There is no school for presidents and commander-in-chiefs. All the presidents, since George Washington got to the White House without any claim of being experienced. The ability to wield the power of the greatest nation on earth is something that is not bragged about, and much less claimed. Either one has got it or not.
And now comes Hillary Clinton trumpeting on rooftops that she is experienced and ready to assume the duties of commander-in-chief on day one. Nothing can be more presumptuous. The fact that she claims experience is hollow and inauthentic, and even shameless. It means that George Bush and all the way back to George Washington are nothing but nincompoops and inexperienced. If there is any experience that matters with Hillary, it is the experience of standing by her man during the heyday of Monica Lewinsky. She could not possibly stomped away from her cheating husband because she had already hatched the plan of running for president herself, using the ex-president as her backbone. Too bad, the ex-president has the backbone of a jellyfish, too scared of responding to the bombing of USS Cole.
In the face of strident claims of experience and ready for commander in chief day one, Senator Clinton is becoming more and more like a charlatan, foisting snake oil on the electorate. The USA will not only be the object of scorn among international allies, but also the laughning stock as well.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
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