Remember Seinfeld? It was the biggest show on TV when Bill Clinton was president. The amazing thing about the show was that it was about nothing; it told the viewer that it was about nothing; it even celebrated the fact that it was about nothing. There it was, a huge hit TV show that earned its stars fame and fortune for talking about...well...nothing.
I was reminded of Seinfeld when I read the latest column by Fareed Zakaria in the Washington Post. Zakaria lambastes the media for focusing on Hillary Clinton's trip to Chipotle and other unimportant topics like her ethics, and then he calls on Mrs. Clinton to talk about policy, to make her campaign about something. I had to chuckle as I read Zakaria's words.
So far, Hillary has not actually taken questions from the press during her campaign. She has not given a policy speech. All she has done is to hold staged events at which preselected Democrat operatives pose as ordinary citizens and ask preselected questions so as to get the memorized response from Hillary. That may sound harsh, but it is, nevertheless true. The pervasiveness of nothingness is so thick at Hillary's events, the one is always looking for George or Elaine to come strolling in with more talk about -- you guessed it -- nothing. (Kramer won't be there, of course, because after some racist comments he has been banned by the liberal thought police.) So we have a campaign which says nothing, answers nothing and just pretends to hold events, and Zakaria criticizes the press for focusing on the Chipotle visit.
In normal circumstances, Zakaria's criticism of the media would be humorous. After all, they would be covering the only thing that Hillary will let them cover. Today, however, it is amazing that someone with the audience of Zakaria would take the position that Hillary's ethics (actually LACK of ethics) are unimportant. It certainly appears as if Hillary took bribes to favor certain people while she was secretary of state. That's not a minor thing. For all we know, the Russians have copies of the emails that Hillary tried to destroy and will be able to blackmail her should she ever win the White House. Zakaria may believe that there really is not enough proof of wrongdoing by Hillary, but the subject is anything but unimportant.
Mrs. Clinton is going to have to come forward with some detailed explanations for all of these issues that have arisen. It is not a choice on her part. Indeed, even were she to withdraw from the race today, the investigation still needs to be carried to completion. America cannot have people in the president's cabinet who sell influence and favors. We need to know if Hillary is such a person.
I was reminded of Seinfeld when I read the latest column by Fareed Zakaria in the Washington Post. Zakaria lambastes the media for focusing on Hillary Clinton's trip to Chipotle and other unimportant topics like her ethics, and then he calls on Mrs. Clinton to talk about policy, to make her campaign about something. I had to chuckle as I read Zakaria's words.
So far, Hillary has not actually taken questions from the press during her campaign. She has not given a policy speech. All she has done is to hold staged events at which preselected Democrat operatives pose as ordinary citizens and ask preselected questions so as to get the memorized response from Hillary. That may sound harsh, but it is, nevertheless true. The pervasiveness of nothingness is so thick at Hillary's events, the one is always looking for George or Elaine to come strolling in with more talk about -- you guessed it -- nothing. (Kramer won't be there, of course, because after some racist comments he has been banned by the liberal thought police.) So we have a campaign which says nothing, answers nothing and just pretends to hold events, and Zakaria criticizes the press for focusing on the Chipotle visit.
In normal circumstances, Zakaria's criticism of the media would be humorous. After all, they would be covering the only thing that Hillary will let them cover. Today, however, it is amazing that someone with the audience of Zakaria would take the position that Hillary's ethics (actually LACK of ethics) are unimportant. It certainly appears as if Hillary took bribes to favor certain people while she was secretary of state. That's not a minor thing. For all we know, the Russians have copies of the emails that Hillary tried to destroy and will be able to blackmail her should she ever win the White House. Zakaria may believe that there really is not enough proof of wrongdoing by Hillary, but the subject is anything but unimportant.
Mrs. Clinton is going to have to come forward with some detailed explanations for all of these issues that have arisen. It is not a choice on her part. Indeed, even were she to withdraw from the race today, the investigation still needs to be carried to completion. America cannot have people in the president's cabinet who sell influence and favors. We need to know if Hillary is such a person.
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