The scripted D.C. pundits have their theme for 2008

[CatWoman]

No, the real issue to these jokers is that her husband’s a hound dog, she’s a cold, manipulative shrew and their marriage a politically inspired sham. The real issue is that Hillary thinks she’s smarter than you—or smarter than Dowd and Broder anyway, which may be the crux of the matter. Smarter than me, too, for the record, except that I got over being outclassed playing high school basketball. Some people never adjust.

That’s the only explanation I’ve got for a transcendentally inane piece of mind-reading by Slate’s editor, Jacob Weisberg. He scrutinized a list of Hillary’s top 10 iPod songs (Stones, Beatles, Aretha Franklin, the Eagles, U 2 ) and pronounced her a calculating phony.

“In point of fact,” he wrote, “I doubt that the relentlessly driven Hillary Clinton spends much time listening to music of any kind.” And whose iPod list proves him a Regular Guy ? Why, George W. Bush, of course (Creedence Clearwater, Van Morrison, George Jones ). “Bush,” see, “doesn’t worry about being politically correct or care what other people think of him.” Then how come Bush wears cowboy clothes and talks about “ranchin’” although there’s no evidence he’s ever owned cows or horses ? Because he’s indifferent to public opinion ? Please. All politicians care deeply what other people think of them.

Will the Times profile the marriages of prospective GOP candidates Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain, with five wives between them ? Not likely. The scripted D. C. pundits have their theme for 2008. As in 2000 and 2004, the Democratic candidate’s an elitist phony, the Republican’s “authentic.” No matter who wins the nomination.

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