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If you are like most of the Americans polled recently, you are already bored to tears with the extended Presidential campaign that the Democrat party decided to wage.
I don't think it's coincidental that most of the Democrat candidates are current or former legislators, and that the approval rate of Congress, as reported yesterday has dropped to 11%, surpassing even the Presiden'ts unpopularity. In case you thought that was a typo, ELEVEN PERCENT of those polled "approved" of Congress. And you can bet that's with some reservations.
Having started this fight, the Democrats are at pains to keep the entire electorate from falling asleep, and they've attempted all sorts of clever ploys. First it was Elizabeth Edwards, taking on the persona of Martha Mitchell: hissing at every opposing candidate in sight, in addition to Ann Coulter, who is no more than an interested bystander.
Edwards was followed in short order by the irrepressible William Jefferson Clinton, who is reportedly in an absolute tizzy trying to figure out what his title would be, were Hillary to be elected. Next, Michelle Obama weighed in with some information about Barack's personal hygiene that ought to be of interest to nobody but fetishists. Admirably, Theresa Heinz-Kerry has kept her pie-hole shut, although in her defense it must be said that her husband is not a declared candidate. And so the follies continued, until someone tried to drag Fred Thompson's wife into the cat-fight, only to learn she was having none of it.
So, this week we are on yet another tack. Now, according to Ben Smith at The Politico, Hillary has started again on her own name-calling campaign, comparing Dick Cheney (who, incidentally, is also NOT a candidate) to Darth Vader. Smith quotes Hillary thus:
"Vice President [Dick] Cheney came up to see the Republicans yesterday. You can always tell when the Republicans are getting restless, because the Vice President’s motorcade pulls into the Capitol, and Darth Vader emerges..."
Now, while all the Republicans are tut-tutting over this latest, I think it brings an entirely new dimension to the campaign.
The first order of business should be for Rudy Giuliani to compare Hillary to Jeri Ryan's "Seven of Nine" character in Star Trek: Voyager. Should you happen to be among the fifteen Americans who have never seen this TV series, Seven-of-Nine is a sort of space dominatrix, prone to delivering such bons mots as "You will comply," and "Resistance is futile; you will be assimilated." Not only does this perfectly suit Hillary's personality, it accurately reflects the hive mentality of today's Democratic party. There are tow crucial differences: Ryan looks far better in her Voyager role, and Ryan personally never took the role seriously. I can't quickly find a link, but I've read one fan site that says she could never deliver one of those lines in the character's deadpan manner if she was on-camera with someone else. Indeed, if you watch the re-runs, you will never see 7/9 spout one of those lines except she is alone on the screen. By contrast, Hillary actually takes this stuff seriously.
This would open an entirely new area of attack for candidates: comparing each other with characters from the TV "space" shows. My first suggestion would be to say that Alan Greenspan is actually Quark. Look for yourselves.
