Lords of the Transition Team (Mark Steyn)

National Review Online ^ | August 2, 2013 | Mark Steyn

[neverdem]

Our leadership class’s real accomplishment is résumé padding.

Let us put aside, as he so rarely does, Anthony Weiner’s spambot penis, and consider his wife and putative first lady. By universal consent, Huma Abedin is “smart, accomplished” (the Guardian), “whip-smart” (The Week), “accomplished” (Time), “smart and accomplished” (the Daily News) — oh, and did I mention “accomplished” (Forbes)?

So, if she’s so smart, what has she accomplished? Let us put aside her Muslim Brotherhood family background — let us put it aside in the same corner as Anthony Weiner’s infidel penis, the Muslim Brotherhood being one of the few things on the planet rising even more spectacularly than Anthony. Instead, consider merely the official résumé. Huma Abedin’s present employment is as “head of Hillary Clinton’s transition team.” Mrs Clinton, you may recall, was once secretary of state. This was way back in January. Since then, she has been “transitioning away from government to become more involved in her family’s charitable foundation.” You can’t make a “transition” without a “transition team.” Well, not in America. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands recently abdicated and managed to transition away from being queen back to the non-queen sector without benefit of a “transition team.” But it would be entirely unreasonable to expect U.S. cabinet officials to attempt the same tricky maneuver...

[zeugma]

If people really thought about how the ruling class in this country carries on, we’d burn Washington DC to the ground. It looks like the Clintons, being world-class grifters themselves, have surrounded themselves with similar ilk.

[GOPJ]

...recently broke the exclusive news that Ms. Abedin is taking “extended vacation time from her job.” This is not because the Clintons are naturally revolted at having their good name sullied by association with a sick pervert and his creepy enabling wife, but because, as you eventually discover if you plough deep into Miss Haberman’s story...

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[spodefly]

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[Steve0113]

I don’t remember Mark’s ever being this funny. I made the mistake of trying to eat lunch while I read this column. Bad move.

[dead]

The perfect column.

[TheOldLady]

Thank you for the ping. Steyn’s rapier hit the commie rat b*****ds’ hearts that time.

[GeronL]

Steyn is one of the best

[Servant of the Cross]

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Steyn is masterful. So many instances of his biting wit to note .... here's two:

He was reported by his ever reliable New York Times stenographer Adam Nagourney ...

Mrs. Clinton flew a million miles — to “reset” our relationship with Russia, and lead from behind in the Arab Spring. This weekend, America’s embassies in Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, and a bunch of other places will be shut down because everybody hates us. Meanwhile, Putin has embraced the first American defector to Moscow in decades, and is all but egging Obama to pull out of the G20 Summit and the insufficiently LGBT-friendly Russian Olympics. As Hillary in her more reflective moments must surely wonder about those million miles, “What difference, at this point, does it make?”

[Gritty]

Great Steyn!

[Steve0113]

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