This had to be one of the more telling moments about the emptiness of Hillary Clinton's campaign. When Mika Brzezinski asked Morning Joe panel members today to describe Hillary's message "in ten seconds or less," they burst into laughter [see, e.g., screencap below of Cokie Roberts]. "Why is that funny?" demanded Mika, surely knowing the answer: that Hillary stands for nothing much more than "it's my turn, dammit!"
But that didn't stop Anne Gearan of the Washington Post from piping up, claiming "I can answer that. It's 'I'm on your side and they're not." As Newsbuster Ken Shepherd has detailed, Gearan has been "ready for Hillary" for a long time. But in fairness, perhaps Gearan is on to something. Hillary really is on your side . . . assuming you've anted up a minimum of a million bucks to the Clinton Foundation.
Readers are invited to supply their own answers to the question of what is Hillary's message!
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: As the front-runner at this point, Hillary Clinton, what is her message in ten seconds or less? [Laughter on the panel.] Why is that funny?
COKIE ROBERTS: What a question! I mean, that's the whole question.
ANNE GEARAN: I can answer that. It's "I'm on your side and they're not." That in every -- every single policy issue that she has taken on, her message is, I will fight for you, I'm an your side and they're not.
BRZEZINSKI: [Not sounding terribly convinced] Okay.
