Not "If" Hillary Runs for President, But When -- and How

RealClearPolitics ^ | June 15, 2014 | Carl M. Cannon

[2ndDivisionVet]

One day in 1998, as the specter of impeachment encroached on the Clinton administration, I spotted Mark Salter, John McCain’s chief of staff, walking across the street from the White House. Removing the cigarette from his mouth, Salter smiled drolly and, without any preamble, said, “Can this dude take a punch, or what?”

Salter was talking about the president—was paying him the ultimate compliment in McCain world: that Bill Clinton was showing resilience under pressure. In the years ahead, his wife would also prove that she can take her lumps, and now she’s running for president again.

Yes, let’s get that out of the way: Hillary Rodham Clinton is not deciding whether to run for president; she’s already running for president. If she doesn’t make it to the starting gate for the 2016 Democratic primaries, she will have quit running. When has a Clinton ever quit anything?

Moreover, these people like living in the White House. Her husband practically had to be pried out of the place on his last day in office. In his final hours on the job, Bill Clinton was pardoning crooks, trying to negotiate world peace, and delivering self-congratulatory political eulogies. On George W. Bush’s first day in office, the networks went to split screens to show the activities of the new president and the old. I’m not making that up—I was there....

[laplata]

If she does run, even that will be for the money this time. No debt, just retire with a PAC, to be regularly filled by the rubes, and be a kingmaker

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Good point. She wasn’t satisfied with the million (at least) she pocketed as SOS. I bet she has a dozen Swiss bank accounts.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“I bet she has a dozen Swiss bank accounts.”

Or Cayman’s or where ever. No doubt hidden better than you or I could do it if we had millions to hide.

[FlingWingFlyer]

ROTFLMAO!!! Now that’s funny. I don’t care who you are. That’s funny right there!