No One Dare Criticize Hillary Clinton!! By Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
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By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
February 21, 2007 -- 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 Hilary, 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,"
Geffen also call Bill Clinton "a reckless guy" who "gave his enemies a
lot of ammunition to hurt him and to distract the country."
Hillary was outraged at what she called these 'vicious' and 'personal'
attacks against her and her husband by Geffen.
Vicious? Those comments were vicious?
Yes, to Hillary, they were. So, the Clinton camp wasted no time in
trotting out Howard Wolfson to once again defend the honor of the
heiress apparent and call for Geffen's head. This time even an apology
wouldn't be enough: Hillary demanded that Obama dump Geffen and return
the $1.3 million that he raised for Obama because of Geffen's negative
comments about the frontrunner and her husband.
That would make things a lot easier for Hillary, wouldn't it? In the
world according to Hillary, there's no place in politics for anyone
who doesn't love her and Bill.
Unfortunately for Hillary, Obama doesn't seem to be shaking in his
boots. In response to Hillary's tirade, his campaign pointed out her
hypocrisy and ignored her ridiculous demands. Obama's spokesman
pointedly refused to get in the middle of a Clinton- Geffen war.
"It is ironic that the Clintons had no problem with David Geffen when
he was raising the $18 million and sleeping at their invitation in the
Lincoln bedroom.
...It is also ironic that Senator Clinton lavished praise on Monday and
is fully willing to accept today the support of South Carolina Senator
Robert Ford who said if Barack Obama were to win the nomination, he
would drag down the rest of the Democratic Party because he's black."
(Remember Ford: he's the guy that signed a $200,000 contract with the
Clinton campaign right before he endorsed Hillary)
Hillary has never been tolerant of open political debate if that means
people can legitimately criticize or publicly disagree with her. Now
she's become even more dogmatic, arrogantly believing that her
frontrunner status is tantamount to a coronation. She seems to believe
that it is an act of war for a fellow democrat to even challenge her
for the nomination. If they disagree with her, they need to be
punished and sent to their room.
Watch for more of this imperial behavior. It's her trademark and it
will be the signature of a Hillary Clinton presidency. She learned a
thing or two from Richard Nixon.
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