Posted by
KsReaganite on Monday, August 25, 2008 6:41:06 PM
She is unarguably the smartest, cleverest, and most driven woman in politics since the late Eleanor Roosevelt. The sheer grit and chutzpah she brought to national politics when she emerged beside her husband was simply breathtaking.
I say the aforementioned about Hillary Rodham Clinton without an iota of doubt…and I am the guy who spent most of my college years bashing her hard in almost article, essay, and letter I wrote for journals or newspapers. And in the years to come, chances are pretty high that I will continue to harshly criticize the politics and personality of Mrs. Clinton and do my part to help defeat her in general elections.
That said, while this is the week of Barack Obama, let us not for a moment forget the transformational nature of Mrs. Clinton’s candidacy as it enters its official death throes. Never in our history has a woman come this close to breaking the last remaining glass ceiling and, doing so, trail blazed a path for young women for generations to come. I sure hope that the first woman president of the United States will be someone whose philosophy and values will be very different from that of the senior senator from New York, but make no mistake about it that whoever that future female president is will owe a small sliver of gratitude to Hillary Clinton.
It is the irony of ironies that the Democratic Party-the one that spoke loudly of counting every vote equally not too long ago-denied Mrs. Clinton the nomination at the behest of party bosses (superdelegates) who hold veto power in her party. To add insult to injury, she was never even considered for the vice presidency. I guess the snobbish wine-and-cheese crowd of the Obama wing of the party didn’t care much for the no-nonsense working class Democrats that Hillary Clinton represented in the primaries. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that many Hillary supporters, placing country above party and security above appeasement, are choosing to back the only truly bi-partisan candidate for President, John Sidney McCain. Most Democrats are no less patriotic than Republicans and these former Hillary supporters should find a hearty welcome in the country first campaign of former POW John McCain.
She fought a good fight and was gracious in a defeat she didn’t deserve. For the first, and hopefully the last, time in my life here’s a heartfelt cheer to you ‘ole gal!
God Bless America and God Bless Hillary Rodham Clinton