Hillary Clinton

One thing I have always had against interest groups is their ability to look at a situation as a whole. I am an avid environmentalist, but if there was a scenario in which 1000’s of acres of forest had to be leveled for a group of people to survive then I say go for it.

Likewise, I also fully support human rights:

Amnesty International and a pro-Tibet group voiced shock Friday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed not to let human rights concerns hinder cooperation with China.

Paying her first visit to Asia as the top US diplomat, Clinton said the United States would continue to press China on long-standing US concerns over human rights such as its rule over Tibet.

"But our pressing on those issues can't interfere on the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis and the security crisis," Clinton told reporters in Seoul just before leaving for Beijing.

Clinton’s reasoning is sound enough, but there is actually more to it than Amnesty International is acknowledging:

With the export-heavy Chinese economy reeling from the U.S. downturn, Clinton sought in meetings with Premier Wen Jiabao and other top Chinese government leaders to reassure Beijing that its massive holdings of U.S. Treasury notes and other government debt would remain a good investment.

"I appreciate greatly the Chinese government's continuing confidence in United States treasuries. I think that's a well-grounded confidence," Clinton told reporters at a joint news conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

Thinking human rights makes it simple to forget about the bigger problem – China owns us. We really don’t have the position to flex a strong arm with China when they hold that kind of weight over us.

So yes I would love to see China recognize it’s obligations for human rights, but I am a realist. They will have to recognize these obligations on their own. Frankly the U.S. doesn’t have the strength to push China on it, and if we push to hard the backlash will effect the 300 million people here, as compared to the 3 million in Tibet.

It’s a bad thing that Bill Clinton makes money from foreign countries while his wife is Secretary of State, yet it was perfectly fine for Dick Cheney to increase his wealth exponentially from war profiteering Halliburton, while he was vice-President and pushing for more wars. How many have been killed by Clinton’s work?

Funny how the lone Senator to vote against Hillary Clinton’s confirmation is the same one named in a prostitution scandal – David Vitter.

Chris Matthews just can’t help himself when it comes to some good old Hillary bashing:

An avowed Clinton lover who was sitting next to Matthews reports: "He was in business class wearing a red baseball hat that said Penn on the back, and the fat [bleep] fell asleep on the train and snored with his mouth open."

During the ride to DC, Matthews awoke from his nap. A fellow passenger asked him, "What's the news tomorrow?" - to which Matthews loudly started talking about President-elect Barack Obama possibly picking Hillary as his secretary of state.

"I don't understand it," Matthews bellowed. "Why would he pick her? I thought we were done with the Clintons. She'll just use it to build her power base. It's Machiavellian. And then we'll have Bill Clinton, too. I thought Obama didn't want drama. He's already got [chief of staff Rahm] Emanuel and [transition team leader John] Podesta. He'll have even more drama with her.</p>

"She's just a soap opera. If he doesn't pick her, everyone will say she's been dissed again, we'll have to live through that again."

At the beginning of this year, old Chris ended up having to do an on air apology to Hillary for bashing her. Maybe it’s time for an intervention.

(h/t HuffPo)

The Huffington Post has now confirmed that Hillary Clinton did meet with Obama in Chicago yesterday. Speculation is that she is being considered for Secretary of State. There have been mixed reactions about this, but I think it would be a very good move. As First Lady, Hillary was a face of diplomacy, as are all first ladies. The Clinton name also wields some heavy power around the globe, so it is a very fitting position for her.

The rumors are flying and now MSNBC is reporting that two Obama advisers have said that Hillary is being considered for Secretary of State.

That quote is being attributed to Sarah Palin when she heard that Barack Obama had secured the Democratic nomination. So far there is only one waitress, who heard the comment, saying anything. It would be interesting to see if this story has legs, because it will work wonders showing America just how racist the GOP really is.

People have been asking when Hillary would hit the campaign trail, especially since the introduction of Sarah Palin. Well it looks like they were just waiting for the convention to end:

Senator Barack Obama will increasingly lean on prominent Democratic women to undercut Gov. Sarah Palin and Senator John McCain, dispatching Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to Florida on Monday and bolstering his plan to deploy female surrogates to battleground states, Obama advisers said Thursday.

Mrs. Clinton’s campaign event in Florida, her first for Mr. Obama since the Democratic convention, will serve as a counterpoint to the searing attacks and fresh burst of energy that Ms. Palin injected into the race with her convention speech on Wednesday, Obama aides said.

With the McCain-Palin team courting undecided female voters, including some who backed Mrs. Clinton in the Democratic primaries, Obama aides said they were counting on not only Mrs. Clinton but also Democratic female governors to rebut Ms. Palin — and, by extension, Mr. McCain. Those governors include Janet Napolitano of Arizona and Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas.

I wonder how the McCain campaign will respond. Will Hillary be accused of launching sexist attacks against Palin?

Remember way back to the days of the Democratic Primary? Remember the breaking news story on the cable networks about Hillary's new hair do? Remember how much they got on what outfits she wore, or even questioned them?

I haven't seen none of that with Palin.

Howard Wolfson comes out in full support of Obama. I wonder if FOX will fire him now?

This is the absolute proof that McCain picked Sarah Palin for only one reason - to get Hillary supporters.

This might not be the best way to reach out to those disillusioned Hillary Clinton supporters.

In just her second appearance on the campaign trail with John McCain, newly-minted GOP running mate Sarah Palin was showered with boos on Saturday for attempting to praise Clinton’s trail-blazing bid to become the first female president.

I guess Sarah Palin prescribes to the same sexist mentality as John McCain - women will vote not on the issues, but on the sex of the candidate. I sure hope they keep this up. It will be very easy to expose the sexist nature of their campaign and the best one to do that is Hillary.

This is a post that just amazes me, and not in the good way:

This solidifies my decision to vote McCain.

And it is not just because there is a woman on his ticket. It is because John McCain selected a woman. He put his presidency on the line, he put his faith in a woman. He considers a woman a worthy running mate. And he showed respect for those 18 million Hillary supporters, and he showed that he listened to the women in America, and that he values what we have to say.

This was written by someone called "American Girl In Italy" over at Larry Johnson's blog. This person is basically saying that Hillary's experience amounts to that of being a mayor of a very small town and being governor for less than two years. Sarah Palin also represents that polar opposite of everything that Hillary Clinton has worked for all her life.

So why do the people over at No Quarter belittle Hillary and her supporters so much? They basis the qualification for someone to be President or vice-President on rather they have a vagina or not. This is the most sexist thing I have ever read. It just proves that Larry Johnson is still a Republican.

Craig Crawford is one of the pundits trying to keep the Obama - Clinton feud going:

Stunning. Hillary Rodham Clinton's convention speech on Tuesday was so NOT what Barack Obama needed.

Sure, Clinton said Obama's name several times. But this was an obligatory, boiler-plate endorsement that was devoid of a single personal reference to indicate whether she had ever even met the presumed Democratic nominee.

That sure wasn't the speech me or many others saw. As matter of fact that seems like the speech only the so called pundits saw. Was there two Hillary speeches going on last night?

Now let's look at how much Craig is nit-picking in this speech. This little gem is just mind numbing:

Consider how Clinton referred to John McCain as her "friend" (before slamming the expected GOP nominee on policy matters). You got the impression from this speech that, on a personal level, she likes McCain better than Obama.

OMG Hillary said McCain was her friend! That traitor!

If you didn't know Craig Crawford you would swear this is the first time he has even seen a politician speak. Biden referred to McCain as his friend during his speech Saturday. Obama even refers to McCain as his friend, as McCain refers to any of these people as his friend. Are politicians supposed to go out there and say "I absolutely hate that guy"?

But then it gets even better. Let's look at the statement that the McCain campaign released last night following Hillary's speech:

"Sen. Clinton ran her presidential campaign making clear that Barack Obama is not prepared to lead as commander in chief. Nowhere tonight did she alter that assessment. Nowhere tonight did she say that Barack Obama is ready to lead,"

And what did Crawford say today?

And there was nothing in this speech to clean up Clinton's earlier dismissal of Obama's readiness to be commander in chief while praising McCain's preparedness - a moment that the Republicans are now replaying in a television advertisement.

Hey Craig - you forgot to include the disclosure at the end. You know, the one that says "I'm John McCain and I approve this message".

And has he totally been asleep the last 48 hours since Hillary said "I'm Hillary Clinton and I do not approve this message" - a shot fired back at John McCain trying to use Hillary's words?

It's obvious Crawford wants to see a renewed war between Clinton and Obama. Sorry Craig - you won't get it. Instead you are going to loose what little respect you have with a lot of people, and that seems obvious by the comments posted on your article.

First off here is the video of Brian Schweitzer's vibrant speech last night. He really delivered and got the crowd going.

And here we have Hillary delivering one of the best speeches ever. Of course is you listen to the pundits today, they don't think she did enough. They are working so hard to keep an Obama-Clinton feud going and it's another example of them trying to throw an election. Remember - it was the media who gave us George Bush.