Greg--How naive you are. Bill Clinton, a shrewd politician, knows exactly how to push buttons by implication. He was indeed call Obama's patriotism into question. Right now, Hillary's campaign is desperate--if they can say or do anything to damage Obama, they will do it. Bill Clinton is saying to voters (white voter, we can assume) that Hillary and McCain are "more like us." That is what McCarthy did. It began with implications and ended with trials and blacklists.
Bill and Hillary Clinton seem to think they own the Democratic party and the nation. Hillary began this primary season with EVERY advantage--name-recognition, money, the Party machines in all the big state, like NY and CA, favors to call in among Democrats she's known for 20 years--everything was in her favor. But she is behind--she has never overcome her high negatives, NEVER--even among Democrats. Without the Dem Party machine in NY, CA and NJ, she wouldn't have carried those states--and it is Rendell's machine in PA that is helping her there. If Hillary is behind in pledge delegates and the popular vote in the Democrat's race, what in heaven's name makes her think she would do better in a race against Republicans who loathe her? Narcissism and denial, that's what. Right now, the Clinton's think there only option is to turn superdelegates against Obama by damaging him--even it it hurt the Party. They care only about themselves and holding onto power. Enough of their prevarications and dissembling. They've been spinning the truth for so long, I don't think they know which end us up. As Richardson said, it is time for a new generation of leadership. The Clintons are proof of the adage that power corrupts.

Posted at March 24, 2008 12:23 PM in response to Obama Campaign Manager Hints Clinton Camp Has "Pattern" Of Questioning Obama's Patriotism

Thank you so much, Noah. Please send your excellent analysis to the media. They seem to be repeating every wacky scheme the Clinton camp feeds them. This would help them to get the truth out to the public.

Posted at March 14, 2008 2:56 PM in response to Clintonian Electoral Mumbo Jumbo

Your column is such a relief. Hillary's divide-and-conquer, microtrended, "my way or no way" tactics are truly sociopathological. I have seriously wondered whether Hillary is emotionally and psychologically unbalanced. She doesn't seem to be able to accept defeat. The Clintons have damaged the Democratic Party. Their strategy is to so damage Obama that he will not be a viable candidate. Imagine! The Democrats have one of the most exciting and brilliant candidate for president we have had in decaded, and Hillary wants to destroy him. We have all suspected, for years, that the Clinton are interested only in their own power and ambition. They have certainly proven it this year. I am embarrassed for women who have allowed themselves to be manipulted by Hillary's gender-baiting. When she is behind, she plays victim--and all the angry 1970s feminists rally to her. I'm in my 50s, a woman and I don't buy into her victim-as-candidate tactic. She is using women--preying on their frustrations and anger. Hillary appeals to the worst in each of us--because she is a weak person, of weak character--and she can win only by appealing to the weaknesses of others, as George W. Bush has done. If fact, her strategy is so much like Bush's I'm surprised that more Democrats don't recognize it. As you pointed out, when FOX television and Rush Limbaugh are the Clinton's new allies, it should tell Hillary supporters something. At this point, I think Hillary's supporters would follow her right to the Republican Party. That is the problem, Hillary has divided Democrats from the Democratic Party. The Clintons are a political party unto themselves. Obama speaks to the best in us--his very candidacy says that--how could an African American man run for President without believing in the best in each American. He see us united--as he himself symbolizes racial, ethnic and class unity. He knows unity is possible. Hillary fears unity because she cannot function healthily. She thrives on conflict. She is a pathetic person, really, and it says something about how women perceive themselves that so many women identify with her as victim. Hillary is unhealthy and this year, she is spreading her illness throughout the Democratic Party.

Posted at March 14, 2008 2:05 PM in response to She got our antipathy the old fashioned way: She earned it.