ultramandingo
12-03-2006, 12:26 PM
[BAD SIGNAL] Snakepit 2008
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WARREN ELLIS
So the word is that Hillary Clinton is
now sounding out supporters for
a 2008 Presidential bid. I thought
she was smarter than that. If she
runs, those of us who treat US
presidential politics as a spectator
sport are going to be treated to
a snakepit fight unlike anything
since '72. There's not even a
guarantee she'll lock the Democratic
nom. Evan Bayh can call on old, old
Democratic powers: his father
wrote two Amendments, was the
principal behind the ERA and saved
Ted Kennedy's life. There's another
good story in there -- as I've said,
Americans like their political stories
-- Bayh Sr was going to run in 72,
eventually ran in 76 and was
defeated for the nom by Jimmy
Carter, losing his governorship some
ten years later to a maggoty
right-wing political hack called Dan
Quayle. If Hillary and Evan Bayh
both run for the nom, then Barack
Obama almost begins to look like
a uniting force.
Thank God there's comedy relief
coming. On the left, John Kerry is
talking about running, and on the
right, Newt Gingrich, now plainly
crazier than a monkey fucking a
lion, is also considering a run. Which,
if it happens, will be the greatest
political suicide in years. I mean
equivalent to someone setting
themselves on fire in the middle
of town at rush-hour.
Someone once asked Newt what the
hardest part of his struggle against
Bill Clinton was. Astonishingly for a
pro pol speaking on the record, he
said it was face-to-face meetings.
Apparently Bill's great personal
charisma made Newt's knees give
way. "I melt," he cooed. This man
wants to run for President.
This is going to be my favourite
campaign year since Bush/Clinton.
I mean, Clinton/Dole was funny.
But this one promises to have it all.
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WARREN ELLIS
So the word is that Hillary Clinton is
now sounding out supporters for
a 2008 Presidential bid. I thought
she was smarter than that. If she
runs, those of us who treat US
presidential politics as a spectator
sport are going to be treated to
a snakepit fight unlike anything
since '72. There's not even a
guarantee she'll lock the Democratic
nom. Evan Bayh can call on old, old
Democratic powers: his father
wrote two Amendments, was the
principal behind the ERA and saved
Ted Kennedy's life. There's another
good story in there -- as I've said,
Americans like their political stories
-- Bayh Sr was going to run in 72,
eventually ran in 76 and was
defeated for the nom by Jimmy
Carter, losing his governorship some
ten years later to a maggoty
right-wing political hack called Dan
Quayle. If Hillary and Evan Bayh
both run for the nom, then Barack
Obama almost begins to look like
a uniting force.
Thank God there's comedy relief
coming. On the left, John Kerry is
talking about running, and on the
right, Newt Gingrich, now plainly
crazier than a monkey fucking a
lion, is also considering a run. Which,
if it happens, will be the greatest
political suicide in years. I mean
equivalent to someone setting
themselves on fire in the middle
of town at rush-hour.
Someone once asked Newt what the
hardest part of his struggle against
Bill Clinton was. Astonishingly for a
pro pol speaking on the record, he
said it was face-to-face meetings.
Apparently Bill's great personal
charisma made Newt's knees give
way. "I melt," he cooed. This man
wants to run for President.
This is going to be my favourite
campaign year since Bush/Clinton.
I mean, Clinton/Dole was funny.
But this one promises to have it all.
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