The Museum of Non-Denial Denials

Hillary Clinton appeared on ABC's "This Week" today and was asked about rumors that she's thinking about running for governor of New York.

"That's another one of those stories that never will die and I'm hoping we can put it to rest today," she said. "I'm committed to the job that I have. It is an extraordinarily important time to be secretary of state of my country and to work with President Obama to pursue our interests and advance our values around the world, and that's what I'm going to continue doing."

Exquisite, isn't it? It sounds like "I'm not running," and it looks like "I'm not running," and yet art historians working with the most advanced scientific techniques could peer at it for a year and never find "I'm not running" anywhere in it. This is the kind of artifact that collectors trample historic ruins to scoop up and spirit back to their warehouses.

Actually, though, it's not all that rare.

When the Smithsonian Institution opens its National Museum of Non-Denial Denials, Hillary Clinton will have her own wing.

If you do business in the state of New York, and if you think it would be useful to be on Hillary Clinton's list of people whose calls get returned quickly, here's the link where Secretary Clinton is still accepting campaign contributions for her 2008 presidential campaign:

www.hillaryclinton.com

"As we take the next steps in our journey, I know you'll be right there with me, as always, in my heart and by my side," Secretary Clinton says on the web page. She's vague on what those next steps will be, but it looks like the art department is ready for anything:



Incidentally, the latest Federal Election Commission reports from the Clinton team show that Secretary Clinton has already raised enough money to pay off her remaining campaign debt.

But don't let that stop you if you want to donate to her debt-reduction fund. She still has to pay the ongoing salaries of her campaign staffers, eight of them as recently as June 30 of this year.

During the same period, Sen. Chuck Schumer had just three campaign staffers on the payroll, and he's making no secret of the fact that he's running next year.

That's no way to get your own wing at the Smithsonian.


Copyright 2009

Editor's note: You might be interested in the earlier post, "Tabloid update: Hillary's shocking secret illness."

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