Krauthammer on Hillary: She's On Her "Marie Antoinette" Tour, It's Theater; "I Almost Feel Sorry For Her"
On Wednesday's edition of Special Report Online, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer opined on Hillary Clinton's campaign, or what he calls the "Marie Antoinette cake tour," and the "meta-reporting" of staged events.
"I almost feel sorry for her, almost," Krauthammer said," "that she can't break through the giant apparatus about it and she is so well known that nothing she says is going to change our perception of her. It's sort of a kabuki event with sort of crazy meta-coverage. It's theater."
Krauthammer also addresses the "amusing" idea that she wants to take big money out of politics yet is projected to raise $2.5 billion for her candidacy.
"She has been taking in money ever since she took the silverware from the White House when they left in 2001," Krauthammer said. "I mean, it really is a stretch. I just find this rather amusing. This is her Marie Antoinette cake tour."
"The problem with her is the inauthenticity has reached a point where nothing you see is believable. Even if she were sincere about anything you wouldn't be able to tell it. And the reporting on it is all meta-reporting," the syndicated columnist said.
BRET BAIER, SPECIAL REPORT: You know, this whole thing about taking big money out out of politics is really quite something from Hillary Clinton in that here's a candidate who is potentially going to spend $2.5 billion on a race and she -- all of the people who are advocating for her are raising money hand over fist for this campaign.
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: She has been taking in money ever since she took the silverware from the White House when they left in 2001. I mean, it really is a stretch. I just find this rather amusing. This is her Marie Antoinette cake tour. She's sampling the cake among the people to whom she disdains to dine and chat.
And the problem with her is the inauthenticity has reached a point where nothing you see is believable. Even if she were sincere about anything you wouldn't be able to tell it. And the reporting on it is all meta-reporting. It's not that anybody cares about the event or what was actually said or any interaction, it's about the staging...
It's all so staged that you know it's all sort of message, which I find a really awful word. It used to be intended as a synonym for belief or a policy or a philosophy, but now it's just a synonym for the branding you use for marketing ideas...
I almost feel sorry for her, almost, that she can't break through the giant apparatus about it and she is so well known that nothing she says is going to change our perception of her. It's sort of a kabuki event with sort of crazy meta-coverage. It's theater.
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