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"But there's one qualification to my belief that she'd be a good choice: I only think so if Barack Obama thinks so. If he believes she can contribute to his foreign policy, but most important, carry it out; that she can represent him well and inform his worldview; that she can improve our standing abroad, well, then, I believe she can, too."
[I am sincerely, deeply tired of people 'trusting Obama' on his choices. He has shown himself to be influenceable, despite his previous profession of good values and viewpoint. Like Roosevelt, who said that people should 'make him' veer in one direction or another, I believe Obama may have said the same. His first instinct, I would guess born of 'Hillary-lovers', those who were disappointed at not having a woman in the White House, just any woman as long as it's a woman, was wrong in this case.]
''If she believes she can ....inform his worldview"???!!!!
Hillary Clinton lied about being 'under sniper fire', threatened to 'obliterate' Iran, signed up to speak at an anti-Iran rally sponsored by AIPAC, called up Bobbie Kennedy's assassination to explain why she didn't want to quit the primary race -- 'because that happened at this time in his campaign'. She aggressively asserted, 'NOTHING is off the table!' implying the use of nuclear weapons against Iran. She threatened to 'obliterate Iran!', for god's sake. She chastised Obama, again and again, for saying he would talk to other world leaders, including those considered 'enemies' (while others praised him for this, among these foreign leaders and knowledgeable experts). Clinton has shown she has 1) little sensitivity to others' needs and feelings, and 2) no ability to think before she speaks. These are not SecState qualities.
Why (!?) would you think that HIllary Clinton would be good at anything remotely connected with negotiating, talking to, getting people together, or doing anything involving diplomatic skills? Have you ever heard of her doing anything other than greeting leaders? My cousin was a top Ambassador; I knew him; Hillary Clinton has no Ambassadorial qualities or leadership qualities. If Obama would appoint her to the Supreme Court I believe she could handle that job and I wouldn't complain -- because she has legal knowledge and has good domestic values. But SECRETARY OF STATE is completely beyond belief!
''If she believes she can ....inform his worldview". (Walsh.) This is what I exactly hope that Clinton would NOT do, any more than I hope Emanuel informs Obama's world view. This man (Obama) has lived abroad and in Hawaii; he has soaked up world view; it is in his veins, as it is in the veins of anyone who has lived in another country for any period of time. Clinton has met world leaders in other countries, entirely surrounded by cocoons of protection from world culture. I sincerely do not hope Clinton thinks she can 'inform Obama's world view' because I doubt he thinks she can.
You mention 'the only reason Clinton is in the media so much (about this) is that 'Clinton-haters' put it there'. I was never a 'Clinton-hater', whatever that is and I think for you to say this is to insult anyone who knows about Clinton's statements (quoted above) and seen the look on her face when she stopped and said, with regard to Iran, 'NOTHING is off the table!', to insult everyone who believes nuclear weaponry should NEVER be used, to insult everyone who heard her threaten to 'obliterate Iran'.
I always cheered her on, from across the country, when she won Senator. I always felt compassion for her during the nightmarish, humiliating impeachment year. But as I watched her during the primaries, watched my actual candidates fall away as well, I became increasingly appalled at what this woman was capable of, what her skills weren't, and at how much violence she has inside her. No, not Clinton for Secretary of State of the United States of America.
[The fact that you (Walsh) convinced Chris Matthews deserves no kudos; he vacillates to extremes and no one can find his center, if he even has one.]
