The "Smartest" Woman in America

Hillary Clinton is the smartest woman in America.

This myth is quickly and unequivocally expelled by simply examining what Hillary had to say on Monday while speaking at Al Sharpton's Martin Luther King Day celebration.

According to a WCBS-TV report:

The Martin Luther King Day celebration at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network is a rite of passage in an election year. And with so many big races this year, candidates and controversy were the order of the day.

...There were tough questions to politicians who feel they must attend the event as much to pay homage to Sharpton as to celebrate Dr. King's legacy.

Sen. Hillary Clinton launched into an impassioned attack on the Bush administration.

"We have a culture of corruption, we have cronyism, we have incompetence. I predict to you that this administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed out country."

Clinton actually got an easy question. "I need you to tell us what distinguishes Democrats from Republicans right now," she was asked.

Clinton's answer was provocative.

Said Clinton, "When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation and you know what I'm talking about..."

Right.

That was REALLY smart.

When Hillary wasn't screeching, she was speaking with that Southern twang that she uses when addressing certain audiences. Not only were her words inappropriate, she delivered them in a condescending fashion.Newsday deals with the controversy that has swirled since the smartest woman in America so stupidly decided to use racially charged imagery at a Martin Luther King celebration.

Another quote from Hillary about the House of Representatives:

"It has been run in a way so that nobody with a contrary view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument, to be heard," she added to thunderous applause.

It was a rare bout of bombast for the Democratic presidential frontrunner, who often dodges far less combustible topics when pressed by reporters.

Clinton's comparison - likening Republicans to slaveholders - prompted a furious reaction from the congressional GOP, which has been beset by lobbying scandals recently and the indictment of Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-Texas) last year.

"It's always wrong to play the race card for political gain by using a loaded word like plantation," said Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), who has enjoyed a cordial relationship with the Clintons. "It is particularly wrong to do so on Martin Luther King Day."

A spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee said, "On a day when Americans are focused on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Hillary Clinton is focused on the legacy of Hillary Clinton."

There is no question that any political gains that Hillary made on Monday were countered by dramatic political losses. The widespread attention her preposterous remarks received was not helpful in terms of projecting that Middle America, mainstream image she so desperately tries to assume.

When is the smartest woman in America going to understand that word of her loopy rhetoric travels?

"I'm not sitting here as some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette." (1992)

"I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas." (1992)

Brilliant, Hillary. Absolutely brilliant.