Beyond Herself, Who Does Hillary Clinton Really Want to See Win?

[babylonsister]

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Beyond Herself, Who Does Hillary Clinton Really Want to See Win?
Beth Arnold



Posted April 17, 2008 | 03:04 PM (EST)

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All the pundits talking about the continuing Obama/Clinton struggle who point out that there's not that much difference in their plans and policies are leaving out one crucial element: Character matters. We've just spent seven years with an administration lacking in integrity. To restore our national unity as well as our global reputation, we must have leaders who will stand up for the right things -- no matter how politically unpopular they are. Besides our heroic men and women who risked their lives or died in Iraq to serve their nation in President Bush's war, it's the 23 Senators who had the courage to vote against it that are the kind of public servants we should be electing and applauding. Hillary Clinton had the "courage" to vote like a Republican in this and many other major contests that have determined the direction our country has gone.

Back to restoring our democracy: What will it take for journalists to do their jobs again? Should they be reeducated? Should they be reminded that what they do and say actually makes a difference? That what they report determines a national conversation that ought to be worthy of us citizens. Shouldn't they be sent to other countries and continents and to small dying American towns to gain a better perspective?

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Which of us are bitter? Take me, for example. As I've watched George W. pied-piper our nation into an international sewer, I've felt angry and, yes, bitter that he is our idiot of a president. That he has caused such tremendous global damage and has wrecked our country. And there are millions of people like me. In fact, we're now a majority.

Who else is bitter? Well, hmm, let's see. Hillary has crafted every single movement and breath she's taken for the last seven years into positioning herself for her run for the presidency -- she thinks she's entitled -- and she and Bill are angry and flabbergasted that they're getting beat. "Desperate" might be another good word to use about them now.

Which brings us back to my beginning. Everyone knows that Hillary is playing to win. The Clintons have been touting McCain while trashing their fellow Democrat, Obama. What would they like the outcome of this race to be? If Hillary is not the nominee, they'd prefer McCain to win, of course. This gives the Hill another shot at becoming President four years from now, which she wouldn't have if Obama were elected.

You may say I'm cynical, and I'd be the first to agree. But if you've forgotten the brutality of politics on this level, give Primary Colors, which was more or less based on the Clintons, another look. If Hillary is going down, dividing the Democrats would be the point. What would a wallow in the muck and another four years of Republican rule be if Hillary had another shot at the presidency after that?

[speedoo]

1. Just as Hillary did not want Gore or Kerry to win the WH...

neither does she want Obama to do so.

Once she knows she cannot win the Democratic nomination this year, she will be focusing on 2012. And she would rather McCain be in the WH until then. After all, she as much as said so herself.

[hisownpetard]

2. I couldn't get past the first 2 words of this OP. There is nothing "beyond herself."

That's the problem.


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[SoFlaJet]

3. it's pretty obvious to a lot of us sis

and has been now for months-Hillary is gearing up for another possible run at the presidency in 2012 IF she can successfully derail Obama's bid. So yes, she WANTS "her good friend" senator John McCain to win since she can't

[Preston120]

5. Wasn't she the "Goldwater Girl" in 64?

Do Zebra's change their strips?

[bemildred]

4. Yes indeed, better to rule the rubble of the Democratic Party then to lose it to anyone else.

But it's not just the Clinton's, that been the way of US politics from the beginning. Control of one of the two major parties is the fountain from which all power flows.

[OhioChick]

6. K&R

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