Don't ask me no questions and I won't tell you no lies

I might border on the hysterical in opposing Hillbot, but my reasons are sound. Her perceived inevitably is particularly bothersome, as is the assumption that she's the most experienced candidate (sorry Joe Biden, but a one-term senator who rode her husband's cum-stained coattails to office is clearly more qualified than you). And her convenient feminism makes my skin crawl. Treat me as an equal, but if you ask me tough questions I'll play the victim card.

But I'm most bothered by her scripted, Goebbels-esque campaign (note to new readers: I'm just as tough on The Anchorman, aka Mitt Romney). I'm aware candidates try to choreograph as much as possible, but Hillbot takes it to absurd lengths. Her administration would be like a FEMA news conference, fake and unresponsive to any reasonable challenge. Observe:

She leaned forward as her waitress Anita Esterday explained that she was a single mother and nurse who did two jobs to raise her sons and could not afford medical insurance. Mrs Clinton nodded sympathetically and told her: "I'm proud of you."

The scene was picture perfect and the theme just right. An impromptu stop at a roadside eatery crammed full of everyday folks would help dispel the oft-levelled charge that the former First Lady is a professional politician who does not relate easily to ordinary people. Miss Esterday's plight was just what Mrs Clinton was highlighting on her "Middle Class Express" bus as it sped from town to town past fields of corn and soybeans. Such a spontaneous interaction was the stuff of campaigning among Iowa caucus-goers, who are proud of their brand of face-to-face retail politics.

Except that virtually every detail of the casual visit had been carefully orchestrated. A team of burly Secret Service men, clad in suits and shades, had driven ahead to carry out a recce. All but two of the customers were Clinton loyalists, including union leaders flown in from New York and Washington, who had been at her previous rally and were travelling on her bus.

Mrs Clinton chatted with the supporters, some of whom grinned a little sheepishly at the blatant staging, as the photographers snapped away. Reporters, kept on a separate bus throughout the day, seemed so stunned to be suddenly beside her that the only questions asked were about what she had ordered.

Haven't you had enough of this?

Comments

[Andisheh Nouraee]

He's the cum-back kid!

[shelbinator]

Oh. My. God. Best line ever.

Don't you know that having tea and crumpets and state dinners with world leaders is just as much, if not more, experience as three decades on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee?

[shelbinator]

D'oh! Both of your links are pointing to the FEMA article, and not the Clinton in Iowa lovefest.

[atlmalcontent]

Sorry bout that Shel -- link corrected. Definitely worth reading.