Rumor Of The Day
Is that Hillary Clinton could be sizing up another lunge for the reins of power.
David Huhn, author of the piece linked to above, ponders the possibility of her standing in 2016. Seems to me that 2016 is looking too far ahead, though. Hillary, if nothing else, does possess something of a political instinct and by 2016 she will almost certainly be eclipsed by another up-and-comer within the party, as per Barry Obama in 2007-08.
If she does still harbor her mad power-lust (and who believes that she doesn’t?), then her one and only chance remains 2012. Which, if she pursues it, would lead to the mother of all civil wars within the party. Unless, of course, the feeble Obama has had a breakdown before that point, but let’s exclude that eventuality for the time being.
One rumor that I’ve heard – and, really, if it’s made it so far down the ladder as to reach me, then it’s pretty much discredited from the get go – is that Hillary could slyly resign next year, setting herself up for an intra-party slaughter of Obots.
The resignation part, at least, could be on the money. Barry is keeping a tight check on her as secretary of state, seemingly not allowing her the freedom to do or say anything without his prior approval. Think of the number of foreign policy announcements that Hillary should’ve made, but which Barry snatched for himself (in order to both steal some favorable coverage and diminish Hillary), and Barry’s tendency to send other people abroad to do her job – such as the working-class aristocrat, humble billionaire, man-of-the-people John Kerry to Afghanistan recently.
Though I fail to see precisely how Hillary as POTUS would be less bad than what we have now – with the obvious exception that we conservatives wouldn’t be slandered as racists quite so often in that scenario -, you know what they say about the enemy of my enemy.
We know what type of people the Clintons are. They have mastered the dark art of revenge and they do not hesitate to unleash it – they do not forgive and they do not forget.
Hillary Clinton, legend killer?
October 28th, 2009 at 10:58
First off, the words “Hillary Clinton” and “lust” should never be used in the same sentence. Or paragraph. Or essay. Ever.
Secondly, trading the “racist” tag for the “sexist” tag, which would happen if we traded in Barry for Hillary in ‘12, would only be a lateral move on the demagoguery scale.
October 28th, 2009 at 11:10
Ha, like it, Arby. What sweet nothings d’you reckon Biden is whispering into Hillary’s ear in this pic?
And it would indeed be a pretty straightforward exchange of one term for the other.
Strangely, I don’t find being accused of being sexist (which I’m not) nearly as offensive as being called racist – which is odd, considering that no group on the planet has been more discriminated against than females. Whatever racism other nationalities have faced pales in comparison to the treatment that women have suffered down the centuries (if not longer…).
Which just goes to show how potent and politically-charged the tag racist has become.
October 28th, 2009 at 12:05
Hillary was sent to the principal’s office and is still there! BO took care to give her an office of prestige and not a lot of anything else.
Since 2016 is a long, long ways down the road, she could do as you suggest… resign and get her guns locked and loaded.
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