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Hillary and the Briar Patch
BUZZFLASH
READER COMMENTARY
by Sally A. McDonald
I just finished Mrs. Clinton's "Living History," and thought it was pretty good -- it certainly is flying off the shelves. It makes me think that the Republican Think Tanks and Karl Rove should have been reading the childhood tales of "Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Brer Bear" instead of Machiavelli's "The Prince."
In one of those old childhood tales the slippery Brer Rabbit had finally been captured by Brer Fox and Brer Bear (who wasn't too smart anyway) and they were ready to string him up. Seems Brer Rabbit got stuck in the "tar baby" trap Brer Fox laid for him. Brer Rabbit said they could do anything to him but just "don't throw me into the briar-patch, hang me, boil me, skin me but please, please don't throw me in that briar-patch." Well Sir, Brer Fox seeing the fear on Brer Rabbit's face, picked him right up and threw him right in that ole' briar-patch. And the next thing you know Brer Rabbit is laughing all the way through. Seems he grew up in those thorns and knew just where the end of it was, just exactly where he could find the light of day. Fooling Brer Fox and Brer Bear once again and escaping to live happily to out fox them on another day.
This is what the Republicans did and it cost them $70 million dollars to throw Bill and Hillary Clinton into that briar-patch, and now "Bill and Hil" are laughing all the way to the bank. I am laughing for them, because I would rather see them skipping their way to the bank than Ken Lay, Dick Cheney, Bernie Ebbers and the rest of that crew and their companies.
Like Brer Rabbit, the Clintons have weeded their way through that patch all by themselves, without stealing anything from anyone. Out-foxing those who think they are so smart. The Republicans threw all they had into that "tar baby" and now they don't have anything else and the "tar baby" is just a dark puddle blob in the middle of the road, and the Clintons are on the way to the bank with a bunch of well wishers.
I've heard the Republicans say that the Clintons are "sucking oxygen out of the Democratic hopefuls room." I don't think so, I think they are putting oxygen back into the room, giving the Dems a platform and stage to climb aboard, and the Dems don't have a stage right now -- their leader Tom Daschle hasn't given them one.
The Clintons, having survived the briar-patch, are now what bullies hate and fear the most, they are fearless. $70 million and all that bilious group could find was one sexual indiscretion, and they filled Lord knows how many boxes of reports on that one sexual indiscretion. All, and I do mean all, the Clinton's dirty laundry has been washed and hung out to dry in the brightness of the Sun, while the Republicans are still busy soiling their laundry in the dark. Right now, the Clintons newly washed laundry is beginning to look pretty new, pretty bright, and the stench of soiled linen from the other side is beginning to rise up.
Please, please Mr. Bush and friends, don't throw us into that briar-patch.
Sally A. McDonald
BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY
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