Thursday, September 13, 2007

A woman's right to Hsu's   [Mark Steyn]

I know what Mark Hemingway means when he praises the MSM coverage of the Hsu/Clinton scandal, but honestly, the difference between Democrat and Republican scandal fever is very telling. I loved the New York Times headline:

Clinton Sees Fear Realized in Trouble With Donor

Of all the possible vulnerabilities facing Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign, Mrs. Clinton has long believed that the one of the biggest was money, friends and advisers say...

So the story is not the scandal but Hillary's "fear" that she might be "vulnerable" to such a scandal. How come Republic Senators can't get that kind of sympathetic treatment?

Craig Sees Fear Realized in Trouble With Adjoining Stall

Insofar as I understand the Times spin, it's that Mrs Clinton's brilliant political antennae had cannily anticipated that she might be vulnerable to charges of taking illegal campaign contributions from shifty foreign bagmen. Which is easy to believe, given that she had, after all, taken them.

09/13 12:39 AMShare