Why Hillary Clinton is a Terrible Choice as Obama's Secretary of State

I'm heartened that some critics are bold enough to say these things. Sen. Clinton is beholden to her vocal constituents. She made a deal with some voters (in Orange county's Hasidic Jewish enclave of Kiryas Joel) in order to win their support over her newfangled challenger, Rick Lazio. Within months of that deal a $10 million dolllar taxpayer-funded hospital was built to serve this community only. This came on the heels of another taxpayer-funded special interest project, a public school for special needs children in K.J. that was built during NY Governor Mario Cuomo's administration.

American politicians invariably do become staunch supporters of Israel, and Pres.-elect Obama has already signalled that he's leaning in that direction, too. The change he spoke of is less likely to occur when he keeps Pres. Bush's staff and reappoints Pres. Clinton's old team.

No, I think Senator Clinton would be more beholden to our next President Barack Hussein Obama.   She would serve at the pleasure of the President, let's remember.  All through the democratic primaries and debates, the media touted how there was so little difference on issues, foreign policy for one, between the two candidates.  Moreover Senator Clinton is a woman of integrity and plenary good sense, if she felt for any reason that she could not fullfill the duties of Sec'y of State in an Obama Cabinet for whatever reason, she would graciously decline.  If he felt she could not, he would not have offered.

The United States considers Israel to be one of its staunchest allies.  President Obama has more than merely 'signaled' such support.  'On Israel's 60th anniversary,  . . . it was no surprise then to hear Obama tell CNN's Wolf Blitzer that when he is president  America will stay glued to Israel, "not just for 60 years but for 600 years." ' That's more than just a signal.

We're not to look to or at the staff of former presidents on the next President's staff, even if they were to comprise his entire cabinet.   During the campaign, Barack Obama made clear that he would be willing to work with whomever regardless of political stripe to accomplish what is needed in America.  He is doing just what he said he would, not playing partisan games.  He's selecting the very best in America.

President(elect) Obama is not a weak man.  He's not a stupid one.  Everyone he's hires will know who is boss.  Guaranteed.  If, in his wisdom, President (elect) Obama has chosen  these eminently qualified people to fill these positions, we can be assured this is his way to bring about the aforementioned "change" so necessary and desired for our nation.

He said only just this week,

"Understand where the vision for change comes from, first and foremost," he said. "It comes from me. That's my job, to provide a vision in terms of where we are going and to make sure then that my team is implementing [that vision]."

We can trust him or doubt him.  Given his track record, I choose to trust him.

It is good to look at the past, it is bad to predict the future whne you have only the past to look at. I think Ms. Cliton will work for the new president and not for a demographic group.

I believe Hillary is a good choice who will work hard for new administration. Just my inference gathered by years of watching the sport of politics.

Hillary is a much stronger world presence than Condolezza Rice ever was or could hope to be.  She isn't soft-sided or maliable and not easily to the corner will she cower. She has that Madeline Albright backbone of steel presence.

Something tells me that if she did not fully understand, support and accept Obama and his philosophies, his style of governance or politics she would not have even allowed herself to be vetted. Surely, there are self-serving reasons then again what high-functioning High-Mach politician doesn't?

A lot of this conjecture about her being a good choice or a bad choice is just basing it on the past and what we saw on a campaign trail. We will not know the results or the beginning of results for about year.

Voice your bias but reserve true judgement when it counts.

uhh news for the rest of the world.  the us is pro israel.  our sec of state will be pro israel, no matter who it is. 

I'd like to refer you to my address, or however you find me in the vine to read a comment I made on a story about pedophilia in the Orthodox community of Jews in Brooklyn.

I'm getting sick and tired of watching CSPAN with one right wing lobby from Israel, or supported by Jews telling us to fight their wars.  We are in a proxy war between Iran and the US in Iraq and Afganistan, and India has terrorism now.

I am sick of people like Liberman who is a turncoat and might as well say outloud that all he is concerned with is Israel, but he is not.  I heard he supported a blind school in Connecticut, but that doesn't make him any hero.

The idea in changing our government is to let the new President-Elect show us the way.  We finally have a leader that is ready to take responsibility for forging ahead and cleaning up the horrible world crises he inherits from Bush I and Bush II.  Clinton's legacy is that he balanced the budget after the republicans talked about it for years.  Meanwhile, we are going on major, major BAILOUT MODE SO WATCH OUT EVERYONE, THE BUBBLE HAS BURST. THERE IS NO MORE MONEY, OR JOBS, SO DO WHAT YOUR NEW PRESIDENT SAYS AND BE A HELPER. 

Bush is raiding the till on the way out of the store with this bailout and he's a crook along with his friends, his father's friends, Carl Rove, Lindsay Graham, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, Wall St. brokers, and anybody who gets paid to watch someone's money... remember it is Other People's Money they are taking.  It is criminal what Paulson has done to make things go down even more.  Confidence in our government is what gives this country its economic strength, and honesty, not like in the Middle East where everyone (expects bakshish) is on the take and people can be bought,  Don't doubt Hillary's motives, Shut-up and stop criticizing her long enough to show a little respect.  Remember she was actually a victim of a vast, right-wing conspiricy, but now is has been exposed,.  To the ones who know what I am talking about, please let me know,,,,,,,,,,,,,

sorry, I had to get all that out...

This seems like tit for tat.  Maybe so.  Maybe not.   The Presidency is a very powerful tool to do many things,  good things.  I sort of feel that Hillary Clinton is not suited for this Secretary of State job.  I feel you can run a country without having any old cliches' attached.  It's like washing dirty clothes without detergent in a sense.  Not speaking low or bad of Mrs. Clinton but the somewhat same old people.  Start afresh,  anew.  Even a newbie can make good differences.