Hillary for President? ... What One Democrat Has to Say

Notable & Quotable provides food for thought about our elected officials in general, and Hillary Clinton in particular:

"Camille Paglia (Professor, author and female critic), from an interview with Salon.com, posted Aug. 21:

Q: Any hopes, fears or predictions for the presidential elections in 2016?

A: As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal. It's time to put my baby-boom generation out to pasture! We've had our day and managed to muck up a hell of a lot.

It remains baffling how anyone would think that Hillary Clinton (born the same year as me) is our party's best chance. She has more sooty baggage than a 90-car freight train. And what exactly has she ever accomplished—beyond bullishly covering for her philandering husband? She's certainly busy, busy and ever on the move—with the tunnel-vision workaholism of someone trying to blot out uncomfortable private thoughts.

I for one think it was a very big deal that our ambassador was murdered in Benghazi. In saying "I take responsibility" for it as secretary of state, Hillary should have resigned immediately. The weak response by the Obama administration to that tragedy has given a huge opening to Republicans in the next presidential election. The impression has been amply given that Benghazi was treated as a public relations matter to massage rather than as the major and outrageous attack on the U.S. that it was.

Throughout history, ambassadors have always been symbolic incarnations of the sovereignty of their nations and the dignity of their leaders. It's even a key motif in "King Lear." As far as I'm concerned, Hillary disqualified herself for the presidency in that fist-pounding moment at a congressional hearing when she said, "What difference does it make what we knew and when we knew it, Senator?" Democrats have got to shake off the Clinton albatross and find new blood."

Summing Up

How true it is! And spoken by a Democratic Party member who is an academic, author and female critic, too.

Isn't our 1st amendment right to free speech great?

Now we need some more thoughtful percentage of We the People exercising that freedom.

Seek the truth and tell the truth. Thoughts, words and actions to live by.

Thanks. Bob.