Someone said that Obama is turning out to be an Eisenhower Republican. I have no idea where he got that one although I have to admit that his appointments aren't as awful as I was afraid they would be--especially after the video I saw of him telling ACORN unconvicted felons that they'd be in the White House setting policy.

Still, I'm glad that he chose Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. She is mean enough for the job and has the balls for it. But that is in and of itself a sad commentary.

In the last eight years of Bush Derangement Syndrome I've wondered if perhaps I was given to Clinton Derangement Syndrome. After all, that sorry pair can't be quite as bad as I remembered, can they? Those two terms--in memory every day I was shocked at the sleaze and vulgarity of the people but perhaps I was being too harsh. For a lot more people didn't find them repulsive enough to vote against.

So they stole things from the White House. So they stole $1046 of goods off The George Washington when they spent the night there. So Roger Clinton said, "My brother's got a nose like a vacuum cleaner." So the Hildebeest's secretary told her hair-burners who wanted payment, "The honor of doing the First Lady should be payment enough." I've known a few hair burners and I'm sure that the idea of doing her was either completely understood to be innocent or greeted with retching.

But sometimes we just need to have a walk down memory lane. And here it is.

Hillary needs