The Clinton Foundation, and HRC as SoS
17 November 2008 8:21 am by Taylor Marsh
They’re getting nervous now. The Hillary haters are frantic, going back, digging up links about WJC from a year ago, wondering how in the world she could possibly go to State since her former president husband has a foundation that aids the world. It pops up that maybe they could use Hillary’s president husband as the last impediment to getting what she deserves on the world stage. However, it’s not just about vetting. It’s about conflict of interest if Hillary is chosen from secretary of state. That work being quite different from WJC’s foundation, which cannot be linked. It’s about crafting a way to get it done transparently, while separating their roles.
Republicans, respect them or not, are talking about the possibility more sanely than certain males, those so called “leading” progressives.
The possibility of Mrs. Clinton’s nomination generated positive response on Sunday, even from across the aisle. “She is a lady of great intelligence, demonstrated enormous determination and would be an outstanding appointment,” former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger told a forum in New Delhi, according to news services.
This is the point where I get emails on Clinton being the anti-Christ. Additionally, many wanting HRC to stay in the Senate. Some worried this is another close, but not quite moment, wherein Hillary falls short because of judgments beyond her own merits to do the job.
The Senate offers little for HRC at this point, other than serving New Yorkers. That’s great for them, but wastes a talent the United States needs at one of the most precarious moments in world history, not only on diplomatic and foreign policy terms, but economic as well. There is simply no other candidate being considered that can juggle the financial end of the global challenges we face. Whether you’re a fan of Tom Friedman of not, he raised this yesterday on “Meet
the Press.”
MR. FRIEDMAN: You know, Tom, I think that’s important. Obviously, having a woman secretary of state would be important. But I’d step back and say what are the unique conditions right now that actually should affect the actual job qualifications of the next secretary of state? And for me, I’d want a bankruptcy specialist because I think the next secretary of state’s biggest job is going to be managing weakness, not, not strength. Managing the weakness of Russia, managing the weakness of China. I might go back to George Bush Sr., Brent Scowcroft. “Hey, guys, what was it like to manage the collapse of the Soviet Union?” Because I think the biggest problem in the next couple years, given this financial crisis, is going to be managing the weakness of some of the big players in the world, not their strength.
The weaknesses of the leading countries due to the global financial crisis is another reason HRC is a fit for State.
That’s why certain males are having their own little fit, concocting their own little blogger swiftboating of the woman who could take over State. Rahm’s presence as chief of staff was blow enough. But HRC as SOS, it’s their biggest power horror since the primaries. Hillary working for Obama in a way that they hadn’t imagined.
Like it or not, and they don’t, the Hillary haters want to banish all things Clinton from the Democratic Party. Good thing the President-elect is smart enough to know what is needed and who can deliver. No one knows if this will work out so Hillary can indeed take a position she deserves, but that the mere thought is causing such consternation, once again revealing the derangement of some progressive males out there, makes the waiting worth it, no matter the outcome.
