Liberals Should Not Be Dissin’ Hope: Ugly Moments From the Campaign Trail

I’m sure you’ve seen the clip of Hillary Clinton at a recent rally looking like a big, angry bumblebee in a yellow and black outfit, throwing her hands in the air and dramatically mocking the hope and change message of Barack Obama’s campaign. In the most acid, bitter tones and with a face twisted in an expression of total disgust, Hill (badly) mimics the stance and cadences of an African-American preacher as she describes “the heavens opening up” and a bolt of lightning coming down to save the world — or some equally dramatic rhetoric that is supposed to express her utter contempt for Barack Obama’s naivete and inexperience.
She concludes by saying, “But WE KNOW HOW HARD THIS IS GOING TO BE.” And that is supposed to make me feel that she, rather than Obama, is the leader I want.
Instead, it makes me loathe her, and I […]