Wednesday, June 03, 2015

What kind of grandmother does that?

Ginny at Chicago Boyz reflects on the Clintons' facilitation of the sale of U.S. uranium to the Russians:
Selling the Lincoln bedroom has now become selling uranium to Russia – all with no sense of how far outside the boundaries they dwell.

But something else bothers me as I watch this narcissistic couple perform: We respect men with self-control, with integrity. We know they are men we can count on. But, there is about someone who is empty a certain vulnerability and we return to that with a certain sympathy. Many of those who would be our leaders have that sense of self, that sureness of any commitment, no matter how minor, they will nurture and protect. But some are also quite different. May we not be taken by that needy, charismatic touch nor by the harsh, strident demagogue who would who sign away America’s birthright, the uranium in them thar hills, for a personal slush fund. What kind of grandmother does that?
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