Or perhaps whistling past the graveyard.

I sometimes think Mark Shields is the dark haired twin of Phil Donahue.

So Rush, Laura and Sean are going to make Hillary a sympathetic figure.......

No Mr. Shields not if Rush called Chelsea ugly again, not if Laura french kissed Bill and not if Sean walked up in kicked her in the shin.

Mr. Shields, check the wacko liberal blogs on Huff & Kos and you will find that Rush, Laura and Sean are sympathetic to her compared to what the liberals are savaging Dame Clinton now.

Goodness you got Ziggy Brzenski today calling her inept.........that is her own people.

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I agree with Mr. Shields, to a certain extent. I think that approximately 46% of the voters will sympathize with Mrs. Bill Clinton. Of course, President Thompson will win the election handily with over 52% of the popular vote.

The majority of the American people don't want a whining, sniveling, doom-and-gloom liberal as the person leading our country. As the election draws near, and the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" begins to hammer candidate Clinton on her flip-flops and socialist idealology, she will naturally play the "victim card" in response. And although I probably shouldn't say it, that is the worst thing she could do. The people of this country want a tough, strong leader as president. Not a poor, helpless victim.

The reason I see Fred Thompson winning is for the same reason President Reagan was so popular: When I listen to them speak, it makes me feel good.

Shields is, once again, diving into the well of wishful thinking. It's been a trademark of his for decades.

As more of Bill’s clique fall away from her, the voters will see that the Empress has no clothes.

Voters should also be reminded that William Safire called her “a congenital liar”.  Like husband like wife!

In other other words they would like the radio crowd to stop beating on Hillary. The real reason is not that it's going to turn anyone for Hillary in her defence, it will be the GOP Base will be so enraged they will go to the polls just to voke AGAINST Hillary. That is what Hillary is afraid of, GOPers waiting in long lines to get their chance to give her the collective finger by voting GOP.   If the GOP stays home, yet again like 2006, she will win, no doubt about it.

My baby brother, Prego Campbell (otherwise known as "Pea-Boy") has been a newspaper editor for decades, but briefly left the fold to work in PR for a college that shall remain nameless.

He once had to schedule a Presidential debate that included our friend Markie Shields here as a questioner, and the "Moderator" was the one and only Ted Koppel.

The inside scoop was that Shields isn't worth worrying about. Pea said he was even dumber than Gore

Oh, say that now, Mark, just as Rush goes on vacation.  Nice timing.  ;-)

Mark Shields is what I refer to as a 'girly man'.

Girly men are hetrosexual males who exhibit womanly attributes when it comes to their thought process--i.e. they're guided by their emotions rather than logic.  That's not to say that women aren't or can't be logical, but there's no doubt that women are hard-wired to be more emotive than males are.

So, for example, a girly man will have the opinion that it's just not 'fair' that the rich have so much (material goods) when there are the poor amongst us.  This leads them to the conclusion that the rich need to pay more in taxes so government can distribute that money to the poor.

They hold this opinion even though recent history demonstrates just the opposite--that lower tax rates for all--low income, middle class, rich--is good for society because it increases the living standards for all by increasing economic activity.  The Laffer Curve hypothesizes this idea and tax cuts over the last 45 years (Kennedy's, Reagan's & George Bush's) demostrate what happens when government gets out of the way.

Back in the days when I watched TV, I recall seeing Mark Shields and his fellow girly man, Al Hunt, repeatedly castigate Bob Novak on the CNN program Capital Gang when the latter would opine that a cut in the capital gains rate (it was 28% at the time) would be a good thing for all.  I think the Bush tax cuts have proven that notion.

Other girly men include pretty much all male members of the Democrat Party, male liberals, males who happen to work in the media--print, broadcast etc.  Examples include Phil Donahue, Dan Rather, Bill Gates, David Letterman, Juan Williams, Alec Baldwin, Matt Lauer etc.   

"...such overkill that it will make her, transform her into a figure of sympathy by a majority of people.”

By that logic, 

-if we constantly disparage rabid dogs running loose in day care centers, they will eventually become objects of sympathy?

-constantly pointing out the stench of raw sewage will cause us to perceive it as sweet and alluring?

-a continuous campaign against illegal immigrants killing citizens and demanding free services, and we'll drop all notions that they are criminals stealing from us all?

Think of something else, Sparky. That dog won't hunt.

Wrong Mark. For most people, if you frog-walked her nude down Fifth Avenue in the snow, it wouldn't raise the sympathy level for her one iota.

“I think the secret weapon for Senator Clinton, if she is the Democratic nominee, is not simply Rudy's shortcomings, the perceived shortcomings of her opponent, I think you'll see on the part of right-wing radio -- conservative talk, however you want to call it -- such overkill that it will make her, transform her into a figure of sympathy by a majority of people.”

 

NPR's Nina Totenberg then chimed in: “That happened in her first Senate run.”

Get a clue Nina and Shields....

The whole USA is NOT NY City....as you will soon find out.

So will she.