As I write this, I am listening to a radio interview on NPR with Hillary Rodham Clinton. By the way, the interviewer is Terry Gross of Fresh Air, and it's anything but a real interview. She's not interested in anything but stroking Hillary. I think one of the questions went something like this, "Do you ever have the urge to just say to some of your husband's critics, 'You judged my husband for personal shortcomings, but you're a hypocrite, because I know about things in YOUR private life'?" Journalism at it's most lack-luster.

Anyhow, there are two things that are standing out to me. The first is how out of touch with reality Clinton is. To listen to her talk about Republicans and conservatives, you'd get the impression that she really thinks that they all are anti–black people, anti-poor people, anti-public education. The only reason they want to overturn Roe v. Wade is because they don't like women. They only want to dismantle Medicare because they hate old people. Whether you think these things are good ideas or not (I, myself, am a split), any intellectually honest and reasonable person would realize that these are NOT the reasons why people want to get rid of Medicare or overturn Roe. A person that does think these things is either 1) only saying it to politically paint their opponents in bad colors (which makes them a liar) or 2) are serverly out of touch with reality. She should not be a senator, either way you cut it.

The second thing that struck me was how self-absorbed she is. You can say, "Sure, Stephen, she's a politician... what do you expect?" But this is beyond anything I've ever seen, and I've been watching politics for a while. EVERYTHING is about Hillary, and she's always on the side of right; her opponents are always backwards, uncaring, or stupid. It's almost hysterical how self-promoting and self-aggrandizing she is.

To be honest, I've never liked Hillary. To me, she represents everything that is wrong with politics: blind allegiance to an ideology regardless of reality, power politics and the "party first" mentality (truth and justice be damned), and utter gall to talk out of both sides of the mouth in the same sentence as long as it "sounds good." It's really ludicrous, and I wish she'd just go away.
posted by Stephen at 4:31 PM | |