THE CONCERNS OF HER ENEMIES

There are a lot of people "concerned" about Hillary Clinton (and her voters?) these days. The McCain campaign certainly is, just look at their ads -- and Rudy Guiliani can't help singing her praises as he gets ready to make the Republican keynote speech in Minneapolis, although since Joe Biden became the Democratic UP nominee interest in the "under/over" on how many times Rudy will use the phrase "9/11" has been muted. Lest we forget when Mr. Biden is brief he's chief, a case in point being his quip during the primaries that every sentence spoken by Rudy Guiliani contains three things: "a noun; a verb and 9/11."

But, back to Hillary and all those right-wing Republicans who just can't rest easy because they're too concerned that she's being "disrespected." Come on, that's about like some heads of the KKK getting upset if Barack Obama had been denied his rightful nomination. These people tried to cut Hillary's heart out for over a decade between Bill Clinton's challenges, and theirs was the idea that she would have been a front running and eventual party nominee. And if that stuff weren't enough, the right wing talk show circuit attack dogs made her daughter Chelsea the object of some viscious humor to put it quite mildly.

So here then is what we'd like to see Hillary open with at the Democratic Convention: "These people are as sincere in their concern for me as they are for you middle America." Don't believe it sisters check McCain's record on women's rights, and his "supreme" plan for the courts where it's your choice ladies, for now.

THE BROOKS OF BABBLE-ON

David Brooks is in his own way "streaming" again. Lest we forget, Mr. Brooks was briefly for Al Gore, before he endorsed his Republican opponent as more fiscally responsible among other things. George W. Bush more responsible? Anyway in 2004 he was impressed by the "veteran" presence at the Democratic Convention and was for Mr. Kerry before he was against him, but then even by Swift boat standards the Brooks flowed in another direction rather quickly. In fact one of his primary reasons for switching (within 24 hours) on Mr. Kerry was that he flip-flopped...OK.

This past year Mr. Brooks was favorably impressed by Senator Obama (briefly, of course), leaned a bit towards Senator Clinton but is now for Senator McCain. Are you folks surprised yet?

With that as background we need to appreciate (and read) quickly Mr. Brooks' glowing end assessment of Joe Biden for Barack Obama's possible VP choice. We at the Faux can't argue with a simple reason given for extolling Mr. Biden's word and capability and predict it will take David Brooks at least several days to reverse himself should Senator Biden actually be the Democratic VP nominee. Oh, rumor has it that Fox News has signed up Joe Lieberman as their senior core loyalty reversal expert. Joe, Dave-you should study together.

BROOKS BABBLE UPDATE

Due to Shabbos, our prediction on Joe Biden was published after the Obama campaign announced it. We're glad on all levels, smart choice, smart man.

SOME FEMINIST FAUXWORDS

During the after (sometimes during) dinner act (there actually is one) of Faux News we often talk of women in the political (not in the biblical) sense. After all it is an election year, so in the past primary campaigns there is the repeated question of whether either of two "minorities" as in a black man (Mr. Obama) or a woman (white, as in Mrs. Clinton) could lead the Democratic party. We were puzzled, not by the answer but by the question. Since women are in fact a bit over 52% of the population aren't they a pretty major minority? Add to that, that according to those in academic work who rate such things over 60% of the quality applications for undergraduate admission are turned in by women. So we are compelled to ask that if ladies are 52% of our population and 60% of intellect, why do they get 77% of the salary as men for doing the same job? Which brings us to the Lilly Ledbetter act, so named because on her job working for Goodyear in Alabama, Ms. Ledbetter got in fact very uneven pay for just 30 years or so...well, who knew she can't take a joke. This is going to come up (again) before the Senate sooner than later and it will be nip and tuck for the forces of fair to get the 61 vote total needed to get it passed. Again, these things get through or don't in this congress by razor thin margins, as witnessed by the Medicare reform which just thankfully by one vote. And since John McCain was the only Senator absent that day we wonder if he'll miss the vote and the boat on equal pay for women, as he was out (no doubt) campaigning for their votes while he's to busy to vote for them.