Sunday, April 29, 2007


Hillary Is Just Plain Old Hillary Clinton When She Is Running For President.

Of course when she sends information out to her New York constituents she is Hillary Rodham Clinton.

I make no bones about it. Hillary Clinton is not my favorite candidate. She is the only Democrat I might be tempted to cross party lines to vote against. This story is a perfect example of my problem with Hillary. The woman is 59 years old. She has been married to Bill for 32 years. She is a mother. She has been First Lady. She is the junior Senator from New York. She is very well educated. She is smart. For all of that, the woman isn't comfortable in her own skin. She just doesn't know who the hell she is.

She doesn't even know what to call herself. Somebody has polled New York and discovered that the "Rodham" helps her in that state. Somebody, maybe the same consultant, has polled the rest of the country and discovered that "Rodham" doesn't poll that well. She is "Hillary Rodham Clinton" for one audience and "Hillary Clinton" for another. How does she keep it all straight? As I said she is smart. Smart isn't good enough. All the Democratic candidates are smart.

In her name as in everything else, Hillary goes along with whatever the consultants tell her polls well. We voters have no idea what she really stands for or even if she stands for anything at all. Not an authentic bone in her body.