Jan 11, 2008
It’s A Sad Day…
First news comes out that Sir Edmund Hillary has died at age 88.
Then I have to put mental effort into trying to determine if Hillary Clinton was genuinely choked up in New Hampshire, or if it was just a political stunt designed to make her look more human.
If she was truly choked up, then WTF is wrong with the media for hyping it to no end and speculating this way and that about what it meant and how it will help or hurt her?
If she wasn’t, and it was an act, then WTF is wrong with our politicians and the public which continues to buy their shit?
Either way, who the hell has the right to make fun of her?
If it was genuine, then I’m glad, and she really does look more human and concerned to me. I’m still not voting for her, but it’s great to know that she’s in it for the right reasons.
If it wasn’t genuine, then she’s a damn good actor and political strategist, and I think she’d do well in our current political climate. (And I’m still not voting for her.)
These politicians are out of touch with reality. I’m done with them, I’m going for whatever the guys digging dirt in the Holy Grail were doing. Anarcho-syndicalist…but that sounds to much Chomsky.
As to your next question, who can make fun of her, the answer is everybody. There is no more public stage in the world than candidate for president of the US. She or any of her peers deserves to drawn an quartered by the press, the satirists, and the blogosphere. She chose this.