Hillary Clinton to invest in "Bombay Dreams"

Anyone else think the brohaha over Hill's Ghandi joke is a tad of an overreaction? Her attempt at deadpan humor -- a throwaway, the subtext of which was "remember him?" -- has been treated as a Trent Lott-ian moment of abject insensitivity to a great man, the Indian culture, and probably gas station workers, too. I don't get it, particularly since her whole point was to reference the spirit of a man she much admires (and knows a lot about, no small thing) in a glib way. And the context was a social occasion. As for her "apology," my subj line I hope says it all. Jeesh, are we that PC crazy? Having been labeled ageist on this very board for suggesting Cathy Rigby might be too long in the tights to keep flying, I'm inordinately "sensitive" to Hill's plight.

I thought Hill's biggest offense at the event was the white lace collar. The Judge Judy look is soooo been there/done that.

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Updated On: 1/8/04 at 09:43 AM

i have to thank hullary and actually e-mailed her to do so for helping me correct a glaring insufficiency in my profile as a red-neck bigot and champion of intolerance. i did not know anything about this ethnic stereotype regarding gas station owner/operators. fortunately the flap that ensued after what i saw as a hilarious comment has taught me a crucial new stereotype which i can now whip out and brand upon those deserving ethnic minorities as i see fit.

honestly i did think the comment was hilarious just on it's face: the idea that ghandi was just some schmoe from st. louie. but when i told some more enlightened folks about it, they were shocked and dismayed to hear that she would have stooped to such callous language. the whole incident just reinforces the idea that hillary is the best politician on hand today. i have such immese respect for her, even while i disagree adamantly with her on so many, many issues.

of course, this is an issue of sensitivity. while i am quite callous and insensitve to the feelings of others, i am told that racial stereotypes of any kind are frowned upon in edumacated circles. to indians, several of whom i know from work, this was an insult equivalent to suggesting that martin luther king jr. was a drug dealing pimp, "you remember martin luther king, jr., he ran a string of ho's and sold meth down memphis way." the only reason the flap is not louder and more unified is that the indian community is not nearly so vocal and well organized on the political front as some other minority groups.

all that said, it's still funny.

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Sonof,"convience store" sounds funnier to me.

Any man who hard-sells tofu dogs, curry crullers, and chutney Squishees is my kind of fella!

or asians owning dry cleaning establishments, or mexican landscapers, ...

And aren't "those people" the majority in Congress?

oh now, son, i think you'd find that the minority party in congress has over the years been a staunch advocate and good friend to the folks that the majority of the country would, has, and does still refer to as "those people." but hey, the more bitterness and condescension i hear from the other side of the aisle the better, it helps drown out the idiocy so often spewed by my own party!!

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i would like to think that we should hold our leaders to a higher standard that that which we accept from a for-profit industry that contributes more to the numbing of impressionable minds than it does to thoughtful programming.

but wait a minute, why am i arguing? i thought it was funny...****, I'm at war with myself again.

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i don't get the big deal either. and i too thought that if she was trying to make a joke about the sterotype she would have said convenience store. I like Hillary. She just cannot make one slight misstep without everyone jumping on her to tell her what a bitch she is.

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Right. Hilary cannot say "hello" without the right wing talk radio meisters going bananas. EVERY day. I hear Limbaugh the drug addict in cabs and you would think that he hadn't even noticed that "Billary" (as he still insists on calling him/them)are no longer the first couple. Let it go, Rush. Bush became President, not fair and square, but he became President. Why must he still focus on the Clintons this way? They weren't half the liars Bush and his cronies are. MANY fewer people have died as a result of their lies.

But in Roxy's world nobody ever criticizes things Hilary says.

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What's next, Roxy? That FDR could walk?

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I love that you can actually examine the contradictions and hold them without your head exploding. Roxy never even acknowledges them, he just counterpoints with "Oh yeah??? Well, when Kennedy was elected..."

Yes, it was nowhere near as bad as what Trent Lott said. And I really think that was what Roxy was alluding to in his first post here. Or am I giving him too much credit for historical memory within the last five years?

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You note Roxy didn't mention D'Amato's pantomime.

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