Larry David on Hillary Clinton and the Red Phone

On the Red Phone

Posted March 6, 2008 | 09:00 PM (EST)

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Here's an idea for an Obama ad: a montage of Clinton's Sybillish personalities that have surfaced during the campaign with a solemn voiceover at the end saying, "Does anyone want this nut answering the phone?"

How is it that she became the one who's perceived as more equipped to answer that 3 a.m. call than the unflappable Obama? He, with the ice in his veins, who doesn't panic when he's losing or get too giddy when he's winning, who's as comfortable in his own skin as she's uncomfortable in hers. There have been times in this campaign when she seemed so unhinged that I worried she'd actually kill herself if she lost. Every day, she reminds me more and more of Adele H., who also had an obsession that drove her insane.

A few weeks ago, I started to feel sorry for her. Oh Christ, let her win already...Who cares...It's not worth it. There's not that much difference between them. She can have it. Anything to avoid watching her descend into madness. So I switched. I started rooting for her. It wasn't that hard. Compromise comes easy to me. I was on board.

And then I saw the ad.

I watched, transfixed, as she took the 3 a.m. call...and I was afraid...very afraid. Suddenly, I realized the last thing this country needs is that woman anywhere near a phone. I don't care if it's 3 a.m. or 10 p.m. or any other time. I don't want her talking to Putin, I don't want her talking to Kim Jong Il, I don't want her talking to my nephew. She needs a long rest. She needs to put on a sarong and some sun block and get away from things for a while, a nice beach somewhere -- somewhere far away, where there are...no phones.

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It's wrong to applaud someone's personal crises, but I am happy for Larry David tonight and finally removing this tumor from his life.

As usual, Ann Althouse has some goodies on his loud-mouthed ex-.

Curb Your Mouth, Laurie

Moderates and lefties like to talk about the moral high horse folks on the right tend to ride when it comes to things like abortion, marriage, prayer in school and other traditional social issues.

And to a large degree, they're right. There's nothing more annoying than listening to someone else strike a, "if you were only smarter, you'd live your life like I live mine" attitude.

Enter Laurie David, wife of TV god, Larry David.

This know-it-all has been shooting her mouth off for years on the topic of environmentalism and all its related causes and is now trotting around the country with Sheryl Crow touting it to college kids. One of their latest suggestions is limiting toilet paper use to one square...unless it's a big job. Perhaps after a bit of tofu that absorbed too much recycled peanut oil?

I have no beef (not even sure if she's a vegan?) with her promoting earth-friendly behaviors, but there's something about her attitude that I find really unbearable.

Hopefully Larry does, too, and needs some time away from her nonstop mouth so he puts more work into another season of Curb Your Enthusiasm.