Getting To Know Hillary's Defensive Side

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When somebody tells you the same thing three or four times, it may be something that you're supposed to understand is very important. When somebody tells you the same thing more than 30 times in a row, though, it means you probably already think the opposite is true -- and it's a good idea to figure out what exactly the message is, and why it's being hammered into your brain.

Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign's new site, The Hillary I Know, features dozens of short video testimonials to Senator Clinton as a person. (The campaign has been blanketing liberal blogs with ads for the site.) The men and women featured in the interviews are her constituents, her co-workers, her associates from church, her mom, and, on the first page, "very close friend" Jim Blair. If that name rings a bell, perhaps it's because he was the Tyson attorney who helped her turn $1000 into $100,000 in ten months close to three decades ago.

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Several endorsers talk about how Senator Clinton's interventions in health care-related matters saved them or people close to them; several talk about her strong religious convictions. Nobody talks about her actual policies (although a few mention that she's got policies in mind) -- the point is just for "those who know her best," as the site says, to act as character witnesses for her. But you don't generally need character witnesses unless you've been accused of something. What's she being accused of?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/20/opinion/main3636107.shtml