My late mother-in-law used to say of anything that tasted good to her," It's just like from the can." It made us all laugh, but she was seriously unable to distinguish between good food and pap.Frankly, that's what I think of the efforts by AP, Larry Sabato and others to suggest that Hillary's role in Friday's hostage crisis reveals she is a leader. It debases real leadership with the ersatz, highly salted and laced-with-preservatives stuff.Hillary did what anyone would do -- and what the enforcement authorities doubtless demanded -- stay away and let the professionals handle it.  Which they did -- quite professionally it seems, as no one was hurt and all the hostages were released.AP, however, treated this as if it were the equivalent of Giuliani‘s role on 9/11:When the hostages had been released and their alleged captor arrested, a regal-looking Hillary Rodham Clinton strolled out of her Washington home, the picture of calm in the face of crisis.The image,...(Read Full Post)