Posted on 09/28/2012 10:29:56 AM PDT by Evil Slayer
It remains unclear whether President Barack Obama's lies about attacks on U.S. embassies will cost him re-election. One thing is certain, however: whatever ambitions Secretary of State Hillary Clinton once held to run for president in 2016 have been damaged beyond repair. Obama was literally asleep when the proverbial "3 a.m. call" came, but Clinton--who bears responsibility for embassy security--was asleep on the job for weeks.
Clinton's response--"How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction?--bears the same naïveté for which she once mocked her Democratic rival in debates and campaign commercials. Both Obama and Clinton suffer the same self-delusion: that the world loves Democrats and hates Republicans, that it loves flower children and hates cowboys. Benghazi is a wake-up call they should not have needed--not after the first 9/11, not after Bill Clinton's "law enforcement" approach to terror failed.
In that sense, Hillary Clinton has failed her first test as a potential commander-in-chief--just as Obama has failed before. The success of the Osama bin Laden raid will be the enduring legacy of his administration--but the Ft. Hood shootings, the underwear bomber (and its associated intelligence failures), and now the 9/11/12 attacks are symptoms of an administration ideologically consumed with avoiding the reality of radical Islam.
Hillary Clinton has not only carried out the worst of Obama's foreign and national security policies--she has done so enthusiastically, shouting at Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for 45 minutes in 2010, for instance. Clinton's deputy, UN Ambassador Susan Rice, has set new lows in both dishonesty and absenteeism.
Voters care about national security and foreign policy--increasingly so, even though the economy predominates. If she follows through on what many anticipate (despite denials) are her 2016 ambitions, Hillary Clinton will have a tough time convincing
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I don’t think the author’s conclusion is infantile; it is wrong, though, IMHO.
Liberals thrive on failure. They live by the Peter Principle. Spun as I expect them to do it, this just makes her a victim all over again, and a candidate for the sympathy vote. That, her anti-semitic views, held somewhat in check lately, Bill, and the passage of time make her a virtual shoo-in for the nomination.
If Hillary can take down Obama she will deserve the praise of the nation. If she can leak out some bit of a scandal before the election—she will show herself to be a great American.
This.
I sure hope so. She’s done a terrible job as Sec of State. Now, people are getting killed on her watch.
I just wish people would stop referring to the problem as “radical islam”, when the problem is islam in general.
I’m guessing there will be one candidate.
And his name will be pre-checked (for the voter’s convenience, of course).
Whatever you say, Herr Chamberlain
Bill Clinton burned children alive, live, on national TV in Waco, TX.
He got re-elected.
This is just a bump in the road for Hill-Dawg.
When the shoe fits, they must wear it. I tell you the ugliest long hair on an older women, is the ones that used to be Black headed, now salt and pepper. The old grey nag makes me want to gag.
Well, maybe not the ugliest, the OLD GREY BLONDEs look equally trampy. If they would cut it, they would look much younger and cleaner.
“Clinton’s response—”How could this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction?”
Idiot! It happened because we allowed a terrorist group who hates us more than anything to take control of the country we just freed from someone who hated us a little less.
Just like Carter did in Iran, Obama and Clinton did in Libya.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.
If electric cars, which have been around for over a century, are progressive.
Then many of these neo-progs should consider harry caray a very progressive alternative.
Forward!
If electric cars, which have been around for over a century, are progressive.
Then many of these neo-progs should consider harry caray a very progressive alternative.
Forward!
“Ding Dong’ the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
Let them know.”
Are you freaking kidding me? Have you seen Hillary lately? She's aging by dog years. By the time 2016 rolls around, they'll have to wheel her out on stage to slobber in her drool cup.
You don't understand it because Hillary isn't appealing to anyone. Even Democrats.
The only ones talking about Hillary running in 2016, are paranoid conservatives. The rest of the world knows that her day has long passed.
Interesting to hear a woman's viewpoint on that. I'm a guy who's pushing 60, and I actually like long hair on women of every age. I don't mind one bit if it's salt and pepper, streaked with grey, or even silver.
Never did like those shoulder length cuts, or boy cuts. Yechhhh.
I guess I just like a girl to look like a girl.
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