CNN, National Review both claim there are "two" Hillary Clintons

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CNN, National Review both claim there are "two" Hillary Clintons

An ostensibly straight news report on CNN about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and a column on the undeniably partisan National Review Online (NRO) had this in common: Both used the "two Hillarys" conceit to assert that Clinton is juggling conflicting political personas in order both to rally progressive Democrats and extend her appeal to moderates in advance of a possible 2008 presidential run.

Using a variation on a recent canard propagated in the media that Clinton has undertaken a shift to the center, CNN national correspondent Bruce Morton; Roll Call contributing writer Stuart Rothenberg, who appeared in Morton's CNN report; and NRO columnist Eric Pfeiffer all described what they saw as two Hillarys in conflict with each other.

National Review and its stable of conservative commentators, including David Frum, Kate O'Beirne, and Byron York, are frequent sources of conservative misinformation. CNN calls itself "The World's News Leader" and touts a self-described "reputation for more than 20 years for objective, independent reporting," according to Tony Maddox, CNN International senior vice president for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

From the June 7 report on CNN's Inside Politics:

MORTON: Two Hillarys? Well, yes.

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ROTHENBERG: I think Senator Clinton understands that you have to be one kind of person to win a Democratic presidential nomination and a little different kind of person to win a general election, and she's trying to be two different people at the same time.

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http://mediamatters.org/items/200506090005

[gratuitous]

1. But President Surehand never wavers

Whether it's deathlessly asserting that Iraq must surrender its weapons of mass destruction or face annihilation in 2002, or regime change in 2003, or liberating the Iraqi people in 2004, to whatever in hell he's saying now to justify the thousands dead and billions upon billions wasted and stolen, George W. Bush remains our Rock of Gilbraltar, never changing, always immutable, because when it comes to the Republicans, the media can't remember 10 seconds ago, let alone five years ago, and whatever falls out of Chimpy's mouth becomes the new Eternal Truth until he opens his yap again.

[rkc3]

2. He drove us headfirst in to a brick wall and didn't even blink.

Man I love dubya's unwavering convictions.

[Supersedeas]

3. lest we recall the many faces of the Chimp during the 04 debates

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4. And this is "news" how???.....

Of course she is. Everyone knows is. Even her die-hard supporters.

I wrote about this way back in February:

http://www.flipsidepress.com/issue/getpost.pl?messnumb=1107314615

If she actually runs for president, how does she think she's going to talk her way out of this reality?