Say no to bullies

I have tried to avoid a lot of comments on politics. There are other people who can comment with more insight and who are into it a lot more than I am.

Having said that . . .

There has been one thought that has been in my head for a while, and now an AP writer has come out and said it. I'm glad someone with a national platform, other than a talk radio entertainer, has said it.

Bill and Hillary Clinton are bullies. And Americans don't like bullies.

So it's not until the ninth paragraph that Fournier uses the word "bully," but it fits with what I and, I'm sure, a lot of people think about the Clintons. They have this tremendous sense of entitlement, and they are willing to throw anyone and anything under the train if that's what it takes to get what they think they deserve.

This most recent incident where Hillary's people got an MSNBC talking head suspended for saying the campaign was "pimping" out Chelsea Clinton was only the most recent example. Maybe the Clinton people should check an updated slang dictionary for modern use of the word "pimp." The worst part was that MSNBC rolled over and played dead when the Clintons complained.

The response I would have preferred is one that I heard a lot growing up in the country. It's a three-word phrase. The first two are "go" and "to."

One good thing about Barack Obama is that he is taking on the Clintons and showing that they don't deserve the White House simply because they are smarter and more brilliant than anyone else. (At one time, Henry Kissinger was the most brilliant man in America, and I'll leave it there for now).

I love the last paragraph of Fournier's piece:

Few Democrats want to cross the Clintons when they're on top. But how many are willing to stand by them when they're down?

The 211th Ferengi Rule of Acquisition comes to mind: "Employees are the rungs on the ladder of success -- don't hesitate to step on them." Maybe some of the people who have been stepped on are tired of it and they're stepping back.

(NOTE: I'm not trying to cut into the territory of fellow Herald-Dispatch employee Heath Harrison, who has a political blog. I merely express a few thoughts on various candidates and things before moving on to other things. When the muse visits me, I will explain what I think was a big mistake by George W. Bush regarding this election, and I ponder John McCain and Barack Obama.).