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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann :: Townhall.com Columnist
No one dare criticize Hillary Clinton
by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
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There’s a new mortal sin in American politics: criticizing Hillary Clinton.

Nobody’s allowed to do it.

Certainly none of her opponents. If they dare to, Hillary sends in one of her boys, who practically accuses them of being un-American.

In January, without ever mentioning Hillary’s name and before she was even a candidate, John Edwards dared to express the view that silence on the Iraq War was “betrayal.” Ignoring the substance of Edwards’ speech, Clinton gun slinger Howard Wolfson immediately shot from the hip, attacking him for waging a negative campaign:

“In 2004, John Edwards used to constantly brag about running a positive campaign. Today, he has unfortunately chosen to operate his campaign with political attacks on Democrats who are fighting the Bush administration’s Iraq policy.”

If you like the idea of censorship of critical political speech, you’ll love Hillary Clinton as President.

To Hillary, open political discourse apparently means that her opponents and their surrogates are free to compliment her. If they do otherwise, it’s off with their heads.

Not even supporters of Hillary’s opponents are allowed to disparage her. If they do, the wrath of Hillary surfaces and it is not a pretty sight.

The latest sinner is Hollywood superstar David Geffen. Geffen used to be an avid supporter of the Clintons – he raised over $18 million for them in the past. But no more. Now the Dreamworld founder is backing Obama – and he’s not afraid to say so.

That’s why Hillary wants him banished to political Siberia.

Geffen gave an interview to New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. Here’s a few tidbits from him that apparently rankled Hillary:

“...I don’t think that another incredibly polarizing figure, no matter how smart she is and no matter how ambitious she is — and God knows, is there anybody more ambitious than Hillary Clinton? — can bring the country together.”

“Obama is inspirational, and he’s not from the Bush royal family or the Clinton royal family. “

“It’s not a very big thing to say, ‘I made a mistake’ on the war, and typical of Hillary Clinton that she can’t,” Continued...
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Morris, a former political adviser to Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and President Bill Clinton, is the author of Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race. To get all of Dick Morris’s and Eileen McGann’s columns for free by email, go to www.dickmorris.com
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Feb 24, 2007 - 10:03 AM EST
Subject: well said Janet from Tucson
Slick Willie and Shrillary are indeed a well-matched pair... they are equally, shamelessly amoral-- without a moral compass whatsover.

Politics is a strange game... nobody remembers that Ross Perot really got Slick elected [in a two-man race, daddy Bush would have been re-elected]. Then, ironically, the public so repudiated "Hillary care" socialism in '94 that a Republican wave came to Congress and forced Slick to move right, which helped him beat too old/no real message Dole. It was then Republican-driven spending restraint, welfare reform, and emphasis on crime control that helped re-elect Slick and that he would later claim credit for as personal achievements.

Then Shrillary parlayed Slick's serial philandering into a Senate seat! Even a liberal analyst opined: never before has an aggrieved woman turned it into a U.S. Senate seat!
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Date: Feb 23, 2007 - 7:28 PM EST
Hillary
Left Angle writes: Thursday, February, 22, 2007 12:11 PM
Repub/Con Obsession with Sen. Clinton
Is starting to reach levels of mass hysteria that was associated with her husband, former President clinton. Most of it is being fueled by jealosy and envy. Right wingers would trade places with her in minute if they had the chance.

Truth be told Sen. Clinton itimidates repubs/cons just as her husband did. the bottom line is she is a formidable politician with a ton of money and a political machine behind her, not to mention one of the most brilliant politicians/strategist of modern times in her corner former President Bill Clinton.
They KNOW how to defeat Republicans

I am from Arkansas originally. I am intimately aware of Bill and Hillary Clinton's political track record. I despise Bill Clinton. He is what was known in our neck of the woods as "white trash." It has nothing to do with money and everything to do with character. I detest Hillary but the only way she scares me is that she would be such a disaster as a president that it would set women in politics back by generations. She,as her husband, has no character. They are a perfectly matched pair in that factor. This woman stayed married to a serial adulterer who has continued to slip around one her. She reminds me of the old joke about the rich guy goes up to a beautiful woman. "Would you go to bed with me for $1 million?" She blushes, pauses and says, "Yes." Then he says, "Would you go to bed with for $50?" She glared at him. "What do you think I am??" He answered, "We've established what you are. Now we're just dickering over the price."



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