We've got to thank Barack Obama. It looks like he has sealed Hillary Clinton's fate. Yes, Slick Hillary will continue with her false smiles and false assurances, but everything is beginning to ring hollow. I wouldn't be surprised if Hillary got out of the race soon.
The Democratic primaries sure have been fun. To me they have been reminiscent of the Iran-Iraq war. Needless to say, I have been hoping for heavy casualties on both sides! Hillary's attacks on Obama have taken a toll. It was especially gratifying to hear Hillary make the argument that both she and McCain are vastly more experienced than Obama. Surely McCain will get some mileage out of that in the next several months. Hillary also raised questions about whether Obama can be trusted in an emergency. Again, this is a theme that can only benefit McCain. Between the questions raised by Hillary and the doubts raised by Obama's association with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Obama's reputation has been tarnished.
Ambivalent though I am about Obama, I must credit him with saving the nation from the prospect of another Clinton presidency. For eight years the Clintons used the Oval Office for personal self-aggrandizement, renting out the Lincoln bedroom, selling pardons, and chasing around the hired help. Yes, Bill was the lecher, but Hillary was the enabler. I wonder if this is the "experience" she has been touting on the campaign, since I'm not sure what else she accomplished over her eight years as First Lady. Finally America may be ridding itself of this cunning, opportunistic duo.
Contrast the Clintons with other recent presidencies and the difference becomes apparent. Many people disagree with and even loathe Bush but it's hard to say that Bush became president for personal gain. All the folks who said he invaded Iraq for the sake of oil interests have never shown Bush to be the beneficiary of any such gains. By contrast, the Clintons came to Washington virtually broke and have been cashing in since day one. Now the couple since has a net worth in excess of $100 million. Is there any precedent for such self-enrichment? George H.W. Bush and Reagan and Ford and Carter had their share of Oval Office troubles but all of them involved disagreements about policy. No one suggested that these men were using their office for their own benefit. The Clintons are clearly in a low class of their own.
Good riddance to the Clintons also means good riddance to the era of the 1960s. The self-indulgent, megalomaniacal sixties generation is not only an embarassment to itself, it also represents the great failure of the World War II generation. For all its accomplishments, the "greatest generation" failed in one significant respect: it couldn't replicate itself but produced instead the spoiled children of the Clinton generation.
This November, America will have a choice between an independent-minded candidate of the World War II generation and an inspiring but also troubling candidate of the post-sixties generation. Meanwhile, it appears, two sullen, resentful Clintons will be watching from the wings.
Reader Comments ( Page 2 of 28)
16. It's playing out as planned, I said somtime ago America was at least two generations away from a black or female President.
In fact the republicans couldn't have done a better job of orchestrating their victory. Details at 11:00 Nov. 8 2008. Hee Hee Hee ha ha ha.lol
Observant at 7:52AM on May 12th 2008
17. Hillary, don't let the door hit you on the *** on the way out.
The clintons are responsible for the NAFTA job losses in America.
Another four years of clinton would wipe us out completely...
Observantjew at 8:08AM on May 12th 2008
18.
...Straight from the horses mouth...
Once again, Dinesh uses his podium to slam the "system". The system that worked so well for his former sith lord, Ronnie.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, DD. Remember Ronnies' failure to hide the Iran Contra Soire? Remember setting up a fall guy for him? But it's ok, Dinesh. You can talk about others' "self-aggrandizement", we won't mention your hawking your wares here. Or the way you pat yourself on the back because of your unbeatable debating skills. It's only self-aggrandizement if you aren't a Rovian master of the universe.
ex-christian at 8:08AM on May 12th 2008
19. Many people disagree with and even loathe Bush but it's hard to say that Bush became president for personal gain.
LOL ... does anything Bush says penetrate your own little world Dinesh?
"I can just envision getting in the car, getting bored, going down to the ranch," he says. He also has big plans for making money. "I'll give some speeches, to replenish the ol' coffers," says Mr Bush, who is already estimated to be worth $20m. "I don't know what my dad gets - it's more than 50-75 [thousand dollars a speech], and "Clinton's making a lot of money".
JimCO at 8:24AM on May 12th 2008
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....And should we also mention that DD's sith lord ALSO provided weapons to the Iraqi's - I swear you get a sick sense of satisfaction from using that analogy - Your former master provided arms to BOTH SIDES of that conflict.
Wonder if our staunch defender of the Almighty raised any objections. Most of the people who blog here already know the answer to that question. Dinesh was too busy rubbing his sweaty hands together, watching his stock portfolio swell just the way uncle Ronnie promised it would.
Supplying weapons to both sides in a war.... Dinesh was PART of it. What do you think your god will say to you when you meet him, Dinesh? "It's o.k., come on in! You said you were sorry - hundreds of thousands dead, you profited, and wrote books defending me.
You are a sick sycophant.
ex-christian at 8:30AM on May 12th 2008
21. Don't think that if Hillary doesn't win the dem. nod, you won't one day see her at the White House.
I read only the first few sentences of Dinesh's post, couldn't take any more.
TJ at 8:33AM on May 12th 2008
22. This election will determine if the MTV generation has enough clout to literally dig their own grave, and everybody else's in the USA, politically, by electing Barack Hussein Obama, whom I think is a trojan horse for all of the anti-American, phony Christian values that Jeremiah Wright espouses, in my opinion.
If Obama wins, Wright will be back, and the USA will be destroyed from within, in my opinion.
It is very much like letting the spoiled teenager in the home take control of the credit cards and start telling the parents what the new party house rules shall be. If you have ever seen a home where the spoiled kids are in charge and the parents take orders from them, you have seen America under Barack Hussein Obama and the kind of people that he will bring with him.
Rev 3:16 at 8:36AM on May 12th 2008
23. "The self-indulgent, megalomaniacal sixties generation is not only an embarassment to itself, it also represents the great failure of the World War II generation. For all its accomplishments, the "greatest generation" failed in one significant respect: it couldn't replicate itself but produced instead the spoiled children of the Clinton generation."
What an idiot you are Dinesh.The drivel you come out with is breathtaking. Does your head hurt after you've channelled these massages from planet Wingnut?
Dean Wright at 8:37AM on May 12th 2008
24. I'm not so sure I'd be jumping for joy over the demise of HIllary Clinton, given that the alternative candidate is most likely our next president.
All politicians are self serving. The Clintons are just a bit more in-your-face about it.
Personally, if my choice is between a self-serving, self-interested person with experience and an idealist with little or no practical experience, I'd rather go with the former.
Obama, as the media darling, is going to pretty much get a free ride. To those who point to the Wright controversy and suggest otherwise, I'd recommend going back and reviewing just HOW that was portrayed by most of the press. It wasn't his masterful handling of the situation that made it go away.
McCain has plenty of warts and they'll all be magnified out of proportion. Anything he's ever said or done in support of the current administration will be highlighted and repeated ad infinitum. He'll be portrayed as old school, out of touch, a hot-head, a lecher and if that's not enough punches will NOT be pulled as relates to his years as a POW and how that might effect his thought processes.
Better get used to hearing "President Obama" because, short of a devastating scandal of unbelievable proportions, there's your man.
bob at 8:44AM on May 12th 2008
25.
Boring. DD's done Hillary bashing blogs before.
You don't have to magnify McCain's faults: they are written all over W's policies, which he fancies.
The rights want the industrio-military complex to continue to expand: keep the war going, this helps the rich, increase the debt.
Obama will have a hard road to travel, no doubt. There are some very good people who will be traveling with him.
If DD is not bashing atheists, he is bashing Democrats.
By the way, Hillary is not a far left candidate. Neither is Barack. They are chatting up the fiscal conservantacy that this country needs to improve our financial future.
News flash: These candidate are pre-MTV. Hillary is a baby boomer, and so is Barack, although is later in the Boom Generation.
Go on Rev. Tell me how selfish the man is. Let's hear you talk about all the selfish things he's done since law school. C'mon.
Linda at 8:58AM on May 12th 2008
26. "Obama will have a hard road to travel, no doubt. There are some very good people who will be traveling with him."
I keep hearing this (btw, it's the same thing that was said when folks were pointing out that Bush didn't appear to be the sharpest knife in the drawer).
Anyone care to compile a list of these good people?
bob at 9:15AM on May 12th 2008
27. Dinish,
You owe Dawkins a public apology for this lie, you nasty, spiteful,moronic lying shit:
" Busy doing what besides being caught with his pants down by Ben Stein? And I guess he's smart because he doesn't want to risk further embarassing himself and destroying his public reputation!"
Dean Wright at 9:16AM on May 12th 2008
28. "The self-indulgent, megalomaniacal sixties generation is not only an embarassment to itself, it also represents the great failure of the World War II generation. For all its accomplishments, the "greatest generation" failed in one significant respect: it couldn't replicate itself but produced instead the spoiled children of the Clinton generation."
I gotta hand it to DD. He just insulted an entire American generation (including my mother).
If you ask me, this is 100 times more unamerican than saying "God damn America". I hate to use the conversing-cookware idiom, but isn't DD a "spoiled child"?
Mokele Mbembe at 9:20AM on May 12th 2008
29. Don't be an idiot, Bob. Hundreds of Democrats and even Republicans are poised for duty under Obama. The same would be true for Clinton.
That is politics. That's what Kennedy did. To good effect.
By the way, Obama is a very smart fellow, in case you didn't know.
Linda at 9:21AM on May 12th 2008
30.
It's funny you mention "selling pardons" in your article. Did you object when Bush the first pardoned all the traitorous perpetrators of the Iran Contra scandal? Doesn't your god have a law about lying? How about under oath?
For a man who writes books about the greatness of christianity, you sure have alot of skeletons in the closet, DD. Why don't you give us an article about the importance of selling weapons to both sides in a war, to use the profits to fund terrorists....
I'm sure god would love to hear your take on this.
ex-christian at 9:31AM on May 12th 2008