Posted on 12/07/2008 9:45:08 AM PST by george76
Hillary Clinton is hiring some of her most aggressive aides to watch her back when she becomes Secretary of State, sparking concerns among allies of President-Elect Barack Obama that the primary election season's partisan aggression will carry into government.
The former first lady has indicated that she wants to rebuild "Hillaryland", her coterie of controlling, defensive and at times paranoid circle of admirers and supporters at the heart of US diplomacy.
Three members of Mrs Clinton's inner circle have already been told they will get top State Department jobs ...
Maggie Williams, Mrs Clinton's longtime confidante, who was called in to overhaul her dysfunctional presidential campaign, compared by some to a circular firing squad...
Other advisers will include Cheryl Mills, the no-nonsense Clinton impeachment lawyer...
Philippe Reines, her Senate press secretary ... who has been described by journalists as "power hungry" and "highly controlling", had one reporter suspended after he made a disparaging remark about Miss Clinton during the campaign.
Huma Abedin, Mrs Clinton's ferociously loyal traveling aide during the campaign...
Mr Obama, who gave Mrs Clinton carte blanche to pick her own staff...
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
He’s busy filming the sequel to “The Hills Have Eyes”.
That would mean...at least for a brief period of time...SHUDDER...President Pelosi. [Projectile vomiting]
Not necessarily. Ever hear of “The Night of Sicilian Vespers”?
Hillary could take a page from Mr. Luciano.....who eliminated all his rivals in one night in 1931 and became the undisputed capo di tutti capi.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=wHebmrXFGfM
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