A master of the form

Mrs. Bill Clinton was interviewed on NPR today, and it was a notable interview. I recommend it for anyone who supports her, opposes her, who is interested in NPR's failings and methods, or who wants insight into how the press generally covers Clinton and Obama and Republicans (I await the day when the Democrat party is fronted by someone not a Clinton or Obama--which is coming soon, I think).

Clinton is as slick as you would want her to be, and it ends with a big served up softball, "what was your major accomplishment as Secretary of State?"

Interestingly, when NPR wrote up its web site overview, that's the item they lead with. Here's the salient portion: "Because of the eight years that preceded us — it was the economic collapse, it was two wars, it was the war on terror that led to some very unfortunate, un-American actions being taken."

*Love* it. Un-American, indeed. It captures the Clintons perfectly. Personally, I think she should change her name, to something like Hillary el-Abu Ghraib. (She's done it before, Anonymous. Pre-election Hillary Clinton became post-election Hillary Rodham Clinton.)