Hey, you ask, what's the best way to ruin a good morning?

Reading David Brooks in The New York Times on the subject of what, if anything, Hillary Rodham Clinton does for "fun." Using David Brooks to judge "fun" is like asking the pope to MC the Adult Video News Awards in Las Vegas, except with less logic. Nonetheless, go there we must.

I would begin my explanation with this question: Can you tell me what Hillary Clinton does for fun? We know what Obama does for fun—golf, basketball, etc. We know, unfortunately, what Trump does for fun.

Let's approach this from the other direction. What does HRC not do for fun? As is the case with most Americans, reading David Brooks columns likely tops that list.

But, you ask, what's the best way to ruin the rest of your life?

Reading Jonah Goldberg in The National Review on the subject of David Brooks' curiosity about what Hillary Rodham Clinton does for "fun."

Hillary Clinton is unpopular because she's inauthentic and a very bad and brazen liar. Brooks is right that Clinton has dedicated her life to what he calls "public service." And that's fair enough. But she's also dedicated her life to the pursuit of power—and it shows. She's a partisan, vindictive and somewhat paranoid public figure who is about as good at faking sincerity as she is at faking laughter.

This is fairly rich coming from someone who wouldn't even have much of a career if his mother hadn't been in the middle of a 20-year campaign of ratfcking dedicated to producing exactly this image of HRC, and which too many elite political journalists like to pretend either had no effect, or didn't happen at all.

Jesus God, this is going to be a long six months.

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Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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