A quote the DNC “Gatekeepers” will hate…

From the Tarpit Blog, Hillary Clinton, 2002:

I believe the authority to use force to enforce that mandate is inherent in the original 1991 UN resolution, as President Clinton recognized when he launched Operation Desert Fox in 1998.

You’ll want to read the whole thing.

I think the Dems need to put down this particular tactic, because now that people seem to finally be paying attention to what bloggers have been saying for a 14 months, they’re looking increasingly craven and dishonest. Clearly, they really weren’t thinking about paper trails and public records. No wonder they hate the blogs, no wonder the UN wants to regulate the blogs. No wonder Hillary is herself uncomfortable with the blogs and has said of them: “We are all going to have to rethink how we deal with this, because there are all these competing values … Without any kind of editing function or gatekeeping function, what does it mean to have the right to defend your reputation?”

Ah, yes…the gatekeeping function. What was it Juvenal said in 160 AD, “Who will guard the guards?

I’ll give props to Hillary, though. She knows when to speak up and when to keep her head ducked. Right now, while all her comrades are making targets of themselves, she’s staying out of the way. She said the right things in 2002, and she KNOWS she said the right things. She knows she played the right hand. She’s not about to go on record as flip-flopping on something as important as this, or be seen as undermining the military or the effort. Artillary Hillary is the persona she has chosen and she’s sticking to it. And I can respect that. I’ll still never vote for her, but I can respect that she’s playing her cards well.