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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Hillary Drama Builds While Christie Sinks

by Bill Cisowski


Never was there such a media blitz unleashed last week nipping New Jersey's Gov. Chris Christie's campaign in the bud.  Like a comic slapsick, just when one flap dies down, up pops another scandal.  Is the whole thing scripted?  Of course it is.  So sit back and enjoy the show.


Look, I am no fan of these political characters but the show seems interesting this year.  A bit over-staged perhaps, but what do you think?  Those who monitor the Twitter feed are catching on to the obvious script.   Go figure...a landslide of week-long TV specials and slick magazine layouts about Christie's closed bridge. Then page two, Hurricane Sandy mismanagement, and yes stay tuned, there's more.


Meanwhile Hillary lays low, waiting in the wings for her part.  The heroine is ready for her big entrance where she will be celebrated and lauded by the sidemen masquerading as TV news. Hillary's Bengahzi standown must go unreported and buried, and it remains shrouded in mystery .  Keep them guessing, and after all who cares---and "what does it really matter?"  Listen, mistakes were made, okay?  Nobody is perfect and nobody is to blame here.  Let the dead rest in peace.  And look, doesn't she appear stunning and presidential?


You don't recognize anything fishy because that's your part in the drama.  You just enjoy the show, and when it's over you buy it.  You just buy it, but maybe a few realize the fix is in.  A few know Christie was just another clown playing his assigned role and used to spice up the show.  The idea that any of these characters has anything to do with real life issues is the illusion you're expected to buy.  That's your part.


The made-for-TV plot goes something like this...first we build up Christie as the fat comic character playing the role of dying male-dominated power crippled by scandal, while Hillary will emerge and enter the stage as the strong commanding woman who will change the world.  Hillary as the first woman president is just what may capture the ratings.  The idea of the "first woman president" will be the media mantra and will overshadow any story about past Arkansas skeletons.


What could be more dramatic?  With a little  lighting and makeup we can pull it off?  And this time the 2016 campaign will contain a little entertainment?  The middle-class public is ready for a new circus after suffering the weight of new taxation under the Obama regime.

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