BIGMACS AND COW PATTIES

After searching for hours for John Hume’s purported statements about Hillary Clinton’s role in the Good Friday Agreement I had to give up. No matter how hard I tried I could find nothing outside of a few blogs and news articles that merely alluded to his assertions. Some of them included portions of his statement but none provided a link or even a mention of the original source. Then I googled “John Hume” and got this and this, an article in one of the Irish papers that discusses “a statement in his [Mr. Hume’s] name” that “was put on Mrs. Clinton’s official website.” Well, now, that explains why bigmac_2008 failed to include a link in his comments about my last entry. No self‑respecting fried meat patty would want to be known as a spin master – leave that to the cotton candy aficionados, ay?

One has to wonder how Mr. Hume’s comments, which I suspect were made over the telephone, were solicited. Did Hillary’s aides offer cheese with the whine or did they just resort to playing the victim’s role? It most probably was a combination of the two, and I can just imagine how the conversation went: “You’ve got to help us Mr. Hume. That terrorist Muslim – Barrack HUSSEIN Obama – is saying that Hillary didn’t support the Good Friday Agreement. Yes, he’s related to Saddam. And he’s black, you know.” To which the distressed Mr. Hume replied, “Now, now girls. You mustn’t let this get you down. Why everybody knows Mrs. Clinton ‘visited Northern Ireland, met with very many people and gave very decisive support to the peace process.’”

Well here’s some news for you, bigmac: Cheerleaders give very decisive support to their home teams. That doesn’t make them quarterbacks. And let’s not lose sight of the real issue here – Hillary Clinton’s claim that she played a key role in bringing the warring factions together for peace talks. She has gone so far as to mention a meeting she supposedly “pulled together” at the Belfast town hall for the purpose of getting them to talk to each other for “the very first time.” And that, my friend, is just another cow patty.