When Hillary Clinton first announced that she was going to run for POTUS I was so excited.
"The First Female President"
I, along with millions, thought it was truly time, if not extremely overdue, and that she would do a wonderful job; because the fact that she was a woman.
I thought she would treat this country like a mother treats her child. I thought she would bring a fresh perspective and new attitude; something that we had never seen before in a President.
Sadly though, since the process began I have seen her act more like she was running an orphanage, and watched as she treated this country and it's voters more like red-headed step children that she couldn't get rid of.
It's sad really. It truly has been one the greatest disappointments in modern politics. Someone who had such wondrous potential, or at least seemingly so, falling so hard and so fast because of one major personality flaw.
The inability to say the words "I'm Sorry"
Hillary Clinton has made gaffe after gaffe after gaffe, and each time rather than offering up a sincere apology, she either decided to half-ass it and say I "regret" if "You Were Offended" or simply deflect the blame onto Obama for... well... existing I guess.
I'm not even talking about her war vote or bankruptcy vote; as bad as those were. I'm just talking about the primary campaign.
First she signed the agreement not to participate in FL or MI (which includes being on the ballot; as that IS participating) and went on the record to say that they broke the rules and should not count. Then, after she wins what was essentially a name recognition poll, she blames Obama for disenfranchising voters there. (even though she has said that none of the Caucus states count.)
This of course happened after she realized she was not going to win the nomination without their delegates, and needed to change the rules.
But of course, that isn't where it ended. She, Bill and her surrogates REPEATEDLY played up the race card and them blamed Obama; even now she continues to play up the phrases "white voters" and "hard working whites" over and over in some last ditch effort to drive a bigger wedge between blacks and whites. We're not stupid. We know exactly what she's getting at. She's disgusting for doing it.
And what did Obama do or say about it? Nothing. He did what he had to do; he shut up and refused to become the "Angry Black Man" the Clintons were hoping to see.
I keep reading all these opinion pieces about how Obama played the race card. You know what I haven't seen though? ANY video footage of him actually doing it. So please, spare me the Hillaryis44 link. Got Video? If not... don't bother.
I got a video for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWe7wTVbLUUThe Clintons participated in voter suppression in NV and then turned around and blamed Obama... and continued to do the same damned thing in state after state.
And now the worst. She has a PATTERN of bringing up the possible assassination of Obama. No, she never says "I'm in it in case he gets assassinated" Of course not. Hillary never "SAYS" anything; just infers and suggests. And then she has the nerve to blame Obama... for what? Existing?
And of course, she offered up another half ass non-apology apology, just like she always does. Of course she didn't even address the people she should have been apologizing to; Malia and Sasha. The Children.
As a mother first, she should have apologized to them. We all saw what happened when Chelsea was brought to the forefront in the primary; Hillary defended her with full force and nearly got Shuster fired over it.
Where is THAT Hillary now? I mean, I know they aren't "her" children, but as the POTUS, I expected her to treat us ALL as her children.
I don't care what her motives were. She shouldn't have said it.
Plain. And. Simple.
And then we hear that it's just "faux outrage" on the part of Obama supporters. Really? I mean... Really?
It's faux outrage when Hillary Clinton invokes RFK's assassination for the THIRD time, but "fingergate" and "hand-shake-gate" and "baby-punishment-gate" and "bitter-gate" were all REAL outrage.
You MUST be joking!
No, it's not faux outrage. It's REAL outrage. It's disgusting. I don't care what the damn motive was.
And as far as I am concerned, I have permanently lost respect for that woman. There is nothing she can EVER do to get it back, because at this point I KNOW it's nothing but political posturing.
And now we all wait with bated breath for her to do the right thing. However, now I'm not sure she knows exactly what that is; or for that matter, that she would do it if she did. And that's sad.
Hillary, that is just sad.