by Dave Weinbaum
I’m just as sensitive as the next guy, maybe a little more. I’ve been known to cry at
“chick flicks.” Even my wife has rolled her eyes at my tears. That being said, I’m not
on the stump trying to pose as the leader of the free world.
When a man, candidate Senator Ed Muskie, got watery-eyed in New Hampshire 36
years ago while defending his wife from accusations that she drank and swore,
(Wow! Was that 1972 or 1872?) Ed was summarily drummed out of the race.
Not so Mrs. Clinton.
Double-digit down in the polls, Hillary pulled victory from the crocodile jaws of defeat
and whooped unsuspecting whippersnapper, Obama.
How’d she do it?
She welled up just enough to show her feminine sensitivity, but not enough to
disqualify her from becoming commander in chief. Yet Hillary didn’t sob in defense
of anyone. She wasn’t shedding tears for one of our brave fallen soldiers. She wasn’
t even defending her man from scurrilous right wingers, accusing Bill of
shenanigans with yet another bimbo.
She was clearly upset that she lost Iowa, and was about to get clobbered in New
England.
What’s wrong with this?
Absolutely nothing.
You see, Mrs. Clinton was sad for the country not herself. Why, if she weren’t elected
there would be no one that could prevent the country from “going backwards.” When
I heard that, I choked back too, but it wasn’t tears.
That being said, women are expected to react more emotionally than men. Hillary
went back to her natural roots and stopped, for once, trying to imitate the way men
react to frustration.
Weren’t Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher, both noted leaders, capable of tears from
personal angst? I’m sure they were. They just never shared that with the public.
The biological message sent by Hillary’s pout and swollen eyes radiated to women
throughout the villages and forests of New Hampshire. They ran in justifiable shared
indignation of their sister to the nearest voting booth. They jerked the levers to
register their torment with a male dominated world, just like Hillary. Even Betty
Friedan would approve.
The race card is a two edged sword
Hillary’s flirtation with breakdown is understandable. She abruptly discovered her
anticipated coronation is being seriously challenged by an ungrateful undeserving
upstart, Barrack Obama.
In case you’re from Branson, Barrack Obama happens to be black.
I know what she’s thinking.
Why the temerity of Obama running for president, pretending at charisma, showing
off his youth, his pretty and smart wife and daughters at his side. This man/boy
doesn’t have the right to talk about change, when change is all I’ve done for the last
35 years. My two term ex-presidential partner and I deserve the vote of blacks. And
YOU, Barrack, should be sitting in our campaign bus supporting us, and not piloting
your own RV, at least not until we’ve completed our next two terms.
As one who knows her like no other, Dick Morris, ex-Clinton pollster and once chief
Clinton advisor, opines Hillary will call Barrack unelectable, never once referring to
race, at least not so anyone could tie her to it.
It’ll be a tightrope walked better than any circus act we’ve ever seen.
And if that doesn’t work, bucket listers James Carville and Paul Begala are ready for
one last Clinton campaign before they die.
In my opinion, Hillary wants to go back to the White House to change the drapes and
check on the china.
Wait, I forgot. She already took the china.
Hillary supporter, Mayor Ed Koch said he prays for Mrs. Clinton.
If she gets elected, we should all pray for the country.
Dave Weinbaum is a regular contributor of one-liners and commentaries to many
regional and national publications and Web sites, including the Reader's Digest,
National Enquirer, Forbes, and is a regular pundit for the prestigious www.
jewishworldreview.com . Readers can reach Dave at dwquote@prodigy.net.
I’m just as sensitive as the next guy, maybe a little more. I’ve been known to cry at
“chick flicks.” Even my wife has rolled her eyes at my tears. That being said, I’m not
on the stump trying to pose as the leader of the free world.
When a man, candidate Senator Ed Muskie, got watery-eyed in New Hampshire 36
years ago while defending his wife from accusations that she drank and swore,
(Wow! Was that 1972 or 1872?) Ed was summarily drummed out of the race.
Not so Mrs. Clinton.
Double-digit down in the polls, Hillary pulled victory from the crocodile jaws of defeat
and whooped unsuspecting whippersnapper, Obama.
How’d she do it?
She welled up just enough to show her feminine sensitivity, but not enough to
disqualify her from becoming commander in chief. Yet Hillary didn’t sob in defense
of anyone. She wasn’t shedding tears for one of our brave fallen soldiers. She wasn’
t even defending her man from scurrilous right wingers, accusing Bill of
shenanigans with yet another bimbo.
She was clearly upset that she lost Iowa, and was about to get clobbered in New
England.
What’s wrong with this?
Absolutely nothing.
You see, Mrs. Clinton was sad for the country not herself. Why, if she weren’t elected
there would be no one that could prevent the country from “going backwards.” When
I heard that, I choked back too, but it wasn’t tears.
That being said, women are expected to react more emotionally than men. Hillary
went back to her natural roots and stopped, for once, trying to imitate the way men
react to frustration.
Weren’t Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher, both noted leaders, capable of tears from
personal angst? I’m sure they were. They just never shared that with the public.
The biological message sent by Hillary’s pout and swollen eyes radiated to women
throughout the villages and forests of New Hampshire. They ran in justifiable shared
indignation of their sister to the nearest voting booth. They jerked the levers to
register their torment with a male dominated world, just like Hillary. Even Betty
Friedan would approve.
The race card is a two edged sword
Hillary’s flirtation with breakdown is understandable. She abruptly discovered her
anticipated coronation is being seriously challenged by an ungrateful undeserving
upstart, Barrack Obama.
In case you’re from Branson, Barrack Obama happens to be black.
I know what she’s thinking.
Why the temerity of Obama running for president, pretending at charisma, showing
off his youth, his pretty and smart wife and daughters at his side. This man/boy
doesn’t have the right to talk about change, when change is all I’ve done for the last
35 years. My two term ex-presidential partner and I deserve the vote of blacks. And
YOU, Barrack, should be sitting in our campaign bus supporting us, and not piloting
your own RV, at least not until we’ve completed our next two terms.
As one who knows her like no other, Dick Morris, ex-Clinton pollster and once chief
Clinton advisor, opines Hillary will call Barrack unelectable, never once referring to
race, at least not so anyone could tie her to it.
It’ll be a tightrope walked better than any circus act we’ve ever seen.
And if that doesn’t work, bucket listers James Carville and Paul Begala are ready for
one last Clinton campaign before they die.
In my opinion, Hillary wants to go back to the White House to change the drapes and
check on the china.
Wait, I forgot. She already took the china.
Hillary supporter, Mayor Ed Koch said he prays for Mrs. Clinton.
If she gets elected, we should all pray for the country.
Dave Weinbaum is a regular contributor of one-liners and commentaries to many
regional and national publications and Web sites, including the Reader's Digest,
National Enquirer, Forbes, and is a regular pundit for the prestigious www.
jewishworldreview.com . Readers can reach Dave at dwquote@prodigy.net.
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