blogThe biggest jerk in the Senate?
So I found myself chatting with a U.S. Senator not long ago, a Democrat, and asked him about Hillary versus Obama.
He likes them both. But because 2008 is “our year,” he said, he was for Mrs. Clinton — because she’s less likely than he to make campaign blunders.
But if Democrats have such a strong shot, I asked, why not go for it, and use the alignment of the stars to nominate the candidate whom we’d be thrilled (as opposed to content) to elect?
He didn’t really answer. Instead, he said, “In private, Hillary is warm, really different than she comes across in big public situations.”
But that, I said, is exactly what friends of Al Gore said in 2000, and friends of John Kerry in 2004. For all I know friend of Mike Dukakis said the same thing in 1988.
“Oh, John Kerry! Please. He’s one of the biggest assholes in the U.S. Senate!”
It’s a good thing my 90-year-old, protofeminist uncle isn’t computer- (and therefore Net-) literate, or he’d be posting an apoplectic comment here, taking you to task for saying “Hillary vs. Obama” instead of “Hillary/Barack” or “Clinton/Obama.” He isn’t moved by the argument that it’s still necessary to distinguish Hill from Bill, or the observations that S. Hussein became “Saddam” to distinguish him from the late king of Jordan and that America’s Mayor is routinely referred to as “Rudy.” And he’d insist that your subsequent gratuitous use of “Mrs. Clinton” proves him right. (The “gratuitous” would be my uncle’s word, not mine, you understand. Yep, it’s a good thing he couldn’t read your blog entry.) On a different note, if you’re talking candidates whom we’d be thrilled to elect, how ’bout Wellstone?
Comment by J. Gruber — March 3, 2007 @ 9:34 am
hillary must NOT be nominated. this dreadful, dreadful phony cow:
http://www.ifilm.com/profile/breitbart/video/2829104
Comment by damian lanigan — March 5, 2007 @ 10:52 am
“dreadful, phony cow” really elevates the political discourse.
Comment by walter_kimbrough — March 11, 2007 @ 9:39 pm
Hillary’s nomination will only bring out the conservative base in full force. She is a polarizer. Obama would be a better choice over Hillary, but he’s too liberal to be elected nationally.
Behind the scenes democratics are a little worried neither Hillary or Obama can win nationally.
Comment by Gaius — March 23, 2007 @ 5:02 am