The Dead Parrot Candidate
Dana Milbank from The Washington Post describes Hillary Clinton's West Virginia victory in terms of the famous Monty Python's Flying Circus skit about the dead parrot. This, Milbank states, is an ex-candidate. From his description, Clinton may really be.
11:45 a.m., Melrose Hotel, Foggy Bottom: It's Day 7 of the Clinton Campaign Death Watch — a full week since the official arbiter of the Democratic primary, Tim Russert, declared the campaign over and Barack Obama the nominee. Hillary Clinton's advisers continue to insist that the candidate's prospects are very much alive, but the press isn't buying it. Exhibit A: There are two press buses waiting at the hotel here for Clinton's trip to her victory rally in West Virginia, but the entire press contingent doesn't quite fill one. It isn't until the entourage arrives at Dulles Airport that Clinton aides learn that the second bus is still idling, empty, at the hotel.
If there is importance in the results of the primary in West Virginia, the press corps isn't letting on. During the security sweep at Dulles, some play Hacky Sack with a cigarette carton. Awaiting the candidate on the tarmac, two guys from CNN toss a football. Aboard the plane, one member of the press corps entertains his colleagues by flopping down the aisle on his belly, like a fish.
But Clinton, wearing a salmon-colored jacket and dark sunglasses, is all smiles as she boards the jet. She hugs and kisses her campaign chairman, Terry McAuliffe. Still grinning, she helps herself to a cracker with spread from the snack tray as the plane taxis to the runway. And why shouldn't she be happy? Within minutes, Clinton has crossed the Blue Ridge and is over the green hills of West Virginia, home of what she calls the "hardworking Americans, white Americans." This is Clinton Country.
Customer: "That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not half an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it being tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk."
Pet-shop owner: "Well, he's, he's, ah, probably pining for the fiords (sic)."
I'm a little taken aback by that quote attributed to Clinton and frankly have to wonder if there is any corroboration of those words coming from the candidate. Milbank's description of a candidate going through the motions - and for virtually no audience - spells the end for Clinton.
By Rich Horton, Wednesday, 14 May , 2008 @ 12:02 am
Of course Dana Milbank probably believes everyone in West Virginia is nothing but trash anyway.
Her "analogy" (if such it could even be called) doesn’t make sense in any event. If it is anything at all, a 41 point thrashing at the ballot box IS a prolonged sqawk if ever one was heard.
By syn, Wednesday, 14 May , 2008 @ 5:07 am
Let’s hope the parrot keeps up the sqawking, it’s beginning to really get under the MSM’s skin in a delightfully agitating way.
By Sam L., Wednesday, 14 May , 2008 @ 7:53 am
What I’m seeing is that "Hillary’s dead because the media say she’s dead and therefore they won’t give her coverage because there’s nothing to cover."Sorta like the war in Iraq. The media have made up their (hive) mind."Facts? You don’t need no stinkin’ facts!"
By Mockinbird, Wednesday, 14 May , 2008 @ 2:29 pm
She could get a second bachelor’s degree in Nursing; that would help her resume. Or she could go into the private sector; Walmart is crying for greeters and shelf stockers.
By Mwalimu Daudi, Wednesday, 14 May , 2008 @ 5:50 pm
I’m a little taken aback by that quote attributed to Clinton and frankly have to wonder if there is any corroboration of those words coming from the candidate.
Who knows? Clinton Inc. and the Washington Post are two packs of professional liars, so how can a lowly typical white person like myself know what was actually said?