Howie Carr, a much beloved radio talk show host here in New England, also writes for the Boston Herald and when I read his column “welcoming” Hillary to the Big Show, I just couldn’t stop laughing. His pen is like a stiletto – it slices, it dices…and it can crush as well. A few of his questions that journalists ought to be asking Hillary on her van tour of Iowa (reformatted, emphasis mine):
Rand Paul had a good suggestion for the press last week: Why don’t you hacks start asking Democrats the same kind of loaded, gotcha, when-did-you-stop-beating-your-wife questions that you always throw at Republicans? Will never happen, of course — too many invitations to too many Beautiful People cocktail parties are at stake. But suppose the press were equal opportunity bashers? For example, what if Hillary Clinton had to answer some real questions today when she officially begins her campaign for president, er, queen? It’s easy to slant any question, even if it’s totally legit. For instance, Hillary was against gay marriage less than two years ago. So blogger Jon Gabriel suggested this question for her:
He’s right; many of us on the Right welcome the hard questions – but wish that it wasn’t just the Republican that got them. It certainly is a reason why the GOP is now picking the moderators for the debates. So, all Howie is doing is channeling George Stephanopoulas and his contraception question that was the opening salvo of the Democrat meme #WarOnWomen – from Clinton Wonder Kid to ABC’s Good Morning America (which means he’s never had to stop being a Democrat Hack). But on to the questions
“What finally made you agree with Dick Cheney that gay marriage should be legalized?”
And then Howie Carr followed it up with his own:
