News of the Weird: Hillary's Batty Opponent


The important questions about this fall's New York senate race have
for some time been how much incumbent Hillary Clinton runs up the
score generally and how she does upstate (which will be proclaimed as
a microcosm of Red State America).

But we can thank the feckless New York GOP for at least providing some
comedy, if not a real challenger.

The latest example comes from The New York Post, an organ generally
not sympathetic to the junior senator from the Empire State.

But tabloid delights will always trump partisan leanings, especially
when they're like this.

To wit, Clinton's challenger, Kathleen "KT" McFarland appears to be,
well, cracking up:

Former Reagan-era Pentagon official Kathleen "KT" McFarland stunned a
crowd of Suffolk County Republicans on Thursday by saying:


"Hillary Clinton is really worried about me, and is so worried, in
fact, that she had helicopters flying over my house in Southampton
today taking pictures," according to a prominent GOP activist who was
at the event.

"She wasn't joking, she was very, very serious, and she also claimed
that Clinton's people were taking pictures across the street from her
house in Manhattan, taking pictures from an apartment across the
street from her bedroom," added the eyewitness, who is not involved in
the Senate race.

Suffolk County Republican Chairman Harry Withers, who hosted the
reception in East Islip, confirmed McFarland's paranoid statements.

"Yes, she said that," Withers told The Post.

McFarland spokesman William O'Reilly responded that the GOP hopeful
was just kidding around with her far-fetched claims.

"It was a joke, and people laughed," O'Reilly insisted.

But three witnesses who were present said nobody in the audience
cracked a smile.

"The whole room sort of went silent when she said it," one person
said.

"You could see peoples' jaws drop after she said it. A guy next to me
just turned to me and said, 'I guess she didn't take her Xanax today,'
" the witness added.

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The Repugs sure know how to pick 'em, eh?

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News of the Weird: Hillary's Batty Opponent


The important questions about this fall's New York senate race have
for some time been how much incumbent Hillary Clinton runs up the
score generally and how she does upstate (which will be proclaimed as
a microcosm of Red State America).

But we can thank the feckless New York GOP for at least providing some
comedy, if not a real challenger.

The latest example comes from The New York Post, an organ generally
not sympathetic to the junior senator from the Empire State.

But tabloid delights will always trump partisan leanings, especially
when they're like this.

To wit, Clinton's challenger, Kathleen "KT" McFarland appears to be,
well, cracking up:

Former Reagan-era Pentagon official Kathleen "KT" McFarland stunned a
crowd of Suffolk County Republicans on Thursday by saying:


"Hillary Clinton is really worried about me, and is so worried, in
fact, that she had helicopters flying over my house in Southampton
today taking pictures," according to a prominent GOP activist who was
at the event.

"She wasn't joking, she was very, very serious, and she also claimed
that Clinton's people were taking pictures across the street from her
house in Manhattan, taking pictures from an apartment across the
street from her bedroom," added the eyewitness, who is not involved in
the Senate race.

Suffolk County Republican Chairman Harry Withers, who hosted the
reception in East Islip, confirmed McFarland's paranoid statements.

"Yes, she said that," Withers told The Post.

McFarland spokesman William O'Reilly responded that the GOP hopeful
was just kidding around with her far-fetched claims.

"It was a joke, and people laughed," O'Reilly insisted.

But three witnesses who were present said nobody in the audience
cracked a smile.

"The whole room sort of went silent when she said it," one person
said.

"You could see peoples' jaws drop after she said it. A guy next to me
just turned to me and said, 'I guess she didn't take her Xanax today,'
" the witness added.

_____________________________________________

The Repugs sure know how to pick 'em, eh?

Harry

To wit, Clinton's challenger, Kathleen "KT" McFarland appears to be,
well, cracking up:

Former Reagan-era Pentagon official Kathleen "KT" McFarland stunned a
crowd of Suffolk County Republicans on Thursday by saying:


"Hillary Clinton is really worried about me, and is so worried, in
fact, that she had helicopters flying over my house in Southampton
today taking pictures," according to a prominent GOP activist who was
at the event.

"She wasn't joking, she was very, very serious, and she also claimed
that Clinton's people were taking pictures across the street from her
house in Manhattan, taking pictures from an apartment across the
street from her bedroom," added the eyewitness, who is not involved in
the Senate race.