Hillary and Me

Hillary is somebody and I'm nobody and I wouldn't have it any other way, having freely chosen to be no-body a long time ago. Being no-body is easier said than done in our culture, but that' s another whole post.

I don't know Hillary Clinton, personally, and she certainly wouldn't know me from Adam's house cat.

But here's the thing: I just can't seem to bring myself to trust her. Maybe because I don't trust DLCers, in general.

We could sure use a woman in the Oval Office, if for no other reason than to cut down on the testosterone levels at the White House. They have reached toxic proportions with this administration. But my intuition, nonetheless, tells me Hillary is not the woman we need, at this time in our history.

I'm not sure how I feel about Obama either. I still need to follow the money where he is concerned, because I want to know exactly where all that money is coming from.

But I'm afraid I agree with him about the Clintons being Republican Lite (He said Bush-Lite, but I don't believe the Clintons are that far gone, yet. They are more like moderate Republicans, but then Attila the Hun would be moderate compared to Bush and Cheney).

Why do I keep getting the impression that Hillary is the Democratic Richard Nixon in drag?

1) Running against a president who isn't running (as Nixon ran against the Johnson administration policies, even though he agreed with most of them). The Vietnam war became even more deadly under Nixon, before it finally ended.

2) Refusing to admit that her vote to give that nitwit in the White House permission to go to war was WRONG, and then saying that she never believed he would exercise that power except as a last resort. Had she not read the PNAC documents? Her husband was approached by the PNACers, (aka; the Effing Crazies), wanting him to attack and invade Iraq while he was president. He said, no. Of course there is always the old canard of, "everything changed after 9/11." Hell no, everything did not change after 9/11, nor should everything have changed. One thing that did not change is Iraq and the rest of the Arab/Muslim world.

9/11 or no 9/11, we are seen as untrustworthy occupiers of Muslim land. The Bush government has done nothing to change that perception. As a matter of fact, they have caused Muslim suspicions about the U.S. to deepen and spread.

3) As we have said before, Bill Clinton's relationship with Poppy Bush hasn't helped our distrust of Hillary one iota. If a person wants to be trusted, perhaps they shouldn't try to worm their way into the Mafia.

So, now I have to ask, exactly what kind of training are we talking about here, at Hillary's school for public service? It certainly sounds good. That doesn't mean it will turn out that way.

By PAGE IVEY,

Associated Press Writer Sat Jul 28, 4:04 PM ET

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton told college Democrats on Saturday she would create a national academy to train public servants.

"I'm going to be asking a new generation to serve," she said. "I think just like our military academies, we need to give a totally all-paid education to young men and women who will serve their country in a public service position."

An older woman carrying a sign that said "She doesn't care, all she wants is the power" yelled at Clinton while the New York senator was speaking in a ballroom on the University of South Carolina campus. Students attending the College Democrats of America convention shouted down the woman down and pushed her from the room.

"One of the things I love about politics, you never know what the day will bring," Clinton said.

Several people at the convention said they were inspired by Clinton's speech and her experience in public service after law school.

Clinton was an intern with the Children's Defense Fund, which advocates for minority, poor and disabled children.

"I loved her personal stories. ... It wasn't her generic speech," said Katelyn Porter, president of the College Democrats chapter at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island.

Porter, who is from Boston and works for a nonprofit organization that helps low-income families, said she has not decided which Democratic candidate she will support. "But Hillary is definitely at the top of the list," she said.

Clinton spoke about her conversion during college from a born and raised Republican to a Democrat.

"I woke up in my dorm one day and I thought, 'Well, I'm not sure I am a Republican,'" she said to enthusiastic cheers. "I was at the time, embarrassingly enough, the president of the Wellesley College young Republicans."

Later, in Beaufort, she told supporters she was running for president "because I think we can set big goals again. There is still so much to be done."

She mentioned universal health care, ending dependence on foreign oil, expanding early childhood education and safely withdrawing troops from Iraq.

Helen Gilbert, a retired government worker originally from Virginia, said she believes women — especially older women — may be Clinton's biggest hurdle.

"We're brought up to believe the men know it all," said Gilbert, 75. But Clinton's track record is what has earned Gilbert's support.

"She knows so much and she's done so much and she's been involved so much," Gilbert said. "She's going to be the president. I think it's about time, don't you?"

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Associated Press writer Evan Berland in Beaufort contributed to this report.

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