Thursday, October 15, 2009

Say It Ain't So, Hillary, Say It Ain't So!

Okay, I admit it - I have tried to be in total denial about the following interview of Secretary of State Clinton and Ann Curry. My aunt sent me the pertinent quote earlier this week, and I just didn't want to believe it. I still don't want to believe it, to be honest. It makes me both sad and angry for reasons I am sure many of you share, too.

And now, to the interview:



Sigh. So, yeah, Secretary Clinton says she won't run for President again. Sure, there was this (funny to me) quote in there:
"Maybe there is some misunderstanding which needs to be clarified," she said. "I believe in delegating power ... I am not one of those people who feel I have to have my face in front of the newspaper and TV every day ... It's just the way I am."

Clearly a little dig at He Who Must Be On TV Every Day, which was enjoyable, I must confess. Okay, it was downright funny.

And then there was the part where even Andrea Mitchell, of all people, is commenting on how surprising it is hat President CLINTON has not received the Nobel Peace Prize despite raising BILLIONS of dollars for the Clinton Initiative which does great work all over the world. Never mind all of the work President Clinton did with President Bush (I) in terms of the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. So, yeah, sure, it makes perfect sense that Mr. Talker No Walker Man would be the one who gets it. Pathetic.

Back to Hillary Clinton. I was hoping that maybe, just maybe she was trying to shift the focus off of her, and was trying not to steal the limelight from her boss (and her water carrying for him is a bitter pill to swallow). But, no, she has repeated that claim again in this article, the title of which is also bitter, Clinton: I'd Have Hired Obama. Yeah, she said it after the claim indicated in the title. I'll let the article set the stage:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that if she had won presidential election, Barack Obama would “absolutely” have served in her Cabinet.

Recalling the conversation she had with then-president-elect Obama about her joining the administration during an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Clinton said that she was at first surprised when the president offered her the secretary of state post.

“It was, you know, about … five, six days after the election. And my husband and I were out for a walk, actually, in a, sort of, preserve near where we live in New York. And he had his cell phone in his pocket. It started ringing in the middle of this, you know, big nature preserve,” Clinton said. “Instead of turning it off, he answered it. And it was President-elect Obama wanting to talk to him about some people he was considering for positions.”

Clinton said she then picked up the phone thinking Obama wanted to talk generally about Cabinet picks when he surprised her by asking the former New York senator and Democratic rival to become his chief diplomat.

“He said I want you to be my secretary of state. And I said, ‘Oh, no, you don’t,’” Clinton recalled. “I said, 'Oh, please, there’s so many other people who could do this.'

“But, you know, we kept talking. I finally began thinking, look, if I had won and I had called him, I would have wanted him to say yes,” Clinton continued. “And, you know, I’m pretty old-fashioned, and it’s just who I am. So at the end of the day, when your president asks you to serve, you say yes, if you can.”

Asked if she would have made the same call to Obama if she had been elected president, Clinton responded: “Absolutely. Absolutely. Oh, of course.”

Well, I can see that she would have to do so, but SHE would have been the boss, and SHOULD have been, as many of us think given te votes she received in the Primary.

And that brings me to this:
Additionally, Clinton backed up her statement from earlier in the week that she will not run for president a second time.

“I have absolutely no interest in running for president again. None. None,” she said. “I mean, I know that’s hard for some people to believe, but, you know, I just don’t.”

“I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service,” the secretary of state continued. “And for the last 17 years, ever since my husband started running for president, I have been, you know, in the spotlight, working hard. And this job is incredibly all-encompassing. So I think I'm looking forward to maybe taking some time off.”

She HAS had an amazing life, no doubt about it. She is an amazing woman - no one would expect anything less from someone of her stature. But I have to say, the thought of NEVER having a President Hillary Clinton is demoralizing. I feel like the DNC Elite have won (again), getting the Clintons out once and for all, despite the tremendous successes they have had independent of each other, and for the good of the country. It just burns me up that they might actually succeed. Dammit it to hell.

That despite the fact that k, Secretary Clinton has higher approval ratings than President Obama does now. I'm not kidding - hot off the Gullup wires, her ratings are 62%, and Obama's are 56%. Maybe it's because people are seeing that SHE is out there working her ass off on our behalf, on behalf of the country, and for the greater good of the world. They see Obama hemming and hawing, incapable of making hard decisions, or fulfilling campaign promises, yet showing up on YouTube doing the salsa (more or less) the other night while Clinton has been to the following countries between 10/9 - 15: Zurich, London, Dublin, Belfast, Moscow and Kazan. Holy smokes - makes me tired just reading the list.

She is just a remarkable woman, isn't she?? Incredible energy, devotion, good humor, intelligence, and compassion, all in one person who SHOULD be the boss.

So I have been in denial, not wanting to believe my ears and eyes when she says she won't be running again. Someone wake me when she changes her mind. Or Obama's out of office. Whichever comes first...

(And a grudging thanks to Bronwyn's Harbor for sending me the video. Thanks, BH - kinda!)

6 comments:

Mary Ellen said...

I was also very sad when I heard she wouldn't run, but to be honest,I wasn't surprised. After what she went through in the last election, I don't blame her for wanting to retire after this gig as SOS. I don't think she'll "totally" retire, I see her doing something along the lines of Bill...working for particular causes or charities. But public office...no.

This country lost a great opportunity to again find peace and prosperity, and to be respected around he world. Instead they threw it away and gave it to a guy who's only goal is to elevate himself, even if it means stepping on the American people to do so.

Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy said...

Well, I can understand her not wanting to do it again, either...I just really, really WANTED her to run again so I, WE, could have a president who honestly cares about this country and the people who live in it.

Yes, this country DID lose a great opportunity.

I can see her doing something like that, too. When you look at all that Bill Clinton has done with his Initiative, it is astonishing that he did not get the Nobel Peace Prize (if it wasn't going to be someone like Dr. Samar, that is). I just finished taking a quiz at the Clinton Fdn (for everyone who does, someone contributes a $1). It is remarkable all that he is doing. I can sure see why the Dem Elites are trying to obliterate him, and Hillary...Ahem.

How was your visit with your family? Good, I hope!

Mary Ellen said...

Hi Amy-

The Nobel Peace Prize is just a joke, afaik. They lost all credibility with this one...and offering it to Yassar Arafat, that was another one of their idiot decisions.

The family visiting is great. My brother is going back to Georgia on Saturday, so after that I can get back into my regular blogging schedule.

Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy said...

Well, you know we miss you when you're busy, but it sounds like you're having a great time!

Did you see the latest article from the AFP that most of the Nobel Jury did NOT want to give the Award to Obama?? Too bad for the reputation of the award that they caved, huh? http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gOy7GLcrP7iQja3yU5Zu4BHMqFdw

Hey, how is your brother doing? Is he doing okay?

Mary Ellen said...

Amy- My brother is doing great. I can tell he's very lonely and I have no doubt that he would like to be married again. He's just one of those guys that can't stand not having a wife. He's such a great guy, hard worker and funny as hell (and not bad looking). But he's also on the shy side.

Anyway...I just wrote a post that you might find interesting. Check it out.

Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy said...

I'm glad to hear he's okay, ME. He sounds a lot like my chosen brother who lost his wife to cancer. He also knows he is better when he is in a relationship, too. One did come to him (a friend of mine from seminary), so hopefully, when your brother is ready, one will come to him, too...(Unfortunately, I don't know anyone in GA now.) I know it must have done his heart good to come see you, ME.