The Audacity of Being Hillary
“…President Obama has spoken out against the law, because he thinks the federal government should determine immigration policy, and the Justice Department, under his direction, will be bringing a lawsuit against the act…”
That is how Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answered the opening question about the new Arizona immigration law in her interview with an Ecuadorian television news reporter.
Many are baffled by why the Secretary of State would “spill the beans” on this president’s intent to sue Arizona before the president or his flunky in the Justice Department, Eric “Nation of Cowards” Holder made the announcement.
“It’s not even her department” some have said. “This is a huge gaffe for such an experienced politician” others have added.
To those who have been fretting about how Hillary could pull back the curtain prematurely on such a sensitive subject I can only say, you haven’t been paying attention. This was no accident. This was no slip of the tongue. This was in fact an opening salvo. I keep waiting in vain for the political pundits to identify this for what it actually is.
Welcome to campaign 2012.
The words used by wannabe president Clinton are not those of someone unprepared to answer a question she absolutely knew was coming. They are carefully chosen and more importantly directed with pinpoint laser accuracy.
Hillary Clinton is a member of an administration that is seen as a dismal failure. She is on a losing team and it is apparent, at least to me, that she is looking to separate herself from a president whose approval ratings are dropping faster than Barney Frank’s swim trunks at a Fire Island beach party.
Read carefully exactly what Hillary had to say. This team player, this member of Obama’s inner circle, not once did she use the word we or us or even this administration. No, her comments were clear and precise. President Obama has spoken out against the law. President Obama thinks the federal government should be in charge of states immigration policy. And President Obama is directing the Justice Department to file suit.
There may be no “I” in TEAM, but Hillary is making it pretty clear that “I had nothing to do with it”.
Hillary has left the reservation. She knows that a majority of Americans support Arizona’s efforts to make illegal immigration illegal. She knows that the vast majority of Americans support the constitutional right of states to protect themselves as they see fit. She knows that the vast majority of Americans are tired, frustrated and downright angry by this administration’s complete ineptness in every major challenge facing our country from illegal immigration to national security, from out of control deficit spending to stupid and ineffective cap and trade policy, from nationalized healthcare to the BP oil spill. She knows these things because she learned it from the most adept poll watching tap dancer to ever grace the oval office, the love of her life, and countless other lives throughout both global hemispheres, Bill Clinton.
Bill Clinton never met a poll he didn’t like, or at least one he couldn’t adapt to his political advantage. Hillary sees the numbers and knows what would have seemed impossible just 12 months ago now seems like it is not only possible but probable; there will be a challenge within the Democratic Party for the presidential nomination.
Hillary is making it clear that she is not looking for another term as Secretary of State should Barack Hussein Obama be foolish enough to run in 2012. She is looking for a way out and she just might have found it. Obama has to know that if Hillary is willing to screw up his political timing on the Arizona lawsuit she will be willing to let an entire herd of cats out of the bag. And unlike 12 short months ago, she may actually have some national support to do just that.
Barack Hussein Obama is no longer the black gold he once was to the Democrat National Committee and if ever there was the need for proof of that, the November midterm elections will supply it. The Democrats are looking at an election disaster that will make the tragic BP spill look like a driveway oil spot. Maybe that Mayan calendar was actually for the Democrats.
Hillary is looking to run. She’s looking to run away from this president.
But not his office.
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, immigration
