Posted on 08/20/2006 8:38:25 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Hillary Clinton setting up for presidential run
43 minutes ago
US Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton is quietly putting in place the infrastructure and logistics for a White House run.
Although the wife of former president Bill Clinton officially remains focused on her reelection race as New York state's US senator, her strategists told Time magazine that they are urging her to make her intentions clear about running for the US presidency by next spring, to lock in funding and political talent.
The magazine to hit newsstands Monday reported that Democrat Clinton so far has collected 33 million dollars in campaign contributions, of which 10 million dollars or more might be squirreled away for an eventual White House run.
She also has assembled a small army of 32 full-time staffers and 13 political consultants, and has devised the outlines of a centrist campaign agenda that focuses on energy policy, the economy, and privacy, among other issues.
She also has a national direct-mail and Internet operation in the works, the magazine reported.
And of course, she has perhaps her most important asset, her husband and top political strategist Bill Clinton, who is "thinking about (her presidential prospects) all the time," one of Hillary's advisers told Time.
"He's thinking about it and talking to a lot of people, promoting Hillary. This is something he is very focused on."
Texas insurance mogul and philanthropist Bernard Rapoport, a longtime Clinton friend and backer, told the magazine: "He thinks that she should run, and he's going to do everything possible to help her."
Clinton, long hated by Republicans, also appears to be winning over more of the public. A Time poll found that 53 percent of respondents had a favorable impression of Clinton -- higher than most
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The first thing she has to do is make nice with the moonbats who will demand she do everything possible to elect their boy Lamont.
The people who support her are fools.
Not surprising. She isn't all she's made out to be and people can be reminded of the failure of Clintoon in dealing with OBL and terrorism.
You get what you ask for folks..when you get Hillary you get her crime family along with the mix..
William Jefferson Clinton Memorial Library
We'd like to welcome you to the Clinton Library -- dedicated to preserving the true legacy of the 42nd President of the United States.
Bill Clinton promised as President that his would be the "most ethical administration in the history of the country.” As you explore the pages of this website, you can decide for yourself whether he lived up to that promise.
The Clinton Crime Family
Bill Clinton has surrounded himself with criminals
Kim Weissman writes in a Congress Action update on July 13, 1997,
"One of the many troubling aspects of this affair is how the cesspool of corruption which the Clintons brought to Washington can cause even the most honorable men to prostitute their principles, attempting to defend the indefensible.
John Glenn was an honorable man, a true American hero. A Marine, one of America's first astronauts, the first American to ride a rocket into earth orbit at a time when our rockets had the nasty habit of routinely blowing up in people's faces. His bravery, his patriotism, his honor were above reproach and beyond question. Until Bill Clinton came to town. And in a few short years this bona fide hero has transformed himself into nothing more than a party hack, in service to monumental presidential corruption. Once a man throws his honor on the trash heap, it can never be reclaimed. And Glenn is not alone among democrats compromising their integrity to protect Bill Clinton. As for the media, which has instituted a virtual news blackout in which live coverage is nonexistent and then whines that nobody cares, which ignores crimes, espionage, and possible treason, and shamelessly peddles the democrat line that "the system is broken", their ethics and principles in this matter are beneath contempt. As usual. The media see these hearings as their chance to enact "reform" which will enhance their power even further, and subversion of our government and treason in high office is of no interest. The integrity of our government and safety of the nation ranks below their self-aggrandizement."
Bill Clinton and Al Gore have conspired with known criminals
Bill Clinton and Al Gore met with known criminals who either gave large amounts of money to the Democrats or were brought in by those giving huge sums of money to the Democrats. These people included convicted drug dealer Jorge Cabrera; a Chinese arms dealer named Wang Jun; and Grigory Lutchansky, whose company, Nordex, was on Clinton's CIA watch list and who was denied entry into Canada because he failed a background check!
There was also the appearance of foreign policy quid pro quos involving Indonesia, Paraguay, Guam, Vietnam and China. Even more disturbing are allegations of economic espionage, communist Chinese involvement in U.S. elections, and compromising U.S. national security - all in the name of helping the Democrats and securing Bill Clinton's reelection.
There have been about 70 Congressional witnesses who have pled the Fifth Amendment right not to self-incriminate (or chosen to flee the country) in the Clinton-Gore dollars for political influence scam.
http://www.clintonmemoriallibrary.com/clintcrimefamily.html
That and she's nowhere near the used car salesman her husband is.
Hillary belongs in prison.
"Clinton, long hated by Republicans,..."
Doesn't even begin to cover it, IMO.
I sure hope she gets the dim nomination, though---I'm postively convinced that she would be beaten in the biggest landslide in history, no matter who the pubbies run.
My dream election would be a Condi-Hillary match-up!
" Clinton, long hated by Republicans.."
Wrong- I know Democrats who can't stand her. If she doesn't make your skin crawl-you're not normal.
Ms. Clinton is her old Marxist self - divide and conquer - it won't work nor will all the propaganda about this woman winsome as an iron foundry!
Hillary quotes:
"The basic rational for depriving people of rights...is that certain individuals are in capable or undeserving of the right to take care of themselves and consequently need social institutions specifically designed to safeguard their position. Along with the family, past and present examples of such arrangements include marriage, slavery, and the Indian reservation system."
"Too many women are asking what good is democracy when we don't have affordable child care or health care. Too many workers are asking what good is a free market when we are the first to e fired and the last to be hired."
"Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you," Sen. Clinton said. "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
The Clintons are all about calumnious remarks i.e., egregious and mendacious lies about what they are about and who they are. Hillary has been found out in spite of the constant MSM spin and propaganda - Hillary is a myth – there is no REAL HILLARY.
Certainly Bill Clintont is looking forward to Hillary running. He is looking forward to a big job in her sdministration. Probably UN Ambassador , where he will do his best to hand our country over to the Globalists.
A Hillary win would probably end the United States as we know it.
God help us all!
IMHO, she and her husband may well be the Anti-Christ.
Those who wish her to be POTUS are mentally weak and easily lead.
No surprise.
The only real question is: Following her 06 Senate reelection, how many months or minutes before she officially announces her run for the White House?
I'm predicting April 2, 2007.
There is no downside for conservatism if Hillary runs. She will mobilize the conservative base of the Republican Party in a way that no other potential Democrat nominee can.
Time Magazine can run all the polls they want trying to paint her as "respected" and "popular". But, she is the single most polarizing liberal figurehead in the American poltical arena.
I pray she gets the Democrat nomination.
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