So I got up this morning and fired up my email, and what did I see...
An invitation to join the "Hillary Responders" to help defend poor Senator Clinton against those awful Obama attacks: http://www.hillaryresponders.com
I couldn't help myself. Before unsubscribing, I clicked on the URL and there it was... a website supposedly not affiliated with Hillary Clinton's campaign, but created by "supporters of Hillary."
My stomach immediately turned. "Supporters of Hillary." I didn't know these people could create websites! ;-)
Luckily I quickly found the "Core Message Guidance" on the site (I didn't make this up), which offered me the central premise of why Hillary deserves to be president:
Hillary Clinton is ready on Day One to solve our urgent problems and stand up for the voiceless – ready to be Commander in Chief to end this war, ready to manage the economy to restore our middle class dream, and ready to take on John McCain and take back the White House. She offers real solutions, not speeches and soundbites.
Key Message Points
Ready Day 1: Hillary is ready to solve our urgent problems and improve people’s lives. We face two wars, a growing economic crisis and 47 million people without health insurance -- we need a president with the strength and experience to solve them.
Only Candidate: Hillary is the only candidate whose health care plan will cover all Americans, the only candidate with a plan to freeze foreclosures, the only candidate who is ready to be Commander in Chief and end the Iraq war.
Stand up for People: Hillary is a doer, a fighter and a champion for people -- and you can count on her to stand up for you. She is a lifelong and passionate champion for people who need help. Now she will rein in the special interests and rebuild our middle class.
Solutions not Speeches: Hillary will put us back in the solutions business. That’s the choice in this election: It’s between someone who makes speeches and promises and someone with a record who will deliver real solutions.
Barack Obama does not live up to his Actions:
· Barack Obama is running on Promises and Speeches. He has not kept his promises. And now we are finding out his words are not always his own.
· Barack Obama talks about the Special Interests: But his actions let down the workers of Maytag and the families who live near nuclear power plants.
· Barack Obama talks about Campaign Reform: But he is breaking his first big promise to voters that he would take public financing – his campaign says he never even made it.
· Barack Obama talks about the Importance of his Words: But some of them are borrowed.
· If all you have to go on are Barack Obama’s promises and speeches, how do you know he is ready to be Commander in Chief?
Wow. That's a mouthful, huh?
So let's say that these people are right, and Hillary has "a plan." Should that make me forget that she is uber-corporate, utterly corrupt, unable to tell the truth, and possesses a sinister hunger for power? I suppose so, because she is a "champion for people" (whatever that means).
I guess I have to hand it to Hillary. Sure, most honest, intelligent liberals now realize she is driven purely by her ruthless ambition, and willing to do and say ANYTHING to further her pursuit of power. But it's clear that she has mesmerized a certain segment of the public to somehow look beyond the lies, deceit, and Rove-style campaigning, and actually spend their time and money trying to HELP this horrible woman realize her plan to take the presidency.
I used to look at Hillary supporters like I look at skydivers, or people who get tattoos on their face. Not something I'd do but hey, to each his own, right? But it's now WAY beyond that. How utterly DENSE do you have to be to look the other way past the pardons, the snipers, NAFTA, Northern Ireland, "not a Muslim as far as I know," the unpaid bills, the contempt for "Obama states," etc.?
Perhaps this level of head-in-the-sand behavior needs a psychological diagnosis. Because I can't imagine that any reasonable person would exhibit these symptoms.