George Will, male hag

Here is the latest outrage from Will about how Hillary Clinton ought to dry up and drop dead. I thought she was a U.S. Senator, sixty years old, in good shape and with a lot of years of public service ahead of her still. Does this poem, from which Will quotes a snippet, really describe Ms. Clinton?

Provide, Provide

The witch that came (the withered hag) To wash the steps with pail and rag, Was once the beauty Abishag, The picture pride of Hollywood. Too many fall from great and good For you to doubt the likelihood. Die early and avoid the fate. Or if predestined to die late, Make up your mind to die in state. Make the whole stock exchange your own! If need be occupy a throne, Where nobody can call you crone. Some have relied on what they knew; Others on simply being true. What worked for them might work for you. No memory of having starred Atones for later disregard, Or keeps the end from being hard. Better to go down dignified With boughten friendship at your side Than none at all. Provide, provide! Robert Frost Will exemplifies the entitlement of a certain class of white men. If you are going to talk about people who have overstayed their welcome, he seems like a perfect example of that. I have a lot to say about George Will if you want to use the search thingie on the sidebar. More, from social commentator, Julia Keller,   as found on  Shakesville. Keller pulls a lot of stuff together about Hillary Clinton and concludes that the message is that she should drop dead.

Comments

[gerry rosser]

Anyone, like Will, who tries to present baseball as something more than a game to be liked or ignored as one pleases, as though it "mattered," is not worthy of anyone's attention on other stuff he blathers about.

[Hattie]

Gerry: It would be impossible for me to agree with you more on that.