Hillary, Bill, 2020 and News 12 NY

AROUND THE BLOCK

I learned today…

I learned today that Hillary Clinton is not going to run for president in 2020.

Wow, what a relief!

I’ve been having trouble getting to sleep lately, tossing and turning waiting for Hillary to make her decision. With so many Democratic politicians throwing their hats in the ring, I would just lay in bed worrying, Hillary, where are you? Who’s going to stop those can’t possibly beat Trump candidates like John Hickenlooper, Jay Inslee, Pete Buttigieg, Tulsi Gabbard or Steve Bullock?

Oh right – Hillary can’t possibly beat Trump either. 

But seriously, Hillary actually announced that she won’t be running for president. Really? Was that necessary? I kind of doubt that anyone else, anywhere, was having the kind of (facetious) sleepless nights I’ve been having agonizing over her decision. Was her announcement just another example of Clinton hubris? 

But wait, was there someone else somewhere having sleepless nights agonizing over her decision?

Could it be, Bill?

I can imagine Bill, one sleepless night, sneaking into Hillary’s bedroom saying, “Hey hon, I really need some satisfaction. Want to have…?” And Hillary responding, “Not now Bill, I have a headache.”

"But hon," Bill says, “It’s not that kind of satisfaction I’m hankering, it’s just… I miss the political game and since I can’t run again, I just thought we could talk about you running against that deplorable Donald again. I know you ran a wretched campaign last time and you basically lost an unlosable election, but if not you, who? Warren, old Joe, Kamala? Bernie? – so help me I’d like to wring his chicken neck, that socialist phony. He’s more responsible for your loss than Comey or Putin.”

“You’re the only one, hon. It would be great, me getting back on the trail, making speeches, meeting people, working with your campaign interns. And then, when we win…we’ll fulfill all our dreams – two more Clinton terms and you’ll set the stage for Chelsea.”

  

Now, that’s Clinton hubris!

Of course, one thing about Hillary’s announcement does suggest that perhaps her hubris has been toned down a bit – it was made on New York TV station News12. Not ABC, or CBS, or NBC, or CNN, or even MSNBC, but News 12, a cable-exclusive channel that is available in seven regions of the New York tri-state area. 

Guess no one in the mainstream media cared. 

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.