Posted by
rycK on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:11:17 AM
The Old Red Lady of the NYT Characterizes the Attacks by the Clinton 2-Headed Monster as Necessary?
We are always thankful that we have a form of political mirror that reflects the hopes and dreams and even some warts from a given sector of our society. The New York Times is the standard, turn-the-crank propaganda machine for the far left and has constantly attacked conservative and sometimes moderate candidates if they stray too far from the Marxist Latrine. The anti-Reagan, anti-tax cut and anti-military forces at the Old Gray Lady run the usual grist-mill level articles like a sanitation engineer dumps the dumpsters. The trash always goes in one direction. Today, some uncertainty is detected in the current missive to the liberal loyal.
This trash-the-opposition tactic is obvious and obligatory in the mundane political contests and provides a form of cartoon-level wake-up regimen for those whose futures and careers depend on milking the tax base. So-called elected officials peruse the morning edition of this tried and true political reflection of the Walter Duranty Image with coffee and glee. This daily occurrence is an analog of some daisy chain exercise where the notions of circular logic and circular support for leftist candidates, policies and legislation form an unassailable barrier to reason and historical interpretations and give needed solace to the political community. Dogs could ask nothing more from their loving masters. Today, we have a problem.
The calm is rarely disturbed by political recommendations in this pristine atmosphere except in severe cases where difficult choices are forced upon staff. To choose among several candidates for high office is an unfortunate essay in politics when there should be only one anointed leader. Harkening back to the Camelot Era of F.D.R and Stalin, the intellectual and literary pinnacle of the New York Times, the choices were clear and could be easily delineated by even those only faintly acquainted with Marx or one of his lackeys. The anti-communists were easily identified and vilified daily with aplomb.
Politics is usually defined as something like the development of resolution of choices in groups. The complexity arises when several choices are apparently identical in political weight. For the current Democratic candidates in the wild race for the Oval Office, we find unanimous agreement on bigger and more government, socialized medicine, and support for illegal aliens and the obvious rewards inherent in their voting patterns and the need to soak the rich with more taxes. No argument here. Any tin-plated automaton that would reel off the standard leftist platitudes with emotion and flair would be an excellent choice to lead the nation back to Marx. A conundrum rises like a serpent when several competitors apply for the job. The resolution of choices now becomes a risky factor in the outcome.
In today’s op-ed article, The Old Red Lady of the Old Gray Lady examines, critically, the friction among two of the leading candidates who would use Executive Privilege to steer our society back to the political Stone Age. We find that the Dowdy Dowd is critical of a few comments made during one of those phony scripted ‘debates’ that would ‘explain the positions’ of the candidates.
We read in today’s article Two Against One we read:
“If Bill Clinton has to trash his legacy to protect his legacy, so be it. If he has to put a dagger through the heart of hope to give Hillary hope, so be it.”
We are not sure what this means. Many think that Bill’s Legacy is just a long brown streak strewn with victimized women, flirts with drugs, Marxism and dirty money. Part of the Clinton Legacy must be eternally connected with the many criminals, dear and close friends, who spent hard time in jail to protect the Clintons. Let us read some more and attempt to sort out some of this:
“Bill’s transition from elder statesman, leader of his party and bipartisan ambassador to ward heeler and hatchet man has been seamless — and seamy.” [underlines are mine]
This is out of line? Says who? What message is Dowd sending here? Lay off? Give Obama a chance?
“Jonathan Alter reported in Newsweek that Senator Edward Kennedy and Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois congressman and former Clinton aide, have heatedly told Bill “that he needs to change his tone and stop attacking Senator Barack Obama.”
Isn’t that like asking an alligator to switch to grass and twigs from the river bank and swear off the juicy red meat?
Dowd reflects:
“It’s odd that the first woman with a shot at becoming president is so openly dependent on her husband to drag her over the finish line. She handed over South Carolina to him, knowing that her support here is largely derivative.”
Isn’t that the basis of the attack by Bill? Hillary cannot do much without a carefully scripted performance and attack dogs snipping at any and all personal attributes of competitors. Can we be persuaded that Bill would be doing this if Hillary were to be leading the pack by 30 points??
“He said, “I kind of like seeing Barack and Hillary fighting.”
So do the Republicans. I wonder if he will revert to his hypocritical stance when the opposition goes after Hillary, the choice of the right wing. Will Bill like this?
“How great is this?” he said. “Neither of them has to be a little wind-up doll who’s supposed to behave in a certain way. They’re real people, flesh and blood people. They have differences.”
“And if he [Bill] has anything to say about it, and he will, they’ll be fighting till the last dog dies.”
True to form from the Clintons who mastered Arkansas gutter politics and squeaked into the White House because of Perot and his independent vote share know how to attack their enemies. The need to scatter a little flesh and blood is obvious.
It is difficult for us to determine just where the Times perches on his dangerous issue. Maureen Dowd has been known to criticize the Clintons in the past. Clearly, Senator Obama has not yet opened up on the crime-besotted Clintons and has numerous opportunities to call her on Waco, White Water, Castle Grande, Rose Law Firm Billing Records and other political blunders and crimes. Senator Obama is clearly not ready for this political duel or for the White House as we hear from the Clintons.
The Republicans are just waiting to challenge the Democrat winner or leader of the primary system with issues such as illegal aliens, taxes, socialized medicine, and political support for Islamo Fascists, the War on Terrorism and other matters. It makes no sense for Obama to raise any of these issues, so, he might tee off on Hillary, a shallow political operative with a string of lies and criminal activities as long as the phone book, with other historical facts. She cannot exactly deny much of her testimony under oath. Many of her warts and crimes are well-documented public knowledge. It will be interesting to see which one he picks first. Her Marxism is probably off the table, but the notion of crooked lawyers was launched by Hillary herself. That would be a good starting place. Ask Hillary about Castle Grande.
The times, they are a’changin’ as somebody once said. We will all be watching to see when Hillary can be enticed into breaking out of her carefully scripted words and regress to her real temperament as the infamous Colonel Klebb. She may freak out and get some more boos.
Wait and watch.
ryck
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Two Against One By Op-Ed Columnist by MAUREEN DOWD. Published: January 23, 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/opinion/23dowd.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin