Breslin on Hillary and her Iraq craziness

[Frank Smith]

COMMENTARY

Where's Hillary on Iraq?

Jimmy Breslin

November 30, 2005

Beautiful. I am in receipt today of a mailing from the Hillary Rodham
Clinton campaign. This is different from the letter she sent out by e-
mail in a rush. I don't know who got the e-mail. She announces it is
1,600 words long. That much of her sentences could end reading. The
letter I got is more than a dead dry political mailing. I found it
such compelling reading that I drop everything and share with you
promptly and thus prominently.

It is a four-page questionnaire with the headline, "2005 Critical
National Issues Survey." I thought that this was about the more than
2,000 dead in Iraq. Not even close. I read on, thinking that the
pamphlet might tell me what Hillary stands for, as she is pretty much
a blank thus far.

The questionnaire begins with a statement that we can't let
Republican political attacks distract Hillary from her efforts in the
Senate to address the critical issues our nation needs to address.
Then there is the normal space for contributions by check or credit
card. The amounts are from $25 to $100 and "other." Fine so far.

Here are the critical issues:
"Economy/jobs. Environment. Social Security/Medicare. Education.
Homeland Security. Health Care. Tax Cuts. Reproductive Rights.
Separation of Church and State."

Absolutely marvelous. Nothing about Iraq. Or the life and death of
young Americans in Iraq. Or troop withdrawals from Iraq.

I go through the rest of the pamphlet.

"How concerned are you that President Bush is not doing enough to get
Americans back to work, create more jobs and get the economy moving
again?

"How concerned are you that the massive budget deficits caused by
Republican economic and tax policies will inevitably result in
drastic cuts in Social Security, Medicare, education and social
services?"

Absolutely beautiful!

There are, as stated earlier, now more than 2,000 young Americans who
have died in Iraq. She wants to be a candidate for president and she
doesn't even mention our dead, or our next dead.

Wait. Here is question 9:

"How concerned are you that the administration's unilateral policies
have reduced our number of allies and endangered our national security?"

How absolutely marvelous!

"It depends on what your definition of 'is' is," her husband said
when he was questioned about rolling around on the office carpet with
a young office worker.

And she not only copies, but clearly surpasses. She deals with
something important.

Hillary Clinton today holds the new North American record for fakery.

She copies. She sneaks and slithers past you with her opinion on a
war that kills every day.

Hillary Clinton is in favor of the war and of executions. Sensational!

The other day, when Rep. John Murtha of Johnstown, Pa., called for a
withdrawal from Iraq, and obviously did so with half the Pentagon
behind him, Hillary said, no, we shouldn't pull out at this time. Oh,
it would cause so much violence.

We must stay. It takes a national Alzheimer's for her to be able to
try to get away with things like this.

If Hillary Clinton wants this war to go on, then she should send her
daughter to fight in Iraq.

We have had in New York as United States senators, Robert F. Kennedy,
Jacob Javits and Daniel Moynihan.

We now have Hillary Clinton blowing on her fingers as she goes about
cracking the combination to another safe. If the one hand glistens,
it is from the wedding ring that she has used to hypnotize the public
so far. Beautiful.
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