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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Bipartisanship is a false aspiration. It is the enemy of truth and, ultimately, justice. It fosters false equivalencies, as if to suggest that rabid vitriol deserves an equal footing alongside reasoned discourse. Bipartisanship is the enemy of debate, of democracy. It denies leadership in favor of group think. If a "team of rivals," a phrase I am already profoundly sick of, produces no answers, no solutions, no progress, then what, in the end, is its value? And what does such a team reveal of its leader?
somebody from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, for "Drug Czar."
(Drug Czar, LOL...it's okay, they can keep the title. And yes, it is a Cabinet-level position.)
Lots of qualified people to pick from...sheriffs, police chiefs, judges...Joe McNamara for example, give it to him. Or Michael Levine, LOL...nah, actually, he's a bit rough around the edges for that job. Hmm, maybe CIA Inspector General...
Barack Obama was chosen President of the entire United States. Must the far left (and right) be reminded of that daily? We must pick and choose our battles, set priorities and Clinton, Emanuel, Liebermann and Holder are not among them. Are we not tired of the plethora of journalists, pundits, and unnamed leakers desperately seeking controversy for the sake of hearing themselves babble?
What Obama is doing IS the promised change--putting vengeance and payola aside, choosing quality people for difficult jobs, governing pragmatically to solve nearly unsolvable problems.
Clinton would be playing right into Obama's hands if she took this role. She would have a job for four years at most. She would keep her job at his pleasure. Obama and his supporters have nothing but contempt for Sen. and Pres. Clinton, so if he picked her only to dick her over in a few years, they would cheer. They would love to see Sen. Clinton jobless and essentially out of politics for good. If Sen. Clinton takes the job, Pres. Clinton would have to shut down his Global Initiative because the conflicts of interest would be too broad for him to keep it up and running . Obama and his supporters would love it if Bill Clinton could no longer help the poor people in the world, oppressed and ignored people of Africa, and impoverished and sick children across the globe. It would take Clinton years to get it back on the ground and who's to say if it would ever be as prominent or successful. Since Obama and his groupies think that the Clintons are unethical, corrupt, entitled, racists, I can understand how they would enjoy to see these two people taken down and tossed into the dust bin of history despite any good works they do now or in the future. Or, they may think that Bill Clinton does not actually do anything with his charity and is skimming off the top. Either way, they want them gone. I can understand wanting a politician one loathes off the scene. No one would be happier than me if Sarah Palin and George Bush disappeared never to be seen or heard from again.
Clinton should keep her job in the Senate. She would have job security and would not have to take orders from Obama. She should accept the fact that Obama and his groupies have forever tarnished her reputation and if she buys into their shit, she will always have to prove that she is a good sport by bending over backwards to accommodate him. She should become a maverick and cause trouble for Obama except on the issues of health care, the rights of women and children. Other than that, she should break with the party and fail to show up for a vote when Republicans threaten to filibuster. If she fails to show, it is likely that the Democratic caucus would be unlikely to invoke cloture to end the debate. She could force the Senate Democrats hand to see if they are willing to go for the nuclear option and vote for a rule change. If Obama can get away with not showing up to the US Senate and choosing to vote "present" on controversial issues in the Illinois State Senate, then why can't Sen. Clinton do the same.
Pres. and Sen. Clinton have nothing to lose. Obama, his supporters, and his groupies in the media painted the Clintons as racists who had nothing to offer to the US. Sen. Clinton should quietly obstruct and undermine Obama's presidency. She should avoid being a loudmouth about it like Lieberman and refuse to answer questions about it. She shouldn't allow Obama to pass legislation of any historical significance. She should make Obama and the Democrats who stabbed her in the back during the primaries beg and kowtow to her, then watch as the blogosphere turns on him (they already hate her). What will her fellow Democrats do to her that they haven't already done? Will they strip her of her committees? Maybe, but they did not punish Lieberman. Then again, they hate her more than they hate him, but so what? They'll never like her, they'll never respect her, and they'll never care about her. She will have the support of Lieberman and Republicans when she obstructs Obama and they'll congratulate her for having principles and the courage of her convictions. She can claim that she is putting principles over party.
If Clinton takes the SoS position, I will have as little respect for her as the blogosphere will have for Obama if he comes under the thumb of Clinton. I hope she gets back a shred of her self-respect and make herself relevant again. Right now, she looks like a puppet dancing on Obama's string and I am rapidly losing respect for her.
Hillary Clinton should run for governor of New York. Right now, she is one vote out of one hundred. Obama and his groupies have made her irrelevant. If she wants to stay in Washington and be relevant, she is going to have to undermine him, otherwise she will be a rubber stamp. If she wants to go to Albany, she should keep her head down and be a good little mindless soldier. Other than that, she should avoid Obama like the plague. He hates her and now he can be indifferent to her if she becomes a rubber stamp or he can make her totally irrelevant by making her his flunky as SoS and then firing her.
Clinton can make her mark as governor. Universal health care will never happen on the federal level. Clinton should let Obama and the people in the Senate who disavowed her fail without her. She could use her position as the chief executive of the state of New York to create a universal health care system for the citizens of the state, revolutionize the educational system in New York, to rebuild the broken infrastructure of New York. She should make nice in the Senate if she intends to run for governor so that Obama's Congress does not exact revenge on her by denying New York federal funding for projects. She would have Chuck Schumer's support because he hates that no one cares about him so long as Clinton is the junior senator.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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