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alexiscartwheelMaureen Dowd's columns have been pretty critical of Hillary Clinton, sometimes perhaps a bit too critical, but I think today she made some good points, particularly about Clinton's behavior at last night's debate in Cleveland. From her article:
"Hillary and her aides urged reporters to learn from the “Saturday Night Live” skit about journalists having crushes on Obama.
“Maybe we should ask Barack if he’s comfortable and needs another pillow,” she said tartly in the debate here Tuesday night. She peevishly and pointlessly complained about getting the first question too often, implying that the moderators of MSNBC — a channel her campaign has complained has been sexist — are giving Obama an easy ride.
Beating on the press is the lamest thing you can do. It is only because of the utter open-mindedness of the press that Hillary can lose 11 contests in a row and still be treated as a contender."
Watching the debate, I felt like this was one of several moments in which Clinton attempted to be clever, but instead seemed rather petty. (Another was her awkward, backhand attempt to make Obama look like an anti-Semite sympathizer.) Whether the media as a whole is unfair to Clinton isn't completely relevant in the situation. The debates are supposed to give viewers (voters!) insight about the candidates' policy ideas. Whinging to the moderators doesn't do that. It just makes the actual debate into a real, live comedy sketch.
"Hillary and her aides urged reporters to learn from the “Saturday Night Live” skit about journalists having crushes on Obama.
“Maybe we should ask Barack if he’s comfortable and needs another pillow,” she said tartly in the debate here Tuesday night. She peevishly and pointlessly complained about getting the first question too often, implying that the moderators of MSNBC — a channel her campaign has complained has been sexist — are giving Obama an easy ride.
Beating on the press is the lamest thing you can do. It is only because of the utter open-mindedness of the press that Hillary can lose 11 contests in a row and still be treated as a contender."
Watching the debate, I felt like this was one of several moments in which Clinton attempted to be clever, but instead seemed rather petty. (Another was her awkward, backhand attempt to make Obama look like an anti-Semite sympathizer.) Whether the media as a whole is unfair to Clinton isn't completely relevant in the situation. The debates are supposed to give viewers (voters!) insight about the candidates' policy ideas. Whinging to the moderators doesn't do that. It just makes the actual debate into a real, live comedy sketch.
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