She’s back! Hillary Rodham Clinton, former first lady,
first of Arkansas, then of the United States, Senator, failed 2008 candidate
for President of the United States, and former Secretary of State wants to be
the next President of the United States. However, she seems
to have a number of
obstacles in her way.
One big problem is how Hillary and her husband,
ex-president Bill Clinton have many political enemies. Rush Limbaugh would not
have risen to fame and gotten a 1990’s TV show without his reliance upon venting
his anger against the Clintons. Not to
go too deeply into that bygone era, but Bill Clinton faced impeachment hearings
based on his lying under oath about sexual impropriety; these hearings were led
by Newt Gingrich and Dennis Hastert! Talk about hypocrisy.
In 2000 Hillary was elected to Congress. Her hardcore
support for the Patriot Act and the Iraq War won her few friends among the
progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
Despite her subsequent apologies,
Next she was appointed as Obama’s Secretary of State,
without too many problems-Benghazi! Oh have I mentioned Benghazi? Yes I have.
Flash forward to 2015-It turns out that Hillary Clinton passed on getting a
State Department email account, instead she used a private email server at her home,
which gave her and her aides more control over her email records. Was this
the wrong thing to do?
And even more questions exist. Did the Clinton Foundation
sell influence? Chances are no but some detractors claim yes.
Many people, particularly progressives, question her ties
to Wall Street and Big Business.
There are other questions too, such as is Hillary Clinton
trustable? Many people have many questions about Hillary Clinton but there is
no doubt this current presidential frontrunner will have a lot of potential
challengers in 2016. We also have questions about her but that’s true about
everyone running for president. Mind you I think election is far from decided-this election promises to be very interesting!
