Damn Yankees.
The Wall Street Journal notes that baseball's New York Yankees haven't won a championship since "life long" fan Hillary Clinton started representing the state. Before she won election in November 2000, the Yankees had won three straight World Series and four of the previous five. Since then, they lost in the Series to two expansion teams (Arizona and Florida), the Anaheim Angels, and made sports history by becoming the first team to lose a seven-game series after winning the first three games. The post-season chokes and lack of championships have Yankees fans asking themselves, "are we better off than we were four years ago?"
Relatively Speaking.
While she was campaigning for John Kerry in Florida, Hillary blasted President George W. Bush and Governor Jeb Bush for being, well, related. "If we were living in another country and we had the President of the country and his brother controlling one of the biggest provinces or states, we would . . . have some doubts about whether, given their track record, they really believe in democracy," she told about 300 cheering supporters. This was an apparent reference to Florida's election experience back in 2000, although the older Bush brother wasn't President yet (he was still governor of Texas). Hillary didn't tell the crowd that an investigation four years ago by Clinton Atty. Gen. Janet Reno, as well as reports by numerous media organizations, failed to turn up any evidence to substantiate her wild claims. Hillary also didn't blast the Kennedy's for having brothers serve as President, Attorney General and senator simultaneously in the early 1960s, and nary a mention was made about a certain former President who has a wife in the Senate.
Hillary Movie?
Hillary showed up at the New York premiere of the movie Finding Neverland, a Peter Pan flick starring Kate Winslet. The London papers noted that Winslet and Hillary appeared "as if they could be mother and daughter" as they posed for photographs together. They had very similar hairstyles, and now Winslet is being rumored to be the perfect choice to play Sen. Clinton in a film of her life. It ends up that Winslet and Hillary have more in common than just a haircut. The actress told a reporter at the event that "If all this went belly-up and no one wanted to hire me I would simply go and get part-time work," possibly "something with children. My sister Beth and I have often talked about setting up a nursery school." Apparently, Ms. Winslet also believes it takes a village to raise a child.
She Got Shot.
Hillary has been one of the most vocal critics of the Bush Administration for the lack of flu vaccinations this year. Not only has she been quite outspoken in her incessant criticism, she sponsored a bill to get more vaccinations and called for an investigation of the Food and Drug Administration. But last week it was revealed that her government-run health-care ideas led at least partially to this year's shortage, and also that her husband managed to get a shot, even though millions of children and the elderly can't get one. This week it was also discovered that Hillary received a flu shot "at the beginning of October before she was aware of any shortage," according to her spokesman.
GOP Wants Me.
Hillary has sent out a fundraising letter warning potential donors she's been targeted by "the Republican attack machine" and asking for cash for her 2006 re-election bid. She writes that she expects "a long and bruising campaign to retain the Senate seat," because "Republican Party operatives are determined to defeat me, and I expect to face a strong, well-financed opponent, such as former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani or New York Gov. George Pataki." Hillary also said that "We must prepare for a relentless attack on my policies and character by those who oppose the ideals of the Democratic Party for which I am fighting." She also added that "conservatives would like nothing better than to defeat me and to claim that as a defeat of Democratic principles and values." Guilty, as charged. Hillary did not tell these potential donors that if she loses in 2006, it will pretty much ruin any chances for her to run for President.
