Kissinger Backs Clinton at State

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Source: ABC News



November 16, 2008 9:23 AM

At the World Economic Forum's 24th India Economic Summit in New Delhi, India, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said of reports that President-elect Obama is considering Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, as Secretary of State, "I believe it would be an outstanding appointment. If it is true, it shows a number of things, including great courage on the part of the President-Elect. To appoint a very strong personality into a prominent cabinet position requires a great deal of courage."

Kissinger said that "Obama was my second choice in the election. But at the same time, I want to stress that this is the moment for non-partisanship in America. There are a number of challenges that must be dealt with...I believe that the United States faces a moment of enormous complexity, but also a moment of extraordinary opportunity."

- jpt

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Henry, I agree with 100%.

Posted by: Jwench | Nov 16, 2008 9:38:25 AM

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[marylanddem]

1. Kiss of death?

[xultar]

3. Kissenger of death.

[Joe Chi Minh]

13. You literally took the words out of my mouth. Could it have been deliberate?

I mean whatever else he is, he's worldly-wise enough to know that endorsement by a major war criminal is extremely undesirable in a Democrat, irrespective of any office in the party or administration. Does he have a beef with her from the past?

[Zhade]

51. Lucky for us powell's endorsement didn't hurt Obama!

NT!

[John Q. Citizen]

52. Lucky for us Kissinger didn't back Obama.

[democraticco12]

49. Conservatives have backed Obama in the past

Buckley's son, Peggy Noonan, etc. It's good to unite the country.

[Hawkeye-X]

2. Then NO Clinton for SoS

Either.

We'll find someone more qualified that isn't even backed by a Rethuglican who should have been in prison years ago.

[aquart]

39. Are you always this easy to manipulate?

No wonder Bush got eight years out of us.

[Double T]

4. Regardless of what Kissinger says, HRC would make an excellent choice for Secretary of State.

I hope BO makes the correct choice; HRC! Time to get smart and put the grudges and bitterness behind.

[patrice]

9. It isn't necessarily about grudges and bitterness. For some of us it is about Change.nt

[Double T]

11. So far 'change' sure looks a lot like the previous Clinton Administration.

'Change' is only in the mind.

[patrice]

19. I'm hoping ALL of the issues activist - STICK TOGETHER - to get Change OUT of our minds and into

the World.

[dflprincess]

48. Obama seems to have a weakness for DLCers

and that's a pity as they really are just neocon lite. No wonder Kissinger likes HRC for State.

[customerserviceguy]

63. May I also note

that so far, all of the appointments have been white folks? I know that whole "we need the best people possible, etc." mantra, but are they all within the pigmentally challenged? (May I point out that I'm Canadian-born, and can get a sunburn if I take too long to find a beer in the refrigerator!)

We all rightfully celebrated the message that Barack Obama's election sent to children of color in this country, is it too much to hope that his team will send the same message? Or will we end up with people of color only in the "token" positions, like Secretary of Transportation?

[wordpix]

64. there IS a difference: no Clinton in the Oval Office except to visit

[cstanleytech]

73. Depends on what each person themselves considers change.

To me for example the change I am hoping change is a change is a direction where Obama addresses and fixes problems Bush caused like the needless war in Iraq and Gitmo as well I hope part of his change is change that once again shows America to the rest of the world as being a nation of the rule of law as it was not under the Bush administration.

[1monster]

21. And some of you forget, or were not old enough to remember the change that Clintons

brought to this country and the world.

Have you forgotten what it was like when the rest of the world respected and liked the US.

So had we (if we had never known) before Clinton became President. During Reagan/Bush years, the US was hated. Remember, the rest of the world knew about what shenanigans Reagan/Bush were pulling: Iran/Contra (or as I prefer "Iranamuk), funding both Iran and Iraq in their devastating war, drug running to finance the black ops, Nicaragua, are just a few of the BIG one. During the Clinton Presidency, the United States was respected and liked by the world in general. Bill Clinton, and his wife and daughter were loved by the world in general. (Obama seems to have made a great impression on the rest of the world too...)

Our economy was really bad (although GeorgeGeeDubya managed to far surpass his Daddy in running this country into the ground that way). I stayed in a job where we were forced to work overtime for no overtime pay and was grateful to have a job because there were no other jobs to be had. Companies were going bankrupt and laying off workers by the thousands (just like now). My husband went from being a radio personality (the broadcast company was hemorrhaging money and went from a music format to talk radio format which gave Rush Limbaugh a platform here) to being an announcer for a tourist attraction, to a parts driver and then back to the tourist business all in three years because the economy was so bad.

Under Reagan/Bush, we were contantly in small wars of agression against small, nonaggressive nations who couldn't defend themselves: Grenada and Panama were two of them. But in the potentially BIG fights, Lebannon, Reagan pulled out (where he shouldn't have been in the first place) at the first sign that there would be a long war with little chance of success.

Under Clinton, all of our boats, even the small, leaking rubber rafts rose with a rising tide. Things were good and people relaxed--all but the Republican/Religious Conservatives types who worked tirelessly to tarnish Clinton and bring the rest of us peons back down to servitude agains. Remember, Clinton worked with a Republican majority in Congress for most of his Presidency.

As the ONION headline said when Bush was selected: OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY IS FINALLY OVER. They must have had a crystal ball 'cause no one else called it better.

I know that things are worse now than they were in 1992. But things were quite bad enough then.

I can only hope that Obama will be as successful at turning things around as the Clintons were. He, too, will have Republicans/Religiouos Conservatives and racists working tirelessly against him. He will have one advantage, and perhaps only one, to start with. The people are sick to death of the Republicans now and he has started out with a commanding, if not overwhelming, Democratic lead in the Congress.

Just remember, the Clintons heralded in change just as much as you want change now. And both times it was change from Bush Republicans.

[Zhade]

53. I remember NAFTA destroying jobs, and half a million dead Iraqi kids.

Also more nonviolent drug offenders in prison than ever before.

Some of us actually learn from history, thanks.

[Runcible Spoon]

71. oh bullshit. Clinton got lucky and ride the dotcom bubble all the way...

I will NEVER forgive him for NAFTA, welfare "reform", among other things. His economic policy is scarcely different than Bush's.

[tavalon]

62. While Secretary of State has nothing to do with this

Let me take you back in history to Bill Clinton's first 4 years and let's look at how HRC was trying to get us all healthcare. She got shut down but she shouldn't have been. She was about change before it was cool. She's quite a bit less changy now, but give her some credit. She has cared about her constituents the way Democrats are supposed to, even when she wasn't elected.


BTW, as full disclosure, I was for Gore, then Edwards and finally Obama. I was never for HRC this time around but I believe she is a fine politician and a good person.

[4_TN_TITANS]

65. Howz about some CHANGE...

For God's sake, let the Clintons GO... So far, I'm just seeing more of the same inside, lifelong politician, country-club, card-carrying, career DC types.

[Bake]

72. Let's bring in a bunch of far-left people who have no idea how to govern

Much less organize an administration. It'll be a repeat of the Clinton transition. That's a great idea. I know! Let's replace President Elect Obama with Dennis Kucinich! I bet he'd be REALLY effective.

BTW, I predict your Titans will be in the Super Bowl, against the NY Giants.



Bake

[scarletwoman]

5. Ah, the war criminal endorsement. What a prize! (nt)

[goforit]

36. and so right on for the Depopulationists!!!

[fbahrami]

58. Yeah! :)

[Wilms]

6. Recommended for visibility

[TomClash]

7. It's still a good choice nt

[patrice]

8. If I ever said anything positive about this idea, I hereby retract it.

I was probably only saying it to get her out of Barack Obama's way during the primaries.

[madmom]

10. Who cares what kissinger thinks, he's over, done, yesterday's news!

[Phred42]

12. That makes me even MORE uncomfortable with her in THAT position.

Send her to the Supreme Court to make Roberts and Scalia's life miserable - for ever!

[Joe Chi Minh]

15. Yes, she deserves to be out of Bill's shadow; and he merits a post of

some stature, I would have thought, in his own right.

[barbtries]

31. i like that idea

i think she would make an excellent justice. i don't think she'd be half bad as SOS either though, and she knows many of the players. i agree with the post upstream that we were in good shape with Clinton. i still like and admire both of them. it's late now, but if you get a chance and haven't yet, go to cspan and watch her speech the day before the election. it was really great.

[aquart]

38. No, be honest here.

The Supreme Court would end her political career and any threat you perceive she might be to your hero.

She has no judicial experience to make her credible for the Supreme Court. It's just the most prestigious legal way you can think of to get rid of her permanently.

It's transparent, gutless, and disgusting.

[bvar22]

44. Oh I agree. The only real legal experience Hillary has....

...is as an Anti-consumer Protections, Anti-LABOR lawyer for the owners of Wal-Mart .
Not a good fit for the Supreme Court.

[aquart]

45. BOO!

That kind, intelligent, energetic, stereotype-busting woman just scares the pants off you. It's really a shame when you can't distinguish between primary rhetoric and reality. Especially once the primary is over.

90% identical voting to Obama's. Peas in a pod, kid.

[bvar22]

46. Admittedly, another Anti-LABOR justice on the SC does scare me.

Perhaps you would like to take this opportunity to point to Hillary's legal experience other than a management lawyer for Wal-Mart?

[Zhade]

55. Didn't she fail her bar exam?

NT!

[juajen]

60. I don't know if she did flunk, but, if she did, that is not an unusual thing.

Some attorneys take that thing over, and over, and over again. It's difficult and different in each state. I have worked for attorneys for over 30 years, and only two passed on their first try. For one thing, psychologically speaking, it is mind boggling. I love it when that is used as an excuse for putting someone down, usually by someone who couldn't pass it in a million years, after studying for it twenty years. Just sayin'.

[Zhade]

54. You think she's ever going to be a threat to Obama?

That's the funniest fucking thing I've heard in a while!

[onehandle]

14. Anyone who is disturbed by this is weak minded.

Luckily Obama is strong minded and will do what's best.

[Joe Chi Minh]

16. What magisterial insight, and how fortunate we are to have garnered your opinion.

[1monster]

23. What the jpg says

[onehandle]

24. Thanks!

Encouragement is all I ask for!

[Joe Chi Minh]

26. We aim to please. (More than magisterial, note the royal plural).

[ensho]

17. Kissinger and Clinton should never be in the same sentence

who wants to be backed by a criminal.

stay at arm's length Hillary.

[dbonds]

18. I had no problems with her as SoS till this.

If Kissinger is for it then seems shady.

[Name removed]

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[MadHound]

22. Another good reason not to hire Hillary

If ol' Henry is speaking out, do the opposite of what he says.

[defendandprotect]

25. Kissinger makes obvious Clinton is WRONG choice ..

[OwnedByFerrets]

27. That should immediately disqualify her.

[Vidar]

28. I don't have any problem with Hillary as SOS, but many problems with Kissinger's endorsement.

[barbtries]

29. yuck

i hate the way he's still treated as if he's good or something.

[mod mom]

30. speaks volumes!

[Tuesday_Morning]

32. Oooh that's bad

[goforit]

33. Ofcourse he approves.....The NEW WORLD ORDER would be a done deal folks!!

Everything Bushco ever wanted total control through Hillary!!!

And Obama as president would be totally ineffective!!!

So DU'rs get ready for the completely intact Orwellian world you ever wanted!!!

[JVS]

34. !

[peace13]

35. EKKK this change thing?

Is gonna be harder than I thought. More of the same 100% of the time.

[aquart]

37. Now that was sadistic of him.

Like he doesn't know that endorsement would make Democrats puke.

[DJ13]

40. That should give us a pause

In the past when someone got Kissinger's blessing they werent very good at the job.

[shanti]

41. FU kissinger!

your input is unwanted!

[Odin2005]

42. Who cares what that war criminal thinks?

Not that I don't think Hillary would be a good SoS, she would be a very good one, but thst dosn't change the fact that thst criminal needs to eat shit and die.

[Pastiche423]

43. A WAR CRIMINAL kissinger backed SoS?

NO THANK YOU!

[Owlet]

47. That's odd...

I wonder why he wouldn't be supporting fellow Bildeberger Richard Holbrooke?

http://www.infowars.com/?p=2564

[Zhade]

50. He belongs in prison, and hopefully this endorsement seals the deal that it DOESN'T happen.

NT!

[bvar22]

56. Hillary's strong financial and political ties to AIPAC....

...should be way more than enough to disqualify her for SoS.

This endorsement from a mass murdering War Criminal only adds a bow to the package.

[Mind_your_head]

57. Ick......@ what/whomever kissinger endorses

kissinger's brand of politics have brought us to where we are today!

Which is "shit-land".

[burrowowl]

59. Arrest Kissinger and put the

War Criminal in Prison! Already!

[bedazzled]

61. well if he liked mccain it's impossible to respect his opinion on anything

if you were willing to support mccain you're
either ignorant, greedy or violent. or maybe
all three...

[kskiska]

66. He would have been fine with Sarah Palin as VP.

[happydreams]

67. hmmm, get a Rightie everybody hates to endorse somebody ....

you don't want to be appointed and Bingo!

[dkofos]

68. That does it for me. I no longer support HRC for SOS.

[yurbud]

69. but who is Dr. Mengele's choice for surgeon general? Or Gen. Custer's for Indian Affairs?

[Mr. Sparkle]

70. Talk about the kiss of death !!

pun intended