Tina Brown Marvels at Indestructible Hillary in 'Purpose-Built Pantsuit'

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I'd be curious to see how Tina Brown describes someone she doesn't like. Because after painting what seemed for all the world an unflattering portrait of Hillary Clinton, Brown proclaimed that she think's Hillary's great.

Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and Talk appeared on today's "Morning Joe" largely to discuss British royal doings as dished in her "Diana Chronicles"and otherwise.

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But Brown is also a doyenne of the elite NYC scene, and host Joe Scarborough understandably wanted to get her take on how Hillary is viewed in those rarified quarters.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: I'm curious about Hillary. Is she still seen in New York with suspicion, or has she been embraced by the New York community?

That set Brown off on a remarkable riff I could have sworn was meant as criticism.

TINA BROWN: The thing about Hillary is that she has just developed this air of total indestructibility, inevitability now. It's almost like it doesn't really matter what you think about Hillary anymore. There is just a sense that she is indestructible. She stands there in that purpose-built pantsuit, you know, and it doesn't really matter what --

SCARBOROUGH: Willie [Geist], could you write that phrase down, please?

BROWN: And it doesn't really matter what's emptied on her head. Short of being caught in a restroom, soliciting somebody in the next --

SCARBOROUGH: That's actually her husband.

BROWN: I really don't know what could bring her down. Because she has this -- she's just impervious. Stress, fatigue, flak, scandal just simply [hand gesture indicating they slide off her].

Now again, I thought Brown meant this as criticism. But then came this.

BROWN: And I think that's great. What we do know is we want someone who's that tough. Because you do know the other side are going to empty it all on her head as you race to the close.

When Brown said we want someone that tough, I actually assumed she was going to say that those qualities would stand Hillary in good stead in dealing with America's enemies. But it was the Republicans she evidently had in mind. Come to think of it, I was right. For Brown and her set, America's real enemies are the Republicans.

—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.


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Rick Warren wrote the

Rick Warren wrote the Purpose Driven Life, the Purpose Driven Church, do you suppose he could write the Purpose Built Pantsuit?

This woman frankly scares the h*** out of me. She reminds me of a female boss I had many years ago. She was the most treacherous person I ever worked for in 36 years with DOD. She had her favorites, and she let you know real fast if you werent one. I disagreed with her on something once and she put my career on permanent hold. She had those cold eyes just like Hillary has.

Hillary just puts me too much in mind of this Dragon Lady. Plus Hillary is a socialist.

When Albuquerque mayor,

When Albuquerque mayor, Martin Chavez, announced his candidacy for Pete Domenici's Senate seat, he made the point that he was sure "the right wing" was going to go after him with every dirty tactic. He said this as if he was preparing to do battle with terrorists. What a brave guy...

Gee Tina,

I wonder if Hildabeast's sense of indestructibility has anything to with you MSM parasites playing full-time apologist or just ignoring every damn scandal that she drops in your laps?

 

 

Are you sure

Tina didn't say "porpoise-built"? Maybe Hillary's shaking down another constituency along with the busboys.

Hillary tough?  That's a

Hillary tough?  That's a laugh.  She's been coddled like a member of the Royal Family her entire life.  Do you think she's actually put in a day of hard work in her entire miserable existence?  Hillary has been protected like a sheltered rock star (or a mob boss' daughter) since she shot her mouth off about Tammy Wynette.  Pushy? Yes.  Brassy? Yes.  Obnoxious?  Most definitely.  Tough?  Don't be silly.