For the first time in 30 years neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton is on a public payroll somewhere. He was Governor then President, then she was Senator and Secretary of State. He was the Attorney General of Arkansas for a while too.
Ron Fournier:
What I Learned Covering Hillary Clinton
I stopped betting against Hillary Rodham Clinton 23 years ago when I watched her crush one man’s ambitions to preserve her husband’s career.
Summoned to a Capitol rotunda news conference by Tom McRae, an earnest Democrat challenging then-Gov. Bill Clinton for re-election, I heard the click, clack, click of the first lady’s low-heeled shoes approach from a hidden marble hallway.
“Tom!” the first lady of Arkansas shouted. “I think we oughta get the record straight!”
Waving a sheaf of papers, Hillary Clinton undercut McRae’s criticism of the Clinton administration by pointing to his past praise of the governor. It was a brutal sandbagging.
“Many of the reports you issued not only praise the governor on his environmental record,” she said, “but his education and his economic record!”
McRae’s primary campaign was toast. Bill Clinton was one step closer to the White House.
Wait . . . what?
What a low-down dirty move, confronting a candidate with his own words! What a horrible thing for the wife of a popular incumbent to do!
Seriously, I don’t know what Hillary plans to do next but I wish the best for her and Bill. They’ve earned a break. Maybe Chelsea will give them a couple grandkids to play with.
The Crawdad Hole 
Yea, that’s why they hate her: she’s smarter than they are and effective. How dare she?
Thank you for the decades of public service Hillary. Now get some sleep, read some fiction, and have some laughs. You’ve earned it and then some.
Probably true.
Gotta agree.
Her ratings might decline slightly if she got back into politics, but not as much as people seem to think. You have to remember Bill left office with some pretty high approval ratings, in spite of impeachment and controversy, and Hillary is probably ten times the politician he is.
Hillary can deliver. People may not like what she’s delivering, but she always does it. Unlike Obama or even Bush who kind of waffle around and snicker a lot and call it presidenting.
Never been a fan but think she made a serious mistake playing third fiddle to Obummer. Would say it could be hard to rid oneself of his stink afterward, except that might be racist……so for the record I won’t say it.
May not be on an “active duty” federal payroll, but aren’t their “retirements” quite lucrative ? Not that I’m complaining about it, my husband won the retirement lottery in ’92 and keeps us out of poverty just for breathing. (after 30 years active duty USMC)
The World After Hillary- “front cover” of the online version of Newsweek: http://magazine-directory.com/Newsweek.htm
I’ve been trying to evaluate Hillary’s legacy as SoS objectively, and on the whole, I think the fact that the Arab Spring happened in her term really brings her score down. I think the Arab Spring will go be seen historically as a big advance for the Jihadi movement.
Comparing her tenure at DoS with the other Rice’s lead’s me to rate H higher than I originally thought she might achieve but probably (through no fault of her own) about a B-. I consider she did remarkably well for having only unicorn poop with which to form a policy.
See that, Sarah inspires 😀
Good luck to Hillary in her new chapter of life. May she shake the dust of Obama’s admin from her shoes.
…..or the Unicorn poop 😉
I’m so stealing that
Same thing 😆
https://twitter.com/gopmommy/status/297463485292486656
I love Hillary, but I’m fatigued by all of the press and their false encomiums. Blech……where were they when it mattered???????
Word.
Awesome. You taught me a new vocabulary word. I love when that happens. There are so few I don’t know anymore… I’m going to learn them all (the English ones, anyway) before I die. It’s my goal in life.
Their encomiums were Unicorn mencomium ; baby Unicorn poop 😉
God Bless and thank you Hillary. I never thought she was superwoman- but I thought then and still think now- she was the best candidate in 08 by light years. There really is no way to count the cost of what the damn bots did to this country.
And it is now official.
There are NO adults now in this administration.
honk!
LOL! That’s really awful, but it’s true! Since when have confirmation hearings been cordial and respectful?? Since when is it against the rules to criticize the President??
Heck, in US history we have congresscritters that actually got into fist fights. We had duels, shootings, and assaults. For crying out loud, some of our presidents were actually killed! Today Dems act as if simply asking a question is racist, rude, and abusive.
National Dem politicians have taken to emulating the absurd hyper-sensitivity of their Brit counterparts. Next they’ll be wearing powdered white wigs.
When did Code Pink change from anti-war to dancing vaginas ? Also missing in action these days, the Raging Grannies and Billionaires for Bush. Great street theater at the peace marches I attended, their voices would also be helpful now 😀
Everyone’s having a snooze fest since his greatness was installed, cause all is well with the world now, haven’t you heard?
I should probably not be laughing my patootie off at this, but I am
http://minx.cc/?post=337137
That’s some sick shit.
The most hilarious part is not Ace but the actual Couric quote:
First there’s a quasi-vocal rending of the Star Mangled Banner and now a quasi-news report of Larry King’s romantic imaginations. Where is the peace? Where is the justice? Where is the emesis basin?
LMAO, Oh my goodness!
Um
OMG. That explains a lot. No wonder it was easy to get her to edit and manipulate and otherwise do a gotcha interview with Palin.
Awww. Barney Bush has passed. He was about the only good thing in that administration.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/former-first-dog-barney-bush-dies-223329274–politics.html
I liked Laura too 🙂 R.I.P Barney, at least you were loved and made a part of your family.
The bush family must be devastated. He was so loved. 🙂
Barney was a cutie.
http://westwingreports.com/latest-reports/barney-the-dog-as-panted-by-his-master
W painted that? Wow.
I remember the cute Barney Christmas videos that the Obamas later stole using Bo, Jr. Where Barney was just being a Scottie, poor Bo was looking like he’d rather be anywhere else.
I know! And his statement was pretty sweet, too.
Holy Mother of Sin. There’s actually a World Hijab Day?
Hijab for a day: Non-Muslim women who try the headscarf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21283301
https://twitter.com/votermom/status/297483326724378625
if we wear them can we carry ginsue circumcision knives?
Ugh, I don’t even like wearing a hat. Sorry sister Muslims, I’d rather celebrate NOT HAVING ACID THROWN IN YOUR FACE BECAUSE YOU WANT AN EDUCATION Day. Throw the damn headscarfs away!
Honk!
HONK! How about a burn the hijab day?
You should tweet that
That’s what I loved about Laura Bush, she was on it ! 😀
Totally should tweet that. Be awesome if it went viral and someone coordinated it to coincide with Muslim Fake Feminist Day, ow whatever they called it upthread.
From Newsbusters and Leno ….. 😀
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/02/01/leno-makes-obama-clinton-60-minutes-segment-cialis-commercial
LOLOLOL.
Ya know Leno’s going to get sent to the reedumacation camp at some point.
OMG—-I didn’t know whether to roflmao or to hurl….
Eeeeewwwwwwwww!
that was great
OMG that was hilarious and needed to be done !!!!!!
Fun twitter hashtag NOT trending…… that’s 5 words!
#ObamaCareInFiveWords
Secretary of State John Kerry says comment to Boston Globe was ‘overly casual’; says Obama didn’t formerly offer him job until after Susan Rice withdrew – @mitchellreports
Kerry backtrack Rice comment
Figures. Diplomatic failure # 1. And not even in office 24 hours…..
🙂
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/02/01/president-of-scandal-ridden-nbc-news-leaves/
wonder if there will be a change now that this guy is leaving.
he just signed a long term contract 6 months ago
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/02/01/Exclusive-Zimmerman-NBC-News-Capus
George Zimmerman’s brother glad the Capus is leaving NBC
Wondering if Hillary needs to rest up and be ready to climb right back into the saddle when backtrack backtrack’s Hagel’s nomination next week?
Oh, that’s right. She’s not qualified to join his next cabinet.
Something shiny:
http://www.michellesmirror.com/2013/02/with-ojt-anyone-can-be-secretary-typing.html
Some movies are just fun to watch. Enjoying Kung Fu Panda right now.
Something About Mary on WE 😀
Watched Hotel Transylvania on dvd
just because we need a smile
https://twitter.com/realmyiq2xu/status/297552010218201088
Proof that the human race has lost it’s fricken mind! We have alpacas all over up here. People got into them because the government, in their wisdom, decided that if people shaved these animals to look like mutant poodles, they could get a tax deduction and call themselves alpaca farmers. If you’re upper middle class, doctor, lawyer, it’s worth your while to put a couple alpacas in the yard and call yourself a farmer. Drives me nuts, we’re stuck with the hummer and alpaca tax deductions.
https://twitter.com/realmyiq2xu/status/297556419782266881
they are cute. we have some in the area where I live. also mini horses
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bin-ladens-son-in-law-arrested-in-turkey-daily.aspx?pageID=238&nID=40303&NewsCatID=341
John Kerry’s first day.
US embassy bombed in Turkey which was mentioned on the news
Ben Laden’s son in law arrested in Turkey. we wanted to talk to him. did not happen he is being sent back to Iran. NOT mentioned on the news
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Done
I’ll remind people periodically — and maybe you can too occasionally? 🙂
“Grateful for my Mom’s and the remarkable U.S. Department of State team’s service. Thankful I shared her last day as Secretary of State!”
it occurs to me that Chelsea’s almost old enough to run for prez now…