E Pluribus Unum

Mark details Wolcott's post on Hillary below; but something else struck me from his (Wolcott's) words:

Just this morning Chris Matthews compared [Clinton] to Madame DeFarge, and she's been pelted so frequently with the words "cold" and "frigid" that it's a wonder she hasn't developed snowburn.

What is it with Chris Matthews and Hillary Clinton? My guess is that his wife (writer Maureen Orth) really hates Hillary. I say that because I personally don't know any women who are backing Hillary during the primaries. None. Not one.

WTF?

And not only that: they are actively against the idea of her running. Oh, they'll all vote for her if she gets the nomination, but they've all gone Kerry-like with her. You know -- holding their noses and pulling the lever.

Here's the thing: I am not a real blogger -- I just play one on the Internet. And my friends are not bloggers either. They (and I) are just simply long-time, yellow-dog Democrats. These women do not fault her for being a DLC corporate shill. No one slams her for sucking up to Joe Lieberman. No one picks apart her Iraq vote. No one even holds her "controversial" abortion statements against her. None of that enters into it.

WTF?

It makes me think of Chris Rock's hilarious rant on SNL, comparing the plight of white women candidates versus black candidates:

Everybody loves white women -- except white women. White women are the majority of the country and they've had the right to vote for almost a hundred years and still they've never elected a white woman president. What are you bitches waiting for?

I guess I can see them figuring that she'll automatically lose; but I get the feeling that maybe -- just maybe -- they are also concerned with her hurting the chances of future women candidates for president. Well, snap out of it! Quitters don't win.

And while we're on the topic -- what's up with questo scandalo ridiculous del YouTube? Is this more of the same over-protectionism? What exactly is the harm done by this ad? Let's assume the worst and say that Obama signed the check paying the guy who made it (which he didn't). So what? Politics ain't beanbag.

Oh, wait, excuuuuse me: Obama said he wanted [airquotes] a new kind of politics.

Well, guess what: he still wants to win. So that makes him old-school to me. And I mean that in a nice way.