The One-eyed green monster is limited in his outlook on the world.
He only has one eye!
And pointed in only one direction!
No peripheral vision!
Not even able to check out the rear-view . . .
As Wiki points out:
"Jealousy typically refers to the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that occur when a person believes a valued relationship is being threatened by a rival."
In the case with Hillary, every fiber of her being is laser focused on consummating her relationship with the most powerful office in the world -- the American Presidency.
Wiki notes again:
"This rival may or may not know that he or she is perceived as a threat."
Ahh, the rival. What's funny-weird is that Barack doesn't think of himself as a threat. Not in the least. His eyes seem pointed in the direction of the people, bidding them to come out and share in the work of putting this country back together.
But not Hillary. Which way is she looking? This contest was hers to lose. Now she is in the middle of her self, absorbed in her fractured glass ceiling -- still not realizing it's over. All she feels is anger, sadness, disgust -- but that is not all. Jealousy is as the cats, lions, tigers, and all the green-eyed tribe: they “mock the meat they feed on,” and jealousy MOCKS its victim by loving and loathing it at the same time. This is what the Bard of Avon said.
Hillary says to Barack:
Oh, you’re so inspiring. For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country. ~ Maureen Dowd
Barack:
Don’t mock Michelle. I would be polite and ask you to be my vice president but . . . ~ Maureen Dowd
Enough! Enough with the words you two! Enough of the erratic vagaries of jealousy - a passion so dark, so red, but yet . . . still un-classified -- that green-eyed emotion. How could this be? 'Cause jealousy is that unmarked fork in the road; and if you choose the wrong way? The green eye pops up -- born out of anger, sadness and those long-ago childhood insecurities that cling to us ALL. You are not alone. WE are not alone in this perilous flirtation with jealousy.
Barack tells her:
Look, Hillary, a few years back in the Senate helping me move my world-changing agenda will help you repair some of those relationships. In Barack Obama’s Washington, there will be no more game-playing, mud-slinging or back-stabbing. ~ Maureen Dowd
Good advice, Barack. But, alas, here we are at the end - the final curtain. And all that is left to ask is: Who has the clear-eyed focus to step up, throwing "self " aside, and be the bigger person?
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May 21, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
The Last Debate
By MAUREEN DOWD
“What do you want? Please, Sweetie, would you just tell me what you want?”
“Don’t Sweetie me, Twiggy. You know what I want.”
“Besides that, Hillary. Seriously, you don’t want your delusion to put John McCain in the White House. Or maybe you do. You have no shot. I’m 60 delegates away from nomination nirvana. You should stop stalking me. I come down to Florida for a victory lap and you follow me down here and call for a recount. Look what that did for Al Gore. If you show a shred of common sense and take a powder now, the party will put you on a pedestal.”
“Pedestals are for losers. You’re on a pedestal. I’ve never been a loser. I refuse to lose. I won the West Virginia and Kentucky derbies, and I’m not going to end up like Eight Belles.”
“Hillary, you’ve been a great candidate, better than your train-wreck campaign. You’re Churchillian in your indomitable tenacity. You’ve inspired women all over the country. In fact, you’ve inspired some of them to hate me. But now it’s time for you to try to muster a gracious exit.”
“Forget it, Bones. Once Harold Ickes works his dark magic on the delegate rules to count Michigan and Florida, I’ll have the popular vote. And then the superdelegates will grovel back. They know in their hearts that they don’t want to go on a blind date with a guy who’s going to be BFF with Cuba, Hamas, Iran and retired Weathermen. You can bet your white turban that I’m not raising the white flag.”
“Like hell you aren’t, sister.”
“Sexist!”
“Racist!”
“Speaking of whites, you can’t win without them. And if you think your Secretary of Hairdressing, John Edwards, is going to help, you’re more delusional than I am.”
“Hillary, when are you going to realize that these whites you consider your pawns are so sick of the Republicans that they’re going to vote for anybody who has the ‘D’ next to their name, and it’s going to be me. So cool it with the White Fright. Now what do you want? Debt relief?”
“Bill and I don’t need your Netroots arugula moolah. We don’t need your stinking $20 donors. We’ve got Burkle, the Saudis, the Kuwaitis and Kazakh uranium loot on tap.”
“Settle down, Hillary. What if I let you write the health care plank in the party platform?”
“Wow, you’re so-o-o generous. Can I also write the plank on switchgrass?”
“I switched from grass a long time ago.”
“Listen, rookie, we’re gonna have to share this thing.”
“Fine, you can have the 3 a.m. shift on the White House switchboard.”
“Oh, you’re so witty with all your stupid rallies with 75,000 people and spending $100 million on ads to promote one puny word: Change. I’ve made sacrifices in this campaign. While you’ve been fake-eating and losing weight, I’ve had to stuff myself with all that greasy working-class junk food and chase it with Boilermakers.”
“What about me? I’ve come from nowhere, with a single mother on food stamps and a funny name.”
“Oh, you’re so inspiring. For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country.”
“Don’t mock Michelle. I would be polite and ask you to be my vice president, but you’d accept, just the same way Lyndon Johnson sandbagged Bobby Kennedy, so I can’t. You and Bill are just too much drama for me. Bill is off-the-charts crazy.”
“Tell me about it. But he’d be way over on Massachusetts Avenue, a completely different ZIP code than the White House. And Cheney built that underground bunker there, so we’d always have someplace to stash him. If you don’t put me on the ticket, I’ll signal my faithful to vote for John McCain. He’s more fun than you, anyhow.”
“Hillary, I don’t trust you. And Michelle hates your guts. Look, the Senate is a wonderful place. I enjoyed my two months there. You’ve never made the most of the experience because you were so busy using it as a launching pad.”
“Back at ya, Skeletor.”
“Can you stop talking, Hillary? Is that even possible?”
“No, I won’t, Mr. Never-Convened-Your-European-Affairs-Subcommittee. I don’t want to go back. It’s boring. And why should I work with all those self-hating, so-called feminists who stabbed me in the back, like Claire McCaskill and Amy Klobuchar?”
“Look, Hillary, a few years back in the Senate helping me move my world-changing agenda will help you repair some of those relationships. In Barack Obama’s Washington, there will be no more game-playing, mud-slinging or back-stabbing.”
“Hey, Señor Appeaser, there’s another primary in 2012. Bill and I are already gearing up for it.”
“You’re not likeable enough, Hillary.”
