Hillary Clinton Is Goldfinger And Harold Ickes Is Odd Job

In case you missed the noisy denouement at the Democratic Party's Rules Committee meeting recently--the one where the disputed seating of delegates from Michigan and Florida was mercifully decided--you missed some great political theatre; even by the standards of bickering Democrats.

Sen. Hillary Clinton, ably supported by her longtime henchman Harold Ickes, changed her tune on the results of the primaries from Florida and Michigan, and was vociferously calling for recognition of the results and the full seating of delegates. Never mind that she signed off on her party's ruling that the results would not count and there would be no delegates seated at the national convention.

Only 007 could stop madness like this. Over the years our James Bond had his hands full with a number of screen villains. None more formidable than Auric Goldfinger from the eponymous 1964 movie. Mr. Goldfinger, with Gert Frobe in the title role, was hard at work in the film contaminating the gold supply at Ft. Knox on his way to obliterating the world economy. Tough foe that Goldfinger, and he had impressive support from his tank-like assistant, Odd Job (Harold Sakata). But the Democratic Party, played by Sean Connery in this episode, seemed to have things under control. By the end of the film the Feds and 007 had descended on Ft. Knox and were closing in on Goldfinger.

But, leave it to that resourceful villain. As the Feds and Bond began to shoot all his aides, Goldfinger merely changed clothes. He took off his business suit and --voila--underneath was a US Army officer's uniform. Goldfinger then proceded to shoot many of his own assistants and was making a clean getaway on his private airplane. Odd Job? Oh, he met an untimely fate getting electrocuted by Bond.

The Dems didn't give up easily, however, and chased Sen. Clinton's plane which seemed to be headed to Denver. It took another heroic effort by James Bond, now as the come-to-your-senses Democratic loyalist, to win the day. The movie-- I mean meeting--lasted eight hours. I gave it 2 1/2 stars. Good performances, excellent sets, but it was done in by a flimsly story line and fanciful plot.