I Warned You: Hillary Won't Go Away Quietly Into the Night.....

I tried to warn you. When I wrote my article "FINALLY, A Reason to Vote for President in November" back in June, I told you there was a reason to vote McCain.

NOT because I particularly liked him, NOT because I particularly disliked Obama. The reason was HILLARY CLINTON....and you all laughed at me.

Back in June, I put forth the theory that there will be at least one opening on the Supreme Court during the next 4 years. More within 8 years, but whomever was elected, Obama or McCain, was going to be a one term President. As the Clinton Campaign used to say, "It's the economy, stupid!"

This is not going to be a short recession. It didn't just start last month either, despite what the mainstream press, Sec. Paulson, Congress, and the White House said: it's been going on for over a year.

It's going to last 8-10 years and MAY even turn into a Depression. Four years from now, the voters are going to take their anger out on whomever had won; in this case Obama. With the Democrat party controlling both Houses of Congress for 6 years at the point, they're in for a rough time too.

No, I said back in June that the reason I would vote McCain was because I knew he wouldn't appoint Hillary to the Supreme Court. Obama might.

And you all laughed! You should have seen my emails...most unprintable.

But since President-Elect Obama was chosen to be our 44th President...and that was just a few weeks ago, I have read this in the left-leaning (but we endorsed McCain because our circulation is dropping like a stone; then proceeded to undermine him and help Obama in every story we wrote) Dallas Morning News:

• A gushing and hopeful article stating there will be THREE Supreme Court vacancies during his term and wouldn't it WONDERFUL to have Hillary Clinton on the Supreme Court?

The DMN article talked about ALL the wonderful things she could do, starting with doing away with the 2nd Amendment and getting rid of all the guns LAW ABIDING citizens own.

• And just this week: Will Hillary Clinton be the next Secretary of State???

That's less dangerous than the Supreme Court but Mr. Obama is still an unknown in many respects: does he really have the back-bone to stand up to a Hillary Clinton and make his own foreign policy, or will Hillary and her "big village" view of the world prevail.

It's hard to imagine Hillary Clinton being like Colin Powell: following orders, complaining in private, but following the lead of the President; whether he personally disagreed or not.

No, she's going to be an Activist at anything she is appointed to. She will either set the foreign policy agenda or undermine Obama's to get what she wants.

Now President-Elect Obama is not naive politically. He doesn't like the Clinton's, doesn't trust them, but he is a politician. Did he have his hour-long sit-down with Hillary for show when he later chooses someone like Richardson, or is she a serious contender?

If he doesn't appoint her Secretary of State, will he pressured to appoint her to the Supreme Court when/if a vacancy appears?

He may not want to, but a lot of women still love Hillary (I don't know why either). He does have to run for re-election one more time.....

Will his political instincts overpower his moral, personal, and accurate judgment of her character? Or will he stand firm.

At this point, who knows? There isn't much of substance he HAS stood firm on up until this point. We're just going to have to wait and see who the REAL President Obama is.

So to all of you who called my crazy..and worse in June; now we have to wait and see. With the economy and America in general crumbling around us, thanks to you we have something ELSE serious to worry about: Hillary Clinton.

She is the Junior Senator from New York (another mystery) with no chance of advancing in the Senate for years. She knows that and doesn't like it. She will fight like a rat backed into a corner for either or the above two posts or anything else which will give her more power.

Screw New York and the people that voted for her: this is ALL ABOUT HILLARY to her.

Mr. Obama, I truly hope you are man enough to be able to stand up to her and keep her in the Senate where she doesn't belong in the first place. You KNOW she will cause you nothing but problems. But there is 2012 to consider, isn't there?

I hope you do the right thing for your Administration and America and not the easy politically expedient course. But America laughed at my fears so now we all have to wait on you....and see who the real Barack Obama turns out to be.

Sincerely,

Mr. Unloadingzone
Nov 15 2008

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Ron Paul Post Spawns Most Bizarre Reader Comment: It's worth sharing!

Reader comments span the range from flattering to vitriolic on any post. But occasionally, you will get one so absolutely bizarre that it's worth taking a break from the battle to just wonder at it.

In my recent post, Could I have been WRONG about Ron Paul?, I mentioned that, like all sensible Texans, I have a Concealed Handgun License (CHL) and carry a handgun with me when I'm out and about.

Not only is this a right guaranteed by the Second Amendment (except to Rudy Guiliani and Hillary Clinton, to name two), it reduces crime because the criminal has to think twice before attacking someone as they may be armed. In fact, a significant number of CHL's are issued to woman and senior citizens.

And it's not that easy to get a CHL in Texas as opposed to Vermont where if you live there, you can carry (Good for you, Vermont!) Here we go through 11 hours of classroom instruction and range proficiency testing, fingerprinting, photographing, a Texas DPS and FBI background check, and pay about $100 for all the above. Really not too much of an inconvenience considering, though.

The one thing that is drilled into you during classroom instruction is PRAY you never have to use your handgun on someone. Even though the shooting may be totally justified, you will have to go before a Grand Jury (big legal bills). To date, no CHL holder has ever been indited by the Grand Jury, but you still will probably have to go through it (big legal bills).

After the Grand Jury has acquitted you, you're still not home free. The parents/brothers/cousins of the victim will cry "My son may have been a crack dealer, an armed robber and a drug user, but he could have been a rocket scientist!" and they will file a multi-million dollar civil suit against you (real big legal bills). To date, no court in Texas has found against the CHL holder but you still have to pay those big legal bills.

Then there's the dark side to the CHL laws. Let's say a mugger is charging me with a knife. I have seconds before he stabs me to death. I shoot him. That's OK under the law. But lets say the bullet passes through him and strikes an innocent person walking down the street. Suddenly, I lose all my legal protections under the CHL law. I and I alone am responsible for where that bullet ends up once I pull the trigger.

Moral reasons aside (no sane person wants to kill another human being unless they have to) being involved in a legal shooting is no fun matter. We CHL holders take the responsibility very seriously.

So with that background, here's the Reader Comment in question:

Anonymous said...

"I carry a gun when I go out."

Wow... just wow. I'm not from the US so I don't understand the 2nd amendment at all. The fact that you carry a gun sounds so incredibly insane to me, you have no idea! I think you might be psychotic and you need help. Get your head checked, you don't need a gun and you don't need a 2nd amendment.

In my country crime levels are lower and we're doing very well economically, we're not in war, have a democratic system (multiple parties, even one for animals) and always get lots of medals in the Winter Olympics. WE DO NOT CARRY GUNS WHEN WE GO OUT! There are so many important and beautiful things in life and you focus on the ultimate personal death bringer? Good luck with your life, all I can hope is that you will NEVER EVER use that gun.

December 8, 2007 3:26 PM

His country has a political party for ANIMALS? That opens up a plethora of questions. How does a Moose get his name on the ballot? How do animals vote in Parliament? Do they moo, stamp their hoof once for yes and two times for no? Do they have their own restroom or if they're a female animal, they use the ladies room? Or do they just let go on the Parliament floor and someone cleans it up? How do they write legislation? Has a Kangaroo ever been Prime Minister? Do they receive Secret Service Protection when visiting the US? If the Animal Legislator is a Turkey and visiting the US during Thanksgiving, do they get diplomatic immunity from becoming the White House dinner? Do they have two animal parties: one for carnivores and one for herbivores? Has there ever been a scandal about a carnivore eating a herbivore to break a tie vote?

I'm getting lectured and called psychotic by a citizen of a country who has to decide whether to vote for the Zebra or the Penguin at election time?

I do agree with the person who left the comment that I too hope I never have to use my handgun on another human being. But that will be the attackers choice, not mine.

The person who left the comment is willing governed by goats and caribou. Who is the crazier one, him or me?

I really wished he had identified the country he lives in. I hope it's one that really exists and he's not locked away in a home somewhere. If any of you know which country has an Animal Party, please post it in comments. It might be fun to visit.......kind of like Disney World.

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