Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State…and the Warmonger Cabinet
By Hillary Taft - Monday, December 1st, 2008
Let me state for the record that I always knew that Hillary was a pragmatic politician and not an idealist or rabble rouser who was willing to fight the system, come what may. I was a bit disappointed that she did not stand up more against the caucus fraud, but I also feel that the Powers That Be and the media were so aligned against her, that such a move would have been political suicide and accomplished nothing.
Now she is going to be our Secretary of State. I’m not sure if this is the best move for her, because she’s under Obama’s thumb and can now be fired. But it’s apparently what she wanted – I presume that the entire reason she campaigned for Obama was because she cut this deal with him when it was clear she would not get the Democratic nomination.
But why Secretary of State and not Vice-President? This is what truly makes no sense to me…if she’s good enough to be SOS then why isn’t she good enough to be VP?
The one thing I am happy about is that many Obamabots are gnashing their teeth as Obama goes in and creates a Clinton/Bush administration, exactly what they said they did not want. Of course, quite a few of them are trying to justify these actions due to their deep Obama indoctrination and cognitive dissonance. One commenter wrote to me:
If you feel like Obama sold out progressives, you weren’t paying attention. He promised all along to put Republicans and people who weren’t in ideological lock-step in his cabinet. If I’m not mistaken he caught flack from Hillary for that in a few debates.
Try taking a breath and wait until Obama actually starts governing before you call him a “Democrat Bush”.
Ummm…right. I’m sure, when Obama was promising to all his anti-war supporters that he’d have us out of Iraq in a jiffy, that those war supporters wanted him to keep on Bush’s Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates. Yep, all those war protesters calling McCain a “warmongerer” (sic) are probably dancing in the streets knowing that Obama has created “CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN” by keeping on a Bush appointee in that very important position of Defense Secretary.
What lengths are Obamabots willing to go to justify their support of this man?
Of course, I’m not entirely convinced that these slobbering supporters are all for real – read the comments here on the NY Times blog, and count how many times Obama’s pick of Hillary is called “BRILLIANT.” It seems to show up in every other post. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say the Axelrod Propaganda Machine is hard at work, paying people minimum wage to post positive comments on the major news sites.
So will the anti-war activists hold Obama up to the standard they held Bush? Or will they apologize for him when he keeps us in Iraq longer than promised, sends more troops to Afghanistan, or invades Pakistan? Where is Code Pink when you need them? Hello…CODE PINK…maybe it’s time you protested Obama’s appointments in the manner you rudely interrupted the Republican National Convention.
PS When I see the Code Pink website, I am reminded of the Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of Forever” and how naive and misguided rabid peace activists can be.
December 1st, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Unless the Clintons have something on Obama so that Hillary is allowed to do her job as SoS — then I’m not at all sure that she will be able to be an effective SoS.
Put lipstick on a sexist pig and he is still a sexist pig.
The Obots have spent months denigrating Hillary Clinton — and now because their messiah “chooses” her — HIS choice is now brilliant?? Give me a break — I remember what these creeps said about Clinton and what they called everyone who supported Hillary Clinton — many of us have copies of the vilest and nastiest of the comments. Perhaps someday a book will be written with collected sayings of the Obots?
Many Obots are also stalkers.
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:27 am
thanks for your excellent post. I agree whole heartedly. People everywhere seem to be suffering from short memory syndrome…
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:41 am
I always thought Obama would want Hillary because it would be a way to appease the women voters who feel mysogeny won.
However, all the news coverage just says he did it because she was so experienced. That in itself cracks me up because the list of accoplishments they give is so long in comparison to “A freshman Senator and a Community Organizer” (Obama) which is suppose to be so much better than executive experience as a Govenor and Mayor (Palin).
Anway, I think lots of people were capable of doing the job. I think Hillary was a nice choice but I just don’t think she would have been chosen just for her merits.
P.S. I find it ironic that Rice has to leave. She is black and a woman and she did an outstanding job. Why not keep her if you can keep Bush’s Secretary of Defense? It just seems so weird. All this talk about a black man making history and no one seems to mention that Rice is black (and a woman). It’s like she is “not even in the room”.
Morris
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:54 am
Obama made so many conflicting statements and flip-flops during the campaign (FISA, late-term abortion, NAFTA, bomb Pakistan / sing Kumbaya with dictators, etc.) that there was no way of knowing what we were really going to get if we elected him. There still isn’t, really. Which Obama is the “real” Obama? Is there one?
The fanatical, unshakable, cult-like support this mystery man inspires, based on — well, on nothing that anyone seems to be able to pin down — it’s bizarre. I keep thinking of the character of “The Mule” in Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:50 am
I was watching CNN this morning and they were talking about how much money it takes to be President (Obama had a total off a Billion dollars). They were proposing something needed to be done in the future.
We’ll if Obama took public financing like McCain did, which he promised to do, then there wouldn’t be a problem with finanacing. Why didn’t they at least mention this?
If CNN says “This is the year of women” one more time, I think I will throw my TV out the window!!! It is nice that Hillary will be Secretary of State, but Rice is a woman too, so no ground has been made for this office, and Hillary should have at least been considered for VP. This is the year some woman (PUMAs) are starting to notice they are eating their own. That is the only progress that has been made for woman this year.
Morris