Hillary and Rupert, sitting in a tree . . .

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Tuesday May 09, 2006 · 5:35 AM PDT

2006/05/09 · 05:35

I've often objected to what I found to be unfair criticism of Hillary Clinton. Too often she gets skewered for acting like a smart politician, I would say.

No longer.

Ms. Clinton has made the ultimate deal with the devil, and is now going to nuzzle up to the teat of the beast itself.

That's right--she's cozying up to Rupert Murdoch, who will be throwing her a big fundraising bash.

Read it and weep below the fold:

Murdoch to host fundraiser for Hillary Clinton campaign

Rupert Murdoch, the conservative media mogul whose New York Post tabloid savaged Hillary Clinton's initial aspirations to become a US senator for New York, has agreed to host a political fundraiser for her re-election campaign.
The decision underlines an incongruous thawing of relations between Mr Murdoch and Mrs Clinton, who in 1998 coined the phrase "vast rightwing conspiracy" to denounce critics of her husband, such as Fox News, the conservative cable channel owned by Mr Murdoch's News Corporation.

The decision reflects an assiduous courtship by Mrs Clinton and former President Bill Clinton. Last month Mrs Clinton surprised Washington by attending the "Fox News Sunday" 10th anniversary party, where she chatted with Mr Murdoch.
Mr Clinton has encouraged Mr Murdoch's involvement with his Global Initiative and has invited him to speak again at the second forum in September. The former president will also address News Corp's summer conference.

For some reason, Orwell comes to mind:

Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

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