Hillary’s Dirty Politics

The political season is showing a side of Hilary Clinton that we did not know. The intent of her political attacks on Obama has to be examined for what they are; tactical moves to bring him down. She had employed dirty political tactics that give politics a bad name. We all know by now that Hillary wants the presidential nomination badly. It has been her sole purpose for the last six years. In fact Hillary moved to New York and set up shop there for the purpose of building a political resume as a pre-requisite for her current run for the White House.

This was all pre-planned and orchestrated by Bill and Hillary. He would move to Harlem and she would become the Junior Senator from New York. The truth be told Hillary has been a good Senator in New York State. She has been attentive to her constituents and has served the office well. The not so pretty side of Hillary has only surfaced in this fight for the Democratic nomination for President.

One must also concur that the state of the economy and the county is so disjointed that either candidate; Barack or Hillary will do for the next four years. It is disheartening that a not so flattering side of Hillary has surfaced. If Hillary does not take both Texas and Ohio, it could be over for her. The stakes are high. The entire nation including John McClain will be watching.

So there we have it, Hillary Clinton up against the ropes in her only real fight for political office. Her only previous run was to become the Junior Senator from New York. That was a well orchestrated campaign in which she faced token opposition. Not at all a real test for her. But Obama is proving to be quite a formidable foe,whom Hillary underestimated from the start. This is unchartered land for Hillary, her political resume includes simply US Senator from New York.

The Influences of News Events

Is there really such a thing a real creative journalism? Yes there is. However most Journalism throughout history has been totally reactionary. Without news or events you have no stories. You have no features and you have no editorial expose. Our life and the chaos that surrounds it is news itself and we have so much of it that we will never, ever, have a shortage of reactionary news reporting and features.

Since the advent of Journalism editors , publisher, and reporters have reacted to the news to sell newspapers, increase ratings and increase impressions. It is a tenant of Journalism. Once the hard news story is reported, what follows is a steady stream of creatively done features. Take the erratic lifestyle of Brittany Spears. There have followed many features that have run the gamut. Will Brittany get help? What’s wrong with Brittany? You get the picture, with every news story there can be fashioned an up close and personal feature article.

Why is this the norm in Journalism? Because sizzle sells, sensationalism has always sold newspaper and magazines. It is the American way. Even on the Internet on the eve of the Super Tuesday primary the sensational stories abound; “Pro Clinton Push Poll Erupts in in California”, State Polls in California Shows Huge Gains By Obama- McClain, The sensationalism leading up to the primaries is in full force. Is this good for Journalism? Yes and No.

The trend toward reactionary creativity has always been in Vogue since the first newspapers were published. Newspaper have alway been a forum for journalist who had a mission to report in depth on issues of the day. War correspondents have followed armies to report on the life of soldiers abroad during war time situations. This was an important means of getting not only factual accounts, but the much needed human interest features that were so important to the folks back home eager to get any tidbits of what life was like on the war front.

Journalism has always been laced with sensationalism; as said before it sells. Real Creativity borders on creative expose, short stories and the like. This is too specialized to sell an audience so it’s place is in magazines, the Internet and books. As long as there is news there will always be opportunities for reactionary creativity.