If one were to take a survey of the American electorate and ask them to rate political figures on a scale of likeability, it's anyone's guess who may come in as most likable. But as difficult as it may be to rate the most likable pols, the least likable may be even harder; I mean, the candidates are all up against some pretty stiff competition. But at the top spot as the least likable American political figure, well, that's easy. We're talking, after all, about a person who rode someone else's coattails into public prominence, enriched herself through corrupt real-estate and investing schemes, carpetbagged herself into a Senate seat, and served as Barack Obama's Secretary of State, as President Obama clearly adhered to the maxim, "Keep your friends close, and your enemies, closer." This person combines all the charm and warmth of the Spanish Inquisition with a sense of entitlement the size of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, and once ran an entire presidential campaign on the primary point of "It's my turn, peasants!"
For those of you who haven't figured it out yet, I am writing of Her Imperial Majesty Hillary I, First of That Name, Dowager Empress of Chappaqua. Now we see that Her Imperial Majesty has taken unto herself the task of molding impressionable young minds at Columbia University, teaching a class on "decision-making," (yes, really), and has, amazingly, managed to make herself even less likable than she already was.
Hillary Clinton's class on "decision-making" was blasted by a Columbia University student for lacking insights as she said that the former secretary of state was "basically reading passages from her book" and morphed more into a politician as the semester continued.
"I would have really, really hoped that she would bring in some more unique insights… rather than her almost basically reciting passages from her book word for word during lecture," current Columbia student Laalitya Acharya, said on TikTok in December.
This student showed some astonishing audacity, questioning the related wisdom of Her Imperial Majesty! Surely, this young, impressionable person didn't expect Mrs. Clinton to you know, engage with the students on any personal level. And it got worse:
The student said it felt like Clinton became less relatable as the semester continued.
"Usually whenever you start to… get to know [politicians] more on a personal basis, you start to like them a little bit more because they become more humanized. Over the course of the semester, though, I feel like Hillary Clinton became more of a politician than she was at the end."
Seriously, though — this shouldn't have come as any surprise to anyone who has followed Her Imperial Majesty's career (if you wish to call it that) since she was First Lady of Arkansas. While Mrs. Clinton has made some political miscalculations that registered on the Richter scale — her "basket of deplorables" comment not least among them — she has always had her eye on herself, first and foremost. Everything she has done since marrying Bill Clinton has been a political calculation since, without Bill, she would probably still be the Third Assistant Warden at the Park Ridge, Illinois, dog pound. Honestly, her continued marriage to this notorious member of the Jeff Epstein Society for Wayward Youths is a political calculation as well, as old Bill does have one trait that she lacks: charisma. It's a slimy kind of charisma, like that of a cheap used-car salesman wearing a jacket and tie from the Salvation Army, but he has it.
Columbia likely jumped at the chance to have Her Imperial Majesty on their staff, and it's pretty damned likely they offered her a fat salary and benefits package for the privilege of having her name on their letterhead. But, as Columbia is learning to their sorrow, there are a few things you can count on when dealing with the Dowager-Empress of Chappaqua: If you give her a chance to aggrandize herself, she will; if you give her a chance to profit through corruption, she will take it; and if you think you don't like her now, just wait until you get to know her a little better, then you'll really despise her.
Want to know what's really horrifying? People are urging her to run for President again. And despite all evidence to the contrary, she might think she has a shot at it, should President-ish Joe Biden — who manages to be one of the few people with lower personal approval ratings than Her Imperial Majesty — be somehow convinced to step aside.
Holy 2016 reruns, Batman!