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11/30/2003 Archived Entry: "Whose PR Stunt?"

GLASS HOUSES HILLARY...: Mickey Kaus takes aim at Hillary Clinton who just couldn't wait to criticize George W. Bush for his visit to the troops in Baghdad. Says the Mickster:

How was Bush's trip just a "great PR stunt" (using Iraq "as his stage") and Hillary Clinton's trip not just a less-great PR stunt using Iraq as her stage? Both politicians met with Iraqis as well as American troops. Both discussed substance. The difference is that Bush has a central role in the actual decision-making structure while Hillary's trip was a classic self-promotional effort by one of 100 senators.

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