On the Red Phone

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Here's an idea for an Obama ad: a montage of Clinton's Sybillish personalities that have surfaced during the campaign with a solemn voiceover at the end saying, "Does anyone want this nut answering the phone?"

How is it that she became the one who's perceived as more equipped to answer that 3 a.m. call than the unflappable Obama? He, with the ice in his veins, who doesn't panic when he's losing or get too giddy when he's winning, who's as comfortable in his own skin as she's uncomfortable in hers. There have been times in this campaign when she seemed so unhinged that I worried she'd actually kill herself if she lost. Every day, she reminds me more and more of Adele H., who also had an obsession that drove her insane.

A few weeks ago, I started to feel sorry for her. Oh Christ, let her win already...Who cares...It's not worth it. There's not that much difference between them. She can have it. Anything to avoid watching her descend into madness. So I switched. I started rooting for her. It wasn't that hard. Compromise comes easy to me. I was on board.

And then I saw the ad.

I watched, transfixed, as she took the 3 a.m. call...and I was afraid...very afraid. Suddenly, I realized the last thing this country needs is that woman anywhere near a phone. I don't care if it's 3 a.m. or 10 p.m. or any other time. I don't want her talking to Putin, I don't want her talking to Kim Jong Il, I don't want her talking to my nephew. She needs a long rest. She needs to put on a sarong and some sun block and get away from things for a while, a nice beach somewhere -- somewhere far away, where there are...no phones.

Comments

[Alfy]

Well Larry.. I love you but your a pain in the ass :) Xoxo.. Lets get curb back on the air.. We miss it... your audience in cali..

[angel2008]

When he leaves the White House he should get on a plane, go, and join a unit there. He might actually finally serve his county after 8 years of trying to destroy it. Go Bush! Go!

[DavidET]

I suggest renaming this from kitchen sink to Hillary's kitchen stink

[tikiri]

before the feminists get trigger happy - this here is a rational woman commenting:
a possibility that a woman must not enter the 'equal' playing field with the disadvantage of - menopause? something like national security in particular - if as clinton suggests one may be called upon to make a split decision - i'd say ,conference call... obama (who has shown judgement beyond his 46+), if in fact the people are starved enough to vote in clinton - which i personally doubt.

in fact, if i were obama, i'd calll her bluff and challenge her to a split-decision-press-button type debate/quiz. let's see who gives not only the better response...but the better response, faster. i'd wage my last penny on obama.

[MiraMcB]

"before the feminists get trigger happy - this here is a rational woman commenting:
a possibility that a woman must not enter the 'equal' playing field with the disadvantage of - menopause? "

Ever heard of male midlife crisis or male menopause, if comes to that? Of all the disgusting and irrelevant remarks I've seen todate, that takes First Prize. If someone made the racially equivalent remark to that regarding Mr. Obama, people would freakin' implode! Rationale woman? Not.

[hchinaski]

the last thing i want to see when i go to the beach is hillary in a sarong. gross.

http://johnnydoom.blogspot.com/2008/03/hillary-vows-to-change-campaign-stance.html

[Justtellthetruth]

Hilariously funny, and TRUE, which makes it all the more frightening.

Thanks for sharing, Larry.

[BetterAmerica]

Yeah Larry this is soooo funny. NOT.

I guess it's bro's before ho's right?

I can't believe how sexist men are. They can't stand the thought of a woman pres.

[NicoleAnonymous]

That's my motto!

Elliot "I'll pay you $5,000 an hour" Spitzer

[NicoleAnonymous]

Now I'm ashamed of myself, making tasteless, nasty jokes about someone when his wife and children must be devastated and they don't deserve it. I don't know what is going with me today but I'm being a rhymes-with-witch for some reason.

Poor Larry - he will never live this down but he should have known better. Don't mess with women and make us angry because we won't put up with it.

[sheisme]

Remember when men were afraid to vote for a woman because of PMS mood swings and the red button? Hillary exemplifies why! Her menopausal mood swings ... the crying, the cackle, the anger, the pity parties, the whining, "throwing the kitchen sink" all show why women should be very afraid of her too. We DO NOT need the first woman to run for president exhibiting the very traits that shut this door to us for soooo long. Like Larry says, this woman needs a long rest. Let us not make a mistake that will close the door of the presidency to women forever!

[JOVIS]

Just because I don't like Hillary, I'm a sexist? Glass houses?

[BetterAmerica]

Hi JOVIS, definitely not. If you don't like HRC and state reasons that make sense, I understand. What gets me is when people treat HRC differently, with more scrutiny and anger, because she's a woman. Clearly LD's comments weren't fair. This is the typical stereotype...a woman can't lead because she's too emotional. The thing is that Obama's and HRC's positions are very similar. So why is (most) everyone on this post supporting Obama instead of HRC? People are really hard on her-both men and women-and I think some of it (not all) is sexism. Some comments that people say make it clear that they're sexist.
I'm sure some people don't like HRC because of her past. But what they'll find is that most politicians have unsavory dealings in their past, including Obama.

[Lane]

I'm with you, BA!!!
No wonder Laurie left!

[NicoleAnonymous]

Don't be mean - and would you really want to live with someone who was using your fame to make a name for herself by preaching to us about global warming while she flies around the country in a private jet?

And anyway if Laurie doesn't want him, I'll take him and I don't mind the age difference. He is a man who hates women and I'm a woman who hates herself so it could work out!

[LollieDotCom]

You don't have to be sexist to want Hillary to drop out. I'm a 55 year old white woman. I'm not a sexist or a feminist. I'm a humanist. I want the best person for the job no matter what their race, age or gender.

The best person for the job is Barack Obama. He's the only one that had the courage to get real lobby reform passed in the senate. He's the only one who had the courage to stand up against the war when standing up against the war was extremely unpopular.

I'd love to see a woman be president. Just not that one.

[bronsonjoy]

OBAMA WAS UNABLE TO STAND UP FOR THE WAR WHERE IT COUNTED. AT THE TIME OF THE VOTE HE WAS NOT A DECISION MAKER IN WASHINGTON. THEREFORE HIS POSITION ON CASTING A VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE WAR IS MOOT. THEY ARE RUNNING FOR THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF AMERICA. AMERICA MUST COME FIRST. WHOEVER YOU SUPPORT YOU MUST ASK THEM IF AMERICA COMES FIRST. ASK THE PERSON YOU SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING. ARE YOU AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AMERICAN AFRICAN., IRISH AMERICAN, OR AMERICAN IRISH, ETC. WILL THE PERSON YOU SUPPORT PUT AMERICA FIRST ? REGARDLESS OF SEX, COLOR,RELIGION, ETC.? I WANT MY PRESIDENT TO BE AN AMERICAN FIRST. IF NOT, I CAN'T TRUST THEM ON ANY PHONE CALL THAT DEALS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY.

[NicoleAnonymous]

Yesterday I was reading about this woman who was really famous in the 1930s but she made the mistake of marrying a black man. So they took her to jail and then had a trial and judge decided that she was "crazy" and she was sent to a mental institution. Just because she married a black man. I can't remember her name but I think he was Helen Fielding or something similar. This is the way cope with women who aren't demure and quiet and make their own choices.

I'm sure that Larry would agree with them.

[HumeSkeptic]

All I hear from Hillary cultists is slogans: Solutions, Experience, Ready on Day 1.

Soutins to what? Iraq war? She helped create that problem. She is part of the problem. We need someone who saw it as a problem before it became a problem, and warned as.

Experince? What Experience? In the White House? Doing what? Where are the records showing her experience? The only experience I remember is her healcare plan that ended in utter failure.

Ready on Day 1? Doing what? Dividing the world into "good" and "evil" and refusing to talk to "evil"? That's NeoCon read. We have had it with that kind of ready.

These Hillary supporters are just cultists, they keep on midlessly repeating those slogans. Nothing else.

[z1scouts]

Interesting that you think Clinton supporters are cultists. From the very beginning, Obama supporters, with his pre teens to college co-eds have led the cult cry for him. With the media casting him in a "rock star" his cult following is a laugh.
HOw could you possibly think that Obama has the stamina to beat back the onslaught that befell the likes of Bill Clinton and most recently John Kerry (remember Swift boat)? These individuals had political acumen to sustain the barrage of dirty politics played on them. All Obama has, is his youth cult following many whom are not old enough to vote yet; and his cry of "yes we can" ? All he has are slogans.

[BlueDog1]

The man hit it right on the head, the family of Sleaze is nothing more than a bunch lieing, cheating and pillage dwibs. With a communication dwib like Wolfson (you remember last week this asshole said Obama was Ken Star) she is going top get what she deserves, not what they can steal..................keep her away from any GD phone

Go Obama..............................

[HumeSkeptic]

Personally, I am amused when I hear that Obama supporters are "fanatics" driven only by slogans. We are told that Hillary is for solutions, not speeches.

OK. Then ask Hillary to stop giving speeches, and stop using her slogans of "experience" and :solutions"

Regarding solutions, war is a huge problem, and she helped create that problem. She is part of that problem. She has no credibility on the issue to be offering any solutions.

On all issues Obama has offered just as detailed plans as Hillary. For example, healthcare. One can debate the merits of Obama's plans against Hillary's, sure, but he is not lacking in detail.

Besides, detailed plans on each issue are quite meaningless at this point. Implementation of any plan would depend largely on what Congress they end up working with. What is important is to set goals and general guidelines. And Obama has done a better job in that than Hillary.

As for experience, sure, Hillary has spent many more years in politics than Obama. But that in itself doesn't qualify her more for President. What's important is accomplishments. And neither Obama nor Hillary have any spectacular accomplishments. And neither does McCain, other than getting shot down a few times, crashing a few airplanes, and getting captured in Vietnam. So, the accomplishment thing is a wash.

On most issues, Hillary and Obama are not very different. On the issue of war, Obama is the only one who made the right call before the war started. And he did it when it was not popular to do so. To me, that distinguishes him from the other two.

Sure, one can question why he has supported funding the war, but there is no question about Hillary. He has consistently sided with the NeoCons. Consistently.

No matter how you look at it, Obama is the best choice in this election.

And since I said this, I'm ready to be called an Obama cultist, because, as all can see, I paid no attention to issues, only to slogans.

[TheOpinionGuy]

>As for experience, sure, Hillary has spent many more years in politics than Obama. <

Actually, this claim is not true so do not continue to reinforce it.

Obama was an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004, and has been a U.S. Senator since 2004.

Clinton has been a New York senator since 2000.

Obama has three more years as a legislator than Clinton.

[z1scouts]

Thats pathetic, name your state legislators?

The whole Obama manifestion may not have started had the media not been so obviously following his "rock star" fan club. They opened the door to preferential treatment and the people in this country, who do not read history, let alone news papers, jumped on the bandwagon thinking they were missing something, like reality.

[EverConstance]

So, what you're saying is that her years as staff lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee don't count? Nor does the fact that she was this nation's first working First Lady?
Obama himself said that being a state legislator was a part time gig. C'mon, give it up.

[marykins123]

Remember with Hillary you get the 2 for 1 (Bill). Here's the real "nut" of the Clintons on, of all things, the Rush Limbaugh program the day of the TX and OH primaries....

http://images.radcity.net/5155/2461772.mp3

[YellowPanties]

Posting a Rush Limbaugh link is practically like mind-crime.

[BetterAmerica]

Let's get real about who has more experience. Hillary has been a Senator for 8 years...Obama for 2. Should I say more? Are you telling me there is a question about who has more experience? Even if you don't give Hillary any credit for her 8 years in the White House, Hillary still has more experience. It is just that simple. I really can't understand why there is such a debate. I strongly believe that if Hillary was a white man, rather than a woman, Obama would not have a chance. In fact, I am 100% sure Obama would be long gone by now. It is not about experience, it is about gender. Apparently, some of you would much rather have an male moron in the White House than a smart woman in the White House. I guess some of you did not have enough good woman role models in your lives.

[w&cheneysuck]

"Apparently, some of you would much rather have an male moron in the White House"

Obama is not a moron. Now Bush, well, a majority of the people voted for that MORON in 2004. Hillary is more of the same government (just a little too chummy with the cronies) that's why people don't like her. In addition, she just wants this too badly and is willing to do ANYTHING to become the nominee (she is beyond NOTHING) and that's scary.

What happened to grace? She has forgotten. They speak of dirty politics from Rove yet they are reading from the same script. ENOUGH! Experience isn't really the issue here, it's INTEGRITY; something she lacks (demonstrated by her rhetoric and negative campaining).

GO OBAMA!

[BaselessOp]

Yeah, but she IS a woman. A crying, hot tempered, cold tempered, laughing, brooding, yelling, screaming MONSTER of a woman. Her expereince is thin at best and Obama's legislative experience tops hers. He's level headed and not prone to fits when his back is against the wall like the Monster.

[NicoleAnonymous]

And don't forget she would rather be on a beach in the tropics working on her tan than working...

Sincerley,

Larry "women belong in the kitchen" David

[jones]

As an upstate NYer, I'm still waiting for those thousands of jobs she promised us when she got elected. I kind of didn't like her answer at the last debate that she was counting on a democrat to be elected in 2004 in order to do that.

I question her experience and her leadership and would rather toss the dice and put a new person behind the reins with some fresh ideas.

[HumeSkeptic]

Let's get real about who has more experience. Hillary has been a Senator for 8 years...Obama for 2. Should I say more?
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So, just to be consistent, you would be voting for McCain in the general election. Am I right?

[ashen]

"...Hillary still has more experience. It is just that simple. I really can't understand why there is such a debate." Well, if that is the only test, then you should be voting McCain. Who has more 'experience' than Hillary. If judgment has no place in this equation, then this is how you should vote. And if judgment has a place in this equation, then Obama trumps Hillary.

"...It is not about experience, it is about gender." OK, so you switch again. So you say it's not about experience, it's about gender. But Hillary just beat out Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, John Edwards and Bill Richardson to be standing where she is now. As has Obama. And Hillary didn't start playing the gender card until the race card she tried to deal Obama didn't stick.

Do you actually have any good reasons to vote for her, besides "experience" that puts her in the same judgment shoebox as "make it a hundred" McBush?

[Amomma]

Obama is a rookie who was given information by his very close friend Tony Rezko. That information was that there were no WMDs in Iraq. Rezko's very intimate ties and travel to the middle east, including close friendship with Nadhmi Auch, Saddam's long time bag man and friend, was an up close look into Iraq. That's Obam's "judgement"? I'd rather have HRC even tho Larry hates women.

[georgeforchange]

I agree and offer this as food for thought.
Hilliary had ample time in the light of day to obtain information and insights from reliable sources and ample time over many weeks to deliberate before deciding to vote for the Iraq war and then again before deciding to vote for the Kyle-Lieberman amendment that identified the Iranian guard as a terrorist group and authorized Bush to take military action against them.
God help us all if anyone thinks she should answer the red phone at 3:00 am. Her history of poor judgement and denial after a judgement error is something that should frighten all parents wishing for a safer world for their children.