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"Somehow we are locked at the hip to Hillary Clinton, who won't stop her manic tarantella until her party whirls into ruins, like the run-amuck carousel in Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. [Her] campaigning has come to: a monotonous exercise in showboating solipsism, like Shirley MacLaine as the geriatric mother in Postcards from the Edge, hijacking her daughter's party and kicking up her heels to sing 'I'm Still Here!'
"Even with strong wins in Appalachia, Hillary has no true rationale for her candidacy, other than her inflamed gender and her putative Washington 'experience' -- which has yet to produce a tangible legislative achievement. Her persistence is now keyed to her hope (chillingly close to a curse) that her rival will make a major gaffe or be besmirched by some unknown past scandal. And her message maliciously undermines Barack Obama, the presumptive nominee, by targeting his presumed weakness in the general election.
"But the gifted Obama is just getting started on the national stage, while his opponent, John McCain, is a clumsy, fusty, narcissistic waffler whose party is in disarray and revolt against him." -- from Camille Paglia's 5.14 Salon column, titled "She Won't Go Easy."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 14, 2008 at 11:53 AM
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Crow T Robot ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/nav-commenters.gif)
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That video's hilarious. Hillary-arious.
I think when the nom is all sealed up, Obama needs to make a genius move and bring in current Clinton supporter Wesley Clark as his VP running mate. The four-star general may be the best way of winning over the Hill-billy Democrats AND the security-minded conservatives/independent lot.
Posted by Crow T Robot at May 14, 2008 12:36 PM
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Rich S. says ...
Jeffrey, you're at Cannes. What exactly did Sean Penn mean when he called Obama's voting record "phenomenally inhuman and unconstitutional." There's no context in the story, but that is pretty damn harsh.
Posted by Rich S. at May 14, 2008 01:23 PM
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hcat says ...
Thank you, I have now put Strangers on a Train in my netflix queue.
Posted by hcat at May 14, 2008 01:25 PM
Posted by Rob at May 14, 2008 01:28 PM
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Mr. Muckle says ...
Indiana Jones and the Runaway Carousel
Posted by Mr. Muckle at May 14, 2008 01:35 PM
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CinemaPhreek says ...
Again, missing the big picture: whether she stays in or not, Clinton will win several of these last contests. From a perception standpoint, it's better for Obama to lose against her while still an ongoing candidate than lose to someone who isn't even running anymore.
Posted by CinemaPhreek at May 14, 2008 01:49 PM
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MikeSchaeferSF says ...
Per the Telegraph (UK), Penn said "I don't have a candidate I'm supporting and I'm certainly interested and excited by the hope that Barack Obama is inspiring,” Then he made the "inhuman and unconstitutional" remark but didn't elaborate.
Meanwhile, all the US outlets who are picking up the story are headlining it with "Sean Penn Endorses Obama" WTF?
Posted by MikeSchaeferSF at May 14, 2008 02:09 PM
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oakling says ...
God, Paglia is insane. Everything was more or less fine here, but "inflamed gender"? She's so purposefully misogynist. At least she's consistent in her schtick, I guess....
Posted by oakling at May 14, 2008 02:19 PM
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MikeSchaeferSF says ...
Oh, and Edwards wil (finally) endorse Obama tonight, sez NBC News.
Posted by MikeSchaeferSF at May 14, 2008 02:29 PM
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BurmaShave says ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/14/john-edwards-endorsing-ob_n_101749.html
Schaefer beat me to it, but just to confirm. A day late and a dollar short of course, but maybe he was turned off by how mant West Virginia voters said race was a factor?
Posted by BurmaShave at May 14, 2008 03:18 PM
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D.Z. says ...
Burma: Maybe Obama promised him the VP slot.
Posted by D.Z. at May 14, 2008 03:46 PM
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BurmaShave says ...
Attorney General, more likely.
Posted by BurmaShave at May 14, 2008 07:19 PM
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lionsfan says ...
Quoting approvingly from Camille Paglia, who has pretensions to being the village literary scold (but lacks the necessary talent found in, for example, Doris Lessing)?
The problem is really that Camille Paglia won't go away. It's not with Hillary on this one. And it was unfortunate that she characterized Hillary's recent primary wins as in "Appalachia" rather than naming the states. Since "Appalachia" as we of course already know is where they dally with first cousins (like Greta Scacchi did, come to think of it!) and go shoeless most of the year. With snobs like you and Paglia opining on hehalf of the intelligentsia, Jeff, McCain is surely destined to become the next President of these United States.
Posted by lionsfan at May 15, 2008 10:15 AM
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