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 3 of 28)
31. The day after Mothers Day he insults my mama. Why does AOL give this man a free ride? He has no integrity.
Mokele Mbembe at 9:40AM on May 12th 2008
32. DD, you are a fool.
whoops at 9:42AM on May 12th 2008
33.
today's hot steaming cup of stupid.
"To me they have been reminiscent of the Iran-Iraq war. Needless to say, I have been hoping for heavy casualties on both sides!"
I don't think I can possibly add anything to this, other than it's immature bird vomit from a man who probably hasn't donned a uniform in his life other than draping himself in a cross. Always fun to make light of dead sodiers, huh, D'Idiot?
T.Brough at 9:50AM on May 12th 2008
34. Hi Tim. Steaming cup o' stupid, indeed.
His "constituents", or readers, like it when he talks like that. They like the war metaphors, the body counts, the boom boom, the gun fire.
Those are his peeps. They like it. Any normal person is outraged by such talk.
Linda at 9:54AM on May 12th 2008
35. "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."
I think you know what I meant, Linda. Do you blame the hundreds of both parties who served during the Bush administration for the administration's policies?
bob at 9:54AM on May 12th 2008
36. BINGO!! And the correct answer is...
Great job summarizing Alfred E Bush total disaster presidency Emelpe! Easily the worst American president ever.
12. The Legacy of George W. Bush: an unjust, unjustifiable and unconstitutional war which, thanks to his incompetence, has turned into a quagmire; 4000 American troops dead for nothing; concentration camps; torture; a shredded Constitution; universal loathing of the United States across the globe; a crashing economy; a failing dollar; a devastated manufacturing base; and gasoline headed to $5 a gallon. And that is just for starters.
Yeah, you Republican assholes sure did a good job of running the country for the past 7 and a half years.
Whatever his flaws, and they were many, Bill Clinton was a god compared to the numbnuts currently occupying the Oval Office.
emelpe at 5:17AM on May 12th 2008
Rich at 9:57AM on May 12th 2008
37. In fact, those are the same peeps that are commenting on the earthquake news story with:\
"Earthquakes should kill all of them"
"This is God's vengeance"
Those are our fellow citizens. Under the anonymity of the blog, they post their hatred and holier-than-thou crap. One can only hope that their social selves are able to suppres all that hatred.
Linda at 9:58AM on May 12th 2008
38. Linda,
I normally disagree with you about everything but I couldn't agree with you more about this:
"Did you know he was engaged to "Dr." Laura. Ewwww." - Linda
Very scary.
Monty at 10:01AM on May 12th 2008
39. "Do you blame the hundreds of both parties who served during the Bush administration for the administration's policies?"
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Goddam right. Rove, the cabinet, the war machine, security advisors, all of them. Very little redemption there. Colin Powell tried, but had to resign.
Linda at 10:08AM on May 12th 2008
40. 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
I'm not worried about the spoiled teenager getting the keys to the car ... hell, we already survived Bush. It is his friends that you really have to worry about ... who woulda thunk that the guys Bush brought into his admin would turn out to be the biggest incompetents the world has ever seen?
JimCO at 10:09AM on May 12th 2008
41. I am a 61 year old retired teacher, the daughter of a Pearl Harbor survivor,and I have never responded to one of this man's postings before,but the comments made about the children of the Greatest Generation infuriated me. I put myself through college,raised a family while teaching for 36 years, took care of a husband who died in his mid forties,made sure my daughter went to college, and then helped to care for my father until his death.I am not the exception, I am the rule.
The comments made about all children of the 60s is unbelievably wrong and so mean spirited as to be intolerable.
The children of my generation died by the tens of thousands in Vietnam, sent their kids to college and then took care of their aging parents while holding down jobs that made life better for all Americans.
If you want to hate Hillary, a person I am sure you do not personally know, go ahead,but do not make such a hate filled statement about an entire generation of people who have made significant contributions to this country and the world.
Deanne Carson at 10:13AM on May 12th 2008
42. "Goddam right. Rove, the cabinet, the war machine, security advisors, all of them. Very little redemption there. Colin Powell tried, but had to resign."
You were able to pull a few names out of that bunch. I bet you could pull a few more out without much effort. You acknowledge that they had an impact on the formation of policy.
So again as regards Obama, who are those" very good people who will be traveling with him"?
I'll make it easy on you. You don't have to name all the "hundreds". Just pick a handful.
bob at 10:20AM on May 12th 2008
43. @42 "do not make such a hate filled statement about an entire generation of people who have made significant contributions to this country and the world."
Right on, Deanne! You are sooo on target with your post.
But keep in mind that's what Dinesh DOES...make hate-filled statements with no basis in fact. Much like his ex-boyfriend Anne Coulter.
brandon at 10:21AM on May 12th 2008
44.
You'll have to excuse Dinesh, Deanne. His insults are aimed at anyone not of his "station." (Guess the old Caste System still has him by the nads.)
If you are liberal, you're the cause for 9-11. If you're gay, you are an affront to god. If you're a democrat, you must have been lobotmized, or are in need of one.
Dinesh is a cheap knockoff of the right wing hate preachers on the radio 10 hours a day. Hypocracy comes naturally to people like this, and they'll say anything to inflame - Not a very christian thing to do, but fake christians are everywhere.
So, have some pity, Deanne, it's not his fault. When one's ego is as large as DD's, there's bound to be people hurt by what he says - but god's cool with hurting people - As long as it's outside the club (or inside, depending on who it is)
ex-christian at 10:24AM on May 12th 2008
45. I am registered as a Democrat......If Bin Ladin...Oh sorry, Obama, gets nominated I will NOT vote for him.....In fact I probably will vote rep just to get revenge for the way Hillary had been portrayed... I hope Hillary voters get even...and NOT vote obama too. Take that to the bank Osama ...oooops obama
msducky7 at 10:34AM on May 12th 2008