Now that there is a new Pope, bringing with him the
possibilities of naming new saints, there appears to be a movement
of biblical proportions afoot for the beatification of Hillary
Clinton. Gone are the memories of disappearing files, ducking Grand
Juries, and just being beyond the reach of prosecutors. "They
couldn't lay a finger on her" -- a phrase whose only province used
to be in grade-B Warner Brothers gangster movies -- became her
motto when she occupied the Clinton White House. Gone and forgotten
is probably the only real miracle she performed, which was changing
$1,000 into $100,000 in ten months ($6,300 of which was earned
overnight). Even the Mafia could not get a better return on its
money. However, in what must be one of the most interesting
miracles since the fishes and loaves, she has transmuted herself
into a figure of faith, principle, and piety. Like Saul on the road
to Tarsus, who had seen the light of his Lord, she has transformed
herself.
Anna Quindlen, writing in Newsweek magazine, where her
full page column occupies the prime-space last page of the
magazine, pontificates:
...we [Hillary and she] talked about faith, about how
both of us believed our religion had led us toward a heightened
interest in various social-reform issues.
That's the real Hillary Rodham Clinton. A lifelong
Methodist...
If that was the real Hillary Clinton, then she did a
pretty good job of hiding it the last ten years. Also, many
Methodists will be surprised to learn that the practice of their
faith is not incompatible with anti-Semitism. Remember Dick Morris
revealing that when he was close to the Clintons and there was a
disagreement concerning money owed him, Hillary, in anger,
addressing his demand for payment, referred to him as "You people."
In the revealing shorthand of an angry person, she was not exposing
her inner thoughts and prejudices about Swiss bankers. Also, who
can forget the wet one she planted on Mrs. Arafat -- who turned out
to be so low that even the Palestinians wanted to get rid
of her.
Ms. Quindlen goes on to write, "Her [Hillary's] concern that the
culture is deadening our kids to sex..." Excuse us, but we thought
that it was the Clintons who brought sex into our living
rooms via television and made every kid who turned on the six
o'clock news an expert in oral sex.
Ms. Quindlen also quoted a speech by the real Hillary
Clinton where she spoke of a spiritual vacuum in the
country. If they gave out Nobel Prizes for creation of
spiritual vacuums in countries, the Clintons would surely
be contenders.
Ms. Quindlen ends her article by noting and quoting Mrs. Clinton
, "...she [Hillary Clinton] spoke of changing the national ethos to
the golden rule, so Americans 'truly begin to...treat them [each
other] as they wish to be seen.'" Actually the Golden Rule is to
treat each other as you would want to be treated. Well, that the
Clintons did in fact do -- particularly Mr. Clinton, and
particularly if the other person was female. With his phone sex, he
was able to actually treat himself as he would have others treat
him.
Mrs. Clinton has made up with Newt Gingrich, her husband got
himself a world trip with former President Bush on Air Force One,
and she has now taken a pro-life position. But until she can do the
water to wine trick, we will take a pass on seriously considering
her and her baggage as Presidential material.
topics:
Hillary Clinton, Television, Religion, Movies
