Hillary Clinton:

"Vice President [Dick] Cheney came up to see the Republicans yesterday. You can always tell when the Republicans are getting restless, because the Vice President’s motorcade pulls into the Capitol, and Darth Vader emerges," Hillary Clinton said just now (video) at a $100-a-head fundraiser at town hall near New York's Times Square, referring to Cheney's efforts shore up Republican congressional support for the Iraq war.

"I’m not invited to their meetings and I don’t know what he says or does," she said, in an informal conversation on stage with former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack and retired General Wesley Clark. "But all the brave talk about bringing our troops home, and setting deadlines, and getting out by a certain date just dissipated."

ben smith
Now we are reduced to comparing our leaders to fictional movie characters? And rather evil ones at that? This from the lips of one who presents their self as a candidate to be our nations chief diplomat?

And pining over "brave talk about bringing our troops home..." excuse me...this is "brave talk?" We will need to rewrite the words to "When Johnny Comes Marching Home."

When Johnny comes slithering home again
Forlorn, forlorn!
We'll give him some strong medicine
Forlorn, forlorn!
For we know we've failed
We can never win
A war against evil and terrorism!
And we'll all-wait-till-there's
another nine-eleven!

xtnyoda shalomed