IT'S THE LIES & FAKERY, STUPID

by Michelle Malkin

January 9, 2008 -- "DON'T let the "Comeback Gal" spin fool you. Despite the unexpectedly close finish in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton's campaign remains in a tailspin. And the Clintons' pre-Granite State primary finger-pointing has left an indelible mark. It's the media's fault. It's sexism's fault. It's the vast right-wing conspiracy's fault.

Oh, and it's all your fault that you laugh out loud when she tries to steal the mantle of "change" from Barack Obama by surrounding herself on stage with moldy political fogies like Madeleine Albright, Wesley Clark and James Carville.

Watching the Clinton "crackup" before the vote was less like watching glass shatter upon sudden impact and more like watching wax melt under slow, steady heat.

It took a lifetime of lies, deception, hypocrisy and hardball power grabs before Hillary and Bill's political façades disintegrated. But now, finally, the empty dummy molds underneath have been laid bare completely.

Many will point to Hillary's watery-eyed performance at a Portsmouth rally on Monday as a watershed moment. Down in the polls and facing imminent defeat, the erstwhile anti-Tammy Wynette turned on the spigot and played damsel in distress: "It's not easy, and I couldn't do it if I didn't passionately believe it was the right thing to do. You know, I have so many opportunities from this country. I just don't want to see us fall backward, you know?"

The steely voice - infamous for uttering profanities at staffers, state troopers and her Secret Service detail, bellowing at the Bush administration and Rush Limbaugh, and imitating a fiery Southern drawl - turned drippy: "You know, this is very personal for me. It's not just political; it's not just public. I see what's happening, and we have to reverse it." Insert heartfelt pauses and choke-ups as directed.

So long, feminist hero. Hello, weeping willow. Anyone who believes Hillary spontaneously teared up and got emotional on the campaign trail has been in a coma the last three decades..."

JFK said...well his speechwriters did at least..."ask NOT what your country can do for you, but what YOU can do for your country."

And all Hillary can think of is what the country has done for her. Even in a feigned moment of vulnerability, surrounded by the usual plants, all she could come up with is how much she has been given.

What precisely has she given back? She waltzed into NY amidst throngs of bodyguards and was proclaimed Senator, much the same way she barreled into the White House and was crowned First Lady. Simply because she was married to Bill Clinton. She is deserving of our highest office because she slandered and threatened all those women who said that Bill molested them, and THIS is her sole claim to fame.

Gotta love those Dems.

Pictured: Hillary Clinton, garbed in her Dress-Like-A-Vulcan un-designer pantsuit, out does Howard Dean with screeches heard 'round the world.