Politica - Hillary

I've never really understood the backlash against Hillary Clinton. As for her alleged crimes against American morality (Wikipedia - Hillary Rodham Clinton Controversies), none of them strike me as all that horrid. She seems to me like every other 60's liberal who later became a yuppie, who later turned into a politician - nothing all that radical, or even new there. My personal opinion is the whole thing boils down to an inferiority complex held by her critics. Nothing shrinks a frightened man's penis quicker than an intelligent woman in power.

Is she ambitious? Yep. Is she an opportunist? She's a politician; it comes with the job description. Is she too smart for her own good? Probably. Will she go toe-to-toe with anyone? You bet.

Call me crazy, but I consider those good qualities when it comes to the President of the United States. What's the alternative? A simple-minded slacker who lets others do the fighting for them?

In other words, exactly what we have now.

Look, I'm naturally distrustful of politicians, and Hillary is most certainly a politician - a rather sublime one at that - ergo, I don't trust Hillary. However, until they institute a draft for the presidency, we don't have more than a handful of options on Election Day.

Aside from my natural allergy to the politically-inclined, I dig Hillary. I think she's got some good ideas and, like McCain, I find myself agreeing with her more often than not. Plus, anyone with the ability to get the right's panties in a wad the way Hillary does is okay in my book. I think her weaving around her role in the current clusterfuck that is Iraq is a little on the skeevy side, but she's a politician. That's what politicians do.

Out of the current roster of Democratic hopefuls, she probably has the best chance of getting nominated - and the thought of a McCain/Clinton showdown in '08 makes me salivate. It's just a matter of a) Can America accept a female president? b) Is Hillary too polarizing for the role? c) Can the country withstand another 4-8 years of lame Clinton jokes from Rush Limbaugh?

Whether or not Americans can accept a female president, we're long overdue for someone, anyone, outside the traditional white Anglo-Saxon male stereotype - be it female, someone of color, whatever.

After two terms of Bush and all the shit that's gone down in the interim, the country is already polarized to the point that, short of another attack or Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, and Bono holding a press conference to advise everyone to just chill the fuck out, this country isn't reconciling anytime soon.

Other than a few minor issues here and there, only one thing truly disturbs me regarding Hillary potentially becoming president. It was an off-hand remark on some talk show I watched a couple weeks back. The speaker was talking about American dynasties and started laying out the numbers:

• George H.W. Bush - 8 years as Vice-President, 4 years as President.
• Bill Clinton - 8 years as President.
• George W. "Funky Monkey" Bush - 8 Years of President.

Add those up and you have 28 years of Bush/Clinton in office, 20 of those as President of the United States. Hillary as president has the potential to change those figures to 36/28.

Maybe it is time to end the cycle. Either that, or just declare a monarchy.

Tags: Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, politics

posted by m/a/z/e  [12:30 PM]   0 comments