Starvin Larry

Kudos to Hillary Clinton; her email kerfuffle illustrates perfectly the contemptible state of American politics, governance, and the electorate. Start with Hillary herself: a woman of scant accomplishment who owes every position she has obtained to her husband’s influence and political skills. Search the record of her public utterances and writings, an exercise only a committed masochist could endure, and you won’t find a hint of originality or imagination. She craves control for control’s sakes, driven not by any vision, but rather by whatever meager and pathetic satisfactions can be extracted from the obsequience and adoration of fawning masses, media hacks, and bureaucrats, most of whom she despises.

None of this matters one whit to her supporters, who are glad she kept her emails safe from prying eyes. The Democratic party has become the answers to two questions: What’s the payoff? and: Will the government get more? People vote their meal ticket…