You want HER for your president??? Just remember.

In Discussing Hillary...

 

By Bill Miller Sr.

 

There really isn’t much being said or written at this point about Hillary Clinton replacing President Barack Obama on the Democratic ticket in 2012 as the candidate for the White House. We don’t think it will happen, but this idea is gaining some strength among some Democrats. The reason is because they don’t think Obama can be re-elected and that Clinton would be a stronger candidate.

 

This brought to mind an item about Hillary that was in “The Secrets of the FBI” book authored by Ronald Kessler, who also wrote “In the President’s Secret Service.” Because of his research, he qualifies as an expert on the two agencies. “The Secrets of the FBI” was published this year and is one of many books he has written. We would agree with what the publisher had to say about Kessler: “When it comes to developing access to top players, uncovering secrets, and writing a vivid tale, Ronald Kessler is without peer.”

 

We all remember Vince Foster, a member of President Bill Clinton’s inner circle who committed suicide in July 1993. The deputy White House counsel was found dead from a gunshot wound to his head. There was wide speculation that he may have been shot elsewhere and his body placed in a wooded area in a park along the Potomac River in northern Virginia. He was Hillary’s mentor at a law firm in Arkansas.

 

There is no question the man was depressed and was on the verge of resigning, which he had advised some of his close associates. There was a special independent counsel who looked into Foster’s death. He was Kenneth W. Starr who also was involved in the investigation of the Clintons’ investment in the much-publicized Whitewater real estate development. Starr found that Foster was a perfectionist who was very troubled about critical Wall Street Journal editorials, and the upcoming congressional hearings on the firing of White House travel office personnel. Starr’s investigation found that Foster committed suicide.

 

But what was revealed by Kessler was that Hillary and Foster held a meeting with aides to go over her health care legislation not long before his death.

 

“Those who were present told FBI agents working for Starr that Hillary violently disagreed with a legal objection Foster raised at the meeting and humiliated Foster in front of aides,” former FBI agent Coy Copeland says. “Hillary put him down really, really bad in a pretty good-sized meeting,” Copeland says. “She told him he didn’t get the picture, and he would always be a little-hick-town lawyer who was obviously not ready for the big time,” Kessler wrote.

 

Others close to the scene said Hillary “pushed him over the edge.” Kessler wrote that after that meeting Foster’s behavior changed dramatically.” He broke down and cried on occasions. “He talked of being trapped.” Because the White House objected on the grounds of executive privilege, Starr’s investigators never interviewed Hillary.

 

Another item in his book was that Hillary instructed that no one was to speak to her as she went from one location to another. An FBI agent who was not informed of the rule, said good morning to her and Hillary jumped all over him. She even said: “Where do you buy your suits? Penney’s?”

 

More books undoubtedly will be coming about Hillary’s days as secretary of state.

Although experienced and hardened in government, and in the White House as first lady, Hillary’s persona is hard to digest. Since we don’t believe she will be the Democratic candidate, why speculate on what kind of a president she would be.

If she did return to the White House, the best advice to aides is to get out of her way, wear armor, never question her actions, be a yes person, see her big picture, and, above all, don’t be hick-townish.

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