Look Over your Shoulder, Barry

As it seems more and more likely that Barack Obama is becoming the new frontrunner for the Democrat nomination, I wonder just how desperate Hillary and Bill are becoming. I wouldn't want to be around Ms Clinton these days. Ash trays and lamps will be flying. Strike that. There is no such thing as an ash tray anymore, at least not around anyone with Hillary's political ambitions.

I'm sure the Clintons are not going to let a little thing like Obama's number of delegates get in their way back to Pennsylvania Avenue. Are there enough ambassadorships and cabinet positions to go around to all the superdelegates that Hillary and Bill are courting? You can be sure that they are putting the pressure on hot and heavy. Promises, threats, whatever it takes.

I'm not surprised that we are hearing talk about counting the Michigan and Florida delegates after all. We should know by now not to take the Clintons at their word. If going back on her word about those contests causes the successful favorable number of delegates to put her over the top, look for a bit of a rumble in the Democrat party. I predict one anyway if the super delegates put Hillary in the lead. Wouldn't she then be "selected not elected"?Anybody? Guess we won't be hearing any talk about the popular vote vs. the electoral college if that happens.

Anyway, look out Barack "Barry" Hussein Obama. I wouldn't put anything past a Clinton and the political office he/she seeks. You know they are prepared to haul out the big guns in order to keep him from the nomination. I imagine all sorts of Democrat muckety-mucks scared to death to cross the Clintons and support Obama. What if she wins after all? Will their political life be worth a plugged nickel? You know the Clintons have long memories and short fuses. And they carry a grudge.

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We have seen Chelsea a-pimpin' for her mom. Nothing unusual about that. Barbara and Jenna Bush were on the campaign trail a bit for their dad. Of course Bill has been doing his thing here and there. Speaking of Bill, he seems to have taken a lesser role lately. We don't see and hear about his tirades and political gaffes as much as we did a few weeks ago. I guess Hillary has put an electrified dog collar on his and he gets a slight correction now and then.

Heads have been rolling from the campaign staff. Out with the hispanic and in with the black. That seems to be too transparent for Hillary to do just for vote getting.

I remember Maggie Williams. I especially remember hearing testimony about her being seen carrying files from the recently deceased Vince Foster's office. Taking her cue from Bill and Hillary, she denied it. Yeah. Right.

The Man Who Won't Go Away - 9 More Years of Him?

Bill Clinton is going to take a more active part in his wife's campaign for the presidency latest reports indicate. Goody. I'm sure that the initial plans for running Hillary's campaign did not include much of His Horniness' presence. Hillary needs to be presented as a separate entity worthy on her own bona fides for acquiring the position of the head of the USA, not some hanger-on to Bill's coattails with all the baggage that evokes.

Trouble is, she is riding on his coattails. She would never have been elected to the Senate without his having been President. The Democrat party would never have picked her out of Arkansas to run for the junior Senate seat from New York with Bill being ex-governor of that state. Everyone knows that, but it doesn't seem to matter.

Everyone also knows that she put up with years of his lies and infidelity in order to keep on keepin' on. Her fervent prayer was that his affairs not be made public knowledge. Well, the best "laid" plans oft gang astray, as they say. In spite of all the brouhaha after Bill's best "laid" plans with Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Monica, Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broderick, et al., she stayed with him until it was too late to cut and run. She bet on the magic aura of his name and it seems to have been a sure thing for her.

Here she is, the leading Democrat contender for the nomination and now is she pulling out the big gun, Billy Boy, to stump for her, at least in the short term. They'll see how it plays in Peoria. Slick Willy has starred in a slick production, thanks to their Hollywood connections, I'm sure, a "Look at how Wonderful Hillary Is!" video that showcases all the activities Hillary undertook in the past couple of decades. No mention of flying ashtrays or lamps, the Rose Law firm billing records, cattle futures, Castle Grande, Whitewater investigations here and there, FBI records, Travelgate, her brothers' involvement in Pardongate, her health care debacle, the vanishing White House furnishings, her blatant denial of Bill's infidelity (invented by the "vast right-wing conspiracy") and purported shock when, lo and behold, he had to confess to it.

Obama's threatening to overtake her in the polls necessitated the call to action for Bill. I'm sure his role will be carefully scripted to prevent his appearing to be coaching her. His position, as first gent, will be an unusual one, to be sure. He will be kept under control, probably by sending him abroad (ha!) as often as possible. In the meantime, get ready to see his snowy white head popping up relatively often, nodding in agreement to Hill's every utterance, giving her quick hugs and smooches (no passionate Gore-type kisses, no sirree) on podia all across America.