Friday, February 08, 2008

Classic Clinton

It's as disgusting as it is predictable: when you're in trouble in your campaign, simply feign indignation and play the victim.

No one does it better than the Clintons. They've made it an artform.

Whether it's decrying the existence of a mythical "vast, right-wing conspiracy," complaining that your opponents are only attacking you because you're a women (it couldn't be because you're the front-runner, could it?), or castigating anyone for claiming your conventienly timed crocodile tears weren't politically inspired (as you send your underlings on television to use those tears to political advantage), it's the same play from the same playbook.

What I will never understand is why people continue to fall for it.