Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Hillary Clinton, in Today's News 08.11.09

Hillary Clinton. The foot-in-mouth Secretary of State. Once again Clinton has shot off her mouth and created all kinds of problems for the White House. This time in the Congo where she brusquely dismissed a student questioner. 

Once again her handlers and the Presidential office have had to scurry around in order to sort her remarks out and give them a better spin. Plus special efforts have to be made to undo the damage.

Obama has frozen Clinton out of the big foreign policy issues that his administration is dealing with. Instead, they have Clinton running around the world on second and third rate issues, and even these she is messing up.

Obama must be peeved, but on some reflection he may realize that all the Clinton mis-steps will help him. Clinton is not part of the Obama team. She is only in the Secretary of State office to appease her and her husband. Obama would be quite happy to get rid of her.

And so the opportunity to remove her as a discredited diplomat grows with each Clinton gaff. How's the old saying go? Give her enough rope to hang herself.


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