Even on television, when they actually speak, Krauthammer and Kristol are unusually soft spoken for commentators - I have never heard either one raise their voice or get into a heated argument with anyone. It makes one wonder if Leon even knows who these two really are. Thinking they're wrong is one thing. Calling them "loud" calls into question his whole opinion.

the Al Borman offense?

This is wild, but I went to your google link and then went to that same Media Matters link!

I also went through it with a fine-toothed comb (well, as fine as one can be at 1:30 am EST) and yeah, MM was doing everything to convince us that this line doesn't mean what it means, in some broader context of her speech. But every paragraph was just more rambling and copying-pasting from the full transcript, and it all shook out to the same thing: THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE MEANT.

I also spotted this (did you, too?):

CLINTON:
We're not coming to you, many of whom are well enough off that actually
the tax cuts may have helped you ... we're probably going to cut that short and
not give it to you. We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the
common good.

In fact, according to a July 2, 2004,
correction to a June 29, 2004, AP report, Clinton said that "cut[ting]
short" the tax cuts was probably necessary "for America to get back
on track and be fiscally responsible," implying that the tax cut
reductions would be necessary to reduce the federal deficit. According to the
AP, Clinton
said:

CLINTON: We're not coming to you, many of whom are well
enough off that actually the tax cuts may have helped you, and say "we're going to give you more." We're saying,
"You know what, for America
to get back on track and be fiscally responsible, we're probably going to cut that short and not
give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the
common good."

Huh??? So now they're telling us there was this mysterious sentence and a half that was left out, and later inserted? Even if this were true, doesn't matter. It's redistribution, plain and simple.

Brother. She said it, Jer, and it's the same no matter how you slice it or how many words you rewind or fast-forward in the speech.

We bid a fond farewell to Professor Talking Points & Cheetos

Okay, Andante...I'm back with my response:

Even though your quote fails to impart the full context of Hillary's remarks, and provokes exaggerated inferences of socialistic fervor, it is nevertheless sufficiently accurate in wording and intent that you are certainly entitled to retain the tagline without any further objection from me.   Consequently, I do apologize and eagerly await my flogging. 

I also reccommend you (and others) go to the snopes site linked below to read a good analysis of this quote and others attributed to Hillary in the form of a quiz which was making the rounds several months ago.  In fact, it was at NewsBusters where I first saw it, and did my own research of the quotes.  I believe I was thinking of a similar one [which proved to be extremely misleading] when I saw your tagline.  I was mistaken.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/marxist.asp

Jer