The Year of the Women
Hillary Clinton broke the glass ceiling of this mock award last year and proved this year that she had what it takes to set the standard by becoming the first repeat winner in the history of the blog. But she was not alone this year among Dem ladies behaving badly. (This does not mean, of course, that male Dems took this year off; Barry Obama, Jack Lew, Warren Buffett and corrupt ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin were among the men who were serious contenders for this year's award.)
How did Hillary qualify this year? Just a few reminders:
- She claimed that Bill and she were "dead broke" after leaving the White House. (Of course, she had just won a six-figure Senate salary, Bill Clinton drew a nearly $200K/year pension plus nearly $1M a year in office and other benefits and could demand a six-figure appearance fee. Not to mention their money issues were self-inflicted, over Whitewater, Bill's legal problems over his sex scandals as a public sector executive, etc.)
- Barry's former Secretary of State directly compared Russian President Putin to Hitler; what does that tell you about the quality of her diplomatic skills and experience as an aspiring Presidential nominee?
- There was the most economically illiterate, clueless soundbite of the year reminding people not to let anyone tell them that businesses create jobs.
- Nancy Pelosi, who was so enraged by Congressman Marino's speech that she aggressively chased him from the podium to get into his face and rebuke him.
- Debbie Wasserman-Schulz, also DNC chair, who said "Scott Walker has given women the back of his hand...What Republican tea party extremists like Scott Walker are doing is they are grabbing us by the hair and pulling us back."
- Cherokee Lizzie Warren, who risked a government shutdown over a Dodd N. Frankenstein tweak (allowing banks to hedge loan activity) and who hypocritically supported renewal of the Ex-Im Bank (aka "Boeing's Bank"), the poster child of cronyism
- Rosemary Lehmberg, who had earlier been arrested on alcohol-related charges and refused to resign from office, leading to Gov. Perry's veto of her office's budget and resulting in a phony indictment of Perry over the lawful exercise of his authority
- Lois Lerner, at the heart of the IRS scandal and her refusal to appear before Congress, leading to a contempt charge.
- Mary Landrieu, who despicably played the race card in her unsuccessful Senate reelection campaign.
