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Hillary Clinton smiles as she is introduced at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

Hillary Clinton rains on parade of Democrats in Selma -- again

Hillary Clinton just can't stop. The 71-year-old grandmother in terrible health, who occasionally falls down and breaks a limb or bangs her head so hard she suffers a concussion, will not simply go away. More than two years after she lost to Donald Trump in a stunning upset, the two-time loser keeps clinging to her former glory like an over-the-hill Hollywood actress.

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Michael Cohen stuck with liar label

Here's the problem with being a known liar: When you lie, and when you get caught lying -- when it's been proved, in a court of law, that you did, in fact, lie -- it becomes very difficult, if not impossible, to ever be seen again as truthful and honest.

The numbers on YouTube are very telling. Over 4 million people have already viewed "We Believe: The Best Men Can Be" a new Gillette marketing video which takes on "toxic masculinity"and his been viewed 4 million times since it was released 24 hours ago. The video has earned 99,000 likes — and 371,000 dislikes.

Everyone calm down, the Gillette ad is just fine

A new commercial from Gillette opens with audio of chattering news reports about the #MeToo movement, bullying and "toxic masculinity." A narrator says in a sonorous (and masculine) voice: "Is this the best a man can get?" — a variation on the company's 30-year old motto.

Former President George W. Bush becomes emotional as he speaks at the State Funeral for his father, former President George H.W. Bush, at the National Cathedral, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

George H.W. Bush: Four perfect eulogies for an incredible life

How do you take a man — a 94-year-old man, a man who spent his life in service of his country, enlisting in the military at 18 years old to serve in World War II, where his plane was shot down and he barely escaped capture, a man who went on to become a congressman, an ambassador to China, a CIA director, a vice president and the 41st president of United States — and sum up his life in a 90-minute memorial?