Career Parallels
Mostly Cajun at, well,
Mostly Cajun.com has an interesting comparison of two political careers.
Yasser, meet Hillary.
From M.C.
bq. No, I haven’t uncovered a hitherto unreleased film of an overnighter with these two. (Ewwwww!!) Instead, here are some thoughts on the demise of Arafat and the ascendency of Hillary in the dimmocrat party. And yes, the two subjects are related.
bq. Arafat: From hands-on terrorist to “stateman” and leader of the “Palestinian” people. It was said long ago when this move was first being made that if Arafat elected to move to a really moderate stand in the Palestinian movement, that he would be marginalized by the very nature of his own creation, Palestine as a tool to eliminate Israel. So he made the move, helped along by the U.N. and complicit European leaders. He was elevated from his skulking hyena existence to being able to hobnob with world leaders.
bq. There is, of course, a kicker to this move. That is that behind the scenes, he allowed Palestinian terrorists to continue to flourish. While he could no longer give voice as their real leader, his own activities had to give tacit approval to their rhetoric, their acts of violence and their bases of operation. If he would not have done so, he would not be in power.
bq. Now, how does this connect to the Hildabeast? Simple. She will begin to make centrist noises for the dimmocrat party. She will Arafat herself. She won’t be caught dead with Michael Moore. She may “tut-tut” at the Move On crowd. But make no mistake about it, she knows that her base of power is not going to be the voiceless centrist elements of the dimmocrat party. Those people stood around and let the LOSER (John F. “Nobody remembers what I did in the 70’s” Kerry) become the nominee and them let the freaky Left commandeer the campaign.
bq. No, in order for the Hildabeast to get the nomination, she’s going to need the freako Left to make the maximum noise. Just like Arafat and the Intifada, Hillary won’t be able to go over there and hug up to them. She’ll have to Arafat them, shake her head sagely and make little noises about playing nice, at the same time making speeches saying that although the actions of the group are misguided, she knows they’re caused by injustice and she’s working oh so hard to erase those injustices, just like Yassir was working for the Palestinians. And like Arafat, the one who will ultimately benefit from the travails of those poor miserable masses will be herself…
bq. And the dimmocrat party will continue on, its voice preempted by the Looney Left, the northeastern elitists and the Hollywood Left. Because when you get right down to it, the rest of those dimmocrat voters just don’t count in the eyes of their handlers. Those people are just sheep to be herded and sheared.
Makes sense to me... I have heard rumblings that H.R. Clinton would be the Demo candidate for '08. She might not be that bad if she stays a centrist.
My preference would be Rudy Giuliani and Condi Rice but that's just my druthers...
Posted by DaveH at November 6, 2004 9:45 PM