The scariest thing by far this Halloween season is Hillary Clinton cackling her way through interviews whenever the topic of her emails and private server come up. Who needs zombies and vampires for a good fright, just dim the lights, send the kids next door and turn on CNN.
Now contemplate having to listen to that for four or, God forbid, eight long years if this woman gets elected President? It would not be an infrequent event either, for as sure as the sun rises in the morning, the word scandal follows the Clinton name. Day and night we’d be subjected to it, from one Oval Office press conferences to another, cackle, cackle, cackle.
A nightmare of unthinkable proportions.
It’s certainly easy to understand why Hillary Clinton is rendered incoherent when queried about her emails. What’s she going to do, tell the truth? Not an option. Rule one of being a Clinton is to never, ever fess up to lying. Rule two is to never crack under pressure so it’s unlikely either that we will see her curl up on live TV in a fetal position and weeping like a baby as Anderson Cooper peppers her with questions. Sorry for the visual on that.
So what’s left but madness? The lies have finally caught up to her and really there is nothing else for her to do but cackle away and pray enough voters either don’t notice or aren’t bothered by it.
That to me is the most frightening part of all, that plenty of people know she is lying, know she is corrupt, know there is nothing she won’t do or say to benefit Team Clinton; they know all this but will vote for her any way. Because well, she’s a woman you know and wouldn’t it be great to have a woman as President.
And the consolation prize for the rest of us? A Cackling Hillary pen. Shoot me now.
And your personal choice would be –?
Please don’ say, Ted Cruz —
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No, he’s not my favorite. I like a lot of his ideas but don’t think he has enough cross over appeal. He has a whiny voice too which I know should mean nothing but it bugs the crap out of me. Right now Rubio and Fiorina are my top two but I also like Carson. Christie is starting to grow on me too. Whose corner are you in? You seem too principled for it to be HRC… Sanders?
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Sanders can’t win, although he might well be by far the best candidate – no one votes for old, bald men, no matter how much intellectual acumen they may project, which leaves Hillary – not my first choice, but my best choice.
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I’m just wondering though Arch, is there ever a possibility you would put party aside and vote for the best person? I know, Hillary presses all the right progressive policy buttons for you-although most are vastly different than what she was spouting 5 years ago, which themselves are vastly different than her spouts of 10 years ago-but seriously the woman is corrupt to the bone. If a miracle occurred and Jim Webb were the D nominee, I would vote for him over several of the R’s, certainly over Trump.
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“is there ever a possibility you would put party aside and vote for the best person?” – Absolutely, but somehow, every time I think of the lineup of Republican candidates, I imagine them all filing out of one of those little circus clown cars.
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It’s that find narrative thing you’ve got going. We’ve discussed this problem before…;)
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“It’s that find narrative thing you’ve got going.” – Not clear what that means.
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Whoops, meant “fixed” not “find”…typos are my thing…
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If by “fixed narrative,” you mean I’m not wishy-washy, I’ll take that as a compliment.
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No that’s not what I mean but I’ll compliment ya anyway Arch.
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😉
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Ted Cruz is my favorite. I can put up with his voice. Hard of hearing.
If he had not indicated the wrong preferences on immigration, Rubio might work. No problems with Fiorina or Carson, but Christie is all talk. Tough Conservative talk, but he too often does the Liberal thing. Check his record.
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Yeah, agreed with you on Christie. I like how tough talk a lot but his record ain’t so great.
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“So what’s left but madness? ”
Pretty much. The clowns are now running the asylum.
Where I live it’s all about Bernie Sanders, feel the Bern, parades, protests, whole cars painted up. He’s going to give us all free stuff and nobody ever has to pay for it! Yay! People are so darn clueless.
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Ha, yeah I can imagine up there in the 9th Circut of Hell Sanders is pretty much all you’re gonna hear about, don’t know how you stand it…;)
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Still ROFL over that Hillary pen! What a hoot. And it’s sounds so much like her. She is the most calculating politician to run for this office in many a year and that’s really saying something. I like Carson. He’s beholden to no one as a non-politician. And compared to Hillary who has not accomplished anything of substance in her life, Carson is the anti-Clinton. He has so many more meaningful accomplishments. Being the first to separate twins co-joined at the head and operating on a baby still in the womb. Wow! C’mon, archaeopteryx1, it’s not brain surgery.
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I realize that, Al, if it were, we could fix Colorstorm.
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Agreed Al. I also like his quiet yet effective ways of communicating. So refreshing amongs the blow hards.
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Oh my. Tkx for pointing this out. I would not have been so kind………..Sprinkle in a few dozen um, er, ahs, with the cackle crackles, and you have what sounds like a jackal that should be tackled. then spackled. Apologies to the critter who has better stage poise.
Who could argue with your excellent analysis? Awesome trish, can not stand hearing that ‘cackle.’ I’ve heard better broken coffee pots as they stretch their vocal cords..
But more importantly, who for God’s sake would cast a ballot with an straight face….
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I just finished my belly laugh after reading your comment CS, still chuckling actually, thankyou!
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You provided the inspiration 😉 What would we do without a laughter relief valve………. not to be confused with cackling!
But your thoughts here are a perfect Halloween contribution coupled with serious issues of the day. I’m thinking Hillary ‘masks’ will be a big seller, then again, she may be ‘trumped’ by ‘star wars.’
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I want the Hilary pen. Badly.
I’ve got a moderate republican friend with whom I usually have stimulating political discourse. He invites me to “join the dark side” but which side is that? Where can a Jeffersonian Post-liberal Bull Moose call home? My friend and I agree on a lot, especially on the idea that there are something like 22 people in the two primaries and the best one of the lot is an unelectable self-described socialist from a state with, what, one electoral vote? Sheesh.
I liked Hilary over Obama in the democratic primary eight years ago, but I liked McCain too–right up until they handcuffed him to that circus act, Palin. And to come back with Romney? Argh! Republicans pretty much forced me to vote for Obama both times–and now the front runners are Donald Trump and a New Adventist young earther? That’s the best the right can do? Someone said they liked Carson, and maybe he has some good qualities, but I stopped caring about him the moment he said that he believes the world is just a few thousand years old. He’s walking that back a bit now, but I’m not giving that guy keys to drones, let alone the nuclear missiles. Not happening.
You’re right that Fiorino doesn’t seem that bad, but like Bush she’s going to be torn about by intra-party dysfuntion. Christie is a lout, but he’s sincere and open about who he is, and lets be honest: Tony Soprano got things done, and Christie has that New Jersey bull in a china shop thing down.
Unless something startling happens, and the right somehow manages to get it’s crap together, Hilary is president and we’re looking at more of the same–unimpressive democrats squeaking past niche-market republicans for president, a stalemate in the Senate, and paralyzing anarchy in the republican congress. 300 million people in this country, there has to be someone out there worth voting for, but then again, maybe we’re beyond that as a society, beyond the age of adversarial consensus, grudging respect, or even basic cooperation.
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Interesting times we are in eh? I see it as inevitable and not even necessrily bad, just painful to witness. Our system of government is in shambles, where true reformers are forced out of both parties because most don’t want the gravy train to stop. The churn on the Republican side is much needed and I think the same thing will happen with the Democrats soon enough and it will be a better party for it. Right now both look like train wrecks though, I agree. Some adversarial consensus and grudging respect from all as you say is much needed but we may very well be beyond that.
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“moderate republican” – Isn’t that an oxymoron?
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No.
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Arch–Happily, no. My friend and I happen to share having opinions that fall far outside the dominant paradigms of our respective affiliations. Heck, I wouldn’t be registered for either party if I didn’t have to be, in order to vote in the local primaries; but In Pennsylvania you have to be a democrat or a Republican to vote in primaries, which would limit my voice, especially at the county, local, and school board levels. I used to vote all over the place–I have a friend who was a senior aide of Arlen Specter, an (in)famous moderate republican who was driven from his party and a man I greatly respected, because he voted for his constituency, regardless of the crap that came down on him. The religious saturation of the right has pretty much pushed me leftwards, but there are of similar hypocrisies on the left–so I stand in the middle and do my best to rain shame down on both.
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I know what you mean JC about being constrained by the labels we are required to register under. I don’t think most people fit completely in to the D or R box. Except our friend Arch…;)
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When it comes to politics, people seem to respond like grazing sheep. They are herded up and follow the one in front of them. There may be complaining, but most people are not willing to put the personal effort in required for change. They would rather complain and then passively continue living as usual. Having credible people outside of politics involved in these elections is a positive event. For change to occur, it usually requires small increments. Having candidates outside of politics is a good start.
Great post!
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Well thank you! I really like and agree with what you say about having credible people outside of politics being a good thing. Change is int he air for sure, what happens next remains to be seen!
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Funny post! I couldn’t stop laughing! 🙂
Maybe I laugh so that I don’t cry at the state of politics in this country. Haha.
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You and me both…;)
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Great post and a lot of good comments. Some I agree with and a lot I don’t agree with. My take on the present candidates of both parties is: who is the best person that is not part of the political class. Trump Carson and Fiorino pretty much fill the ticket. Cruz hasn’t been entrenched so he is a possibility.
If you are entertaining a vote for the “cackler” then you need some serious couch time. The women is a liar of the first order just as her husband is and has put the security of this country second to her political career and donations to her so called charity. If you vote Dem because you do not like Rep then don’t vote at all. Stay home and watch the soaps. Look at your own state and read the real truth about companies leaving people leaving and high taxes. That’s what Dem votes get you.
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Lol Dennis, I always appreciate your comments. I hope you didn’t take my post as an endorsement for Hillary….it’s pretty much the opposite, or that’s what I intended.
You bring up a good point about people needing to look at their home states. Who is in charge and how have their policies worked out? I know in CA we are virtually solid blue in both the legislature and governorship, have been for years and the result of two decades of progressivism have been distastrous for middle and low income groups. Taxes ever marching upward, income inequality shooting through the roof, crumbing roads, extremely poor levels of service to those that need it (Medicaid, dependent aid, etc…) and it’s nearly impossible to start a business and actually make a profit so you can expand and hire more people which is why many have closed up shop and march onward to TX and other more business friendly grounds.
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Tricia I would never for even a fleeting moment think that you would endorse Hillary. I think we’re all in a state of flux about the upcoming elections. The Washington establishment is in worse flux then the average voter. Proof is how well Trump is doing in the polls. It’s a long way until we can cast a vote even in early voting. It is fun to watch all the pundits floundering around for reasons why Trump is doing so well and Hillary is up in the polls and when is Trump going to quit. The hearings tomorrow may shed some light on just how much of a liar Hillary is and those in the Obama administration lied to cover their failures. Guess Obama thought Americans wouldn’t care about 4 men getting killed in a far off place. He and Hillary were dead wrong!
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Sadly, thanks to Little George W, there are over 4,200 U.S. dead in the Iraq war and over 30,000 wounded. Four lives are important, to be sure, but they hardly trump (no pun intended) 4,200.
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Seriously Arch, the Iraq war? With pardons to ColorStorm, 5 sighs….
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You’ve forgotten it already?
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But you’re right, what’s W’s 4200 + 30,00, compared to Hillary’s 4 –? After all, Bush was a Republican, which absolves him of all wrong doing.
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Bush has been out of office for almost 7 years, time to move on Arch. And no, I don’t agree at all with your comparison of two entirely different events under very different circumstances.
There are many questions Americans deserve answers to regarding the night Chris Stephens died and how Hilary handles them will say much about her ability to lead this country as President. You should be welcoming these hearings; they will either validate her or bring about more red flags which anyone not voting strictly on party line will be happy knowing about before the election when they can still change their vote.
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“Bush has been out of office for almost 7 years”
As Shakespeare once said, “The evil that men do lives after them” (“Julius Caesar”) Your people put him in office twice. Don’t get me started on those eight years.
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You mean the one Hillary voted for..
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“Intelligence reports indicate….” – Whose intelligence reports, W’s? We KNOW those were false, no WMD’s found ANYwhere!
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Arch, really it’s not healthy to hold on to things like that, time to let go and find someone else to blame for the world’s woes. Might want to give the guy that’s been leading the free world for the last 7 years a passing glance.
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Are you saying we should forget about Hitler and Stalin, because they are in the past? I know a lot of people who would disagree with you.
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No I’m not saying that at all. I already told you I completely disagree with your premises on Bush and the Iraq war and I’m certainly not going to get dragged in to a pointless debate with you on it. What little you’ve spoken of already shows a complete ideological rigidity. Some day I will do a post on it perhaps, then we can discuss further. Or perhaps someday you should than we can play over at your blog.
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I don’t want to argue either, I have far too much work to do outside today before the rain moves in, but between you, CS and Wally, it’s hard to decide who comes closest to being the poster child for complete ideological rigidity – I’d probably have to award that to CS, I hope that doesn’t offend you.
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Not at all, but I would challenge you to look in to your heart and really ponder whether or not you are projecting your own character traits on others.
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Of course I am, we all do.
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In fact, the Bible is a vast set of examples of people projecting their own character traits onto an imagined being – the stern father, issuing orders, demanding unconditional obedience – it’s classic, and quite likely much akin to the stern fathers with whom they, themselves, grew up.
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Sorry trish, probably off topic, but this response by arch is akin to the ‘cackle.’
What is being projected in the text below? What agenda is formed? What father is issuing orders?
Or is it simply an accurate historical setting of context?
—Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.—
Prove it is not true, and therefore all of scripture. (but save it for another time and place)
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“Prove it is not true, just don’t do it here” – How Colorstorm of you —
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It is out of respect for the host here, as your train has already gone off the track.
Something for you think about that’s all.
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Frankly, I can’t imagine you giving me anything worth thinking about.
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Arch, time to zip it and move on. You have things to do remember?
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No it’s fine CS and you’re right, a lot of meaningless cackle. I will never understand why Arch and others feel a relentless need to always prove something about whatever I don’t even know what. I just laugh and shake my head a lot.
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Well, phew, I thought for a minute maybe you were thinking I was on Team Clinton, blecch! And you’re right, such a state flux right now all around. I am looking forward to seeing what the tomorrow’s hearing brings up. Sadly though it could be found out that Hilary murdered and than ate a litter of puppies and many would still vote for her.
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Reblogged this on kommonsentsjane and commented:
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. This woman is one of those bad people. The ultimate is not the oppression and cruelity by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
kommonsentsjane
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Well said and thanks for the reblog!
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“How Colorstorm of you —”
LOL! Ahh Tricia, such an insult is a blessing indeed.
My hubby calls her the cackler in an orange jumpsuit.
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Omg, Cackler in an orange jumpsuit I love that! We can only wish I guess about the orange jumpsuit part.
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And oh yes, I agree, being compared to CS would be quite the blessing indeed. Arch was referring to him when he said “how very CS of you…” though, I can’t credit for being the respondee. 😉
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“being compared to CS would be quite the blessing indeed” – (*shudder, gag*)
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It would be. I’ve never met CS but consider him a friend. He’s very honorable and decent in his postings, even with those he disagrees. I’d appreciate you not bad mouthing my friends in my house.
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You might want to chat with him about all of the comments of mine he has deleted and/or censored from his blog —
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@arch
Ha. You are forgetting my own posts and comments that I delete.
Besides, there is this thing called discernment…………..as well as the fact that you cut and paste (much to your denial) many of your ‘rejected’ remarks at your friends place, where you have a private insulting party.
And by the way, you brought moderation upon yourself, (at many sites) for your incessant barrage of comments within a 30 minute period…………uh, maybe 25 or 30, which crashed by post…………….
But the real story, is the fact that you are still a welcome guest, but that fact has eluded you.
(over and out trish)
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“uh, maybe 25 or 30, which crashed by post…………….” – that’s an outright lie, CS.
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Whatever you say there fella.
I rest my case.
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Well he’s up to 27 so far in this post, which means out of a total of 72 comments, his have taken up over 40% of the rental space. Under the terms and conditions of this blog they are subject to deletion by owner at any time. 😉
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Just a quick note to archaeopteryx1, do your homework. There were WMD’s found in Iraq. There is also proof that some were shipped to Syria and used on the population. Drop your left leanings and seek the truth.
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“There were WMD’s found in Iraq.” – Exactly, Bush lied, and 4200 Americans died.
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Appreciate the effort Dennis but it’s really no use arguing with Arch. He has a cement mind set on things and won’t absorb a word you say.
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Info on WMDs in Iraq, please —
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Arch, we’re done here.
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The man stated that WEDs were found in Iraq, despite the information released from that country – don’t you think the world wants to know?
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Sigh…Arch finding WMD’s isn’t a new story, it broke in 2014 and people have been fighting about the significance since. There are some questions as to the time period (pre 1991 types were found along with others whose time stamp could not be identified) and the strength but there are too many unknown variables as to WMD’s and Iraq to close the book and some very high level people think it is indeed a big deal. I’m not posting a single other thing on this so don’t expect any type of response. And my goodness, go grab a cup of happy tea or something, get your head outside for bit. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/390517/bush-didnt-lie-deroy-murdock
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Why do you think Col. Powell resigned? He was too honorable to livie with the Bush/Cheney lies. You wanted to see a Republican I could have voted for? It would have been Colin Powell
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She was the first person I ever heard use the phrase ‘mis remembering.’ I did think at the time how privileged! Most of us would just be called liars.
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Clearly you’re too young to remember Ronald Reagan’s famous Iran-Contra, “I don’t recall —“
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No I don’t remember that…or should I say ‘I don’t recall…’
How wild would it be if one day one of them politician folk just said, ‘You’re right, I’m a liar.’ 🙂
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Now THAT would be the first evidence of a confirmed miracle!
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Lol!
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So true! She’s too elite to called the same words as us commoners.
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Lol.
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No kiddin’. I agree with your post.
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Nice to have like minded folks to drop in for a visit, thank you!
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So what else is new in politics?
Happy new year, T!
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Oh so much I can’t even keep up any more, lol! Happy New Year to you as well Diana, it’s gonna be a good one, I can feel it! 😉
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“Who needs zombies and vampires for a good fright”
Zombies and vampires won’t be making an appearance this election year, Trump scared them off —
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You too Arch!
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