Posted by
Roxanna M. on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:15:08 PM
I am not as well informed as some. I certainly have a lot less inside information than some. But I've got good instincts, and I think we've already seen the beginning of Hillary Clinton imploding due to the stress of not being the "inevitable" candidate.
She is fighting for her political life at a time when she probably thought everything would already be settled in her favor. Her plans to just cool her jets until November have come to naught. Serious watchers of such things are voicing doubt not only about her nomination, but at least one has come right out and said that Barack Obama will be the nominee.
Why do I say she's starting to implode? Because she brought Maggie Williams on board, that's why.
What on earth would possess her to bring back a woman who was at the epicenter of two of the more sensational Clinton scandals? I refer, of course, to:
1. On the night of Vince Foster's death, Secret Service agents saw her removing documents from Mr. Foster's office; and
2. She took a $50,000 check from Johnny Chung, a leading figure in the fundraising illegalities, in the White House.
Has Mrs. Clinton forgotten this, or does she think we have? Did she really think that she could just blithely resurrect Ms. Williams without consequence? Did she really think that the "vast right wing conspiracy" would not comment on this?
At a time when she needs all the help she can get, why on earth would she want to do something that so forcibly reminds everyone of her and her husband's sordid past? When are the Clintons going to get it through their collective head that pretending the past didn't happen won't change it?
To my way of thinking, this is not rational behavior.
If Hillary Clinton does ultimately get the nomination, which I think she will - by hook or by crook - she will come to power at an extremely dangerous time in history, courtesy of her husband, who was more interested in behaving like an adolescent than he was in dealing with terrorists.
We don't have the luxury of having a President who makes irrational decisions when things aren't going her way.