Yesterday, William F. Buckley, who is now 80, wrote an article on why he thought that Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic choice for President in 2008.(Click on the post and scroll down for summary) It seems that a lot of Republicans are wishing that Hillary is the candidate. Probably because they have such an extensive file on her. Hillary has a high list of negatives that have made her a polarizing figure in politics and I am sure that the Republicans would love to run against her.
So---Preparing for such a race, I have begun to review some of the books about Hillary. One of the famous ones is "The Seduction of Hillary Rodham," by David Brock. Yes that is the same David Brock who wrote "The Real Anita Hill." He also wrote the articles in "The Spectator" about the Troopergate scandal that he eventually apologized for writing later. Mr. Brock has to be understood as a very radical Republican author, but still, the reading is entertaining.
One of the things that folks remember is the famous line of Hillary "I suppose I could be home baking cookies." What they do not remember is what that was the response to.
When Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas, Hillary was intimately involved in the affairs of state...not Bill's affairs, but the government details. She was also a source of free legal advice. Anyway, there was a huge scandal about the legal work that Hillary was doing through the Rose Law firm, and whether there was any illegality about how the work was obtained. This type of controversy is often present when one spouse of an elected official is a lawyer. The good news is that the official gets free legal advice. The bad news is that the public may pay fees another way. So...
The problem of course would be if Hillary runs for President, Bill is no longer current on his law license. I suppose that he could still give her advice. ---Anyway, if Hillary does run, it will be the Co-Presidency all over again. I just wonder whether America is ready for another two terms of a co-Presidency.
What do you think? You make the call.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
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I think she would do a great job! Can't be any worse than what we have now. Maybe if Mrs.Bush had more say we would be better off.
ReplyDeleteActually, I would characterize David Brock as a former Radical Republican writer. I am not sure when he changed, but he is a contributor to www.mediamatters.com
ReplyDeleteand he is very critical of media distortions of the truth and Republicans in general.
I am not sure if it is sincere, or if it is motivated by attacking the party in power for financial gain?
I am not fond of Hillary myself. Too much political posturing. I would like to see more politicians speak the truth and if it gets them elected so be it. Seems both Clinton and McCain are gearing up for a run and they are saying whatever they think the people want to hear.
Democrats are all over the board depending on what polls their advisors are seeing and they haven't faired well lately. I would rather see them lose for making a stand on some issues, rather than loosing because they change direction all the time as they watch polls and get accused of not standing for anything.