Jonah Goldberg has penned a fantastic column on Hillary Clinton's Christmas advertisement. Here's the ad, provided by Campaign Circus:
Here's Goldberg:
The implication is that the only thing standing between you and Hillary's trinkets is a president who doesn't want you to have 'em. This is monarchical thinking; good ruler throws loaves of bread to the peons and asks for nothing but love in return. The truth, as Clinton knows very well, is that it's not so easy. To govern is to choose. 'Give' the people X and it will come at the expense of Y. Indeed, until recently, Clinton's whole schtick has been to emphasize that change is hard work, requiring sacrifice and compromise. She'd lecture Iowa audiences that real change comes from fighting for it. Now that she's on the ropes, it's all yours for the asking. It's a profound commentary on the state of our political culture that Huckabee's ad is the controversial one. Huckabee promises nothing, Hillary everything.
Goldberg also references one of the best books on American politics ever written. That Clinton is running for nanny-in-chief of the nanny state was a point made yesterday in this post by Bill Kristol. My question is this: What's the return policy on Clinton's "gifts"?