But she's no Kim Davis
When a left-leaning magazine pans the far left 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner as one of its "Worst People of 2015," Hillary Clinton may be looking high and low for friends.
The former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state was fifth on GQ magazine's list and "highest" ranked U.S. politician.
"Remember Cool Hillary Clinton, back when she was checking her phone with her sunglasses on ," the men's magazine's review said. "Yeah, that Hillary Clinton is gone, kids. Hopelessly corrupt pander-bot 2008 Hillary is back! And remarkably, she seems to believe - yet again - that her lengthy history of cynical, bought-and-paid-for leadership somehow entitles her to the presidency, as if her entire campaign strategy is "I didn't betray my principles and sell out every last one of my constituents not to be president, you guys!" I hope she keeps that Gmail account open. She's gonna need it after blowing this election."
Among the lesser "worst" people just below her on the list were actor/accused domestic abuser Terrance Howard; TV star/accused rapist Bill Cosby and Subway pitchman/convicted child molester Jared Fogle.
Judged worse than Clinton were Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who wouldn't sign marriage certificates for gay couples; director Cameron Crowe; British Prime Minister David Cameron; and suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
Grandma got run over by Twitter
As if Hillary Clinton were looking to lend justification to the above list, her campaign website went full pander mode last week with the posting of an article titled "7 ways Hillary Clinton is like your abuela."
"Abuela" is Spanish for grandmother, and, with her recent announcement that she and husband Bill will become grandparents for the second time next year, the Democrat was hoping the article would play to Hispanics.
The article, after all, said Clinton was just like an average Hispanic grandmother because "she worries about children everywhere" and she knows what's best. Reaching beyond the grandmother comparison, it also noted she was critical of Donald Trump, who had been critical of illegal immigrants, and was supported by Puerto Rican musician Marc Anthony.
Many Hispanic Twitter users saw through the ruse, though, and created the hashtags #NotMiAbuela and #NotMyAbuela.
Among the most clever tweets were" My abuela doesn't speak English & can make better empanadas" (by Monica Castillo), and "My grandmother doesn't have a steady income and has no wealth. Hillary Clinton's a multimillionaire" (by Aura Bogado).
Beyond the website article, Clinton, who once opposed granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, now vows she would go beyond President Obama in allowing even more illegals to stay in the U.S.
Snow job
It was all a prank - to those pulling the prank - but students at George Mason University bought it lock, stock and barrel - that "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" is a blatant example of racism. Which may go to show how far off the sanity block many campuses have gone.
An MRC-TV presenter asked students to sign a form suggesting the song first made famous by crooner Bing Crosby in 1941 be banned from the university. The students were told the song "perpetuates the idea that white is naturally good, and that the other colors are bad," and that this was "insulting to people of color."
"I like racially ambiguous Christmases, personally," the faux offended presenter said to one student. He also said the song "doesn't mention anything about climate change," which is "very inappropriate."
Ironically, on a snowy day, the group picked up 18 signatures in one hour. Snow is, of course, what the words "white Christmas" refer to.
Goodbye, Kitty
Maine math teacher Catherine Gordon thought she was being as politically correct as she could be with her pink Hello Kitty tree. It had no crosses, no angels, no religious symbols whatsoever - only pink Hello Kitties. But the principal emailed her and said it had to come down.
"My students really enjoyed it," she said in a recent Facebook post, "and it cheered me up through the day." It's a far cry, the 30-year teacher said, from the days when "we had parties the last day of school before vacation and the kids would bring in cookies and we played holiday music - none of that is allowed now.
"I feel that this is definitely a turning point in our society - when everything offends everyone all the time - it just sucks the joy out of everything," the Bangor High School teacher said.
Gordon hopes the experience grows into a dialogue of what is and isn't appropriate, but don't hold your breath.
"It just seems that in our quest to be tolerant of everything, we've become intolerant to everything," she said.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, agreed.
"Our local school teachers and parents should have the ultimate say in how to run their classrooms," he said. "I find the school department's decision baseless and completely counter to all that our nation stands for."