(The Decemberists, Cocoon)
Hillary Clinton is KILLING me. And I'm not thrilled that Bill Clinton has turned into Karl Rove over the past 2 months either. She will seeminly go anything it takes to become president. I have no problem with a woman president, and I recognize that HRC is probably qualified to serve as president, but it's not her politics or her qualifications I am at odds with. It's just her. It's her shady, manipulative, "fight dirty to win as long as you win" attitude that absolutely sends me into a rage.
Never mind the fact that she was mixed up in a Whitewater scandal that everyone seems to have forgotten about, which culminated in a highly publicized suicide, or that she won't release her tax returns, even though Obama has released his. She is taking supreme advantage of Obama's pledge to remain above dirty politics by slinging as much mud as her chicken wing arms can sling.
Interested in a Clinton/Obama ticket? Absolutely! Anything to win over the Obama supporters and delegates and superdelegates who have already voted in his favor, especially considering the fact that she's behind in the numbers and at the polls. Forget the fact that she's in second place, or that the Obama campaign has no interest in this at all. Imagine any other scenario where it makes sense for someone in second place to offer a tie to the person in first place? Ridiculous.
Worried about being in second place? Of course not! Do you know why? Because, according to HRC and her advisors, "... remember that pledged delegates in most states are not pledged. You know there is no requirement that anybody vote for anybody. They're just like superdelegates." Well, isn't that great. Here we have someone who has been very vocal about the 2000 election having been stolen by George W. Bush, coming out and advocating for pledged delegates WHOSE VOTES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOTTED to just give them to her anyway. Why exactly would they do that??
And here's the real killer, which I read this morning. She claims to have landed in Bosnia under sniper fire and having to run from the plane to the safety of their vehicles. In fact, there was no sniper fire, nor did they have to run to their vehicles! The article even has a picture of her stopping to talk to a little girl after deplaning, for crying out loud! SHE'S A LIAR! These are the two pictures the article contained earlier:
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She and Chelsea certainly don't look like they're in any danger, or even have any apprehension of danger. They're walking around with their smug heads held high, smiling for the cameras.
This certainly isn't the first time she has weasled her way out of what she calls a "misstatement." Guess what, Hillary. A "misstatement" IS A LIE. She actually defended this by stating: "I say a lot of things -- millions of words a day -- so if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement."
What are we supposed to infer from that? At least her husband waited a few years after being elected President to unveil his best attempt at covering up a lie, with his "That depends on what your definition of is is." She's still running for the office, and she's already making excuses for her lies, and they're not even good excuses! If she is elected President, she will certainly say "millions of words a day" for at least 4 years. Are we to assume that she has no accountability for whether or not they are true? If a reporter had made such a glaringly erroneous statement, he or she probably would have lost their job over it. But to her, it's just a misstatement.
It seems like landing ANYWHERE under sniper fire might be something that you remember correctly for the rest of your life. I know I would. Maybe she's been under sniper fire upon landing in Bosnia a few times in her life, and this particular landing just got lost in all of her memories, but I find that highly unlikely.She is destroying the Democratic Party from within. With all of her attacks on Obama, by the time she finally does lose the nomination (which, if she doesn't, I'm moving to Canada), McCain's campaign will be all the stronger for it. Which is maybe what she wants?
