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.

Compean and Ramos are HEROES

I'm late to this subject, I know. But I can no longer be silent. First, please read this.

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Compean/Ramos case. One of my senators, John Cornyn, sits on the Judiciary committee. The final witness at the hearing was the excreable Johnny Sutton, District Attorney for the San Antonio district.

Senator Cornyn should have been ready to skewer the excreable Sutton. Edd Hendee, co-host of the best morning talk show in Texas on "radio-active" AM 700 KSEV, went up to Washington, D.C. yesterday in order to help Senator Cornyn and his staff get prepared for today's hearing. Furthermore, others have written extensively about the excreable Sutton's lies, including this extensive list of 15 questions written by Jerome Corsi.

He should have been ready. But he wasn't; all he had was softballs. Instead, it was the liberal Diane Feinstein who led the charge against the excreable Sutton. Furthermore, she has committed to ask President Bush to commute the ridiculous sentences given the two border patrol agents.

Are there no more men of principle in the Republican party?

South Dakota, a civilized place

You can read the article, but the headline says all you need to know.

South Dakota carries out 1st execution in 60 years

Mr. Light Bulb, why are you so obsessed with execution?

Well, I'm truly not obsessed with executions. I'm just comforted to see appropriate and civilized penalty carried out by society.

Civilized? What can be civilized about an execution?

Everything. The fact that a jury of peers heard testimony and/or examined evidence, returned a verdict of guilty, and prescribed a punishment of execution hails to the very model of civilization. In South Dakota, civilization told Mr. Page that his actions were so heinous that they warranted his execution. (And if you read the article, you'll see that his actions were indeed heinous.) Furthermore, civilization told the family of Mr. Page's victim that their loved one was a valued member of society by showing Mr. Page the penalty of greatest magnitude. Civilization in South Dakota said, "because you destroyed the most precious commodity we have, you will pay with the most precious commodity you have."

Well done, South Dakota. The Light Bulb family will definitely come and visit you one summer.

Perspective

Some perspective on the War on Terror.

• Number of US casualties in the Battle of Iwo Jima - 6,825
  
• Number of US casualties on Omaha Beach on D-Day - 2,400
  
• Number of US casualties in Iraq this year - 525
  
• Number of automobile deaths in the US in 2005 - 43,443
  

Lady Bird Johnson - 1912-2007

All men marry up, by definition. And there was no better example than that of LBJ marrying Lady Bird.

Lady Bird was always a picture of grace, so much so that she made even her husband look good when she stood beside him. This woman was no push over. When LBJ was in the Senate, this brainy woman managed their business affairs here in Texas and did quite well at it.

Her life long efforts to beautify our nation, true and honest environmentalism, will bear fruit long into the future. The world has lost a wonderful woman and a beautiful Texan.

Run, Cindy, Run!!!

Looks like Bug Eyes might have some competition in 2008.

Cindy Sheehan bid farewell to her former "peace camp" near President Bush's ranch and began a nearly two-week trek Tuesday toward Washington, D.C., with her sights set on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Sheehan, a Californian, officially announced that she intends to run as an independent against Pelosi in 2008 if the San Francisco congresswoman doesn't move to impeach Bush by July 23, the day she expects to reach Washington.

Of course, there's that July 23 caveat. But I'm not too worried.

In fact, I'm looking forward to it. This is California's Fifth congressional district—San Francisco. All sorts of human debris live and vote there. Raging Cindy just might have a chance. What fun.

Shame on you, Senator Vitter

Disgusting.

Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, whose telephone number was disclosed by the so-called "D.C. Madam" accused of running a prostitution ring, says he is sorry for a "serious sin" and that he has already made peace with his wife.

"This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible," Vitter said Monday in a printed statement. "Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there—with God and them. But I certainly offer my deep and sincere apologies to all I have disappointed and let down in any way."

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A Harvard graduate and Rhodes scholar, the 46-year-old Vitter was elected to his current office in 2004, becoming the first Republican from Louisiana elected to the Senate since Reconstruction. He represented Louisiana's 1st Congressional District in the House from 1999 to 2004.

In the House, Vitter succeeded GOP Rep. Robert Livingston, who was in line to replace Newt Gingrich as speaker until Livingston admitted to extramarital affairs and quit Congress. Livingston had been a critic of President Clinton, calling on him to resign over his affair with Monica Lewinsky.

Vitter and his wife, Wendy, live in Metairie, La., with their four children.

In 2000, Wendy Vitter told Newhouse News Service she could not be as forgiving as Livingston's wife or Hillary Clinton.

Apparently, they don't teach fidelity at Harvard.

Now, before you start with "let him that is without sin...", I certainly do appreciate his seeking forgiveness from his family and wife and from God (hopefully in reverse order). And yes, he is a human. And humans sin. And I, Mr. Light Bulb, am a human. And I sin.

But come on. A Harvard-educated man, a former Representative, and now a Senator cheating on his wife? And, on top of all that, a Republican. Didn't he know that as a Republican he has to behave much better than any democrat would think of? Or maybe he wanted to . . . test drive a newer model. Maybe he and his wife didn't get along. Maybe she pushed him to it.

But what about this?

He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.
— Proverbs 18:22

Again, I'm not perfect, so let me apply this to my life. Is Mrs. Light Bulb a beauty queen? Is she runway model quality? Is she a smokin' hot mama? Why yes, she is, as a matter of fact. And do you want to know why? It's not because of her outward appearances, stunning though they may be. It's because she is a gift designed specifically for me by the one true living God, the maker of the heavens and the earth, the creator of all things. Yes, that God. If I ever cheated on her, besides crumbling her heart to pieces and breaking the solemn vow I made to her and to Him in front of a whole lot of people, I would be telling God that his gift to me was not quite what I was looking for, that I didn't trust his taste, that I didn't particularly care for his choice.

Well, that's not gonna happen.

Shame needs to be brought back in vogue.

Freedom

The Light Bulb family is on vacation all week visiting, among others, my dear brother and sister-in-law in Missouri. Well, we couldn't visit the Show Me state with grade-school children and not see the Gateway Arch, also known by its official name as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. As we explained to the little Light Bulbs, the arch represents our nation's expansion westward. It's the symbolic door through which we as a nation walked on our journey west.


Eero Saarinen's design, a stainless steel catenary arch covering reinforced concrete, represents (at least to me) the strength our growing nation would seek and develop by being a freedom-preserving democracy. Wind will not fell it, nor will rust corrode it. The same is true for our democracy. There is little chance that outside elements could destroy the United States. But destruction from within is an unfortunate possibility.

I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe... Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger.
— Daniel Webster

The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race...

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court issued opinions in a few cases. One of the cases was Parents Involved vs. Seattle School District (05-908). Here's the decision (careful, it's 185 pages long).

Simply put (very simply), the court said that race should not be an issue when assigning children to one school or another. That seems logical, doesn't it. In fact, if I remember my grade school American history correctly, a case titled Brown vs. Board of Education said pretty much the same thing. But the weird thing is that the Parents suit was filed (if I understand the situation correctly) because race was NOT being used as a criteria in assigning students to schools.

Whatever. The court did the right thing. Chief Justice Roberts wrote part of the majority opinion. Roberts is an intellectual giant, like Scalia. If you saw any of his confirmation proceedings, you know this. His opening statement to the Senate Judiciary committee was a thing of beauty. In the Parents decision, he brandishes his intellect deftly.

Behold his summary paragraph:

Before Brown, schoolchildren were told where they could and could not go to school based on the color of their skin. The school districts in these cases have not carried the heavy burden of demonstrating that we should allow this once again—even for very different reasons. For schools that never segregated on the basis of race, such as Seattle, or that have removed the vestiges of past segregation, such as Jefferson County, the way "to achieve a system of determining admission to the public schools on a nonracial bases," ... is to stop assigning students on a racial basis. The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. [emphasis mine]

What genius there is in common sense.

UPDATE - Excellent commentary, as usual, is available from the brainiacs at the Power Line.

Fairness Doctrine preview

You can bet that the lefties in the Senate will now give some serious consideration to reviving yet another awful monster, the Fairness Doctrine. After their defeat yesterday, largely won by conservative talk radio, all the lefties can see is a communication vehicle that they can't control. And uncontrolled communication is anathema to liberalism. A great commenter, Samuel Adams, brought to my attention the fact that the House overwhelmingly voted down the Fairness Doctrine, 309-115. But, we have to remember our enemy. They can be single-mindedly relentless.

Therefore, as a public service to you, dear reader, I will begin, from time to time, making Fairness Doctrine posts in order for us all to appreciate the freedoms we hold dear. These posts will seek to convey some the wisdom that liberalism can provide to different points of view. Through these posts I hope to show you the depths of understanding that the liberal mind possesses on the various issues of our day. It is my fervent wish that all of us, in the altruistic spirit of the Fairness Doctrine, gain insight into profound liberal thought.

The following is a post in accordance with the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE. It is an attempt to provide balance to Mr. Light Bulb's conservative point of view. It is only an attempt.

Bush lied, people died.

This has been a post in accordance with the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE. It was an attempt to provide balance to Mr. Light Bulb's conservative point of view. It was only an attempt.

VICTORY!!! The amnesty monster is DEAD!

Today is a day of victory for national sovereignty.

Today is a day of victory for legal immigration.

And today is a day of victory for the rule of law.

The awful monster called the Amnesty Bill is dead.

The Senate drove a stake Thursday through President Bush's plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants, likely postponing major action on immigration until after the 2008 elections.

The monster didn't even get a majority of votes (motion to invoke cloture). It died 46-53. I'm grateful to say that both of my senators (Cornyn and Hutchison) voted to kill the monster. But Teddy Kennedy couldn't leave the issue alone. He issued this threat.

"Year after year, we've had the broken borders," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. "Year after year, we've seen the exploitation of workers."

After the vote, he said: "It is now clear that we are not going to complete our work on immigration reform. That is enormously disappointing for Congress and for the country." Kennedy, a chief proponent of the bill, said, "we will be back. This issue is not going away." [emphasis mine]

As always, Mary Jo Kopechne remains unavailable for comment.

Oh no he didn't!

Oh yes he did.

You know, I've heard all the rhetoric -- you've heard it, too -- about how this is amnesty. Amnesty means that you've got to pay a price for having been here illegally, and this bill does that. [emphasis mine]

And here's the video.

The disgusting, venomous, and putrid monster that is the Amnesty Bill lives still

Like the villan that keeps coming back to life in the third reel of a bad horror flick, it just won't die.

The Senate voted Tuesday to jump-start a stalled immigration measure to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants. President Bush said the bill offered a "historic opportunity for Congress to act," and appeared optimistic about its passage by week's end.

The pivotal test-vote was 64-35 to revive the divisive legislation. It still faces formidable obstacles in the Senate, including bitter opposition by GOP conservatives and attempts by some waverers in both parties to revise its key elements.

Here's the roll call. How did your senator vote?

"Tear down this wall!"

Twenty years ago today...

In the 1950s, Khrushchev predicted: "We will bury you." But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind--too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.

And now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be coming to understand the importance of freedom. We hear much from Moscow about a new policy of reform and openness. Some political prisoners have been released. Certain foreign news broadcasts are no longer being jammed. Some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control.

Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state? Or are they token gestures, intended to raise false hopes in the West, or to strengthen the Soviet system without changing it? We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.

General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

One man, sure in his convictions, standing up to the enemy.

William Jefferson FINALLY gets indicted

Well, he's a democrat. They get to live their lives by lower standards. Had he been a Republican, he would only have needed to fart at the wrong time to get an indictment like this.

Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., was indicted Monday on federal charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes and money-laundering in a long- running bribery investigation into business deals he tried to broker in Africa.

The indictment handed up in federal court in Alexandria., Va., Monday is 94 pages long and lists 16 alleged violations of federal law that could keep Jefferson in prison for up to 235 years. He is charged with racketeering, soliciting bribes, wire fraud, money-laundering, obstruction of justice, conspiracy and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

But why did it take two years?

Almost two years ago, in August 2005, investigators raided Jefferson's home in Louisiana and found $90,000 in cash stuffed into a box in his freezer.

At least there seems to be plenty of evidence.

Court records indicate that Jefferson was videotape[d] taking a $100,000 cash bribe from an FBI informant. Most of that money later turned up in a freezer in Jefferson's home.

and this

Brett Pfeffer, a former congressional aide, admitted soliciting bribes on Jefferson's behalf and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Another Jefferson associate, Louisville, Ky., telecommunications executive Vernon Jackson, pleaded guilty to paying between $400,000 and $1 million in bribes to Jefferson in exchange for his assistance securing business deals in Nigeria and other African nations. Jackson was sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

Both Pfeffer and Jackson agreed to cooperate in the case against Jefferson in exchanges for their pleas.

Poor Bug Eyes will find it tough to keep her "most ethical" label now.

RNC losing donations over amnesty bill

Against the President's wishes, people who usually contribute to the Republican National Committee seems to not want to.

"Every donor in 50 states we reached has been angry, especially in the last month and a half, and for 99 percent of them immigration is the No. 1 issue," a fired phone-bank employee told the Washington Times.

I guess the RNC got the "un-patriotic" list to call.


Fantastic picture and hat tip to World Net Daily.

It is time to let him go

The effortlessly brilliant Peggy Noonan has hit the nail on the head.

For almost three years, arguably longer, conservative Bush supporters have felt like sufferers of battered wife syndrome. You don't like endless gushing spending, the kind that assumes a high and unstoppable affluence will always exist, and the tax receipts will always flow in? Too bad! You don't like expanding governmental authority and power? Too bad. You think the war was wrong or is wrong? Too bad.

But on immigration it has changed from "Too bad" to "You're bad."

The president has taken to suggesting that opponents of his immigration bill are unpatriotic--they "don't want to do what's right for America." His ally Sen. Lindsey Graham has said, "We're gonna tell the bigots to shut up." On Fox last weekend he vowed to "push back." Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff suggested opponents would prefer illegal immigrants be killed; Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said those who oppose the bill want "mass deportation." Former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson said those who oppose the bill are "anti-immigrant" and suggested they suffer from "rage" and "national chauvinism."

I love our president. He was absolutely the right man (I believe, God's appointed man) for the right time for our nation. No one can argue that Algore would have performed nearly to the degree that W did after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

But, for some inexplicable reason, on the issue of amnesty for illegal immigrants, honest people can no longer disagree. On this issue it's his way or you must be a fear monger.

President Bush sounded like he hoped to sever ties with the remaining 30 percent who like him when he went after critics in his party this week over opposition to his latest immigration plan.

"If you want to scare the American people, what you say is the bill's an amnesty bill," Bush said during a stop in Glynco, Ga. "That's empty political rhetoric, trying to frighten our citizens."

It was his harshest public backhand yet to the conservative bloggers, commentators, politicians and CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, all gassing about how the bill amounts to amnesty.

It is time to let him go. He never was a true conservative. Let him hoist his lack of conservativeness on his own petard.

2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season Starts Today!

The 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season starts today! Do you have a plan? Here is the City of Houston's plan. Here is Harris County's Homeland Security & Emergency Management web site.
But the most important question: will you follow your plan?

Typically liberal ranting from the French Socialist candidate

On one hand, you'd think they would mature at some point, these lefties. But on the other hand, fear mongering is one of the most often used plays of their playbook, so they pull it out whenever they can.

France risks violence and brutality if right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy wins Sunday's presidential election, his Socialist opponent Segolene Royal said on Friday.

On the last day of official campaigning, opinion polls showed Sarkozy enjoyed a commanding lead over Royal, who accused the former interior minister of lying and polarizing France.

"Choosing Nicolas Sarkozy would be a dangerous choice," Royal told RTL radio.

"It is my responsibility today to alert people to the risk of (his) candidature with regards to the violence and brutality that would be unleashed in the country (if he won)," she said.

Pressed on whether there would actually be violence, Royal said: "I think so, I think so," referring specifically to France's volatile suburbs hit by widespread rioting in 2005.

Isn't that pathetic. It's not "vote for me because my ideas are good" or even "vote for me because I'll work for prosperity", but instead the french hear "vote for me or else . . . something bad will happen."

But it's typical. The left really can't offer anything that people will vote FOR. If they did that, then they'd have to tell people that they are FOR abortion, FOR higher taxes, FOR bigger government, FOR the nanny state, FOR more regulation . . . you get the idea. And there's no salesman on earth who could make that pitch (not even Slick Willie). But they can run like mad against any idea.

And there's some hope for our own Hillary problem

Rudy Giuliani beats the top three Defeat-ocrat presidential candidates in a Quinnipiac University poll:

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has a slight 44-41 percent lead over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in a possible 2008 presidential face-off, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released Thursday.

Giuliani leads former Vice President Al Gore 48-41 percent and tops New York Sen. Hillary Clinton 49-40 percent.

Keep going, Rudy.

Thursday night, ten Republican candidates debated each other at the Reagan Library (missing are Chuck Hagel and Newt Gingrich). Not getting MSNBC on my satellite receiver, I didn't watch. But, as you can see from my left navigation bar, I am backing Rudy for President. So far, he's the one candidate that has spoken presidentially concerning our need to defeat the terrorists. And, of course, no one, Republican or Defeat-ocrat, can match his experience.

The wild card is Fred Thompson, undeclared and also missing from tonight's debate. I believe his conservative credentials are real, but I don't know that he has the stomach to go through a presidential campaign.

Time will tell.

France's Hillary problem may be clearing up

France's conservative candidate, Nicolas Sarkozy, appears headed for victory after their debate earlier in the week.

French conservative Nicolas Sarkozy extended his lead after a television debate with Socialist rival Segolene Royal and stayed on course for victory in Sunday's election, opinion polls showed on Thursday.

A poll for the Opinionway institute showed 53 percent of viewers found Sarkozy more convincing during the sometimes fiery debate, against 31 percent who judged Royal better.

...

Sarkozy, a right-wing former interior minister and the favorite of financial markets, has hammered young hoodlums, illegal immigrants and enthused supporters with his attacks on the left wing protesters of May 1968.

Hated and feared as a dangerous authoritarian by many on the left, he has nonetheless been consistently rated the more "presidential" of the two candidates by most voters.

Lucky them.

President Bush vetoes the Defeat-ocrats surrender bill

In a blow to the party of defeat and to Al-Qaida, President Bush vetoed a bill that would have signaled America's surrender in the War Against Terror.

In only the second veto of his presidency, Bush rejected legislation pushed by Democratic leaders that would require the first U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later.

"This is a prescription for chaos and confusion and we must not impose it on our troops," Bush said in a nationally broadcast statement from the White House. He said the bill would "mandate a rigid and artificial deadline" for troop pullouts, and "it makes no sense to tell the enemy when you plan to start withdrawing."

Finally, after a long wait, something good has come out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

May Day II: what happened?

I was so looking forward to the second "new" May Day, the day where those who have violated our nation's sovereignty brandish their violation for all to see. But for some reason, this year the celebration isn't as large as last year's.

Demonstrators marched in cities across the United States on Tuesday to demand rights for illegal immigrants, but the demonstrations were much smaller than last year's massive rallies, which were hailed as the start of a new American civil rights movement.

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In Los Angeles, where an estimated 500,000 protesters poured into the streets last year for boisterous pro-immigrant rallies, about 10,000 people converged on City Hall for a noon protest.

What's the deal? Aren't these people proud of their illegal status?

And, just to be sure, they are indeed illegal. Here is the applicable law: United States Code, Title 8, Chapter 12, Subchapter II, Part VII, Section 1325.

Sec. 1325. - Improper entry by alien
(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts
Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United State by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

Seems pretty clear to me.

Happy Tax Freedom Day!

I hope you have a wonderful Tax Freedom Day. The Tax Foundation has calculated that today is the day that you begin working for yourself instead of the government. All of the wages you have earned so far this year will (on average) go to pay your taxes. From here on out, your earning money to pay your bills. Doesn't that give you a warm fuzzy?

Happy Tax Freedom Day!

Hillary's new "Multilingualism"

Read this article that has no bias whatsoever and is most assuredly not written by a Clintonian synchophant.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she sees her sometimes Southern accent as a virtue.

"I think America is ready for a multilingual president," Clinton said during a campaign stop at a charter school in Greenville, S.C.

Now how is it that Her Vileness, our nation's first First Lady to be subpoenaed to testify before a Federal Grand Jury, doesn't know the meaning of the word "multilingual"? Or is it perhaps the case that she does in fact know the meaning of the word, but that she's counting on her listeners to NOT know the meaning. I suspect the former. It aligns with her penchant for displaying "breathtaking gall".

Clinton added a Southern lilt to her voice last week when addressing a civil rights group in New York City headed by the Rev. Al Sharpton. On Monday, dealing with a microphone glitch at a fundraiser for young donors, she quoted former slave and underground railroad leader Harriet Tubman.

The two episodes prompted some ribbing in the media and hatched more than a few humorous YouTube video clips.

And here's an example of the new "multilingualism" from YouTube:

Here's a bit of that transcript:

"You know, when I walk into the Oval Office in January of 2009, I'm afraid I'm going to lift up the rug and I'm going to see so much stuff under there."

Yes, your vileness, should you be elected President, you will find a lot of stuff under there, all of it deposited by your husband, the Fornicator-in-Chief. It should be tremendousloy familiar stuff to you. Back to the article:

Clinton is a linguistic polyglot—a Chicago native turned New York resident who works in Washington and spent two decades living in Arkansas when her husband, Bill Clinton, was governor.

This is where the complete bias of the so-called reporter is shown to the world. No, Her Vileness is NOT a linguistic polyglot. Polyglots are people who speak more than one language, NOT people who use more than one dialect. Her Vileness is a power-hungry, political whore whose sole interest is obtaining and maintaining personal political power.