Oh my!
Damn that internet machine -- it never forgets.
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Clinton critiques Obama's Syria policy
by Eliza Collins, politico.com -- 09/28/15
Hillary Clinton distanced herself from the Obama administration's policy on Syria, which is floundering as tens of thousands of refugees flood Europe and Russia steps up its defense of Syrian dictatator Bashar Assad.
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Clinton, who was speaking to Chuck Todd on the premiere of his new show “MTP Daily” Monday, agreed with Todd's characterization of the U.S. program to train Syrian rebels — which a top U.S. general recently revealed has produced just 4 or 5 active rebels — as a "failure."
"This is a failure in policy, isn't it?" Todd asked.
"Well, it is," Clinton said. [...]
“Well it is”, she said flatly -- "a failure in policy" -- without missing a beat. Oh my!
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It seems Hillary's beef with Obama 'weak tea' foreign policy has simmering on the back burner, for a while now.
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Hillary Clinton argues for Iran deal but adds hawkish critique of Obama foreign policy
September 10, 2015 -- theweek.com
[...] woven in among the rebuttal of Republican attacks on the accord, notes Anne Gearan at The Washington Post, Clinton "signaled clear disagreement with her former boss," repeatedly pointing to "instances overseas where she would have taken a tougher stance than Obama, from arming Syrian rebels to confronting an expansionist Russia." Moving to Obama's right on foreign policy — and recounting policy fights she lost as secretary of state — poses some risk for Clinton, Gearan adds:
The critique, delivered as part of a Washington speech focused on the Iran nuclear deal, was in many respects subtle — wrapped inside overall praise for Obama and never targeting him directly. But the differences were nonetheless striking for a candidate who has worked carefully to soften her hawkish national security reputation and who badly needs Obama’s liberal coalition of voters to gain the White House. [The Washington Post]
And even as recently as last month in Iowa, Hillary Clinton made the case that she will "be a more successful president" than Obama ever was -- Oh the pandering audaciousness of it all.
How dare she disagree with how Obama has done things, with respect to getting Congress to act?
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Hillary Clinton’s shockingly blunt critique of President Obama
by Chris Cillizza, washingtonpost.com -- January 12, 2016
Buried deep within a 73-minute editorial board meeting on Monday with the Des Moines Register, Hillary Clinton offered a rare -- and blunt -- critique of President Obama, and a window into what she believes will allow her to be a more successful president than the man she once worked for.
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Here's Clinton's answer to a question as to how -- and why -- she would be more successful than Obama in bringing bipartisanship to Washington.
Because I have much more experience doing it. When I went to the Senate, I cooperated with every Republican. ... I had much more of a running start of actually dealing with Republicans in Congress. ... I believe you have to do it. You have to build those relationships and constantly be looking for common ground no matter how small a sliver it may be. There’s a lot of room if you are actually trying to legislate and solve problems to find common ground. ... You have to be constantly preparing a story, preparing a path for members of Congress. ... This is the kind of constant care and feeding and working that you have to do if you are going to get any part of your agenda through. And I am prepared to do that.
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Fascinating, no? What Clinton is saying is that she could succeed in wooing Republicans (and Democrats) in Congress where Obama has failed because, well, she's done it before. That line of reasoning echoes the case Clinton unsuccessfully prosecuted against then-senator Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary fight -- that he might talk a good game but that, ultimately, he lacked the know-how and temperament to work with an unfriendly Congress to get things done.
What's that thing the former Secretary has been fond of saying lately:
"What's good for the Goose, is good for the Gander."
Uh-oh. Damn that internet machine!