In order to make the experience of watching Hillary speak a more comprehensible experience for all Americans, I would like to propose that we develop the "Hillary-Land Insincerity Threat Level Chart."

Modelled after the Homeland Security Threat Level Chart, the Hillary version will help citizens understand just what level of sincerity is actually present in the information presented in her speeches. After a sufficient model is developed, the HITLC will be submitted to Congress and, pending approval, will be depicted in the upper-left corner of the TV screen during any Hillary public address.

You are invited now to help out by submitting entries for the following levels of misinformation, from misstated second-hand story retelling to the most blatant sniper-fire lies :

Severe (red)
High (orange)
Elevated (yellow)
Guarded (blue)
Low (green)

An alternate proposal has also been suggested that would require the candidate to have her speeches reviewed in advance, and that said candidate would simply be required to wear a pantsuit of the appropriate corresponding color to the level of misstatements she is about to make.

Your participation in this project is greatly appreciated!

Now that the Ohio hospital that treated Trina Bechtel has issued a statement demanding that the Hillary campaign cease telling the fabricated story of the "uninsured mother who died":

“We implore the Clinton campaign to immediately desist from repeating this story,” said Rick Castrop, chief executive officer of the O’Bleness Health System.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/us/politics/05woman.html?scp=1&sq=hillary+hospital+ohio&st=nyt

I'm just curious. Does anyone believe the story Hillary told at the MLK Jr. memorial yesterday? The one where she shifted into her faux-sincere voice and said that upon hearing of MLK Jrs.' assassination, she went back to her college dorm room and threw her bookbag against the wall?

What struck me as odd about the story, is that I don't recall people carrying bookbags back then. The whole backpack thing came into vogue in the 1980s, but it seems like before that, college students just carried their books in their arms.

Just curious. Considering that everything else that Hillary says turns out to be some kind of romanticized fiction, I don't believe much of anything that she says anymore, especially when she drops down into her voice of deep insincerity.

I have decided that attempting to engage in any kind of meaningful discussion here at TPM it a hopeless endeavor. The software that runs this sight is a well-known joke, and unless one has 30 minutes to wait for a response to one statement, it's pointless to engage in anything. On top of that, any well-reasoned post is torn to bits by idiot moron trolls, and unless one wants to reinvent the wheel everday, this too has become tedious.

So from now until Hillary drops out of the race, I am switching my avatar to a cartoon charater and am changing my name to reflect this. From this point until I get tired of it, I'm assuming the guise of happy, cheerleading Opus Hussein X, and will try to live up to the standard of having only happy affirmations of whatever I find interesting, hypocritical, nonsensical, and moronic.

Happy Trolling, People!

Much Love,

Opus Hussein X

I remember that photo of a young Bill Clinton shaking hands with JFK and how often it appeared in his campaign commercials way-back-when. For some reason, though, the little girls who keep finding themselves in Hillary commercials and film footage don't seem to be having the same feelings of inspiration and endearment to Hillary.

First it was the 3am girl, and today in, of all places, the New York Post, the Bosnia Sniper Girl speaks out, and she's shocked! shocked, I tell you!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/31/little-girl-from-bosnia-s_n_94203.html