The Secretary Snaps
Ubiquitous
writes Alice Fishburn of London's Times. "Forced into dutiful wife mode by a
seemingly sexist question, she firmly removed herself in ten little words: �My
husband is not the Secretary of State. I am.' "
Fishburn is the only person cheering on Mrs. Clinton's outburst, which doesn't
sound that bad when you read about it but looks bizarre when you watch the
video. She gestures wildly and, pointing aggressively at the audience member
who asked the question (a Congolese student), says snappishly, "I'm not going
to be channeling my husband."
CNN reports the question, which Mrs. Clinton heard as asking what "Mr.
Clinton" thinks of something or other, apparently was mistranslated. The
student, it seems, asked what Mr. _Obama_ thinks.
You can see why this is a sensitive subject for the secretary. Many women have
advanced in politics and other fields on their own, but she has not. She won
her Senate seat on the strength of her association with her husband--which
included acting as a partisan attack dog on his behalf when he was
accused--accurately, as it turned out--of carrying on a sexual relationship
with a woman half his age. Thus she owes her prominence not only to her
husband, but to her very public sexual humiliation at his hands.
The Associated Press headlines a story on the Congo incident, "US Official
Gropes to Explain Clinton's Outburst."
Speaking of his hands!
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It's now time for healing, and for fixing the damage the Democrats did
to America.