Speaking Again of Hillary

Dick Morris came out with a ridiculous New York Post column today claiming that "no one dare criticize Hillary Clinton?"

No one?

Ironically enough, today's Arianna Huffington post was entitled "Hillary's Campaign Would Rather Mudsling Than Get Its Facts Right" and Huffington was considerably tougher on Hillary than Dick Morris.

Of course, that might be because Huffington is a better writer.

In fact, it is extremely difficult to find any stories in the mainstream media or liberal/left bloggers that offer even grudging praise of Hillary Clinton. Blogger Matthew Yglesias practically apologized for arguing that Hillary's refusal to apologize for her Iraq vote might be authentic--"If I may say something nice about Hillary Clinton for a minute . . . " If I want to see something positive about Hillary, I basically have to write it myself.

Hillary is unpopular with the mainstream media because she's never been warm and fuzzy with the press and she's unpopular with the left-wing blogosphere because of her early support for the Iraq War. There's no use whining about it. That's the media hand that's been dealt and Hillary will have to live with it.

However, Dick Morris' claim that "no one dare criticize Hillary Clinton" is the opposite of the truth. Needless to say, Morris knows this, but it's his eagerness to lie that makes Dick Morris an authentic right-winger.