Radio Ga-Ga.
Despite being a target of conservative talk radio for years, Hillary recently claimed that she loves the medium. "I love to do talk radio interviews," she says in the September issue of Talkers Magazine, adding that "I confess that I prefer local New York talk radio because of the opportunity it gives me to connect with New Yorkers." She said that "Talk hosts are deeply connected to their communities, so I always learn from them." She didn't say whether she learned anything from vast, right wing conspiracy radio hosts such as Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity. Hillary also voiced her support for the Internet, which seems natural since her husband's Vice President invented it: "The good news is that with the content available on the Internet and all of the other information options out there the public does have the opportunity to hear and see and read political reporting from a variety of points of view."
Make Love, and War.
Hillary recently told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that Democrats have always been better than Republicans at waging wars, complaining that "I resent it when Republicans say that they're better on national defense." She cited her hubby's Kosovo venture in 1999 as a prime example. She said that "we didn't lose a single American military person," not mentioning the hundreds of innocent civilians that were killed by our military action, which by the way did not have UN approval, was not in our national interest and had nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction. Sen. Clinton also said that "It was Democratic Presidents who prosecuted the wars that were successful in this past century," apparently forgetting about the 1991 Gulf War, which was led by GOP President George H.W. Bush, or that "successful" wars led by Democrats-like Woodrow Wilson in World War I and Harry Truman with the Korean War-were not very successful at all. She also conveniently left out Vietnam, which was officially started by LBJ and the Gulf of Tonkin, and was ended as best as it could be by Republican Richard Nixon.
Bedside Manner.
The New York Daily News reports that "far from the world's prying eyes, a devoted and tender Hillary Clinton rarely left her husband Bill's side before, during and after his heart surgery." According to the paper, Hillary "held his hand, stroked his face and whispered lovingly into his ear." She also listened with concern to every medical discussion about what he would be facing, and even the doctors noticed. "It was obvious they had a very deep affection for one another." Dr. Allan Stewart, a member of the three-person cardiac surgical dream team attending to the former President, revealed that "She would whisper things that only he could hear. She didn't leave his side. She held his hand. It was very moving to see." Another staffer who observed the power couple during their stay at the hospital said that Bill "was happier and more at ease when she was next to him." Hospital insiders also told the Daily News that President Clinton, like many celebrities and sports figures who go to the hospital, was given an alias, but they would not divulge his secret identity.
Campaign Endorsement.
Hillary has managed to campaign in one way or another for candidates even in the aftermath of her husband's heart troubles. She endorsed Democrat Samara Barend in her bid to represent upstate 29th Congressional District. Rep. Amo Houghton. in a statement to the Hornell Evening Tribune, Hillary described Barend as a smart and committed young woman. Hillary would know, since the 27-year-old Barend worked on her 2000 campaign to replace Democratic Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Sen. Clinton said that she plans to play an active role in Barend's race, saying that "she's running a very good campaign. She has a track record. She worked for Moynihan. She knows about the issues of the Southern Tier." Hillary also added that "She'd be a real shot in the arm and a worthy successor to a wonderful man-Congressman Houghton." Amo Houghton, by the way, is a very liberal "Republican."
