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Christopher Hitchens does a real number on Hillary today. While the rest of the pundit world spins its wheels about an utterly unimportant matter (Geithner's back taxes: an obviously innocent and understandable mistake) and about an only moderately important set of disqualifiers (Holder's problems: Hell, if Jeff Sessions thinks Holder is pretty good, that's plenty of solace for me!), leave it to Hitchens and Hillyer, clearly an ideologically aligned pair (NOT!), to focus on the real, clear and present danger to the Republic: Hillary Rodham Clinton.
It is a mark of the continuing lack of seriousness of the Republican Party and perhaps of the conservative movement that Hillary's nomination has been met with so little outrage. This is evidence that political calculation more than principle is involved in who draws opposition: Hillary is seen as more politically potent, and thus is treated as off limits now to vocal criticism. But on the merits, there is no way that ANYbody else with Hillary's light foreign policy record, manifold current conflicts of interest, and incredibly shady ethical past that includes a host of highly suspicious foreign entanglements (Riady/Huang/Chung etcera etcetera almost infinitum), could possibly survive even the ordinary level of scrutiny afforded a nominee to such a high position. Compared to Hillary's record, the late John Tower was an absolute saint -- and Tower was deemed unfit for office.
Consider me, once again, the canary in the coal mine. Conservatives will rue the day they didn't make more of a fuss about the appointment of Hillary Clinton to the State Department. It's a dangerous power base for a dangerous woman.
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Zack| 1.14.09 @ 7:32PM
More dangerous than O-face as president, I think not. O-face wouldn't even be able to get a security clearance where I work, so if he can still be the commander in chief anything goes as far as i'm concerned. Hilary being Secretary of ... is a non-started for me, I just hope the whole administration and congress fail spectacularly at everything they do, and hey maybe Hilary will contribute to that failure, I want them to be as incompent as they can be, so next time maybe we can get some real change.
Skeptic| 1.14.09 @ 9:53PM
Quin, how do you manage to work a self reference into nearly every article or post? It is quite a talent for such a (relatively) young man.
Jeremiah| 1.14.09 @ 9:53PM
Zack --
Check out the Constitution, dude: security clearance at your job is not necessary to be president, this being a democracy and all.
Do you work at 7 Eleven where they give you those personality tests before they let you on the register or something?
R. Dittmar| 1.14.09 @ 10:07PM
Maybe Republicans aren't raising a fuss because they know that the Clintons can be counted on to provide a neverending stream of embarassments for Obama. Five will get you ten that Bill will be caught exposing himself to a hat-check girl at the U.N before the year is out.
Picking her was the worst decision Obama's made to date, but she'll be comedy gold for at lest the next year or two.
Ran| 1.14.09 @ 10:07PM
Mr. Hillyer,
My guess is that she doesn't expect to have the assignment very long and that's why she had agreed to take it. With the intractable mess out there, it's not a resume enhancer for anyone. Would one cap one's political career as the foreign policy "enforcer" of a weak Administration for four (or eight) years? Why then take it? If it is a stepping stone, then to what?
Something subtle is telegraphed by her agreement - as if she expects fully that Obama will fail the confidence of the media, or will fail the Birth Certificate standard - something - and be off ticket in '12.
On the other hand, perhaps she expect the Republicans to offer up more weak candidates, thus allowing her to run in 2020... but that's a long time-frame. Perhaps it's just fodder for book deals.
As for Hillary at State and what she would undo on our behalf... your point is well taken. She is far more dangerous to us than to our enemies.
R. Dittmar| 1.14.09 @ 10:11PM
"Would one cap one's political career as the foreign policy "enforcer" of a weak Administration for four (or eight) years?"
You would if you could send your scheming hubby around the world hitting up foreign kleptocrats for money to ensure that their foreign aid checks don't get held up. She's doing it for the graft potential not because it furthers her political career.
E. Kramer| 1.14.09 @ 10:41PM
Hitchens is a joke. You need to check in to why. It has nothing to do with Hillary -- but with his own personal problems. Hillary will be one of our most successful SOS if she can keep Obama in check.
A. Brooks| 1.15.09 @ 12:37AM
hillary is a total reptile.
but in politics that can be a plus.
look as long as Jimmuh the half-a-queer stays out of govt and builds more ticky tacky houses so more retarded picture books on it can be published, we might be okay.
Interested Conservative| 1.15.09 @ 12:44AM
Mr. Hillyer at least raises the correct issues relative to the other "controversies". If the Richardson coming and going avoids a swath of corruption, what are the other noticeable pitfalls in the cabinet, particularly the power spots?
Sec. Gates is clearly a short-termer, or at least no democratic party future beyond his current role.
The remaining trouble areas seem to be Holder, Daschle and Clinton. Curiously, Holder seems the least worrisome - sure there will be policy differences, but most agree he can at least manage the DOJ w/o danger or catastrophe, and add some measure of organizational discipline which has faltered lately in W's 2nd term.
As for Daschle, no personal corruption (discounting whatever his wife is up to), but enormous policy and waste issues to battle as socialized health care looms..
As for Sec. Clinton, she's strong and able, but not necessarily for this position. Besides which, is she also corrupt or corruptible and incompetent in the areas that matter? I suppose we'll all find out?
Big Jim| 1.15.09 @ 2:10AM
Clinton will be the most incompetent and downright silly pick to run the State Dept. in the history of the country. Considering her ties to Bill & Co., let alone her inexperience and complete lack of diplomatic experience, there is no way she should be confirmed. Cons should go after her with all guns blazing and forget about Geithner who is qualified.
J David| 1.15.09 @ 9:00AM
Michelle Malkin has the inside scoop on Geithner's "innocent mistake"(Heh!) of a $34,000 oversight, AND IT'S NOT SO "INNOCENT"! GOP leadership trying to sweep all this under the rug, just like with the Dragon Lady is flat-out BETRAYAL of the American people. Hillyer's description, early on, of the coming nightmare is going to be an understatement.
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