More unintentional comedy

From the makers of that godawful "Hillary for you and me" video, here comes the sequel -- "Hillary in the House" -- in which they, um, rap:

Commentary would be superfluous.

In other news, Bill Clinton went on a tirade last weekend, attacking, among others, Bill "Judas" Richardson for his alleged disloyalty. (Loyalty! It's always about loyalty with these wretched buffoons!) Speaking of Richardson, he responded to his attackers in yesterday's Washington Post:

I do not believe that the truth will keep Carville and others from attacking me. I can only say that we need to move on from the politics of personal insult and attacks. That era, personified by Carville and his ilk, has passed and I believe we must end the rancor and partisanship that has mired Washington in gridlock. In my view, Sen. Obama represents our best hope of replacing division with unity. That is why, out of loyalty to my country, I endorse him for president.

It seems as if the Clintons truly do not understand that their behavior vis a vis Richardson, among many other things in this campaign, solidifies and confirms every negative impression that people have of them. Like the people who make those hilarious (in the "laughing at you" sense) YouTube videos, Billary and their surrogates appear to entirely lack self-awareness.

Comments

[B. Minich]

What's amazing here is how long they've done this. I'm not surprised . . . except when they win. I never did understand Clinton's second term - he did this then.

[Angrier and Angrier]

Best of all, Chelsea has picked up her parents' bitchy, crusty demeanor. I don't like her, either.

[Joe Mama]

This YouTube post has it about right.

[Weston]

This video is even better (warning: not exactly safe for work continuation of the Sarah Silverman - Matt Damon series):

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/279333/

[Condor]

I'm not a fan of Hillary, but nothing from that article about the Clinton "tirade" merits it being called a "tirade."

But then again, there's probably some "shock" poll out there that says otherwise.

It's one thing to use words like "tirade" and "shock poll" to make headlines. But when people start buying into the vocabulary, that's when it starts to get worrisome.

[Brendan]

Condor, there are of course no direct quotes from the "tirade," because it wasn't recorded or witnessed by a reporter. But that description appears to come from eyewitness accounts of delegates. Admittedly, no delegates are quoted using the word "tirade," but neither are they quoted saying anything that would appear to contradict the reporter's use of that word to paraphrase their descriptions of what occurred.

Without having interviewed the delegates ourselves, we can't know whether the reporter's characterizations or their statements are accurate. But I don't see the basis for your assertion that nothing from that article about the Clinton "tirade" merits it being called a "tirade." There's really nothing from the article to tell us one way or the other! No evidence is presented that would indicate whether the word "tirade" is appropriate (aside from the reporter's own uncontradicted use of the word, of course). The dearth of direct quotes isn't necessarily evidence that it wasn't a tirade (nor that it was). It's entirely neutral on that point. More than likely, it simply means that the delegates didn't want to be quoted in any detail, lest their choice of words tip insiders off as to who spilled the beans. In any event, either the reporter is accurately characterizing the delegates' statements, or he's not, but we can't know which it is from the article.

[Brendan]

P.S. As for "shock poll," let it be noted that my above post in no way "buy[s] into the vocabulary" on that term. I'm not sure how you'd get that from this:

And then, of course, there's a one labeled by Drudge as a "SHOCK POLL," the Public Policy Polling survey that shows Obama ahead by 2%. ... According to TPM, PPP "has had a solid record this year." Still, TPM says, and I agree, that this Obama-by-2 poll "has to be seen as an outlier..."

I'm not "buying into" Drudge's word choice, I'm merely referencing it ("labeled by Drudge as"), with the "of course" indicating that I figure many readers already know about this, and I'm sort of implicitly half-mocking it. But even if that intended tone didn't successfully come through, it certainly can't be fairly said that I'm adopting Drudge's language. I'm merely alluding to the fact that the language exists (and mentioning who is using, namely Drudge), not independently using it myself in any way that indicates I agree with it.

[Angrier and Angrier]

So this video is Hillary's answer to Obama Girl? Sorry, but I'm not buying it. Do Hillary's people really expect college freshmen to masturbate to these people?

[Alasdair]

B Minich - back in 1996, the MSM were able to demonise Dole ... after Hillary's Health-care Fiasco (where even her own political party owning White House, Senate, and House of Representatives couldn't get it passed), a potential President who had experienced 'major medical' should have been a shoo-in for the Presidency, especially as compared with the mendacity of the Clintons ...

1996 was an emotional response from the electorate, not a rational one - and there was no strong Internet back then where the MSM's growing bias and manipulation could be exposed ... people still trusted the NYTimes and the LATimes and the WaPo, because they didn't realise back then that they had good solid reasons NOT to trust 'em ...

Emotional folk consider "swift-boating" to be a negative term ... rational folk realise that "swift-boating" is what is done to a candidate who isn't truthful and who *still* isn't being truthful - by bringing out the truth - and it is a positive and healthy thing ...

Kerry was indeed "swift-boated" and he couldn't even sue any of them because they had the defence of truth to ptotect their efforts - something Kerry himself couldn't use ...

The MSM will try, but they can't demonise McCain the way they managed to demonise Dole ... they have started trying to - after all, wasn't he born in Panama rather than the 'Good Old US of A' ? - but that was their best shot, so far, and they are not succeeding ...

[Mad Max, Esquire]

Condor-

Considering it was Hillary's supporters who called it "a tirade," it sounds to me like it probably was.