yeahwho
12-07-2006, 11:00 AM
Surprising that not much has presented itself here on the BBMB over the "Iraq Study Group's" findings this week, I guess it really isn't news to anyone here how bad things are going in Iraq....so I decided to see if anybody sort of agrees with the sentiment presenting itself in this article
A great ed/op piece by the Huffington Post's editor, Arianna Huffington.
Hillary's too vane to be president
On Iraq, she remains a captive of her and her consultants' belief that the country isn't ready for a female commander in chief who isn't a hawk. Unfortunately, she's misreading the zeitgeist. Democrats are fed up with fence-straddling and triangulation. But that has become Clinton's brand. Smiling photo ops with Bill Frist, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. Backing a bill criminalizing flag burning. Coming out against violent video games. Signing on to President Bush's missile defense plan. Shifting her language on abortion. Refusing to level with Americans on Iraq.
Such moves may have worked in the 1990s, but these are different times — times of war and terrorist threats, times in which the longing for strong, authentic leadership is paramount.
As a result, Clinton's strategy for the presidency is threatening to become a cautionary tale about a perfect little girl who had a perfect little plan that went perfectly astray.
Read on (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-huffington7dec07,0,3387578.story?coll=la-home-commentary)....
I always felt Hilliary was at best a flop card to get attention and interest flowing in the democratic presidential run, but I've always felt she doesn't have the ability to seperate herself from all the criticisms of her past (Unfounded Bullshit most of it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton_controversies))
What do ya, all think?
A great ed/op piece by the Huffington Post's editor, Arianna Huffington.
Hillary's too vane to be president
On Iraq, she remains a captive of her and her consultants' belief that the country isn't ready for a female commander in chief who isn't a hawk. Unfortunately, she's misreading the zeitgeist. Democrats are fed up with fence-straddling and triangulation. But that has become Clinton's brand. Smiling photo ops with Bill Frist, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. Backing a bill criminalizing flag burning. Coming out against violent video games. Signing on to President Bush's missile defense plan. Shifting her language on abortion. Refusing to level with Americans on Iraq.
Such moves may have worked in the 1990s, but these are different times — times of war and terrorist threats, times in which the longing for strong, authentic leadership is paramount.
As a result, Clinton's strategy for the presidency is threatening to become a cautionary tale about a perfect little girl who had a perfect little plan that went perfectly astray.
Read on (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-huffington7dec07,0,3387578.story?coll=la-home-commentary)....
I always felt Hilliary was at best a flop card to get attention and interest flowing in the democratic presidential run, but I've always felt she doesn't have the ability to seperate herself from all the criticisms of her past (Unfounded Bullshit most of it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton_controversies))
What do ya, all think?