The incomparable Peggy Noonan writes about the majestic moment of Obama’s victory and about Hillary Clinton. The latter falls into the category JFK spoke of when he once dismissed Richard Nixon with a mere two words: "No Class." A sampling:
It is the most amazing thing that a young black man who was just a few
short years ago unknown to most of his countrymen—really,
unknown—could, this week, win the presidential nomination of one of our
two great political parties. It is even more amazing that this historic
news could be overshadowed by the personal drama and spite of the woman
who lost to him.
I like it that she spent the campaign accusing America of being sexist,
of treating her differently because she is a woman, and then, when she
lacked the grace to congratulate the victor, she sent her stewards out
to tell the press she just needs time, it’s so emotional. In other
words, she needs space because she’s a woman.
Then she drills down:
Mrs. Clinton would have been a disaster as president. Mr. Obama may
prove a disaster, and John McCain may, but she would be. Mr. Obama may
lie, and Mr. McCain may lie, but she would lie. And she would
have brought the whole rattling caravan of Clintonism with her—the
scandal-making that is compulsive, the drama that is unending, the
sheer, daily madness that is her, and him.
We have been spared this…