Tag: Clinton

Hillary Clinton is a brilliant woman with total command of domestic and foreign policy, which is why it’s been particularly painful over the past two months watching her pander to poll-tested issues like this stupid gas tax holiday. And, seriously, she really needs to stop using “elite” as a pejorative — first because it degrades language (if “elite” doesn’t necessarily describe the most powerful office in the world, then it no longer means “elite”), and second because SHE LIVED IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR EIGHT YEARS. Her efforts to exclude herself from “the elite” is an embarrassment to her intelligence and experience. She’s starting to sound an awful lot like a Republican.

I’m in a quoting/linking mood today. From a great post at Daily Kos:

The question, Senator Clinton, is have you learned anything? Have you learned that to authorize war is always a last resort, not a first, or seventh, or seven times seventh. Have you learned that it’s not okay to allow fear — including fear for your career in politics — to herd you along with the crowd. Have you learned that good judgment isn’t just avoiding error. It’s acknowledging that an error has been made and working promptly to correct it.