Last night on MSNBC’s Hardball program, host Chris Matthews asked Howard Wolfson, Hillary Clinton’s communications director, about—you guessed it—”change.” I don’t know what Wolfson’s response says about Clinton’s ability to be the president, but I’m absolutely convinced that she’d make a great cashier-in-chief. Here’s the transcript:
Matthews: Is Hillary the change candidate, or is Obama the change candidate? I can’t tell.
Wolfson: Look, everybody is talking about change. So, the question becomes, how do you make change, and what kind of change are you going to make? Hillary Clinton has got 35 years of experience making change, and if you want to know what kind of change she’s going to make, look at the change she’s already made in her life. So, yes, we’re talking about change, and we’re talking about the experience to make change. Some would suggest that experience and change are at opposition. I don’t think so. I think people realize that you need experience to make change.
Classic.
January 3, 2008 - 11:25 am at 11:25 am
If elected Cashier in Chief, I promise to make changes in the change-making institutions of America. I will change how change is given, and I will change how change is received. Changing change is what this campaign is all about. Unlike the other candidates for change, who don’t want to change change at all, rather, if they had their way, would keep change the same.
January 3, 2008 - 12:04 pm at 12:04 pm
I’m going through The Change. Can I be President?
January 3, 2008 - 3:48 pm at 3:48 pm
Hillary should be president of the First National Change bank!
January 3, 2008 - 4:03 pm at 4:03 pm
shorter Wolfson: “Hillary changed things in the 90s and she can change things back!”
January 3, 2008 - 10:12 pm at 10:12 pm
just as i was getting ready to commend ed on a brilliant comment, susan m came along and stole his thunder. yes, susan m: you can be president. i mean, i’ve always wanted a president that i could have a hot flash with. you know what i mean?
January 3, 2008 - 10:25 pm at 10:25 pm
hot flashes for everybody! forget universal health care, it’s universal hot flashes!
January 3, 2008 - 10:48 pm at 10:48 pm
i’d like mine with a side of dark chocoalte, please.