Posted by
Emmett of the Unblinking Eye on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 12:50:22 PM
If there was anything interesting about the Ohio Democrat debate last night -- and it was interesting only if you find someone treading water and steadily sinking while desparately trying to grab for a life ring you're holding but won't throw interesting (sort of like
William Bendix
in
Lifeboat or just about everybody in
Open Water -- it occurred early on when Hillary was kvetching about the unfairness of Obama's attacks on her. In
his response, Obama said:
"But I think it's very important to understand the context of this, and that is that Senator Clinton has -- her campaign, at least -- has constantly sent out negative attacks on us, e-mail, robocalls, flyers, television ads, radio calls. And, you know, we haven't whined about it because I understand that's the nature of these campaigns....."
Yikes! By saying that he hasn't whined about it, he is of course implying that she has. And whining, as we know, is not a particularly good characteristic for a Presidential candidate. And to some -- not me, of course, but some -- the concept of whining has a certain, well, sexist tinge. One that none of the questioners, nor Clinton, picked up on. But if McCain said it....