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Interesting goings on over at McGehee’s place.

Last couple days it’s been around 65 here during the day. Unusually warm. The new weather front came in this morning, with a thunderstorm packing 75MPH winds. You can imagine that power’s a little iffy, today.

In the comments for Bit’s New Hampshire post, Reader suggested that voters were moved by Mrs. Clinton’s crying act.  It the policy of this site to treat all episodes of the Clintons crying in public as suspect.  It called the Ron Brown Rule.  Matthew Yglesias, Atlantic, provides interesting collaboration for Reader’s theory.

Commenter Brian makes an observation“No one is talking about how the polls actually nailed Obama’s number. Obama didn’t lose this election. He stayed steady and Hillary surged ahead.” That seems to be true. Here’s a chart comparing the actual results to the most recent Pollster.com current standard estimate polling average

The pre-election polls nailed Barack Obama support.  The undecided voters, broke for Mrs. Clinton.  So what happened between the time the last polls and the actual votes, Mrs. Clinton cried.

Oh Bit please forgive me for what I am about to do.  Further anecdotal support provided by MoDo:

A woman gazing at the screen was grimacing, saying it was bad. Three guys watched it over and over, drawn to the “humanized” Hillary. One reporter who covers security issues cringed. “We are at war,” he said. “Is this how she’ll talk to Kim Jong-il?”

We haven’t given Mrs. Clinton much respect, and not that she deserves any.  however if Mrs. Clinton intends to cry her way to the White House, I will manage, somehow, to give Mrs. Clinton the respect she deserves.

Leaders don’t cry for themselves and Mrs. Clinton is no leader.

Aside: this could be one scary election come November, a charlatan preacher versus an hysterical woman.  How much is bus fare to Canada?

Hat Tip: Memeorandum.

McCain is up over Romney by seven, says Fox. Clinton’s up by 3% over Obama, but it’s too early to call at this writing.

An unprecedented eight years of on-the-job training in the White House? Ahem… Gloria? Can you say anything about the feminist issues entailed in a woman running for the presidency on her husband’s accomplishments? If not, you’re speaking as a Clinton partisan and not as someone who wants to seriously engage with feminism.

Ann Althouse.

• There’s apparently a video out showing those Iranian boats attacking US warships. No working links to the vid itself, yet.
• An Honorable Mention at the OTB Caption Contest. Hillary Clinton’s always a good target.
• Two folks talking at work today about that 150in Plasma TV Panasonic is showing off with at the CES…. “I wish I had a house big enough for one of those things.” “You kidding? You can’t afford the TV, anyway!” “No, I just want the house, ya know?”
• I see Yahoo is saying they got together with JetBlue and launched something they call Beta Blue. Apparently, Yahoo chat and email is available on their planes. Neat, really, but it got me to thinking that other mergers with JetBlue, might not have fared quite so well. Take Microsoft, as an example. They’d get together and promote the Blue Plane of Death. (BPOD). Not much of a sales tool.
• Don’t worry, Hillary, that your croc tears were not well taken. You’ll get it right eventually. Once you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it whipped. Just ask Bubba.
• HIllary’s new Campaign song: “It’s My Party” (And I’ll cry if I want to)
• I saw the increased news activity around Tom Cruise, the other day, and wonder what was up. Apparently, he’s the number two man at the Church of Scientology, now. Forgive me, if I fail to be impressed.
• For all the leftist screaming about the exclusion of Ron Paul from the debates last weekend, Duncan Hunter was excluded as well. Same reasons, too. Funny how he never gets even mentioned, much less defended on the same ground as the Paulbots have been arguing. Ever wonder why the logic applied to Paul never seem to get applied for anyone else?
• Turnout in New Hampshire is heavy… to the point where there is concern about running out of ballots.

The New Republic’s servers, apparently, are having some problems with the load this article on Ron Paul and his racist past (And present!) is generating.  You can understand why. And after reading it you can also understand why the Paulbots are in full cry.

Now, certainly a liberal paper like TNR is going to come out  on the idea that Paul is not leftist enough.  And yo9u can understand their position. But then again, the links they draw are nothing we’ve not drawn here at BitsBlog. I’ve openly wondered in the past how brittle his support was among leftists…. whose only affection for Paul only extended so far as he is supposedly a Republican who doesn’t like the War in Iraq.

Scratch a little deeper, and you find all the tell-tale signs of a bigot… signs that the left… who supports Ron Paul today, usually attributes to run of the mill Conservatives whom they invariably oppose. Interesting, how narrow their vision is on this stuff.

Margaret Carlson, on Mrs. Clinton’s tears and temper tantrums:

Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) — The Clintons have a steep hill to climb in New Hampshire. Like parents who know better, they have to convince voters that the guy they’ve fallen in love with isn’t good for them

Hat Tip:  Real Clear Politics.

Gloria Steinem gives the gender feminist moo of the day in the New York Times.

So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one? The reasons are as pervasive as the air we breathe: because sexism is still confused with nature as racism once was.

Well, there is far greater difference between the two sexes, male and female, note not gender masculine and feminine, than there are between the several races. Ignoring the basic fact than men are women are different will not make that fact go away. Does any rational person believe that but for socialization men and women are the same?

Steinem:

I’m supporting Senator Clinton because like Senator Obama she has community organizing experience, but she also has more years in the Senate, an unprecedented eight years of on-the-job training in the White House, no masculinity to prove, the potential to tap a huge reservoir of this country’s talent by her example, and now even the courage to break the no-tears rule

While Mrs. Clinton claims thirty-five years of experience, she has nothing to show for it. Mrs. Clinton’s experience has been limited to cattle futures and managing bimbo eruptions. Mrs. Clinton is trying to run for president on the achievements of her husband, such as they are. Occasionally sleeping with the president is not being president.

Who questions Mrs. Clinton’s masculinity?

How is doing a Tammy Wynette impersonation of standing by her worthless cad of a husband serve as any positive role model?. How does run for office on the strength of her husbands achievements serve a positive role model?

The country needs a leader as president, and Mrs. Clinton is no leader.

Addendum:

Just how relevant is Steinem?   Not very.   The following ttems were pulled from, but not linked to, the Rochester, NY Democrat & Chronicle.:

• Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban are expecting,”the couple are thrilled.”
• Elizabeth Hasslebeck took her newborn son, Taylor Thomas to work.  Hasslebeck refers to herself as ‘”the dairy queen.”
• Nancy Kerrigan and husband Jerry Soloman are expecting.   Soloman says “We are thrilled.”
• Finally, Halle Berry is expecting   She says:
  • “It is true that I am three times the girl I usually am, I have to say that there are some really wonderful things that come along with that.”

So who, Steinem or Berry et al is more representative of American womanhood?

Hume last night:

An inmate in the Pueblo County, Colorado jail who was injured during his second escape, is suing the county and several officials because the jail was not secure enough to prevent him from breaking out.

A local TV station reports Scott Anthony Gomez Jr. says he told the sheriff after his first brief escape that security was weak. But no improvements were made, so he tried it again. He says the cell doors in his maximum security wing were easy to open and he was able to loosen a tile in a shower ceiling because a guard did not check on him for an hour.

Gomez climbed through the ceiling, but then fell 40-feet while trying to scale the outside wall.

I wonder if the solution here isn’t being shot while trying to escape.

So, New Jersey has ‘apologized’ for slavery, says Michelle Malkin.

They’re not sorry for repealing the death penalty against the wishes of victims’ families of all races and backgrounds, but New Jersey lawmakers are offering an apology for slavery centuries ago:

New Jersey tonight joined a list of states that have apologized for slavery, after lawmakers overwhelming passed a resolution expressing the state’s regret. The resolution merely offers the Legislature’s opinion and would not require the governor’s signature. It would be recorded in the state annals of declarations. The resolution’s sponsor, Assemblyman William D. Payne (D., Newark), noted that New Jersey had 12,000 slaves and was the last Northern state to free them. Last night, New Jersey became the first Northern state to apologize. “This is an apology for their descendants . . . and all mankind,” he said.

Michelle calls it ‘misplaced priorities’. I’m not sure I agree. See, I guess that depends on  what your goals are as a government. New Jersey Democrats have long since signaled that their goals are not those of New Jersey’s people… and yet, they keep electing Democrats.

Addendum:  (David L)

Funny, but I thought Al Gore’s Internet reached into New Jersey.    For if it did, the politicians would have known that they had no need to apologize for slavery.    They, along with me, Bit and all Europesns, have been forgiven, by Doctor Walter E. Williams.  I have the certificate.

Doctor Thomas Sowell is always a great read. Today’s no exception. (Real Clear Politics)

By far the best presentation as a candidate, among all the candidates in both parties, is that of Barack Obama. But if he actually believes even half of the irresponsible nonsense he talks, he would be an utter disaster in the White House.

Among the Democrats, the choice between John Edwards and Barack Obama depends on whether you prefer glib demagoguery in its plain vanilla form or spiced with a little style and color.

The choice between both of them and Hillary Clinton depends on whether you prefer male or female demagoguery.

Heh.

Among the Republicans, there are misgivings about the track record of each of the candidates, especially those who have shown what Thorstein Veblen once called “a versatility of convictions.”

There are fewer reasons for misgivings about Fred Thompson’s track record in the Senate but more reason to be concerned about what his unfocused and lackluster conduct of his campaign might portend for his performance in the White House.

When it comes to personal temperament, Governor Romney would rate the highest for his even keel, regardless of what events are swirling around him, with Rudolph Giuliani a close second.

Temperament is far more important for a President than for a candidate. A President has to be on an even keel 24/7, for four long years, despite crises that can break out anywhere in the world at any time.

John McCain trails the pack in the temperament department, with his volatile, arrogant, and abrasive know-it-all attitude. His track record in the Senate is full of the betrayals of Republican supporters that have been the party’s biggest failing over the years and its Achilles heel politically.

That pretty well sums it.

Read the whole thing, though. Doctor Sowell’s writings always have a flavor to them to be savored.

In reading this bit last night from ABC’s blogs, I got to thinking a bit more about this Hillary Clinton tear festival we were all treated to repeatedly, yesterday.

Let’s look at the quotes from that scene:

“It’s not easy, it’s not easy, and I couldn’t do it if I just didn’t passionately believe it was the right thing to do,” she said.

“I have so many opportunities for this country. I don’t want to see us all fall back,” she said, her voice breaking in the last phrase.

“This is very personal for me,” she said to supportive applause from the small gathering, at which she’d been discussing policy around a table for an hour. “It’s not just political, it’s not just public — I see what’s happening. We have to reverse it.”

“Some people think elections are a game — it’s about who’s up and who’s down,” she said. “It’s about our country’s future, it’s about our kids’ future — it’s really about all of us together.”

“And some of us put ourselves out there and do this against some pretty difficult odds, and we do it, each one of us, because we care about our country,” she said.

So, let me understand this more clearly; Does Hillary Clinton really think that Barrack Obama, a fellow liberal Democrat, isn’t going to come up with the kind of liberal judges, laws and tax policy she would? In reality, you can’t fit water between them. So why the tears?

Look, gang, here it is. In the end, there’s only one difference between Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton: He’s not her. She’s not crying for the future of her country, she’s crying for HER. This is all about HER.

Also blogging: Sister Toldjah

Addendum: (David L)

All about Mrs. Clinton, or all about a third term for B.J.? I am inclined to say the latter. I have already suggested that Mrs. Clinton is crying because B.J. told her that it would be easy.

We know this. The Clinton’s can manufacture tears on clues, think Ron Brown’s funeral, and they will stage anything, think plants. Is this anything more than just another Clinton staged performance? I think not.

To put the events in a little street lingo, Michelle is having none of it.

What I will have none of is the inane notion that B.J. Clinton is some kind of political genius. No Clinton has ever won a majority in any national election. The Clintons are on the south side of Al Gore when it comes to political genius.

Addendum: (Bit)

Granted, all of it, David. And I do not doubt the performance was staged. In fact, I’ll state flatly that it was.

But to understand my point you have to remember how self-centered I think each of them,( her in particular)  to be.  Hillary Clinton thinks to this day it’s all about her, in my view. But how did she get here? Based on her married name.  That’s something she can’t admit to even to herself, and so she figures it’s all about her.  (Which is why, in passing, this is such a laugh, watching the gender Feminists dance all around these issues)

Understand further, please, that had she any actual accomplishments, Mrs. Clinton would be faring much better in the primaries.  The fact is, she has none… as she tacitly admitted, a few weeks ago when she was forced into embracing Bill Clinton’s record as her own.

No matter which way the Democrats look at it, by the polling data, the attractions of her running on her own record, and the attractions of giving Bubba a third term, are equally laughable.

Understand me clearly, here. This election, as I mentioned last night, is NOT about ‘change’… that much used and much abused word, that nobody, particularly those over-using it, seem to have a working definition for.  If it were, Obama wouldn’t be in the picture. His policies are carbon copies of Hillary Clinton. You can’t fit water between the two of them.  More of the same with a different skin color does not constitute ‘change’. Sorry, it just doesn’t.

For the Democrats,  this election is about getting getting someone espousing liberal mantra, whom they can actually trust… and the trust factor isn’t there when the Clinton’s names get mentioned.

Addendum:  (David L)

Ego thy name is Clinton    So which Clinton, B..J. or Mrs,, has the bigger ego.   That is bit like saying which is colder, the Arctic or the Antarctic.  

While Mrs. Clinton has a massive ego, B.J.’s ego is even bigger.   Mrs. Clinton has on occasion, think Gennifer Flowers, has taken one for her husband.  B.J. has never taken one for his wife.   In fact, B.J.’s hobby seems to be humiliating his wife in public.   Has Mrs. Clinton ever returned the favor, in public?

A large part of the problem with Mrs. Clinton’s campaign is that she can not control what B.J. says    While  Mrs. Clinton is crying,  B.J. is saying how tough she is.   Mrs. Clinton is disparately trying to keep the black vote from Barack Obama and her husband is saying that Mrs. Clinton is tougher that Nelson Mandella.

While Mrs. Clinton has no charm, Mr. Clinton simply does not know when to shut up.    It all about Bill. always has.

A couple dead, 64/40 is closed in St Louis, says KMOX.

The Toronto Sun yesterday contains an article you should read if you’re taking the Kyoto nonsense seriously.