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Buchanan: The Kos crowd deserves a Cabinet pick

Why does a conservative seem to respect the Democratic left more than many Democrats? Plus: Pick Hillary, or don't, but get it over with!

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  • Wednesday, November 19, 2008 08:19 PM

    @saman65

    "Sometimes, I wonder whether some of Obama supporters actually believe Obama is an idiot...[skip}...Sometimes I wonder whether some of you ever believed in the judgment of the person you voted for."

    That's reasonable wondering, given all the nay-saying going on merely two weeks and a day post-election. From this voter, I can say I did and do believe (trust) in the judgment of the person I voted for. And I certainly don't think he's an idiot.

    "Honestly, I do not want Hillary to be SoS not for the twisted reasons you have, but for the fact that it might derail the good deeds Bill's foundation is doing in Africa and elsewhere especially with twin killers, malaria and aids."

    I'm not opposed to Hillary as SoS per se, can see pros/cons, but you voiced a similar concern of mine--whatever faults can be piled up against Bill (rightly or wrongly), I think his work in the world at large, toward the causes you mentioned in particular, is important, and I wouldn't want that work derailed, nor that work to interfere with Hillary's work if she were to become SoS.

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