Hilary, Rappers and the Imus Effect

Let me say, that I think Hilary appears jsut too much of a calculatingly, however-the-wind-blows politician. I think she has one great asset as a potential president, that being Bill, but otherwise I really think she has the material only to be a great cabinet officer.

With that disclaimer, Hilary seems to have stepped into a mess by criticizing Imus and then turning about and taking money from a rapper/music producer. From Colbert I. King's column in today's Washington Post:

Mrs. Clinton, you may recall, took umbrage at Imus's remarks, branding them "small-minded bigotry and coarse sexism." His words, she said in an e-mail to supporters, "showed a disregard for basic decency and were disrespectful and degrading to African Americans and women everywhere."

Good for her, I say, except it must be asked why she was down in Florida making nice to -- and pocketing big bucks from -- a rapper whose obscenity-laced lyrics praise violence, perpetuate racist stereotypes and demean black women.

We have started our presidential campaigns almost a year before the first primary, we have the Internet, and about all I can say about this story is that we can expect more of this. Information lies about the Internet ready to bite everyone in the ass, so be careful what you say unless it all comes from the heart. Frankly, if Hilary appeared to speak more often from her heart and less often from a consultant's list of talking points, she might just become our first female president.