I Am Not Bought

By Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D.

 

After yet another Democratic debate -- this one moderated by PBS -- it has become increasingly clear that Hillary Clinton has become a one woman myth making machine.

 

In the PBS, debate Hillary sought to defuse a potential Wall Street-Gate on top of her existing Benghazi-Gates and Email-Gates. She proudly proclaimed that she was not bought and paid for by Wall Street and that indeed she was going to rein them in -- speaking fees notwithstanding.    

 

All this brings to mind one of the most notorious and best remembered lines in political speech making -- "I am not a crook" -- by one of the greatest dirty tricksters ever, Richard Milhous Nixon. 

 

Perhaps Hillary's speech writers should work on this one.

 

Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Florida International University in Miami.