Tuesday, July 24, 2007

More of the usual from Mrs. Clinton

More breathtaking gall*, that is. She doesn't consider herself a liberal.

Early on in the CNN/YouTube-sponsored debate, a California resident posed these questions on his video: "Mrs. Clinton, how would you define the word ‘liberal’? And would you use this word to describe yourself?”

Hillary answered: "You know, it is a word that originally meant that you were for freedom, that you were for the freedom to achieve, that you were willing to stand against big power and on behalf of the individual.

"Unfortunately, in the last 30, 40 years, it has been turned up on its head and it's been made to seem as though it is a word that describes big government, totally contrary to what its meaning was in the 19th and early 20th century.

"I prefer the word ‘progressive,’ which has a real American meaning, going back to the progressive era at the beginning of the 20th century.

"I consider myself a modern progressive, someone who believes strongly in individual rights and freedoms, who believes that we are better as a society when we're working together and when we find ways to help those who may not have all the advantages in life get the tools they need to lead a more productive life for themselves and their family.
Progressive. As if there were anything she was for that would result in progress. I have just one word for this: HillaryCare. Just think "HillaryCare" after almost each phrase that Her Vileness says in the paragraphs above.

Indeed, breathtaking gall.

* a wonderful description used by Peggy Noonan in The Case Against Hillary Clinton.

1 comment:

S. said...

Yes, breathtaking. Good phrase.