Posted on 01/27/2010 10:37:12 PM PST by ColdOne
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she would not serve a full eight years if President Barack Obama wins another term, hoping eventually to retire to writing and teaching. Clinton, who has spent two decades in the national spotlight and narrowly lost her own bid to be president in 2008, said she enjoyed her job as the top US diplomat but found it physically grueling.
Asked by talk-show host Tavis Smiley if she would serve eight years, she replied: "No, I really can't."
"The whole eight -- that would be very challenging," she said in the interview broadcast Wednesday on public television.
"It's a 24-7 job and I think at some point, I will be very happy to pass it on to someone else," Clinton said.
Clinton repeated that she would not run again for president, saying she wanted a private life after a career in which she has served as first lady and a US senator.
"There are so many things I'm interested in, really going back
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Wow! Not that this is a surprise but she will run for President in 2012. 2012 is going to be a showdown for who will ultimately be the President. I think it will be bloodier than 2008. Both in Republican and Democratic Parties but it will be exciting to watch.
At a minimum, she is cutting her losses.
Whatever one thinks about either of the Clintons, they have pretty keenly honed survival instincts. She is getting the hell away from this Hindenburg gasbag.
LOL!! I always smile when I remember that there is no statute of limitations on homicide. That, and remembering what the Bible says, "...be sure your sin will find you out."
to bad Travis didn’t ask....”does President Clinton want you to serve 8 years?”...
Hilda..”are you sh**ing me?”
oh yeah tavis...who names their kid Pene Lope...”thats Penelope Doogle”
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Hil, figure on serving 20 to 30 years when you and your hubby finally get issued the orange jumpsuits at Ft. Leavenworth.
Run Hillary Run
It took me a second, but I actually lol’d on that one!
Of course not. She will stab O in the back and run against him.
Neither will Obama.
Hillary was oddly not in attendance for the State Of The Union this evening. The timing of all of this isn’t by accident. She’s running in 2012. She knows it. Obama knows it and now we know it. I’ll be surprised if Hillary is still SOS 6 months from now.
It'll be Mayan, man. The Clinton's have seen the worm turn in Mass. (and NJ and VA) and figure the cost of stealing the election for Hillary in light of Zero's impending trainwreck performance would be too high.
She'll have look elsewhere, unless, the 'people' demand she make the sacrafice for the good of the country and then, aw shucks, she'll throw in her garter, you know, for the good of the country, of course.
I think she should serve 20 to life.
The judge will give her five, plus time off for good behavior.
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