Before I read this article, I was more than willing to give Senator Clinton the benefit of the doubt. But now I can see that things never change, and she and Bill are just the same old vindictive Clintons. An honest-to-god shit list? That is something Richard Nixon would do.
Throughout her campaign, she showed some disconcerting signs that the secretive imperial presidency of Mister Nixon and Bush would be very similar to a Clinton White House. Her White House would value loyalty or competency, something that has worked horribly the past seven years. Transparency would not be a priority, and she would be most comfortable using some of the disgusting precedents set by President Bush and his pit bull Cheney.
Although it is possible that Senator Obama might be taking us for a ride, and is just as willing to be an imperial president as our current one, it doesn't seem likely. Senator Obama has clearly shown time and time again he is cool, rational, and not prone to decade long vendettas. I don't believe the Senators or Representatives who supported Clinton are a shit list somewhere in Chicago. He just seems smart enough to realize that creating vendettas and going after revenge is neither productive nor what he was elected to do.
I am pretty sure I remember hearing that one of Senator Clinton's favorite books was Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The book, which covers Abraham Lincoln and his contentious and compromised cabinet, shows Lincoln to be a fair-minded man who realized that grudges and vendettas just don't work. By her actions, Senator Clinton has shown herself to be less similar to Lincoln, and more like the scheming Salmon P. Chase.
History has shown that loyalty can at times be a bad thing, when that loyalty is given to incompetent people. It has also shown that vendettas and grudges can ultimately harm both those who hold the grudge and the cause they are supposedly devoted to championing. Obviously the Clintons are not very astute students of history.
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