https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/08/27/obamas-143-days-hillarys-duty-and-the-politics-of-experience-and-change/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:35:34 -0400<![CDATA[OK, so Hillary &#8220;did her duty&#8221; last night and delivered a speech that caused the sort of &#8220;modifed rapture&#8221; Nanki-Poo experiences when he at last gets his tête-a-tête with Yum-Yum only to discover that his rival Koko, whom he thought beheaded, is alive and slated to be married to his beloved that very afternoon. Hillary really was dutiful. As Tom Bevan says over at RealClearPolitics, she got off a couple of zingers, e.g., &#8220;with an agenda like that, it makes sense that George Bush and John McCain will be together next week in the Twin Cities. Because these days they&#8217;re awfully hard to tell apart.&#8221; But being dutiful is not exactly the same as being wildly enthusiastic. At the end of the day, she bowed to the inevitable, she lay back, and thought of 2012. As Bevan notes, nowhere did Hillary say that Obama was ready to be Commander in Chief (an omission, he points out, that the McCain was quick to call to the public&#8217;s attention). Personally, I do not blame Hillary for this omission. The gag reflex is not generally subject to conscious suppression and, as Gertrude Stein said in another context, even Hillary knows how far she can go in going too far.]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:28:44 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/08/27/obamas-143-days-hillarys-duty-and-the-politics-of-experience-and-change-n115109