Parenthetically, is that not the most obviously phony embrace you've ever seen in your life? It's the mirror opposite of Rhodie's line at the end of Iron Man II when he observes Tony Stark and Pepper Potts necking and tells them they look like two seals fighting over a grape. I didn't know it was anatomically possible for two sets of lips to repulse each other to the opposite sides of their respective heads. Heck, this pic might be the inspiration for the development of real-life repulsor technology. You can even see the thought balloons:
HILLARY: "My God, do dagos need breath mints."
PELOSI: "Holy macaroni, Life Model Decoys are real!"
Anyhoo, with all these ducks limping around, I can't help but wonder if Mrs. Clinton shouldn't have waddled on stage yesterday at Roosevelt Island wearing Elmer Fudd's hunting costume:
Just hours after her campaign chairman told Meet the Press she was taking a wait-and-see approach on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was on the stump Sunday siding with House Democrats against Barack Obama.
Which is to say, she's coming down with economic policy Touret's Syndrome.
Resistance within his own party to his trade push could actually strengthen America's hand at the bargaining table, [Mrs.] Clinton told a campaign rally in Des Moines, CNN reported.
Because America-benefiting trade deals are always the product of hostile negotiations.
Any deal should protect American workers and improve security, she told a crowd of six hundred supporters at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Protect....ionism? And what kind of "security"? I think we know.
"In order to get a deal that meets these high standards, the president should listen to and work with his allies in Congress, starting with Nancy Pelosi, who have expressed their concerns about the impact that a weak agreement would have on our workers, to make sure we get the best, strongest deal possible," [Mrs.] Clinton said. "And if we don't get it, there should be no deal."
i.e. "To make sure there's no deal, now and forever".
But this is Fauxcohantas boilerplate that Her Nib evidently feels compelled to continue to spout in order to try and win over - or, more likely, put in a headlock - the radical, leftwing extremist, not-so-crypto-communist Nutroot base of the Democrat Party. Just because their Massachusetts goddess, in the words of the Mirror Universe Captain Forrest to Commander Archer, "lacks ambition" doesn't mean that they're automatically going to crawl through flaming walls of rabid rattlesnakes for a Life Model Decoy of her.
What I find interesting about that last quote is her depiction of Crazy Nancy as an opponent of Trade Promotion Authority when it was the House Minority Leader that was doing everything in her diminished power as a White House minion to whip her Democrat caucus into falling in line behind Barack Obama's wishes on the matter. And she failed. Miserably.
And is that not the textbook definition of a lame duck? A leader that loses his or her followers? No longer has the "clout" they used to have? I'm not prepared to start speculating about whether Mrs. Pelosi will be retiring next year or whether there will be a "coup attempt" against her by House Democrats in the near future, but I can't recall any previous instance over her thirteen year run as the House's top Donk that she's ever not been able to rule her rank & file with an iron fist. What she wanted, she by-Barack got, or else.
Last week?
House Democrats broke Crazy Nancy,. and the Empress, always on the lookout for a parade to get out in front of, is twanging her hamstrings to get out in front of this one, while simultaneously tossing Pelosi a threadbare lifeline, no matter how gag-inducing her garlicky halitosis.
Or is that just what Hillary wants them to think?:
[Mrs.] Clinton didn't take a position on TPP specifically, or on the action last week of House Democrats voting down trade promotion authority for the president.
Her campaign manager, John Podesta, said on Meet the Press that [Mrs.] Clinton is waiting to see what's in a final agreement before rendering judgment on TPP.
So she's hedging her bets after all, even though House Dems made it clear that they were killing TAA (job-retraining) to kill TPA (fast track) to kill TPP (the Trans-Pacific trade deal itself).
But wait, maybe she really is an anti-trade warrior:
[Mrs.] Clinton in the past has been more specific in her criticisms, saying trade deals should be tough on countries that devalue their own currencies for price advantages of their own goods. The White House says no such rule will be included in TPP.
She also has been critical of a rule allowing an international arbiter to rule on whether a country's laws and regulations violate the trade deal.
But wait, maybe she's actually a free-trader like her hubby:
But in several years past, Clinton has praised the potential deal, "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd noted Sunday.
In 2010, she called it an "exciting opportunity," in 2011, a "benchmark for future agreements," in 2012 a "gold standard for trade agreements" in 2012, and in 2013 said it could "really enhance our relationship with Asia."
It's like the scene in Days Of Future Past when Xavier crashes Cerebro. Or that Democrat presidential debate back in late 2007 when Mrs. Clinton flip-flopped on some issue five times inside of three minutes. A vast, swirling, vertigo-inducing maelstrom of cynicism in which nobody can find any traction or any solid ground on which to stand.
In other words, Hillary Clinton is the Life Model Decoy of Elizabeth Warren.
And also a lame-duck presidential candidate.
Exit question: Is it too late for Elmer to jump into the Democrat race? Even if he is a white male?
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