Edith Wilson ran the government, more or less, while her husband was ill.Bill and Hillary have both had active and political public lives.
Somehow, that is negative.
Why can't we deal with two people who are independent, sharp, public, and filled with aspirations for more of the same?
What is AS's role model, when he cites this? I mean Bill already walks a few steps behind. What are the unwritten rules that AS - and many - seem to want?
I tell you, the vehemence behind the opinions on the matter suggest that some people really want a silent "wife" "at home" and a man at "the office" "at work", so to speak.
Don't believe me? Check out Romney's comment about Bill 'at home' with 'nothing to do'. People thought it was funny, but I detected ... the old school.
DOES OBAMA NEED HYPERBOLE ABOUT THE CLINTONS TO WIN?
I don't think so. But the punditry are well beyond the pale. [AS is hypocrite for engaging in the very distortion that 'his candidate' rejects, citing that outrageous piece by Dick Morris, now of FOX.]
Can you believe David Brooks summoning up "toxicity" to describe the Clinton campaign? Blessed mother of hyperbole, I can't imagine what he'd come up with if we applied his standard to what McCain and Romney are dishing up now?
Can you believe David Brooks summoning up "toxicity" to describe the Clinton campaign? Blessed mother of hyperbole, I can't imagine what he'd come up with if we applied his standard to what McCain and Romney are dishing up now? Where was he when Romney was using 'lies and distortion' to sum up "Hillarycare" as 'big government control of healthcare'?How many times have you heard the "fairy tale" quote completely out of context? Count 'em. I'm up to five in prime time, just in the past three days.
OBAMA READY FOR THE FIGHT WITH THE GOP?
The Obama camp is deflecting the Clinton criticisms because others are rallying to him to do it for him. Apart from his reply to the fairy-tale comment, which I thought was brilliant, the rest from him has been unimpressive.
If anything, the episode reveals that he can get thrown off message, pretty easily. Others have been better when things go off-script, so to speak.
The GOP are certainly not going to give Obama a free-pass to define himself. His righteous line about distortion is going to fall on partisan ears, not accommodating ones. And, once it gets going, the media are going to get tamed. No number of calls from Howard Dean (or whomever) are going to get radio ads pulled.
