Hillary Clinton | Hillary Clinton
Dec.29.2010
8 Things That Would Be Different—Mostly—If Hillary Clinton Were President.
Here's the first one. For a complete list please check out Daily Damocles (my blog for anxious progressives)
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1. Nobody outside Alaska would know the name Sarah Palin
Or...
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Oct.18.2010
According to the news reports, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Commonwealth Club- sponsored speech last Friday was all about drug wars in Mexico, climate change, terrorism and how to fight it, State Department stuff of note. But I thought the more interesting thing -- I was among the 48...
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Sep.08.2010
Could Viet Nam be America’s New Counterweight to China? When Hillary Clinton told the ASEAN regional forum in Hanoi last July that it was in the United States’ interest that sovereignty issues in the Eastern Sea be settled by negotiations, not force, it sent a shockwave through the region. Unlike...
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May.19.2010
Bill Clinton isn’t exactly up for auction, but let's stop to think about this business of you-do-me-I-do-you. You've already read that you could spend a day with him in New York if you can dig into your financial reserves and come up with $7,71,000. This is due to the huge debt of $25.2 million...
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Mar.11.2010
I have been asked why I'm not more outspoken about President Obama. Why should I be? Everyone else seems to have an opinion, especially those who voted for him with such high hopes, as well as those who voted for Senator McCain. No need for me to join all the yelling, screaming and...
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Feb.19.2010
Todd Stern, a climate negotiator during Bill Clinton’s presidency and more recently a fellow at the Center for American Progress, will assume the role of special envoy for climate change at the State Department. “We have no shortage of evidence that our world is facing a climate crisis,” said...
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Dec.27.2009
Dear President Obama:
I find myself ending 2009 feeling far less optimistic than I did one year ago. I supported you, not because you were the most experienced candidate or the one with the most impressive résumé, but because I thought I recognized in you a genuine leader capable of persuading...
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Dec.03.2009
"'We're not inflicting pain on these f-----s,' Clinton said, softly at first. 'When people kill us, they should be killed in greater numbers.' Then, with his face reddening, his voice rising, and his fist pounding his thigh, he leaned into Tony [Lake], as if it was his fault. 'I believe in...
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Nov.03.2009
Barack and Michele Obama, the couple, continue to captivate the public and the press, most recently in the cover story of the NYTimes Sunday magazine: "The first marriage. It's modern, it's a formidable international brand and it's an ongoing negotiation." Sounds like a reality show promo...
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Aug.17.2009
Yesterday my friend Inca and I spent some time together running errands. We were chatting about this and that when she turned to me and asked, "So what did you make of Hillary's response to that Congolese student?" (See also this article if you missed the news story.)
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