Warthog At Large

Hillary Clinton actually released an ad about Obama’s “bitter” remark?! Come on! It’s silly at best and pathetic at worst which, when you think about it, pretty much sums up how her campaign is going these days. If Obama had been as inane as her, he would’ve also made an ad taunting her for that ludicrous sniper fire story.

What’s utterly absurd about all these criticisms against Obama’s statement is that they were nothing more than blatant misinterpretations of what he really said. I didn’t think he was being elitist or condescending. I thought he was merely being truthful. When people lose their jobs and the economy gets worse by the minute and all the while their president cheerfully declares “we’re gonna be just fine,” I’m pretty sure they’re not exactly in the most positive mood.

When people get screwed over and over by government, of course they’re going to be bitter and cynical and when somebody comes along talking about social welfare and economic reforms, the initial reaction would naturally be skepticism if not outright distrust. So they end up casting their votes based on the candidates’ religious affiliation or policies on gun ownership because it’s no use discussing health care and economic programs which will ultimately fail anyway. And Clinton says this point of view is out of touch. Hmm… I wonder what planet she’s living in right now.

The way Hillary is making such a big deal out of this merely shows her desperation and it doesn’t make her look good at all. Let’s talk about Iraq or the economy or health care or just anything remotely important because this “bitter” brouhaha is already going overboard.

Apparently, the Italians just can’t get enough of Silvio Berlusconi and his pompous, impolite, politically incorrect, and utterly hilarious quotes that not even The Daily Show can top. “The best political leader in Europe and in the world” (as he describes himself) is back and that means of course that we’ll definitely have more of this.

Who cares if he’s not a statesman. George Bush is a dumb-ass monkey and he got to be the so-called leader of the free world. And contrary to what Walter Veltroni said, we do need a premier who sticks up his fingers and tells dirty jokes at European summits. Otherwise we’ll all be bored to death and the mainstream media won’t have anything to talk about and that’s just tragic.

Just imagine smooth talker Il Cavaliere making a pass at Carla Bruni, model wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, at the next EU summit. I can already tell that this is going to be a fun year.