The Queen Bee Wins the White House: It is almost a Lock

[Zeno]

Hilary Clinton may well be the next US President. This is becoming more probable every day and I was contemplating the fallout. Anyway, as I was contemplating this recently, by an unusual coincidence there appeared in the very next edition of the Economist a well-written article about Hilary’s gambit to be the first woman president. See here:
The Comeback Kids

The Clinton political machine is indeed impressive, with lots of money (and plies more coming in), all the best staff, spin-doctors, and the most effective liars in all of American Political History, the Clinton’s themselves. Not to be lost in all this is the megalomania and determination of Hilary to punch out a long-term plan that may just get her what she wants. It will not be what she needs but not being a Confucian that would be completely lost on her.

The Queen Bee may soon have her crown and a cadre of monarchal henchmen in the White House. What would the repercussions be?

-Zeno

[highlife]

that sure is alot of words to say "president hilary scares me"

[Zeno]

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that sure is alot of words to say "president hilary scares me"

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The post was not about me, but just for your information very little scares me, least of all Queen Bee Hilary.

The OP asked of possible repercussion if Hilary becomes the next President. Let's stay on subject if possible.

-Zeno

[UlidEyes]

I'd expect a lot of empty promises. We wouldn't leave Iraq. Her voting record suggests this, among other things. We won't get universal health care, seeing how insurance companies/pharma companies make ridiculous amounts of money to lobby against it. So basically, it'll be Bush part 2, with a few cute tax hikes just for show.

[ConstantineX]

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I'd expect a lot of empty promises. We wouldn't leave Iraq. Her voting record suggests this, among other things. We won't get universal health care, seeing how insurance companies/pharma companies make ridiculous amounts of money to lobby against it. So basically, it'll be Bush part 2, with a few cute tax hikes just for show.

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I don't understand why so many people use the fact that insurance/pharma companies lobby to indict insurance/pharma companies. If you felt like your wealth is arbitrarily taken, wouldn't you lobby too? Isn't that more an indictment of the system itself (that EVERYBODY lobbies) than of the actors? It suggests that there are real limitations and faults to the democratic system.

[highlife]

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that sure is alot of words to say "president hilary scares me"

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The post was not about me, but just for your information very little scares me, least of all Queen Bee Hilary.

The OP asked of possible repercussion if Hilary becomes the next President. Let's stay on subject if possible.

-Zeno

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It's kinda tough to specifically answer a completely partisan and loaded question like asked in the OP.

[Zeno]

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It's kinda tough to specifically answer a completely partisan and loaded question like asked in the OP.

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No it is not, as shown by the many responses in this thread, all of which have merit and many of which are quite good.

This is the politics forum, to make it meaningful and worthwhile it should have some entertainment value. After all what's more entertaining than politics.

-Zeno

[Borodog]

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After all what's more entertaining than politics.

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Shaving your balls with a cheese grater?

[highlife]

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It's kinda tough to specifically answer a completely partisan and loaded question like asked in the OP.

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No it is not, as shown by the many responses in this thread, all of which have merit and many of which are quite good.

This is the politics forum, to make it meaningful and worthwhile it should have some entertainment value. After all what's more entertaining than politics.

-Zeno

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Heh, I guess I would rather read a headline from the BBC than one from FoxNews or the Keith Olberman show. You do have a good point about entertainment value though.

[AlexM]

I'm kind of curious to see if she makes Bill a part of her administration and if this spawns some kind of spousal addition to term limits. I'm guessing that although it should, it probably won't because it will be to easy to label such efforts as sexist.