Slate's Bizbox



The XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc...



PRINTDISCUSS
  • « Prev | Main | Next »

    Bless This Mess

    Why on earth is Hillary's Howard Wolfson claiming she didn't say "rich peopleGod bless us''? Because if you watch the snippet from O'Reilly, she's a little tripped up, but all she seems to be trying to convey is a version of "to whom much is given, much is required''—from Luke. (And JFK, and lately, Eliot Spitzer, but never mind that.) The point is, this is like issuing a denial that you said "Happy Mother's Day!'' And lying to dispute Fox News video—nah, no one will catch you on that—on such a completely benign, even inarguable, statement? What an odd thing to do. (Force of habit? Just keeping his skills up? Or most likely, assuming her words would be twisted into, "Greed is good," which was clearly not her intent. I think they call that projection.)    
<May 2008>
SMTWTFS
27282930123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1234567
Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum
What did you think of this article?
POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES

Syndication