Dear Diary: Hillary made a funny joke today…
So Hillary says that if elected President, she would cede some presidential powers. Now that’s funny.
Of course in typical fashion, she was decidedly non-specific about which powers she would cede, or to what degree. The statement was made in an interview with The Guardian, a UK paper… I am assuming because they could not find a reporter in the US who could type in the story without the constant interruption of uncontrollable laughter.
Money quote: “There were a lot of actions that they [Bush and Cheney] took that were clearly beyond any power the Congress would have granted or that in my view that was inherent in the Constitution.”
Inherent in the Constitution? Hillary would know… wasn’t it Hillary in 1993 who as First Lady who took a group of her cronies to Jackson Hole to snowboard, smoke dope, and write a 1300-page plan to put all healthcare in government control?
And in her typical nurturing fashion: the Health Bill used the words “penalty,” “restrict,” and “violate” more than the The President’s Crime Bill of the same year.
I think about those early days of the Clinton Presidency, and we all knew who the mouthpiece was, and who was calling the shots. I can picture her walking into the oval office and barking at Bill, “get out of my chair!”
Ah. Time flies. And now comes the new improved Hillary with sprinkles of benevolence promising to give Congress the power. She’s also promising to exit Iraq double-quick, and dump the terrorists in Gitmo back into the world. Real leadership.
The election more than a year away, I am sure this won’t be the last funny thing she says. I will keep you posted.
