The Trouble with Hillary
About a month ago, well before Super Tuesday and yesterday’s primaries, my brother sent me a link to an article defending Hillary Clinton, questioning those who seem to hate her so much. At the time, while I agreed that in some cases the hatred seemed slightly manufactured by some, I am one of those who finds her to be patently false and wholly at the mercy of her political ambition and self-righteous belief that she should be America’s nanny—representing the very worst aspect of government, left or right.
It is because of her, Bush, others like them, and the direction of American political thought since the War Between the States that I long ago realized that I am libertarian in almost every aspect of my own beliefs, hence my support for Ron Paul, despite my knowledge that he held little hope of winning a Republican nomination. But just his presence and the modest success he’s had getting his message heard gives me some kind of hope, cynic that I am.
Anyhow, lest you fear this will descend into some kind of Ron Paul lovefest, I wanted to point out a New York Times Opinion article by Frank Rich that is one of many recent writings from various quarters that point out just how ethically bankrupt the Clintons are when it comes to her naked ambition to grab the White House. Frank doesn’t even need to point out problems with her ideas or policy or past actions as a Senator, only her underhanded and sleazy tactics that are coming to the fore as her grasp on the previously inevitable nomination starts to slip.
It’s not too long a read, but certainly summarizes nicely the reason I and so many others find her the last candidate we’d ever vote for. Perhaps we’ll see this sort of thing coming from Obama…but I doubt it. If anyone wonders why she is so polarizing, and why having her battle against McCain in November will put the Republicans back into the presidency again, enjoy…if you can.
