I also wrote yesterday that the American people say they want a candidate that won't pander to them like Santa Claus, yet that is often whom we end up supporting. Little did I know that there was a Hillary Clinton Chirstimas ad where she actually is wrapping her presents to the American people, such as universal health care, universal pre-school, and alternative energy. For cogent analysis, see David Innes.
This ad, friends, is a perfect argument why Hillary Clinton should not
be president. First, she confirms
P.J. O'Rourke's old joke that God is
a Republican but Santa Claus is a Democrat. Here is Hillary Clinton
"giving" gifts of government programs to the American people. When the joke becomes reality it is no longer funny. Second,
as Innes points out, these are portrayed as free gifts. There is nothing
in the ad that discusses the costs or the constitutional ramifications
of these proposals. Let's be clear: President Hillary Clinton will not
"give" us universal health care. She will take our money, give it to a
government bureaucracy who will then give our own money back to us in
the form of government health insurance after siphoning off a good chunk for overhead. That is not giving; that's
taking. Lastly, the appeal of this ad is debasing to the American
people. Sen. Clinton portrays herself as the kindly mother wrapping
presents for her children. There can be nothing more insulting to the
American people than to infantilize them, treating them as if they are children whom Mrs.
Clinton must care for. This ad represents the most crass pandering one can
imagine. "Vote for me and I will give you presents." A free people
will reject this kind of appeal. It starts today in Iowa.
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