Posted on 11/14/2008 4:38:57 PM PST by nickcarraway
Oh, Hillary Clinton. She's a bonafide superstar deserving of a continued media frenzy (unlike, say, another recent failed candidate) whose inspired a rabid political fanbase through out the country. Maybe it's because she represented a certain brand of feminism and the real redefinition of marriage in this country - that wives can be just as successful, smart and accomplished as their husbands. Maybe she's just a talented politician, with speeches that inspire. Whatever it is, outside of President-elect Obama she and her husband have one of the biggest political followings in America. So now comes the news that she may be under consideration for the top Cabinet job, Secretary of State. Could this just be another disappointment for the Clintonistas? After coming so close to becoming the first female presidential nominee of a major political party, there was the possibility, grounded more in her supporter's hopes than reality, that she could end up as VP. Then there was that smaller scale rumor that she had asked Obama for an eventual Supreme Court nomination in exchange for her general election support only to be turned down. Now she's again in the mix for a huge position in the executive branch. One that if denied, could open old wounds amongst her supporters, but more importantly, and if these rumors are correct and she actually wants the job could deepen what seemed like a healed rift between Obama and her.
If she goes home empty handed come appointment time she'll still have her seat in the Senate. She's not going to try and undermine Obama at every turn, but come on, she couldn't resist using her power, if only just once, to give a big "F U" to Obama, especially after he's done little in the way of helping her pay of her campaign debts.
If Clinton actually wants the job and Obama has shown signs he's intereste, Obama better offer it to her at this point. This woman and her supporters can only take so much disappointment, and hell hath no fury like a woman and her rabid fan base scorned.
Just you wait, sucka'!
Senator Doormat.
I just posted this comment on another thread:
My prediction: Obama is waiting for Hillary to accept it so he can squash her like a bug all over again. He’ll say they had talks, but no formal offer, and he wishes her well, and she’ll be left looking like a fool.
Oh, please let this be a big cat fight. Frankly, I do not think it will take long for Obama to stir up enough hate for his socialist government within the voter base, that his own thugs and accomplices will have to throw a few buckets of water on him, to cool down his frothing fits of American hatred and taxation of the public into oblivion.
Afterall, we really do not need another revolution, and the Dems are on far shakier ground than their arrogance and power-madness allow them to realize. Already.
They cannot sweep Comrade Obama under the rug and the MSM cannot hide what and who he is anymore, even from the kool-aid drinking zombies that elected him.
Why on earth would 0bama want a SecState who’d probably be looking to outshine him (and maybe undermine him) at every turn?
(I don’t buy the Krauthammer theory that giving State to HRH would eliminate her as a future electoral threat.)
If Hill gives up her Senate position, she is at Obama’s mercy. He can hire her, fire her at the first little dust up and she is stuck.
I wonder if she has to be vetted by congress to take this position and if Bill will cooperate.
“Frankly, I do not think it will take long...”
It may not take long, but the intention to create as much damage as possible is truly ominous, to me.
He’s just floating the bubble so they can’t say, “he never considered her,” like they did with the VP slot.
...Maybe a fool on the left...
I thought today was the day. It looked like she was wearing a new black pant suit.
I don;t get it...why would Hillary want to be Sec of State? She’s be the 3rd woman to have held the position, so no new ground forged there. Plus little job security as she’d serve at Obama’s whim, he could get rid of her at his pleasure.
Her best bet is to stay in the Senate, job security because it’s doubtful NY will ever replace her and she could possibly grab Reid’s spot as Senate Majority Leader. Has a woman ever held that position?
FWIW, Lincoln put most of his opponents for the Republican nomination in his cabinet. Generally, it worked out well. Most became loyal supporters.
It may not take long, but the intention to create as much damage as possible is truly ominous, to me.
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There are many people in America, who have no concept of what political evil and oppression can be. None.
Oh gee, we are relying on Democrats to do each other in now. Fat freaking chance. How about we do the same thing they did, figure out who the 5 most wanted are in their party and go about destroying them. This is what they did to turn the corner. They got rid of Delay and that was like the levy being topped in NO. Almost simultaneously they tried to get Limbaugh on a couple of deals but failed. They also tried to get Rove. What does he do now? Prognostic? I’d say they got him.
This is exactly how you get them. You hound the shit out of their top political and cultural leaders below the President level. But whatever, keep hoping they do it to themselves.
I’m torn...if he selects her as Secretary of State, then she is no longer my junior senator. Which is the lesser of two evils?
Pardon me while I puke...
a brand of feminism? The brand that swallows humiliation by a cheating pig of a husband for the chance that the sympathy will ticket her to a big government job? (more puking...) That's feminism?
Has it ever occurred to these kool-aid drinkers that if her Thighness was the one screwing everything in DC, she wouldn't have had a chance at the cushy Senate seat her gigantic butt landed in? Only male politicians get away with crap like that. When is the last time we witnessed a cheating political wife with a meek, forgiving spouse at her side? Now THAT would be a victory for "feminism."
Or is it the redefinition of marriage to mean that cheating, lying hubby is free to plow the fields, so to speak, while little wifey hopes that voters will be kind to her because she's a sucker/Tammy Wynette? (more puking...) Wives can be just as successful, smart and accomplished as their husbands -- are we really talking about clintons? (I can't even answer this over the sound of my own puking...)
And who on earth is afraid of her scorn? Big deal, she throws an ashtray or Bible. What else happened to her rapist pig of a husband?
I want her to turn it down.
But with the way things have been going this election, that means she’ll happily accept.
Man I love my new tinfoil hat. :o)
You are profoundly right, that’s an important point/distinction, and I appreciate your stating it.
It’s one thing to have an allegiance or reverence for the Consitution, you know, that radical document those right wing whackjobs are always referring to. “Who needs that old thing, it’s a free country and you can’t tell me what to do.” Uh-huh.
Exactly as you say, many people have not the slightest appreciation from where those rights they take for granted flow from. It’s a scary thought. It’s like a de-facto legalized pack of burglars working for four years to break into your home and steal your most valuable things.
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