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The article wasn't critical of Hillary, it was crital of how Obama has marginalized the position.
Nice reading comprehension skills.
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.co...y-clinton.html
Week-by-week, world event-by-world event, the public humiliation of Hillary Clinton is taking place right before our eyes. Actually, not before our eyes. Hillary has gone missing.
There was a time when United States Secretaries of State were front and center in foreign policy making and implementation. Our first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson, and other historical luminaries included John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, William Jennings Bryant, and George C. Marshall.
In more modern times, names such as Henry Kissinger, Cyrus Vance, James Baker, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, and Condolezza Rice loom large in our psyche and history.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton? Who? Possibly the most marginalized Secretary of State in modern times.
Barack Obama has not permitted Hillary to participate in a central manner in any of the major diplomatic events, including the upcoming Moscow summit from which Hillary will be notably absent. Obama doesn't act alone in foreign affairs, but he certainly doesn't act through Hillary.
If the federal government were, say, the City of Chicago, Hillary's status would rate about as high as the Director of the Department of Tourism. Sometimes seen, occasionally heard, but almost never consulted. Sure, Hillary is nice enough, but, being nice enough only gets you so far.
It didn't always appear that it would turn out this way. When Hillary was appointed, with great fanfare, it seemed that she would take a leading role. But the fox was out-foxed.
The treatment of Hillary Clinton by Obama to date amounts to a slow drain of Hillary's political persona. The fearsome tiger now is a pussycat. She missed the Iran crisis because of a broken elbow. Now admittedly, I've never broken my elbow, so maybe I am misinformed. But there doesn't appear to be a reason why Hillary couldn't have talked on the phone with foreign ministers, and done all the other things a Secretary of State does.
If Hillary's loss in the primaries was a body blow, being Secretary of State is like being bled by leeches. Hillary seems to know her political persona is being bled dry, but she feels no physical pain.
And Hillary clearly is not having fun. Has anyone seen Hillary laugh in the last five months? Oh, how I long for that cackle. Hillary can't even bring herself to fake it anymore.
Want a good measure of how bad it is for Hillary? Click on the screen shot (above right) from a Google News search for "Hillary Clinton" taken on July 5, 2009, covering the prior month. Nothing of substance, although I did learn that Chelsea is getting married (Congrats! That should keep Mom busy) and Bill is appearing at a fundraiser.
Sarah Palin gets more hits than Hillary even though the search was for "Hillary Clinton."
I wonder how the Hillary supporters at PUMA and the folks at Hillary's Village feel, watching Hillary wither on Obama's vine.
The article wasn't critical of Hillary, it was crital of how Obama has marginalized the position.
Nice reading comprehension skills.
clinton's been the key US negotiator behind the scenes, specifically with the iranians, which that blogger apparently isn't aware of
What has been negotiated?
Well, I'll give you one thing -- it is definitely "behind the scenes". Burried deep, deep, deep behind the scenes.
So Darrin, are you personally dismayed by what you apparently think is happening to Clinton?
Or did you just want to post something critical of Obama because that's pretty much your purpose here?
I really hadn't put too much thought into how well of a job Hillary was doing, especially since there's hardly any mention of her lately. That's pretty much the argument of the blog.
The last time I heard anything about Hillary was the "Overcharge" vs. "Reset" fiasco. Since then -- crickets.
So what are your personal thoughts about Hillary and her current situation? -- it's obviously quite important to you or you would never have posted this article.
Ambivalent. She was "out of sight, out of mind". I think that is probably the intent of the Obama admin. Had I not stumbled across this blog, I may not have even noticed.
So you really don't care about her situation at all.
Why did you post the blog?
Hillary got that kid back from Brazil not to long ago.
Obama tricked Hillary. You know that saying "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer"? Well that's what Obama did to Hillary. He removed her from the Senate, where she had a lot of power, and now he's using his various Czars to bypass Hillary. She's got the le - but not much power. AND - her fall from political power means that she won't be a threat in 2012. I bet Hillary is doing a slow boil - and I still wouldn't want to be on her enemies list!
You've done your homework, Daniel san. Know, show me wax the floor.
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