Posted on 04/13/2015 1:29:37 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Around Christmas, Hillary Rodham Clinton set off on her annual holiday vacation at Oscar de la Renta's beachfront estate in the Dominican Republic.
De la Renta, whose relationship with the former first lady had blossomed from dress designer to close friend, had recently died and Clinton wanted to be there to support his widow. She was also wrestling with a final decision on whether to run for president.
By the time Clinton arrived in the Dominican Republic, she had largely settled on running a second campaign, but wanted to make the final determination with her husband, Bill.
Friends fret over whether Clinton will let voters see the warm and funny woman they say they know, the one who is the first to call when a family member dies, the one who loves to gossip and play matchmaker for young staffers. More than two decades in the national spotlight have left her guarded and deeply protective of her privacy, a wildly famous figure who remains a mystery.
"On the one hand, they love the fact that she's a celebrity politician. On the other hand they're like, "she's not like me, she's not real,'" Minyon Moore, a longtime political adviser to the Clintons, said of voters. "Hopefully people will get to know the real Hillary Clinton who cares deeply about our country without pretense."
Between nature walks with Clinton during a recent visit to northern California, her friend Susie Tompkins Buell asked her whether she was ready to put her life back under the microscope.
"She just throws her head back and her hands up and rolls her eyes," Buell said. "She's really prepared for this, for the onslaught. She's going into this with her eyes wide open."
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AP's Pace: Hillary Hesitated on Run Because of Friendship with Biden
GOOD on you.
I’m already sick of her.
For newer FR members, conservative Barbara Olson was a FReeper and wife of Ted Olson, US Solicitor General under George W. Bush. She was on AA Flight 77 on 9/11 and died when the plane was crashed into the Pentagon.
And the Chicago Mob knows who did it!
(at least that’s what a lot of us think allowed them to blackmail the Clintons in 2008)
In any rational world, Hillary would be hooted off the stage based on decades of scandal.
I guarantee she will have hand picked audiences like Hussein.
There's enough code in this statement to choke a pig.
Her long road to perdition is her just rewards.
Let’s not forget about the folks who worked in the WH where they were told never to look at her, keep your head down, when she walks through. Oh and tjen the PIGS, AKA Secret Service.
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