Post-Pennsylvania-Partum...
...and y'know, it's kinda depressing...

She says she's ready to lead. Trouble is, except for being on a congressional committee here and there, she hasn't led a Girl Scout Troop, much less anything more important. Hillary Clinton blazed thru her victory speech tonite after winning the Pennsylvania Primary, and my first thought was, "how have we come to this?" She started out, for all practical purposes, as a governor's wife in Arkansas. Then she was First Lady. Then, ever the opportunist, she ran for the New York Senate. Ever-close to the Washington, D.C. power base, with a highly recognizable last name, and at long last, capitalizing upon her Pennsylvania roots, here she stands, poised for...something...

Tonight she KNOCKED Senator Obama for outspending her by a margin of three-to-one in the Pennsylvania Primary...remember, this came from the mouth of a woman who has MORE MONEY in her personal bank account than the total of the gross national products of several small nations. She's ready to lead? That's what she says. What...has she ever LED? It seems to me that, more than anything, she's been in the right place at the right time. I believe her decision to run for the New York Senate was just as much (if not more) a gesture of Political Opportunism as it was of any genuine care and concern for constituents out there. A Senate Seat in New York came up for grabs. "Oh Boy", she gushes to Bill one morning over coffee, "Let's be NEW YORKERS! We'll still be close to Washington, D.C." "Okay," he said. And so it came to pass.

Maybe having the most scandalous-ever Prezzident as her hubby didn't do any favors, but from day one, the name recognition set her apart. Good or bad, her image sticks in the minds of voters the way a tumor wraps itself around a vital organ. It's hard to shake. And impossible to remove. I don't see Hillary as a candidate that unites. Of course, what with reckless promises of "Change", I'm not sure Barack Obama would be able to accomplish all that much, either. Whenever someone young, fresh and eager arrives on the scene, there are always the Powers That Be who will strive to beat him down, no matter how altruistic he may be. Could it be I have no hope for either of the Democratic Prezzidential candidates? If it turns out I have NO hope for any of them, that will still be MORE than I have for the current Repubblican front-runner. And believe me, ol' McCain is just sittin' back watchin' all this and developing strategy. Him and his advisors.

I'll end this posting with a little photo satire, and believe you me, 'tain't a pretty picture...

The photo used in this satire was stolen from www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/hbo. They're used to it by now.

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Most of the Talking Heads figure that Hillary's in this thing to stay. No curtsies, no graceful bows, no concessions...just plenty of pins for her little Obama Voodoo doll...