Hillary vs. The Coffee Maker

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Clinton vs. Obama Deathmatch

How the Irish See It

Hillary was on CNN awhile back claiming she “helped bring peace to Northern Ireland”. Seems as that isn’t quite the case. From The Belfast Telegraph columnist Lindy McDowell. Make sure you read the last part of the op/ed. Heh.

The comedian Spike Milligan once published an autobiographical work about his Army service in World War II entitled Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall. Spike, it goes without saying, was playing for laughs.

Not so Hillary Clinton, who as part of her current campaign for the Democratic nomination in the US has staked her own claim to fame in the always contentious field of foreign conflict resolution.

The Northern Ireland Troubles: My Part in Sorting Out That Lot.

As Hillary herself put it during a recent interview on CNN: “I helped to bring peace to Northern Ireland.”

Beat that Barack Obama.

Hillary Clinton - Ireland’s Dalai O’Lama.

The role Hillary played in our peace process was, it seems, low-key, so low-key, in fact, that David Trimble, who jointly won the Nobel Prize for, er, helping bring peace to Northern Ireland can’t quite remember it.

Lord Trimble, as he now is, says that frankly she had no direct role in the process and that she is a “wee bit silly” for exaggerating her input.

Scathingly he adds: “She visited when things were happening, saw what was going on, she can certainly say it was part of her experience. I don’t want to rain on the thing for her but being a cheerleader for something is slightly different from being a principal player.”

Ouch!

In fairness, it should be pointed out that Lord Trimble’s fellow Nobel winner John Hume has countered: “She played a positive role for over a decade in helping to bring peace to Northern Ireland. She visited Northern Ireland, met with very many people and gave very decisive support to the peace process.” The thing is - “visiting Northern Ireland”, “meeting with very many people” and giving “very decisive support” - just about every touring celeb and his or her granny could claim that.

In fact, I can’t recall a single visiting head of state, spouse of visiting head of state, pop singer, actress, potential investor or fading soap star who dropped in during that period, who did not show ‘very decisive support’ for peace. Let’s face it, they were unlikely to argue against it.

Hillary, however, would seem to infer she went a bit beyond mere cheerleading.

In her autobiography she describes a meeting at a cafe on the Lower Ormeau hosted by the late Joyce McCartan and attended by representatives from women’s groups from both sides of the community.

Nothing new there, of course. Contacts between such groups have long been the norm here. Although an outsider mightn’t guess that, the way Hillary tells it €

“I remember a meeting that I pulled together in Belfast, in the town hall there, bringing together for the first time Catholics and Protestants from both traditions, having them sitting a room where they had never been before with each other … “

I know. Don’t laugh.

I remember the visit to the cafe (town hall!) well. It was what’s known in the business as a photo opportunity. Something to keep the presidential spouse occupied while the actual office bearer was getting down to business.

It was a short, staged event ‘pulled together’ by local organisers. Amid all the security men and Press photographers it was hardly conducive to real business.

Instead, a bit like David Beckham’s recent trip to Africa to play footie with small children thus raising the awareness of UNICEF’s role there, the point of the cafe visit was to underline the good work already being done here. Cheerleading just about sums it up.

Ironically, drawing attention to past Clinton visits, only raises the spectre of an episode Hillary might prefer to forget.

When Bill arrived here in 1998 it was claimed in some quarters that the trip had rather conveniently helped him escape media attention back in the US where L’Affaire Lewinsky was then at its height.

If she’s what really drove him here, shouldn’t Monica also be eligible for peace-processing honours?

It’s no less tenuous than Mrs Clinton’s claim for credit.

Your piece in our peace?

As the intern might have said, you were close Hillary…

But no cigar.

Can that family ever tell the truth about anything?

How They Voted

Barack Hussein Obama and Hillary Diane Clinton voted against extending the “Bush Tax Cuts”. McCain voted to extend the cuts.

Guess what the result of that is?

If you’re making $31,850 (individual) or $63,700 (as a couple), your rates will go up once the tax cuts expire. The Dem Presidential candidates consider you rich, and we certainly can’t have that in their version of America.

Quote of the Day

From Rush’s show earlier today…

“Bill and Hillary are seething because the mainstream press is treating them like Republicans.”

LMAO

This Could Be Interesting

Looks like Team Clinton isn’t in the mood to respect the will of the voters. Check this out over at Politico.

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign intends to go after delegates whom Barack Obama has already won in the caucuses and primaries if she needs them to win the nomination.

This strategy was confirmed to me by a high-ranking Clinton official on Monday. And I am not talking about superdelegates, those 795 party big shots who are not pledged to anybody. I am talking about getting pledged delegates to switch sides.

What? Isn’t that impossible? A pledged delegate is pledged to a particular candidate and cannot switch, right?

Like I said, this could be interesting.

Remember the Main Platform of the Dems

I’ve said it before but it’s worth restating. Remember the platform of the Dems.

1. We’ve got everything it takes to take everything you have; and,
2. Is what we’re doing good for America and Americans? We don’t care!

If you don’t believe me, take a look at what Hillary wants to do to YOUR wages.

WASHINGTON - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she might be willing to garnish the wages of workers who refuse to buy health insurance to achieve coverage for all Americans.

If someone tried this on the street, it would be called armed robbery.

Two Messages

The Wall Street Journal is carrying two large op-ed pieces; one written by the Hildebeast and the other by advisors to Obamarama.

Hildebeast here.

Obamarama here.

A few comments. The message in the Obama piece is just about the same as all of his campaign speeches. Change, future, no plan or details on how all these great ideas are going to be implemented or paid for. Frankly, this is the hyperbole I’ve come to expect from the left….”vote for me!!! I have great ideas!!! You’ll have to elect me to see what they are.”

From Hillary…again the same stuff from her speeches. Grand ideas financed by the government with no mention of how she plans to pay for all this fairy godmother-like largesse. Well, we all know how she’s going to pay for it…..if you make more than $20,000/year, she’s going to take all of it in taxes.

One other thing that’s common to both pieces is that they blame it all on Bush. (Obama in the third paragraph, Hillary in the sixth). Someone ought to tell them Bush isn’t up for re-election.

Let’s Play the Dictionary Game

If you look up gutless or coward in the dictionary, this is what you will see.

What a gutless punk.

What’s the Over/Under on How Long This Will Last

Looks like The Hildebeast and Obamarama are seeking a truce.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y. ) tried Monday night to defuse a conflagration over race sparked by remarks she made about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King last week.

The comment prompted an angry back and forth between people in her camp and those aligned with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), her leading opponent for their party’s presidential nomination.

Clinton issued an unusual statement calling for “common ground” after the dispute simmered for days.

“We differ on a lot of things. And it is critical to have the right kind of discussion on where we stand. But when it comes to civil rights and our commitment to diversity, when it comes to our heroes — President John F. Kennedy and Dr. King — Sen. Obama and I are on the same side,” she said in a statement released Monday night.

Less formally and shortly before, Obama also asked supporters not to further stoke the feud.

The dispute has dragged in civil rights leaders in South Carolina, where Democrats hold their primary a week from Saturday. [...]

I predict this “truce” will last about a month. Especially if Obamarama beats Hillary in the upcoming primaries. This could be fun to watch.