PULL…OUT…NOW!
Writing by treason on Monday, 29 of January , 2007 at 12:41 pm
Yes, it’s Code Pink again. Women can shout “pull out” all they want, but it would really serve them better to adopt a philosophy that would make that particular phrase completely unnecessary. Women can gripe about the government wanting to control their bodies, but I’ve always thought females would be further ahead if they could just learn to control their own for a change. But that’s not what Code Pink was yapping about over the weekend. Their “pull out” message was directed at those candidates running for the presidency in 2008, especially - as they pointed out - to Hillary Rodham Clinton. I guess they were referring to our troops, but I was hoping they were saying that about the majority of ‘08 candidates. You know who you are - please stop wasting time and money and pull out of the race before you embarrass yourselves any more than necessary.
The message I really wanted to hear from the weekend was from the “undercovered” conservative summit, so I tuned into Rush, hoping he’d have some bits of speeches or discussions that weren’t reported in the news. Instead he played our national anthem, sung by the Senator from New York. Yeah, yeah, I’d heard that, too, when I watched her in Iowa, but I didn’t want to criticize her vocal skills because, let’s face facts, not all of us are Judy Garland.
Still, my concern about Des Moines was what wasn’t coming out of Hillary’s mouth, and I’d mentioned that here on Saturday. What’s getting the coverage, though, is her line:
“What in my background equips me to deal with bad and evil men?”
Of course, everyone was reminded of her husband’s inability to keep himself in his pants. Maybe it’s prehistoric, but one reason I can’t take Hillary seriously or respect her is that I’m a huge fan of monogamy, and there is no way I would tolerate infidelity. Happily, I’ve found a partner who feels the same way and it goes without saying that if either one of us is intimate with another, the relationship (sixteen years so far) is over. Yes, I know it’s old-fashioned, but I still send greeting cards, too. Sue me.
Knowing that Laura Ingraham was actually at the summit, I tuned into her show (it’s just criminal that Rush and Laura are on at the same time), but she was focusing on the anti-war rally on the Mall. I’d had enough of that on C-SPAN over the weekend so, after an hour or so, I switched back to Rush. He was singing. Rush, I’ve already rewritten the lyrics to “They Call the Wind Maria,” regarding John “They Call the Windsurfer Pariah” Kerry here many times on The V.O.T., but thanks for the effort.
I just wanted to hear something from Jeb and Mitt. Oh - I did hear from Rudy Giuliani over the weekend because C-SPAN was kind enough to offer something other than Hillary in Iowa and Bill in New York at the book party for Terry McAuliffe. It was Rudy in New Hampshire. Got to hand it to the mayor - he’s always interesting to listen to, and he has a sense of humor. His best lines were about a Republican actually being elected as mayor of New York. How did that happen? His answer: They were desperate. It sounds like a funny line, but it was, unfortunately, the truth. I visited the city when Giuliani was mayor, after years of wanting to see it but believing that I probably never would. Like I’ve said here before, I generally felt more comfortable - safer - walking around New York than I ever did walking around San Francisco, Oakland, or even parts of San Jose. Pointing out that he was the first Republican mayor in twenty-five years, he got a good response when he added that he was the first in fifty years who actually stayed a Republican. He’s warm, he’s animated, he’s spontaneous, and he’s optimistic.
What I did hear from the conservative summit was a desire for a Reagan - an optimist. Everyone’s running around trying to sound like Reagan and convince us that they’re Reagan reincarnated, but Giuliani is actually talking about optimism. Not a bad message. Unlike Hillary, he was also talking about the threat of terrorism, tax reform, and tort reform - my three T’s. (When was the last time you heard someone even say “tort reform?”)
Mike Huckabee’s “exploring” officially as of today, and that’s good to hear. I know Mitt Romney spoke at the summit and reaction was mixed. Jeb seemed to get the best response from the conservative crowd, but then, like Barbara Bush, Jeb was always our favorite Bush kid, too. Didn’t sound like he scored points on immigration, but he was sound on other issues and had some good lines of his own, like: “I’m not going to criticize the President of the United States.” But more important was his advice to “stop moping.” And “Don’t act like Democrats. It does not work.” He advised boldness, reform.
Add those to the list: Optimism, reform, boldness. So, okay, everyone was out flapping their gums over the weekend, but I have to give the award for best line to Brit Hume. The panel on FOX News Sunday was discussing John Kerry’s remarks in Davos, and Bill Kristol was particularly offended, pointing out that when he was away from home, in places like Europe, he didn’t badmouth the country or the Clinton administration. Brit was quick:
“…is it really fair to John Kerry, to argue Bill, that when he’s in Switzerland he’s away from home?”
Good one.
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