Hillary Clinton doesn't just want to give us all free healthcare and fix things in Iraq. No, she's set her sights much, much higher -- nothing short of "repairing the world." At least, so says her avid supporter, Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY).
In the wake of Hillary's "National Women's Finance Council Summit," a campaign event in which she explicitly appealed to women to vote for her because of her sex [raising $1.5 million along the way], Lowey was a guest on this evening's "Tucker." Host Carlson was prodding the congresswoman to explain just what it is about a woman president that would be different from a man.
View video here.
In the course of the conversation, Lowey made her odd claim. Odder still: Tucker didn't bat an eye at Lowey's boast that sounded like "It Takes a Village" on steroids.
TUCKER CARLSON: I'm not exactly sure I understand the pitch that the Clinton campaign is making. It's saying "Hillary is a woman, women out there should vote for her partly because of that." How will the fact that Hillary Clinton is a woman make her a different president?
NITA LOWEY: A couple of points, Tucker. First of all, if you saw the enthusiasm at this event yesterday and the other event Monday in New York, there must have been 1,000 women at each. They were cheering, they were standing, they were applauding. The idea of a woman president leading this country and repairing the world and focusing on Social Security, focusing on child care, health care, the issues that really matter not just to women, but to families was palpable in that room. People are really enthusiastic.
CARLSON: I believe that.
Tucker went on to press the question of what it is about Hillary's womanhood that would make her a better president. After much bobbing and weaving, Lowey eventually asserted that women are more "collaborative" than men. Somebody tell the writers at "Desperate Housewives."
Maybe we should cut Tucker slack for not focusing on Lowey's "repairing the world" claim. He was trying to nail Lowey down on the gender issue. Even so, faced with a boast of such proportions, couldn't Carlson have found time for follow-up? In any case, what are the implications if Lowey is right about Hillary's ambitions?
My take: Lowey, like this NewsBuster, is Jewish. "Repairing the world" is a well-known term from Judaism, the translation of the Hebrew "tikkun olam." As per Wikipedia:
Tikkun olam is an important concept in Judaism . . . Some Jews, particularly among the Orthodox, believe that performing mitzvot [following the commandments] is a means of tikkun olam, helping to perfect the world, and that the performance of more mitzvot will hasten the coming of the Messiah and the Messianic Age.Among many non-Orthodox Jews, the phrase tikkun olam has taken on political, as well as religious, significance. It is frequently used as a synonym for social justice, often with the implication that Jews should work toward the development of a fair and equal society with the same zeal with which their ancestors may have followed Jewish religious law. Tikkun magazine, edited by Rabbi Michael Lerner, is an example that reflects this worldview.
In turn, we know that early during the Clinton presidency, Lerner, a former 1960s Berkeley radical, was something of a spirtual advisor to Hillary. As per "Discover the Networks," Lerner's 1997 book, "The Politics of Meaning," was the source of Mrs. Clinton's widely publicized use of that phrase.
I'm guessing that whether consciously or not, Lowey had this in mind with her "repairing the world" line. I think it fits Hillary well. "We're from the government and we're here to repair the world."
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.




















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Tool Box
October 18, 2007 - 19:18 ET by Lame CherryI was wondering what kind of tool box Hillary would use to repair the world as her role as Bills' tool box had him out raping women, attacking women and molesting interns.
Wonder what kind of tool Hillary will use on Putin, China, Iran, Indonesia, Sudan as their tools all involve murder and the destruction of America.
Hillary done baking cookies and now is handilez in having tool will travel.
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Jeez, what do you expect
October 18, 2007 - 19:25 ET by motherbeltJeez, what do you expect from Nita Lowey? She's an HRC sycophant from the word "go." She very meekly stepped aside to let Clinton run for the Senate seat that was going to be hers. She probably considered it a privilege to be kicked to the curb for Queen Hillary.
As for this:
Tucker went on to press the question of what it is about Hillary's
womanhood that would make her a better president. After much bobbing
and weaving, Lowey eventually asserted that women are more
"collaborative" than men. (emphasis added.)
I keep saying, if women do that, people might start saying that men are better at certain things. The ladies might not want to open that particular can of worms.
Amen, mb
October 18, 2007 - 19:31 ET by BlondeWow....LMAO at your last.
How true!
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Blonde, can you imagine if
October 18, 2007 - 19:37 ET by motherbeltBlonde, can you imagine if Rudy Giuliani said the military would have more respect for him and his strength because he's a man?
Oh, come on, MB!
October 18, 2007 - 19:43 ET by BlondeI certainly have more respect for Hillary as CIC because she's a woman! Give me a break.
She's a kindler, gentler kind of CIC.
Okay, that's as far as I can go with the libspeak.
Hillary in command of this nation's armed forces is just beyond my understanding. They'd mutiny, and I wouldn't blame them...I'd join them.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Luv ya, Blonde, but with all
October 18, 2007 - 19:48 ET by Mark FinkelsteinLuv ya, Blonde, but with all respect, I couldn't disagree more with your prediction that our military would mutiny. Our military is composed of honorable professionals, devoted to our Constitution. I have no doubt they would dutifully carry out the orders of a Pres. Hillary.
Agreed.But... I do you
October 18, 2007 - 19:53 ET by Jack BauerAgreed.
But... do you suspect that there would be a damaging exodus of the experienced, battle hardened brass?
If you only believe even half of what Col Patterson reports, it doesn't look good.
So much for our
October 18, 2007 - 19:56 ET by motherbeltSo much for our "all-volunteer" military.
Well, Mark
October 18, 2007 - 19:54 ET by BlondeI WAS being a little over the top.
But I don't think you'd see reinlistment rates where they are now. Nor would we have these fine young men and women signing up to serve our Nation. They know. What a socialist and elitist snob HRC is. The stories I've heard from the Clinton WH, about the treatment of the Military members, are totally disgusting.
I truly believe the mil members would "defect" in droves if Hillary were to be elected.
Why don't we toss it out to the currently serving (or past, actually) members here?
They might carry out her orders...as long as they were required to....but they hated her husband, they hate her....(hello...Broomstick 11...I think that was from your time in Iraq, Mark).
Hillary is not a leader, and I don't think the military members would follow her. I wouldn't follow her to the ladies room.
Okay...let's see what happens.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Mark, it's a sacry thought
October 18, 2007 - 19:56 ET by JABMark, it's a sacry thought but I have to agree with you here. I think you're right on the numbers.
"Too bad Ignorance isn't painful..."
Well I guess hillary
October 18, 2007 - 19:22 ET by MidAmericaWell I guess hillary will have to be in charge of 'repairing the world'.
I remember from last January that nancy pelosi would be 'taking care of the country'. I hope that's working out well for her.
I just remembered
October 18, 2007 - 19:33 ET by motherbeltI just remembered something....at one point Bill Clinton was talking about "repairing the breach"...which was actually a phrase fromt the Bible (Isaiah, I think) about being the "repairer of the breach." (It's OK for liberals to "do" religion.) Now his wife can go him one better and be the "repairer of the world!"
Hil the Yentl
October 18, 2007 - 19:35 ET by Jack BauerHillary repairing the world?
I'd be a tad more inclined to buy that if it weren't for the fact that she couldn't even repair her marriage.
Allegedly.
St. Hillary the Hideous.
October 18, 2007 - 19:40 ET by Dave RCan anyone name even one thing this woman has ever been successful at?
Muted, I have been.
Hillary's successes
October 18, 2007 - 20:00 ET by doug1950She is a wiz at character assassination. She sicked her winged monkeys on the Travel office people, Bill's bimgo legions, political enemies, limp wristed associates in the Hill-billy brigade that didn't do her bidding, etc.
Money grabbing
October 19, 2007 - 05:21 ET by ThisnThatShe's also good at money grabbing -- yours and others. She tried yesterday to get us to pay $1M "earmarked" for a woodstock museum. Buried in the story is the following:
Note how all these Billionairs have come out to support Clinton, and how easy it is for her to do something if they give her a contribution. This is Slick Willie redux.
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LOL-Guys, I meant successful at things that help this country.
October 20, 2007 - 21:32 ET by Dave RGuess I should have thought that one out a little further.
Commissar of Sewers
October 19, 2007 - 15:15 ET by celatorI'm old enough to remember pictures of Soviet Commissars watching the May Day parade In Moscow march by the reviewing platform. Many of these were women, all looking somewhat alike, wearing bland pants suits, clipped haircuts, a little bit chunky, with a haughty, mean look on their faces. There was the Commissar of Road Building, the Commissar of Agriculture etc. Hillary looks and acts like these women. Maybe she was the Commissar of Sewers at the time?
Let me see if I get this
October 18, 2007 - 20:31 ET by stratmanLet me see if I get this correctly.
1) Ann Coulter offers up Christianity's message of all people to become perfected, as expressed in actions and thoughts, in the likeness of the Lord and the Left go bonkers.
2) Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) then offers up Judaism's (same) messsage of tikkun olam, helping to perfect the world through actions and thoughts, and the Left are silent.
Yet another example of shameless hypocracy, bigotry and hate-mongering by the vote-pimping Left.
Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
Lowey is a truly
October 18, 2007 - 20:37 ET by Trix RabbitLowey is a truly pathological idiot on two accounts:
1) She, like all the rest of Hitlery's sycophantic toadies, suffer from the delusion that Hitlery is the Messiah.
2) She uses the phraseologies of "rabbi" Michael Lerner, yet another Chomskyite loser and true believer in 9/11 conspiracies. This alleged rabbi has hijacked halachic Judaism for his own radicalism. His desecration of the Torah is nothing more than a cheap joke.
When discussing forms of political insanity one should NEVER look for reason, logic, or just plain human decency.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell
hills sr advisor confirms my theory on lib decision process
October 18, 2007 - 20:46 ET by lunaticcringeradioMark Penn, Clinton's senior adviser and pollster, told reporters that
private surveys suggested about 24 percent of Republican women could
vote for Clinton because of "the emotional element of potentially
having the first woman nominee."
thanks for supporting my theory that liberals make decisions based on unsubstantiated irrational emotions instead of a common sense and reasonable approach.
lunaticcringeradio
luna
October 18, 2007 - 20:51 ET by Blonde"Private surveys suggest"....oh yeah.
Every single conservative woman I know would vote for hillary because she sits. As if! (Sorry, I know that was extremely rude...but so is Hillary).
It's all lies and misdirection. I wouldn't vote for myself if I were such an idiot as Hillary.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Repair the Berlin Wall, perhaps
October 18, 2007 - 20:55 ET by BarkerAnd just what 'tools' will Hillary use to 'repair' the world?
Why, the Hammer and Sickle, of course.
I always wondered what
October 18, 2007 - 20:57 ET by Roger the ShrubberI always wondered what happened to Rita DelVecchio...
Okay ... Gonna show my age
October 18, 2007 - 21:12 ET by drillanwrOkay ... Gonna show my age here.
Anybody remember an old 1950s sci-fi B-flick with Zsa Zsa Gabor (3rd cousin to my Hungarian Grandmother) ... called "Queen Of Outer Space" ?
Zsa Zsa wasn't the Queen. No, the Queen was a bitter, nasty, bossy woman who wore a "Phantom Of The Opera" like mask, and made all the other gals on the planet wear them too (no men on the planet) ... Anyhow, come to find out the men of the civilization did her wrong ... Burned her once beautiful face in a war with "atomic" weapons ... hence the mask. She either had all the planet's men killed, or they killed themselves off in the war (don't recall ... been a long time since I saw it) ... So, when the space ship full of strapping Earth dudes lands on her planet she finds herself in a rivalry with the fetching Zsa Zsa for the affections of the ship's handsome captain ... When she reveals her burn scarred face to the captain he recoils from her hideousness (was pretty bad ... I think the mask kept it from healing good ... think dog meat) ... She then, of course, wants all the spacemen killed, and Earth destroyed ... (I'll let you rent the DVD for the rest) ...
Anyhow ... Any time I hear about Hillary I think "Queen Of Outer Space" ...
Don't know why I shared that ... But I feel better <cleansing sigh>
PS
Nancy Pelosi is "The Wasp Woman"
I'll let yunz research that one ...
I watched the Dead Zone
October 18, 2007 - 23:14 ET by ReformedLib Re-FormedConI watched the Dead Zone (movie) weeks ago, and the character, Greg Stillson, reminded me SCARILY of Hillary. Watch that movie and tell me if you don't see her as the crazed power-hungry politician, threatening people, and eventually, possibly, blowing up the world.
I remember the Wasp Woman. With the black eyes and covering the victims in honey to trap them. Forgive me if I'm wrong; I saw it well over 20 years ago.
PS! Why is no one talking about this??? www.hillcap.org
ref-ref- Martin Sheen
October 18, 2007 - 23:30 ET by mastersofdeceitref-ref- Martin Sheen right? Yeah he was creepy. I like the first time walken shakes his hand. Man you just brought back some memories. I saw it in high school with my first true crush and some elements of walken and his love interest (can't remember the girl) actually were applicable to us. Oh man now i'm all melancholic.
"the ice is gonna break!! "
Been a long time since I
October 19, 2007 - 08:49 ET by drillanwrBeen a long time since I saw the Wasp Woman too. I think she had this sharp ring she wore that she used to kill other human women by stabbing the back of their necks and sucking out their "fluids" to keep herself young and beautiful.
Hence, Nancy Pelosi and her continued facial reconstructions ...
Saw the Dead Zone movie once just a couple years ago on cable. I'll have to rent it and watch it again. Thanks.
Missed Opportunity , Tucker
October 18, 2007 - 21:12 ET by BarkerSo I guess you'd have no problem with Condoleezza Rice or Kay Bailey Hutchison being sworn in as President, right Ms. Lowey? And if they ran against a male Democratic candidate, you'd vote for the woman, right Ms. Lowey?
Astute observation,
October 18, 2007 - 21:39 ET by motherbeltAstute observation, Barker.
Of course they wouldn't vote for those other women. For the same reason feminists didn't come to Paula Jones's defense: they're not "the right kind" of woman.
You're so right, motherbelt...
October 18, 2007 - 22:13 ET by BarkerAnd putting a lady like Kay Bailey Hutchison on the Republican ticket as Vice-President is sure to get the Democrats panties in a wad, so to speak.;)
As the heir apparent to
October 18, 2007 - 23:17 ET by maggieqpublicAs the heir apparent to Hillary’s U.S. Senate seat, Congresswoman Lowie will put in long hours to elect the first woman President.
If Hillary is elected, allow me to project the image of playful banter between Clinton “42” and Clinton “44”. We really need to do something about this….
So Hillary wants to "repair
October 19, 2007 - 00:45 ET by fitzfongSo Hillary wants to "repair the world". Isn't that special? I wouldn't trust her to repair a sock.
"NITA LOWEY: A couple of
October 19, 2007 - 04:19 ET by Andrew H."NITA LOWEY: A couple of points, Tucker. First of all, if you saw the enthusiasm at this event yesterday and the other event Monday in New York, there must have been 1,000 women at each. They were cheering, they were standing, they were applauding. The idea of a woman president leading this country and repairing the world and focusing on Social Security, focusing on child care, health care, the issues that really matter not just to women, but to families was palpable in that room. People are really enthusiastic.
CARLSON: I believe that."
I wouldn't be so quick to believe that--she has quite a controlling organization who makes sure everything is set "perfect" for her in every venue she attends. Her campaign is all showmanship and no substance.
Admitedly, we have a large number of dummies in the electorate but not enough for her to win.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.