John Harwood Gets Hardwood

by digby

Oh my God, just shoot me now:

HARWOOD: I’m going to defend that [cleavage] column too. When you look at the calculation that goes into everything that Hillary Clinton does, for her to argue that she was not aware of what she was communicating by her dress is like Barry Bonds saying he thought he was rubbing down with flaxseed oil, OK?

Huh???? What was this 60 year old female candidate for president communicating — “look at my tits?” What the hell is he talking about?

Does he seriously think that Hillary Clinton dressed herself that morning and looked in the mirror and said, “I’m gonna show off my fabulous ta-tas today?” Did Ann Lewis and Mandy Grunwald suggest she wear that little black number so some desperate-for-material fashion writer in the Washington Post will write about her cleavage? Or maybe he thinks she held a focus group on how much boobage she should show or had a secret poll done on the effect of cleavage on braindead members of the political press corps.

John Harwood evidently got a little stirring down there that reminded him of his long lost virility so he assumed Hillary must have been wantin’ him bad. Get thee to a hooker, Harwood and leave the presidential candidates alone. They don’t want you. Really. (Well, maybe Tancredo.)

Update: If this was the plan she’s been laying the groundwork for some time. Kathryn jean Lopez was having an hissy fit about Hillary’s bodacious cleavage a year ago:

Thursday, June 08, 2006
Cleavage in the Senate [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
Zarqawi might have knocked Ann Coulter out of the headlines and off our TV screens for the moment, but Hillary Clinton this morning seems to be dressing to full-out take on Ann….Senator Clinton’s blazer is a bit lowcut today (I have C-SPAN 2 on).

UPDATE: Here’s a screenshot. Prediction: Washington Post Style section piece by a Pulitzer Prize winner about Hillary’s sex-appeal advantage.

She was half right.

H/T to BE

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