I’ve always been kind of ambivalent about Hillary Clinton. I respect her and everything she’s done, I admire her intellect and her accomplishments, and I’m frankly mystified by the paroxysms of visceral, murderous hatred she seems to inspire in others. But there’s something about her that’s always turned me off.
But that was yesterday. As of five minutes ago, she’s one of my favorite senators, and it’s all because of this tasty exchange with Allan Greenspan, Fallen Financial Oracle cum Republican Shill:
Alan Greenspan and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton clashed briefly Tuesday over rosy surplus forecasts the Federal Reserve chairman relied on to support President Bush’s 2001 tax cuts, estimates that turned out to be considerably off the mark.
“It turns out that we were all wrong,” Greenspan conceded at a Senate hearing.
“Just for the record, we were not all wrong, but many people were wrong,” Clinton, D-N.Y., quickly shot back.
I still find the prospect of her running for president terrifying, because half the country will instantly vote for whatever guy/slime creature/ficus plant/wad of pocket lint runs against her, and we’ll have to endure another four years of Republican vileness and corruption. But I’m maybe just a little less terrified that I was before.
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I had dealings with this lady a couple times when she was FLOTUS (First Lady of the U.S). She’s brilliant, awesome memory for names, charming, etc., but I’ve always had the impression that she’s always looking up at the next rung on career ladder…. L
she’s scary and far too brilliant and power-hungry no way
Huh. I wonder why it is that this lady evokes such strong reactions (for or against)…..
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