“I Want To Be President…..
….But only if I only have to deal with the things I like, not any of that nasty "world" stuff."
Wow. Hillary Clinton just revealed how unserious a candidate she really is, and I really don't think she understands that. But the electorate will.
DAVENPORT, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Bush should withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq before he leaves office, asserting it would be "the height of irresponsibility" to pass the war along to the next commander in chief.
"This was his decision to go to war with an ill-conceived plan and an incompetently executed strategy," the Democratic senator from New York said her in initial presidential campaign swing through Iowa.
"We expect him to extricate our country from this before he leaves office" in January 2009, the former first lady said.
The White House condemned Clinton's comments as a partisan attack that undermines U.S. soldiers.
Where to begin here. Politicians choose to run for this office. They choose to try to be the most powerful person in the world. They choose to put themselves into the media meat grinder. They choose to work, sacrifice, plan and drive relentlessly to win the office.
But they do not get to choose the world. They do not get to define how every other country acts. They do not get to demand preconditions to taking office. They do not get to dictate what the world will look like the day they take office. They also do not get free license to cause damage to the country while seeking the office. She may have endeared herself to a few party activists with this little line. But she shot herself in the foot with the general population.
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By Sam L., Sunday, 28 January , 2007 @ 11:51 pm
I say he should call her on this. Announce that “As Senator Clinton requested, this is what I’m doing to extricate the US from Iraq: Moqtada Al Sadr is or will soon be a dead man; Bashir Assad and that Iranian guy whose name I can’t pronounce are next; and I wish to express my thanks to Senator Clinton for her personal support!”
By Sean Hackbarth, Monday, 29 January , 2007 @ 12:06 am
Sen. Clinton has just demonstrated she is not up to the task of leading this nation. She wants the rules and whole environment changed so it’s easier on her. True leaders take on the challenges of the moment and not want them laid out all nice and neat for them.