coin?

[Neo]

I'm sure that Dana Milbank not only loves America, he is willing to give it a big fat syrupy kiss on the derrière of every American .. but not illegal aliens

[Thomas Collins]

Not so fast, NK. I'm going to put in my bid for being the last poster on the "Thread For All Time".

[Thomas Collins]

Whoops. Didn't refresh. I guess Neo is the one I've supplanted!

[Thomas Collins]

Whoops. Didn't refresh. I guess Neo is the one I've supplanted!

[Janet - I wish my family had a poncho]

I just got back from the post office which didn't have any stamps with the US flag.
They had Janis Joplin stamps or Jimi Hendrix stamps....that's it. 2 heroin addicts but not the American flag.
This country is a mess.....

[Jim Miller]

Our gracious host has omitted what I think is an important difference between the Iraq and Libya decisions: Saddam Hussein was regularly violating the truce terms he had agreed to by, for example, shooting at coalition aircraft. He was still at war with us, in spite of our willingness to let him live, and stay in power.

In contrast, Muammar Gaddafi had learned his lesson from Saddam's defeat, had voluntarily given up WMD programs, and was trying, with some success, to get along with us. (If I recall correctly, the Libyans had even given us some intelligence help in the war with radical Islamists.)

There was reason, in other words, to act against Saddam -- however much you might argue about the means chosen -- but no reason to act against Gaddafi. (Which is pretty much what I said at the time.)

[Thomas Collins]

Double oops! H&R's link took me to this thread! Must be payback for my claiming southernerhood yesterday!

[James D.]

The odds are slim that the poor guy will also be richer than Hillary and Bill, so the good news is we won't have to listen to talk about the rich white Republican candidate.

You don't seriously believe that, do you, TM?

Once the Dems and the MSM but I repeat myself) are done with him, whoever the R candidate is, regardless of his actual wealth, will be believed by a majority of voters to be far wealthier than poor, penny-pinching Hillary.

[lyle]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/25/3-arrested-in-brooklyn-for-allegedly-consipring-to-support-isis/

One of the defendants also offered to kill the president of the United States if ordered to do so, the criminal complaint alleged.

Damn teabagger.

[James D.]

Jim Miller @ 1:45

There's also the fact that the Iraq war was voted on by Congress, and debated for months beforehand.

Libya was done without any prior consultation by or debate within Congress. And Obama didn't even bother to officially inform Congress (or the American people) until after it had begun, and he wasn't even IN the country when he did so.

Details, details.

[Captain Hate]

Cornholed again:

http://twitchy.com/2015/02/24/constant-whiner-david-corn-continues-his-vendetta-against-bill-oreilly/

[lyle]

If this is what passes for reasoned commentary from progdom, they're scared shitless:

Let’s stipulate up front that Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, is an odious politician whose ascension to the Presidency would be a disaster.

Set aside, for a moment, his repeated refusal, in the past few days, to say whether he believes that President Obama loves America, or whether he believes that the President is a Christian, and look instead at Walker’s record running what used to be one of America’s more progressive states. Having cut taxes for the wealthy and stripped many of Wisconsin’s public-sector unions of their collective-bargaining rights, he is now preparing to sign a legislative bill that would cripple unions in the private sector. Many wealthy conservatives, such as the Koch brothers, who have funnelled a lot of money to groups supporting Walker, regard him as someone who’s turning his state into a showcase for what they want the rest of America to look like.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/dangerous-candidacy-scott-walker

[Miss Marple]

Jim Miller,

I am still remembering the most horrifying thing I ever heard a public official say:

Hillary Clinton's "We came, we saw, he died. Cackle, cackle, cackle."

Her outright glee at Ghadaffi's death was horrifying. It was the most unprofessional thing I can imagine a secretary of state saying.

I was glad to see that clip surface on Fox a couple of days ago. I would like to see her asked about it.

[Eric in Boise]

Puzzling to see a jihadi attempting to act in the best interests of the USA, lyle.

Must be one of those "moderates".

[Miss Marple]

Once again I point out that Obama is too trusting of those Muslim Brotherhood people who have access to the White House.

Of course, he's so much smarter than I am, so I guess he knows what he's doing.

[Jim Eagle]

More "semantically challenged" Obamaisms.

We don't have Illegal Aliens or undocumented immigrants but rather we have "Americans-in-Waiting".

http://twitchy.com/2015/02/25/unreal-white-houses-term-for-illegal-aliens-is-facepalm-inducing/?utm_source=twtydaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

You cannot make this s**t up.

[Miss Marple]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/26/world/middleeast/in-mock-attack-iranian-navy-blasts-away-at-replica-us-aircraft-carrier.html?_r=1

As I said, Obama's SO much smarter than I am.

[Porchlight]

lyle,

I'm sure you saw this on the last thread but Althouse has a good post on the Shillbank article:

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2015/02/accusing-scott-walker-of-winking.html

[Ignatz]

Having just picked twice the worst possible black man, except for maybe Al Sharpton, to be the first black president, is America really going to pick the worst possible woman to be the first woman president?
I don't think so.

[Captain Hate]

More from the religion of peace pieces pests:

http://weaselzippers.us/215307-gop-rep-dennis-ross-heckled-by-islamists-yelling-allahu-akbar-during-visit-to-temple-mount-in-jerusalem/

[Danube on iPad]

"...regard him as someone who’s turning his state into a showcase for what they want the rest of America to look like."

Bet your sweet ass.

[lyle]

Thanks, Porch. I read her post. While I think she does an adequate job fisking Shillbank, I still find her writing off-putting for some reason I can't describe.

[Hillary Clinton]

"I don't think so."

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

[Ignatz]

--DOOM™®--

If that really is a reference to a Wodehouse quote, as MarkO admitted last thread, I believe I may be justified in violating any claimed registered trademark claims.
No?

[centralcal]

I agree with MarkO about Fox News. I am not a fan of Bill O'Reilly, but this isn't about bringing him down, it is about bringing Fox News down.

[lyle]

Must be one of those "moderates".

Careful, Eric, you might inadvertently send up a "get under my craw' signal.

[NKvirusedandback]

These are truly extraordinary photos 17-19th century Little Ice Age stuffback to NYC: http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/us/article/AP-PHOTOS-Manhattan-ringed-by-ice-6099933.php

[Captain Hate]

I still find her writing off-putting for some reason I can't describe.

Because she thinks her farts smell like ambrosia?

[NKvirusedandback]

Jim Miller/JamesD -- I agree with both of you. TM was at best overly glib, and frankly downright misleading by equating Iraqi Freedom with the EuTopians Libya drive-by, for all of tthe reasons both of you recited. TM does however mention the most material difference, when the insurgency threatened the elected government in Bagdadh (on the Sunni Tribal leaders) GWB fashioned a winning (again) strategy and implemented it. He left Obummer with success in Iraq. Obummer and the EuTopians left us AQ/ISIS in Libya as well as in Iraq.

[lyle]

Could be, CH. I really hadn't considered that angle.

Anyway, without even knowing what this bill is, does anyone believe having these co-sponsors is anything but a really bad idea?

co-sponsor Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.)

Maybe we could lock them all in a room with Althouse and they could weigh in on the scent of her flatulence.

[MarkO]

Iggy, it comes from the story "Jeeves and the Impending Doom," found in the book "Very Good, Jeeves" published in 1930.

I stole only a bit.

[Porchlight]

I hear you re: Althouse. She's not my favorite, but she has some insights re: Walker that I appreciate since she's seen it all up close from Madison.

Walker could have said "He says he's a Christian, and I take him at his word." That would be the standard answer and would have been fine for a Repub candidate a generation or two ago. But the question wouldn't have been asked a generation or two ago, even of a Republican.

These guttersnipes don't deserve standard answers anymore. They deserve to have the gotcha question shoved back in their faces. Every single time.

[Ignatz]

I will look it up Mark; pretty sure I have that one.

[MarkO]

Dear Lord, why would anyone take Obama at his word? Have we no National Memory? Are we keeping our doctors?

[Ignatz]

Yep, first story in the book.
Guess I'll have to reread it. : )

[jimmyk]

2 heroin addicts but not the American flag.

Look at the bright side, Janet. Maybe it's because they sold out of the American flag stamps, and the heroin addicts were all they had left.

[Porchlight]

Dear Lord, why would anyone take Obama at his word? Have we no National Memory? Are we keeping our doctors?

Exactly. No one would, and no one should. Which is why Walker shouldn't have given him the benefit of the doubt and I'm glad he didn't.

[lyle]

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/02/25/irs-conducting-fewer-audits-because-of-budget-cuts/

Suer, there'll be fewer audits. But they'll be--shall we say?--more selective. YahearwhatI'msayin', teabaggers?

[Porchlight]

Janet, we had American flag stamps when I last bought stamps here in the People's Republic of Austin. I agree with jimmyk, I'm sure they sold out, which is something for which we should be glad.

https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?productId=S_776513&categoryId=patriotic-stamps

[lyle]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/soros-ford-shovel-196-million-to-net-neutrality-groups-staff-to-white-house/article/2560702

And what is the GOPe doing about this? Nothing.

[Captain Hate]

But Rodham says "set 'em up":

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hillary-calls-regulating-internet-its-foot-door_866080.html

[Jeff Dobbs]

TC:
H&R's link took me to this thread! Must be payback for my claiming southernerhood yesterday!

As intended...

The link will take you to the last page of this thread no matter how many comments* it gets.

(2,087 would make it #1 of all time, FTSAH).

---------------------
*If the thread were to reach 9,000 comments, I will have lied.

[Miss Marple]

Shep is going to interview the Atlantic author Graeme Wood, who wrote the article on ISIS.

I think this is an important interview, so I am watching.

[Johns_Creek_Bill]

I enjoy Althouse, especially the poster named Laslo. Funny stuff.

[Extraneus]

Dear Prudence (via Instapundit),

I’m a woman in a very masculine scientific field, and I’ve found that many women involved in feminist circles want to hear about my experience. I absolutely agree that there are biases against women in the workplace and love a good discussion, but I have never really suffered from sexism. First, I’m young enough (27) that I’m not eligible for senior positions anyway, and second, I’ve never been flirted with in an inappropriate manner, or felt I wasn’t listened to. Maybe I’m just awesome at playing the man’s game (or in denial and don’t have an eye for sexism?). More probably, I landed in a great environment that just suffers from a dearth of females because there are too few candidates. But even quite reasonable and pleasant women get aggressive when I don’t have anything to contribute to their list of crimes committed by the patriarchy. I don’t want to lie, but I’m not sure how to handle inquiries when I can’t give them the story they want.

[henry]

State Senate now debating RTW, protestors kept interrupting and were removed (2 of them) then the gallery was informed the next interruption would clear all from the room. More BS to come for the 5:00 news.

Earlier, protestors unanimously agreed to a general strike. At least no one wanted to be seen voting against one, not clear any actual union members voted at all.

[jimmyk]

From CH's link @2:47,

Clinton suggested the Internet had devoloped in such a way that something needed to be changed.

What is with these people? Could that statement be possibly more vague? The internet is about the only thing in the country that works pretty damn well. What is it that needed changing? Maybe the fact that there is now more than one opinion available from the media?

[exdemocrat]

what i think Walker gets (at least I hope so) is that diminishing the power of the democrat's propaganda arm (aka the MSM) is goal number one. getting any conservative elected comes after that.
If he is as good a guy as our Gus assures us, he will put slaying (or at least humbling) the MSM dragon ahead of even his own ambition to become Potus.

From the New Yorker snip : "...his repeated refusal, in the past few days, to say whether he believes that President Obama loves America, or whether he believes that the President is a Christian,"
Unfreakingcredible. Beyond crazy.

[Johns_Creek_Bill]

Ignatz 2:10

I wish I shared your optimism regarding electing the worst woman, however, after 2012 I don't have it in me.

I will never ever understand how a rational human being could have cast a ballot for King Putt in 2012.

I am a big Walker guy but I fully expect PIAPS to be taking the oath.

[Miss Marple]

Now the Atlantic author, having explained that ISIS really IS Islamic, and detailing their theories (sort of like Branch Davidians on steroids) when he comes back he is going to explain why we must resist being drawn into battle with them.

I KNEW there was a reason Shep wanted this guy on.

[Extraneus]

I'm sure Walker has gotten hundreds of suggested responses for the next set of gotcha questions. I'm partial to this genre:

"I'd love to take the president's word on that, but he hasn't exactly be 100% honest on important matters."

[jimmyk]

Re jumping to the last page of the thread, in addition to the "bookmarklet" posted to the last thread that works on the iPad and iPhone, narcisolator still works on Firefox: Either the "Last Page" link that appears at the top of each page's comments, or clicking on the thread title in the list on the right side panel. Unfortunately the troll elimination feature of narcisolator no longer works, nor does "killfile" (another script that deletes specific posters).

[Eric in Boise]

you might inadvertently send up a "get under my craw' signal.

Wouldn't dream of it. I've eaten pieces of sushi that are bigger than the remnants of a certain poster when you get done with him :)

[jimmyk]

"...his repeated refusal, in the past few days, to say whether he believes that President Obama loves America, or whether he believes that the President is a Christian,"

Translation: "...his frustrating refusal to fall for all the traps we set, unlike past Republican candidates."

And then this:

Having cut taxes for the wealthy like JFK did, and stripped many of Wisconsin’s public-sector unions of their collective-bargaining rights, in accordance with FDR's stated preferences, he is now preparing to sign a legislative bill that 24 other states already have in place.

I may have edited that last graf a bit.

[Porchlight]

If he is as good a guy as our Gus assures us, he will put slaying (or at least humbling) the MSM dragon ahead of even his own ambition to become Potus.

But he will be in a much better position to slay the dragon, and many other dragons too, if he is fighting from the White House.

[NKvirusedandback]

"I'd love to take the president's word on that, but he hasn't exactly be 100% honest on important matters."

I disagree with this. Walker should use this to attack the real enemy for '16... the Media. As he has said already, this is what the media should be demanding obummer to answer; what the POTUS believes and how it affects what he does is the most important investigating the Media OUGHT to do.

[Extraneus]

Yeah, but they sure did squeal over Giuliani last week, and he attacked the idol, not the MSM.

[Extraneus]

Look at how effective the Democrats were after trashing GWB in his 2nd term. Obama surely deserves it at least as much as Bush did.

[clarice]

It remains to be seen whether Hillary will run. I doubt she'll win if she does. The media thumbs on the scale diminished their own credibility and power. Also the IT.

[NKvirusedandback]

RudyG is not running for POTUS.

[Thomas Collins]

Oh, now I get it, H&R. You want THIS thread to be the thread of all threads. But why a Hillary thread? Why not one of TM's wellness threads? I'm sure one will be coming up soon on how a regimen of short burst strength training and carbonated brussels sprouts juice increases libido. Let's make THAT our all time thread!

[Extraneus]

Did Obama refrain from attacking Bush?

[Old Lurker]

Nobody ever paid a price for attacking Bush so why wouldn't they?

[lyle]

http://www.steynonline.com/6827/nobel-pants-prize

I can think of very few writers who can bring it like MS.

[Threadkiller]

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/02/comcast_al_sharpton_named_in_20_embillionem_racial_discrimination_suit.html

[centralcal]

So, because work is so busy right now, I realize I pop in all behind on all the frikken news.

But still!!!! Hugh Hewitt is NOT a moderator for the debates. CNN is a partner for 3 debates, maybe Jake Tapper - maybe not Jake Tapper to moderate (any of them)!

Good effing grief! What a sham.

[NKvirusedandback]

Obummer did it successfully. Indeed he did, b/c all he had to do was borrow the daily Media attacks from his teammates, and then the media cheered him on. It was a reinforcing feedback loop. Repubs have the polar opposite environment; they have to delegitimize the Media first.

[Jeff Dobbs]

TC:
Oh, now I get it, H&R. You want THIS thread to be the thread of all threads.

I only want, even if only in a very small way, to help alleviate troubles anyone may have trying to navigate JOM.

I figure if I'm around when a new thread goes up, I'll put a link as early as I can that will take a commenter to the last page of that thread. Hopefully that will help someone if their current method of reaching the last page today is by clicking through the next page link on a series of 6 or 7 or 13 pages.

I spoke inelegantly, but here's what I was trying to say...

"This Link will take you to the last page of this thread for all time.

The "for all time" phrase was intended to convey the idea that even if one comes to this thread in the third year of Walker's second term - that link will take you to the last page of this thread. That's really overkill, no regular JOMer will come back to a thread even after a day if there's a new thread up*.

From now on I'll probably just put "Link to last page of this thread".

-----------------
*except cathyf

[Ignatz]

--Ignatz 2:10

I wish I shared your optimism regarding electing the worst woman...--

You may or may not not know, John or Bill or maybe it's Creek, that I have staked my entire internet reputation on not just the presumption but the certainty that neither the Red Witch [Hillary] nor Red Squaw [Lizzy Warren with an ax tomahawk] will ever be president.

If I am wrong I will have to live with the fallout from having my online reputation thoroughly discredited. I might lose some gravitas. Could even push me toward intersectionality.

Hillary & Lizzie delenda est.

[Jane]

"I'd love to take the president's word on that, but he hasn't exactly be 100% honest on important matters."

Someone should keep track of these responses. There appear to be dozens of excellent ones every day.

[henry]

Oh Boy, the CBC plans a hands up don't shoot walkout on Netanyahu.

[Old Lurker]

Lock the doors behind them Henry?

[jimmyk]

Oh Boy, the CBC plans a hands up don't shoot walkout on Netanyahu.

Huh? Because they think that Palis are "people of color," even though they are the same color as Israelis?

[Jeff Dobbs]

Ig:
If I am wrong I will have to live with the fallout from having my online reputation thoroughly discredited.

BUT! You would still retain the December 2012 title of Sexiest Man Alive.

[Porchlight]

From now on I'll probably just put "Link to last page of this thread".

Very kind of you, hit, and a great workaround.

I'm happy to post one, too, if I get there first. But you are the threadherder, after all. :)

[Ben]

"I still like Carly Fiorina's comment to Hillary:

"Flying is an activity, not an accomplishment."

Fiorina has little to crow about, except epic election failure.

I hope she gets some traction, just for the entertainment value.