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Hillary Clinton gave her first Sunday talk show interview as Secretary of State to George Stephanopoulos, who asked the inevitable: Did President Obama pass the 3 a.m. test, referring to her infamous campaign ad that asked, "It's 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?"
Clinton answered, "Absolutely. And, you know, the president, in his public actions and demeanor, and certainly in private with me and with the national security team, has been strong, thoughtful, decisive. I think he's doing a terrific job. And it's an honor to serve with him." Stephanopoulos also asked Clinton about joining the Obama cabinet, after the bitter campaign. Clinton says she didn't expect to be part of the White House:
"I was looking forward to going back to the Senate and, frankly, going back to my life and representing New York, which I love. And I had no idea that he had a different plan in mind...Clinton's shoveling includes dealing with North Korea—she said the Obama administration might put the country back on the "terrorist state" list, given their recent actions.And then, when he called and asked me to come see him and we had our first conversation, I said, "You know, I really don't think I'm the person to do this. I want to go back to my life. I really feel like I owe it to the people of New York." And I gave him a bunch of other names of people who I thought would be great secretaries of state.
But he was quite persistent and very persuasive. And, you know, ultimately, it came down to my feeling that, number one, when your president asks you to do something for your country, you really need a good reason not to do it.
Number two, if I had won and I had asked him to please help me serve our country, I would have hoped he would say yes.
And, finally, I looked around our world and I thought, you know, we are in just so many deep holes that everybody had better grab a shovel and start digging out.
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Interesting choice of words... "serve with him" rather than "serve under him." Heaven forbid she admit that she serves at the pleasure of the President and they are not equals.
So far Obama's seemingly bizarre choice has worked out brilliantly, but at the end of the day I hope no one is surprised when Hillary revisits the classic Clinton proclivity to screw things up. But even then, perhaps it was inevitable given the problems at home.
The problem with you my friend is you are so consumed with Clinton hate that you cannot see the forest for the trees. I thought they were both there to serve the country, but you imply that everyone is there to serve this nickel plated messiah. I have no more patience with you than Mr. Obama says he has with Holocaust deniers. I weary of his false moral equivalencies. If you want the truth you have to dig to get it. People like you settle for the big media narrative and get duped. Read the Chris Hedges article on the Obama brand. It will set you on the path to enlightenment.
The problem with you my friend is you are so consumed with Clinton hate that you cannot see the forest for the trees. I thought they were both there to serve the country, but you imply that everyone is there to serve this nickel plated messiah. I have no more patience with you than Mr. Obama says he has with Holocaust deniers. I weary of his false moral equivalencies. If you want the truth you have to dig to get it. People like you settle for the big media narrative and get duped. Read the Chris Hedges article on the Obama brand. It will set you on the path to enlightenment.