Friday, April 11, 2008

Hillary's Punks

Does Hillary surround herself with girly men?
Sidney Blumenthal
There's an old joke about the salesman who makes a call on a purchasing agent he detests.   "Oh, I'm sorry," says the receptionist, "but Mr. Jones passed away yesterday."  The fellow leaves, but the next day is back again asking for Mr. Jones. "I'm so sorry, but Mr. Jones passed away Sunday morning," replies the receptionist.   Next day, he's back again asking to see Jones.  Now the receptionist is tired of it all.

"Look, I know you feel the loss of Mr. Jones deeply, but I told you Monday that he died, and again on Tuesday, and here you are again.  He's dead.  Accept it," she responds.

Oh, I know he's dead.  I just enjoy hearing you say it. 

That's why I'm posting this excerpt from Camille Paglia's  "Hillary's slick willies," in which she answers reader questions. 
 I would like to get your feedback on the subject of those who end up in Hillary's orbit. Can you conceive of a strong, leader-type male  ever working under her? An alpha, if you will. And if the answer is no, then why do you think that is?

The men you always see under her are to a person passive-aggressive, sadistic, mean, little, petty beta-male pieces of work who would not naturally succeed in a common male-type hierarchy. By that I mean an environment that values straightforward achievement rather than the darker political arts.

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What kind of person would go to work for a Clinton in the first place? A naive true-believer? Everyone knows what they would be getting into: constant war rooms, personal attacks, spin, daily damage control, a boss prone to temper tantrums, placing your own integrity out on the ledge as a shill for a fundamentally dishonest person. I would argue that nobody who hasn't already sold their soul years ago would ever want to be a part of that mess.

Your thoughts?

Chris Richard
Agoura Hills, Calif.
Read Camille's answer here, or listen below as Limbo reads it.   See what I mean?  It's all just too delicious.


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

That was a nice fileting by Paglia and her commenter. Blumenthal looks like he's wearing a merkin. On his head.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick

ricpic said...

What spoils it all for me is that Paglia seems to have a mildly positive view of Obama, to the point of having made a small contribution to his campaign. I'll never understand the Democratic mind.

DBrooks17 said...

BTW, it's been largely ignored, but Blumenthal was arrested and charged with aggravated DWI. He was drunk, and driving 70 in a 30mph zone. Of course, he got a slap on the wrist because the citing police officer was shipped off to Iraq prior to the trial. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Anonymous said...

Not mant people know what a merlin is Lt Col.
Tim

Anonymous said...

Eh - merlin, merkin, whatever, if we make 'em look one up once in a while, then we're improving the level of literacy and discourse, worldwide. It's a Good Thing.
Lt. Col. gen. Tailgunner dick

Anonymous said...

I meant merkin. My fat finger did it.
Tim

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