Two observations stand out concerning Gene Lyons. He has an amazing ability to spin things into fiction and a wonderful ability to ignore facts. His column on December 19, 2007 about Hillary Clinton exhibited his talents to the ninth degree. It will be granted that when Hillary showed her concern for children to Mrs. Lyons she exhibited a different nature than is normally seen in public. But does the demeanor she had on those occasions give her the qualification to be President? No more so than Al Capone’s interest in benevolence gave him a free pass for violating liquor laws during prohibition. Just as Capone’s actions were undeniably founded in his criminal behavior, Hillary’s behavior is rooted in a liberal political agenda. But it is only fair to point out that her behavior with children the hospital, presumably had to political motive. But with her, nothing can be a surety. At any rate, she is given the benefit of doubt in the matter.

Lyons took umbrage that Tim Russert and Brian Williams badgered her during a debate. How terrible that they actually expected her to answer the questions without equivocation. After all, she is a Clinton and everyone knows that the Clinton’s are not to be held accountable for anything, even to not knowing the definition of is. He went so far as to call truth used against her as the Republican attack machine. That is understandable coming from Lyons since he has demonstrated time after time that he has a Masters Degree in using the spinning wheel. It may even be a PhD.

Many people demonstrate compassion to children, but that isn’t grounds for overlooking the other things they or she does. Lyons never mentions her socialist agenda for the nation. She wants to confiscate the wealth of those whom she thinks has too much. She wants to place the health insurance business and the dispensing of health care under the oversight of the federal government. She is on record for giving illegal aliens citizenship. There are a lot of other ideas she holds and is either for them or against them depending on the polls or how she thinks a group may or may not like her positions on the issues.

Umbrage is good word for Gene’s behavior on another issue. He didn’t like it when Obama said, “I’m not an ideologue, never have been,’ … Of course, the implication that upset Lyon’s is that Hillary is an ideologue. How can she not be? She spouts the leftist/Marx line for government control of everything; she supports homosexual “rights”; she is against gun ownership; won’t support domestic production of petroleum and is against all the things not of the Democrat agenda for the nation. But Obama was wrong in intimating that she was an ideologue; the right word for her is radical which began during her college days. Of course, Lyon’s couldn’t write that since that doesn’t fit his leftist radical view of the world.

Now we know that Lyons isn’t an Arkansan.  He must have felt terribly lonesome in this state until he found the Clinton’s. He has hooked his spin machine to their brand of wool, and as the days go past, the spinning becomes worse. He spins her and “lying  Bill” trying to make those who can’t think that the Clinton’s are the most put up on vilified couple ever to wear the self promotion mantel. But what else can be expected from a New Jersey liberal out of his environment looking for someone to worship.

Try as he might to fool discerning Arkansans, all who read his column know he is an ideologue just as are his objects of worship. He likes what the Clinton’s like and promotes them at each and every opportunity. Yes, it is true; Gene Lyons is dependable and he showed it in his article. He remained true to form in his blindness to the truth.

12-19-2007 DEC