HillarySpeak

Newsmax ^ | Friday, Nov. 21, 2003 | John LeBoutillier

[Maria S]

Let's have some fun and examine a few of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's statements out in Iowa last weekend as she emceed the big annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner for the Iowa Democratic Party.

Hillary's job was to speak and then introduce each of the eight presidential candidates. Of course she stole the spotlight - which is what she intended to do – while denying that she is running for president next year.

A clever technique: Deny you're running but act like a candidate, even going so far as to upstage the announced candidates.

OK, let's see what she said and then translate it into plain, simple English:

1) Hillary said: "The candidates are doing a pretty good job putting out a lot of positive messages on policies and programs that I'd like to see them get more attention for. That's something I'm encouraging them to do. It's important to fit the positive message into a broader, over-arching theme."

What she really means: None of these turkeys can hold a candle to me as either a star or as a policy expert. They are lost in the midst of Confederate flag controversies, misstatements about Iraq and confusion over Medicaid. They are so weak I can swoop in any time I like and outshine them all!

2) Hillary said of President Bush: "This is a president who did not have a mandate for this kind of radical agenda. He should have demonstrated more respect and even humility in light of that divided [2000] election, and instead they are driving a Mack truck through the American middle class."

Translated into English, that means: Gore really blew it by losing. That allowed the Republicans to undo all the new social programs Bill and I put in during the 1990s. When I get back in the White House I am going to make sure they can't cut anything ever again.

3) Hillary said: "You could reprise a lot of the '92 campaign and it would sound awfully fresh. Much of what this administration has done is undermine our ability to continue putting people first and encourage opportunity, responsibility and community – and to unify our country instead of driving these divisive ideological wedges. I believe we could do a much clearer job of articulating an alternative."

What she means is: I ran our 1992 campaign and it worked perfectly to get rid of the first President Bush. I can do it again and get rid of the second President Bush. None of these weak sisters knows how to beat the Bush Machine; I do. The Democrat Party – if they want to win – will come to me next spring and beg me to be the presidential nominee.

4) Hillary on her social agenda: "So, how do we get smarter and fresher in posing that alternative and making it clear that we're not just defenders of the status quo? We want to be looking for new ways to move the entire American enterprise forward."

What she really means: I will never rest until we have true European socialism in our government. The thing is, the media and the public are so damn easy to manipulate. I am going for cradle-to-the-grave coverage but will make it sound 'compassionate' and 'fair' by dumping on those 'greedy' corporate bastards who support Bush. If I call it 'the American enterprise,' I can then do anything I want. Just sound patriotic while instituting a true revolutionary agenda.

5) She said her "biggest critique of this administration is that they are mortgaging our future" with high deficits and more debt.

What this means is: Damn! The economy is improving and it may take away the best issue for defeating Bush next year. Who the hell really cares about debt? Hell, I love it!! That's what we finance every social program with. But we have to have something to attack Bush on. Just a sample of HillarySpeak.

Lesson learned? Do not believe a word she says.

[txhurl]

I'm afraid you forgot the BARF alert.

[Cicero]

Her first statement is the most remarkable. It doesn't even need interpretation, just a close read:

1) Hillary said: "The candidates are doing a pretty good job putting out a lot of positive messages on policies and programs that I'd like to see them get more attention for. That's something I'm encouraging them to do. It's important to fit the positive message into a broader, over-arching theme."

First, notice the typical clintonian "I . . . I . . . I"

Next, notice she says they are doing a "pretty good job." Talk about damning with faint praise.

"that's something I'd like to see them get more attention for." In other words, she's instructing the media to give them even more face time, while ignoring the President's major speeches. She isn't doing this to help them, but to give them overexposure and make sure none of them gets out ahead of the others.

"That's something I'm encouraging them to do." In other words, Hillary is the puppet master, and they need her instructions in order to know what to say. Otherwise they'd be at a complete loss.

[moodyskeptic]

Yes, the first Dem candidate who says to Hillary, I don't need, and didn't ask for, your encouragement, will shoot out front.

But I wouldn't sell him life insurance.

[whereasandsoforth]

Bush doesn't have a mandate but Clinton did? I do believe Bush received more votes than her sorry husband did in 1992 or 1996. Think big ears on little head. They call Bush "selected, not elected". Ha! Clinton was president by default. It was de'fault of all the mindless iggits that voted for Ears.

[putupon]