Friday, December 28, 2007

Hillary Taking a Lemon to Make Herself Some Kool-aid

Then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea meet with Bhutto and her children in the garden of the prime minister's residence in Islamabad. The Clintons visited Pakistan in March 1995.
B.K. Bangash - AP


Unless, of course, what she really meant by all this, is that she and Bhutto were flawed characters, who might succumb to corruption and scandal:
American Thinker
American Power


Michael Medved:
The instant canonization of Benazir Bhutto ought to embarrass the pundits and journalists who now talk only of her saintly aspects—featuring glamorous photos or video from twenty years ago showing the lady at the peak of her stunning beauty. As a matter of fact, her two previous terms as Prime Minister both ended in failure, embarrassment and rejection, along with widespread and credible charges of corruption. It’s natural to remember her best characteristics after her sudden death, and compared to General Musharaf or her Islamist rival Nawaz Sharif she may indeed look enlightened, even heroic, but the posthumous praise on cable news networks sounds embarrassingly overwrought. By the same token, the tributes to all dead politicians tend to go too far – as if to make up for the lack of respect we accorded them while they lived and served. Gerald Ford represents a striking recent example. Americans derided him during his presidency, and replaced him with the utterly feckless and feeble Jimmy Carter, but at the time of his funeral the belated tributes treated Ford like a candidate for Rushmore. The sudden death of Bhutto, a vital, 54-year-old Pakistani politico, ought to encourage more appreciation for our own candidates for top office. Like her, they boast plenty of faults, and often display puffed-up egos, but they still deserve credit for the sacrifices and dangers they accept for the sake of an impassioned desire to serve their country.
Ouch! Yikes!!

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2 Comments:

Blogger WomanHonorThyself said...

not sure what to make of this Word...but whereever she goes..deception follows.......Have a super weekend!:)

Friday, December 28, 2007 9:50:00 AM  
Blogger SkyePuppy said...

Yes, let's let Hillary set our foreign policy during difficult times, because once Hillary took her daughter to meet someone famous in a foreign country.

Great title for your post!

Friday, December 28, 2007 9:54:00 AM  

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