THE CLINTONS HAVE BEEN THE CANDIDATES THAT THE MEDIA ELITES LOVE TO HATE...AND HATE TO LOVE. YOU CAN SMELL IT IN THEIR BODY LANGUAGE...
BUT THE BLUE COLLAR, BUBBA DEMOCRATS SEE SOMETHING IN HILLARY AND BILL THAT THE MEDIA ELITES MISS...
FIRST, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT HILLARY ACTUALLY WILL "HIT THE GROUND RUNNING" AS PRESIDENT ....
AT A TIME WHEN THE NATION AND THE WORLD WILL BE "IN EXTREMIS"... AFTER 8 YEARS OF CATASTROPHIC BUSH-CHENEY-NEOCON RULE...
OBAMA, HOWEVER, DOES NOT KNOW THE PRESIDENCY.
HE MAY BE SIDETRACKED WITH EGO ISSUES...OR, GETTING ORIENTED TO HIS "NEW ROLE" AS "SUDDENLY" WORLD LEADER...
BUT BILL AND HILLARY HAVE "BEEN THERE...DONE THAT"...
CHANCES ARE HILLARY WILL NOT BE TOO IMPRESSED WITH HERSELF...AND, BILL CAN DO A LOT OF THE LEG WORK ON THE CONGRESS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY TO GET THINGS DONE AND DONE FAST...
IN SHORT, I CAN SEE HILLARY AS BEING AN LBJ TYPE OF OPERATOR...
AND FACE IT...LBJ PUT A POST NEW DEAL SOCIAL SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT IT TOOK THE REPUBLICANS AND WALL STREET 40 YEARS TO DISMANTLE...AND LBJ WAS ONLY A "ONE TERMER!"
I THINK WHAT WE ALL FEAR ABOUT OBAMA IS THAT HE MAY BE ANOTHER JIMMY CARTER...TIED DOWN IN DETAILS...ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES...POLICY FIGHTS AND EGO TRIPS THAT WILL CONSUME HIS FIRST FEW YEARS IN OFFICE, EVEN AS THE NATION SPIRALS EVER DOWNWARD.
OBAMA HAS BEEN VERY RELECTANT TO TAKE ON WALL STREET...RATHER, IMPLYING HE'S THE TYPE OF GUY WHO WILL "PLAY BALL" TO STAY IN POWER...
I SENSE THAT POWER DOES NOT IMPRESS THE CLINTONS' THAT MUCH...THEY'VE HAD IT...LOST IT...AND TOOK IT BACK AGAIN...
IF YOU THINK OF HILLARY AS ANOTHER BORING "FUNCTIONARY" ... LIKE LBJ WAS...
AND IF YOU THINK OF OBAMA AS A BLACK VERSION OF JIMMY CARTER...PLUCKED FROM OBSCURITY TO TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE IN A TIME OF ECONOMIC MALISE...
WELL... MAYBE THE BUBBA BLUE COLLAR TYPES HAVE A POINT...?
PERHAPS, DULL, OLD BORING HILLARY AND BILL ARE JUST WHAT AMERICA NEEDS...!
I ALWAYS SECRETLY RESPECT THE UNTRAINED WISDOM OF THE MOB...
YOU'LL SEE THIS OVER AND OVER...WITH JURIES AND IN ELECTIONS...
NO, NOT REAL "JUSTICE" ... BY THE BOOK.
BUT A "SUBSTANTIVE" JUSTICE...
NOT BASED IN TECHNICALITIES...BUT SIMPLE SPEECH AND SIMPLE REASONING...WITH SIMPLE QUESTIONS...WITH EASY ANSWERS...
THE GREAT UNWASHED ARE "CONNECTED" IN A WAY THAT WE "BOOK TRAINED" TYPES SOMETIMES CAN'T UNDERSTAND...
THERE IS AN ARGUMENT FOR HILLARY OUT THERE...
THE UNWASHED MOB DOES NOT REALLY TRUST OBAMA...PERHAPS AS THE VP...OK. BUT PREZ...? NOT YET.
BUT POOR HILLARY...SHE WHO SURVIVED THE "BLOW JOB" IMPEACHMENT...THAT WOULD HAVE SHAMED MOST OF US INTO LIVING IN A HERMITAGE!
SHE WHO MOVED ON...TO THE SENATE. AND SAVED HER MARRIAGE
THAT TOOK GUTS!! ....AND COURAGE!!
SOME PEOPLE ARE IMPRESSED WITH THIS...
MAYBE EVEN ME.
