Posted on 09/24/2013 3:37:02 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty
The truth: Hillary has a long, checkered career full of scandals and lies. She's all the Democrats have right now, but let's hope she's not the unstoppable political machine they make her out to be. - Tabitha
In light of all the Hillary buzz and the Clinton 2016 infomercials in the form of miniseries and movies to be produced by “Inconvenient Truth” producer Courtney Sexton, it’s worth a look at what we’re actually dealing with.
Is Hillary an unstoppable political force and inevitable first female president or scandal-ridden wannabe with a ton of baggage? Here are a few reasons to lean toward the latter.
1. Hillary’s involvement in scandals started early.
As a 27-year-old staffer, she was fired from the Watergate committee for fraud and unethical behavior.
Her former boss, Jerry Zeifman, finally spoke out in 2008:
“Because she was a liar,” Zeifman said in an interview last week. “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality.”
So maybe the lying isn’t so much a new thing.
2. Seriously, she’s really into coverups.
Then, in 1993 the Clintons took the White House, and seven White House travel office employees were fired for “mismanagement.” The White House spokeswoman at the time, Dee Dee Myers, suggested that the employees were under FBI investigation. Some said it was all a show, because they wanted to get friends of the Clintons in office. Who knows.
From a June 2000 article in the Los Angeles Times:
There is “substantial evidence” that First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton lied under oath in denying that she played a role in the 1993 White House travel office firings, independent counsel Robert W. Ray reported Thursday.
The problem – again – was the cover up. They acted like they knew nothing, the truth never came out, and Hillary walked away.
3. She lied about being shot at by a Bosnian sniper.
Remember this badass report from Sharyl Attkisson? Worth revisiting.
4. She really isn’t that good for women.
Turns out that being a women in a high profile role isn’t enough to make you a role model for women. Hillary is novel as the first woman to have a real shot at the Presidency, and that earns her points with a lot of the feminists who seem to overlook some of her most glaring issues.
As Camille Paglia wrote during the 2008 campaign:
If they are to be truly equal, women must fight their own fights and not rely on a borrowed spotlight.
Hillary has tried to have it both ways: to batten on her husband’s nostalgic popularity while simultaneously claiming to be a victim of sexism.
Well, which is it? Are men convenient sugar daddies or condescending oppressors?
And for all of the fanfare, all of the opportunities her husband has handed her, what has she really done with her power? The truth is that, well, not much.
5. She hasn’t actually done much with her power.
Her husband was elected to the presidency in 1992. Hillary, by all accounts, was incredibly influential in his administration. That much we know. Since then, she’s been a senator from the state of New York. And then under Obama, she served as Secretary of State. What are her legacies?
Let’s start with her tenure as First Lady of the United States. The most memorable moments from her eight years as First Lady boil down to Monica Lewinsky, Whitewater, and the defeat of Hillarycare. In 1994, her flagship effort to pass sweeping health care reform was a failure – we had to wait until Barack Obama for that destruction.
Then she had nine years in the U.S. Senate as the first woman elected from New York. She followed Sen. Chuck Schumer’s lead on getting funding to rebuild after 9/11, and then supported Bush’s military action in Afghanistan. She befriended Newt Gingrich to try to revive universal health care. She was re-elected easily in 2006, but by 2007 she was running for president and held the Democrat line. She served half of her second term before stepping down to accept her new position as Barack Obama’s Secretary of State.
As Secretary of State she was undoubtedly hard working and competent, but is that enough to make her a remarkable Secretary of State? She visited 112 countries. There were no major gaffes or screw-ups (which in and of itself is a win for a Clinton). Her Russia Reset Button fell flat, and they still hate us. She gave a beautiful speech the night Osama bin Laden was killed. Overall, it was an unremarkable run that boils down to one horrible night in Libya, where she failed to answer the 3 a.m. phone call.
6. Benghazi.
On Sept. 11, 2012, Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 other Americans were murdered by Islamic militants in Benghazi, Libya. Originally the attack was blamed on outrage due to an anti-Muslim YouTube video, and then-UN Ambassador Susan Rice made the rounds to all the Sunday shows to denounce the hate speech. For weeks, Hillary adamantly supported the ridiculous notion that these were “spontaneous demonstrations,” despite overwhelming evidence that she knew from the beginning that this was simply false.
More questions went unanswered. There were heated hearings, investigations, accusations, and cover-ups. The investigation still has not found out why requests for help were denied or who was responsible.
Hillary Clinton at Benghazi Hearing: 'What Difference, Does It Make?'
One thing, however, is clear. As CEO of the State Department, Hillary Clinton is ultimately responsible. Frustrated with the line of questioning during the hearing, Hillary exploded. The clip below shows how she feels about figuring out how the murders actually happened.
The truth is that Hillary has a long, checkered career, full of scandals and lies. Right now, she’s all the Democrats have to succeed Barack Obama, but she may very well not be the unstoppable political machine that they make her out to be.
For the sake of America, let’s hope that she isn’t.
She's unstoppable if the GOPe runs another bullcarp candidate.
The GOP will put up another RINO wimp like McCain or Romney. He won’t be able to criticize her for fear of being labeled sexist.
I see no reason supporting a proposition that the Americans are again going to take their government seriously. Therefore, from a child's perspective why not a corrupt female? We may even get more freebies and toys!!!
In short if she runs she will be elected. We have become that trivial.
LOL- I bet that’s true.
7. Her 2008 election campaign. She was practically anointed the nominee, has the press behind her, yet still managed to lose to a freshman senator no one had heard of. This is really the first example of her managing anything, and it was a failure.
Good point.
The Democrats ran a Presidential candidate who won two elections because a lot of Americans felt sorry for him. Do you think the Democrats don’t know this strategy worked? They are going to have you weeping for poor old granny Hillary.
Yea, I’m sure that Billy Dale, Vince Foster, and Junita Broderick would argue differently.
These are the faces of the poeple the Clinton’s have stepped on to get to where they are....one step ahead of jail.
Remember, Hitlery was on the Board of Directors of Walmart who got her husband elected in order to get most favored trading status for China.
Not a word will appear in the media about Benghazi, or why she is never with Bill.
The media will start the mantra “first woman president” and millions of Americans with their heads firmly wedged in the exit end of the digestive tract will march to the polls and vote for her.
#7 Bisexual.
Don’t forget the Cankled Beast’s prowess with cattle futures trades. Not many can claim turning $1k into $100K by simply reading the Wall Street Journal. In fact, the odds of such windfalls are infinitesimally long.
Ah yes, let’s not forget all the scandal associated with the Clinton admin. and China. My favorite picture was the one showing Hitlery in the Communist trench coat and cap. Please, please somebody post that one :- )
Sarah Palin, hopefully! The difference between the two would be so obvious that democrat women who are not all that feminist will be happy to be able to vote for a woman, and be able to rest at night, knowing that a woman who is strong and smart is in the WH. Hillary will be more of the “I have no knowledge of this thing...I’m reading about it just like you are” kind of nonsense.
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