Malkin Jokes about a Madam Secretary Clinton being Shot
Unhinged, indeed.
Upon hearing of rumors that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton may accept the title of Madame Secretary, Michelle wonders,
Where do you think she should take her first diplomatic trip?
I vote Tuzla!
It is fresh in the active political junky’s mind that Candidate Hillary Clinton, came under figurative sniper-fire over remarks over claims of literal sniper-fire. She eventually recanted.
That the actual threat of violence was nonexistent is beyond the point; Michelle is taking the connotation of violence towards then-First Lady and applying it directly to a sitting Senator, glibly implying, “Maybe she’ll actually get shot this time.”
Unacceptable, and beyond the border encompassing the Unhinged.
If somebody made a joke about Condoleezza Rice getting shot, MM would throw back her head and bay like a hound for a week. She’d get three or four dedicated blog posts, with four “updates” and five “reax” from her fellow wingnut bloggers each, out of it. But jokes about public figures getting murdered are apparently acceptable as long as they emanate from somewhere to the right of Joe Lieberman.
Comment by dumpendebat — November 17, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
D-
We don’t even have to look back one month to see an example of Michelle’s concern over backhanded death threats:
Can you imagine if an Obama effigy were hung from a noose?
Note that Michelle never covered the instances where lynched effigies of Obama were found.
Comment by Ryan — November 17, 2008 @ 11:47 pm