No Party to Pity - Clinton Continues Despite "Poor Hillary"
I'm not writing very much about Hillary these days, because is there anything fresh and new and interesting to say?Yes, there is. And Libby Copeland, a staff writer at the Washington Post, has found it in her commentary "Belittled Woman" in today's edition:
There is something about that woman -- that woman! -- that refuses to bend, and something about a large portion of this country that despises her for it. The person who once conjured a vast right-wing conspiracy now refuses to exit a race she's almost surely lost, and it Drives. People. Crazy.When I was in school, I was smart and a hard worker too. But I never dared run for class president (or any office beyond class secretary freshman year) because after losing once, I was too afraid to try again."Poor Hillary" is their response, an attempt at death by condescension. "Poor Hillary" means Clinton finally is being brought low (she is forever being brought low, isn't she?), the know-everything who tries so hard but never gets enough votes to be class president.
Say what you will about Clinton, but 'afraid' is not a word that seems to exist in the dictionary that defines her life.
No matter what you think about Clinton, read Copeland's commentary. See why what Hillary's doing may only be a gesture at this point, but an important one nonetheless. For her...and for the rest of us.
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Comments
I don’t think its a matter of “Poor Hillary”… with the movement this week with Obama’s focus on McCain, the endorsement of Edwards and the meeting with potential running mates (none of which are Hillary)… it probably has come down to “Irrelavent Hillary” The party has seemed to have moved on… leaving her kind of like Matthew Brady in the last act of “Inherit the Wind.”