Andrew Sullivan, commenting upon Geoffrey Wheatcroft, applies that Limbaughesque turn of phrase to Hillary Rodham Clinton and her qualifications for high office.

Geoffrey Wheatcroft compares the nepotistic path used by Hillary Rodham Clinton to achieve power with the meritocratic efforts of a Thatcher or a Meir or a Merkel, actual rather than phony feminists, who never tried to wield power by marrying it. He also points out the lack of experience that Clinton has in governing anything:

Seven years ago, she turned up in New York, a state with which she had a somewhat tenuous connection, expecting to be made senator by acclamation (particularly once Rudy Giuliani decided not to run against her). Until that point, she had never won or even sought any elective office, not in the House or in a state legislature. Nor had she held any executive-branch position. The only political task with which she had ever been entrusted was her husband's health-care reforms, and she made a complete hash of that.

She got that job through pure nepotism and cronyism. And her use of a man's power to fuel her own was a major setback for American feminism. But she continues, deploying her husband's presidency as a reason to vote for her.

Bravo, Andrew, for pointing out what many on the right wish to say but fear saying because of the possibility of being labeled misogynistic -- Hillary Clinton has no real qualifications for the presidency other than being a member of the non-exclusive club composed of women who have had sex with Bill Clinton. And while she does have the distinction of being the only one to be married to the former Gonad-in-Chief, that tells us of nothing other than her lack of judgment.

There are women on both sides of the political divide who ought to be given serious consideration for the presidency. These include Condi Rice, Kay Baily Hutchison, Nancy Pelosi, and both senators from California, to name a few who spring to my mind. Each has a record of accomplishment and has achieved office based upon her own merits. That cannot be said of the Democrat front-runner.

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