Hillary: A Clear and Present Danger

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September 6, 2007 at 10:41:44

Hillary: A Clear and Present Danger

by Stephen Pizzo Page 1 of 2 page(s)

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Way the hell back in 1992 I wrote a long magazine piece detailing George W. Bush's alleged business successes. (See here) The bottom line of the piece was that George was a made man – made rich through a series of incestuous deals arranged by his daddy's friends.

That article told voters and the media everything they needed to know about George W. Bush – everything they needed to know the kind of President he would be if elected.

Voters elected him anyway (well, appointed once and elected once to be precise) and the rest is history. It will take decades for the GOP to repair the damage this one man had done to their party, and the rest of us decades more to repair the damage he has done to America and and the world.

But I am not here today to beat that horse again. Instead I am hoping that the voters – this time Democratic voters – learned something about weighing a candidate's character before they vote for him – or her.

The "her," in this case, meaning Hillary Clinton. Like George W. Bush there's plenty of data out there for those paying attention, and much of it more than hints at the kind of President Hillary would be should they be foolish enough to elect her to that post.

In many ways – too many ways – Hillary is – (physiology aside) – George W. Bush.

Today I offer two pieces of evidence to support that startling claim. First this, which landed in my email box yesterday:

My encounter with Hillary's people.

I'd just like to relate a recent incident that speaks to the candidacy of Hillary Clinton and those who support and advocate for her. At the Rally in Portsmouth, NH on Labor Day Weekend, Clinton
Campaign workers, with the help of local police, prohibited me from entering the Rally area because I carried an anti-war sign.

On Sunday, September 2nd, the day of the Clinton Rally in Portsmouth, I went downtown with a sign that read "No first strike on Iran" and on the other side "Stop the Killing." The Clinton Campaign had taken over a large area of Pleasant Street from State Street to Market Square and claimed large areas of the public sidewalks as well. I stood in the Square for over an hour as people assembled for the Rally.

When people were permitted to enter the rally areas, I started to walk in with them. I was stopped by Clinton Campaign workers who told me that no signs were permitted. I'd have to leave my sign outside the rally area.

I am a thirty-year resident of Portsmouth, a member of the anti-war movement, and NH Coordinator for Codepink: Women for Peace. Whether you agree with my politics or not, this is still supposed to be a
Democracy--or more accurately a Republic with democratic ideals. I know that this is not what the Constitution says about my rights of free speech. I challenged them. I was certain that there would be
pro-Hillary signs permitted in the rally zone.

They would not permit me to go forward. I asked them to send a policeman over for me to talk to and (a detective) showed up and informed me, I have since found out erroneously, that the Clinton
campaign had a permit for a "no-sign zone" and that I would have to leave. Not wanting to be arrested, I said that I would comply with his request but that I needed to assert my Constitutional Right of Free Speech. I was required to leave under threat of arrest. I did so.

Now if any of you have seen photos of this event, you will clearly understand my chagrin when you see the Pro-Hillary signs all over the Rally's designated "NO SIGNS" area.

Tuesday morning, I called City Hall and inquired as to the specifications of the Rally permit. Portsmouth City Manager John Bohenko said that there was no such restriction in the permit that
was issued to the Clinton Campaign, that they were required to permit entry to anyone who wanted to come in and he and City Attorney Robert Sullivan both said that I had every right to have been on public property with my sign.

I listened from outside the barricades and heard Hillary Clinton speak, more than once, to restoring the Constitution, and later, to not making anyone invisible. She spoke to the private-club, ownership society of the Bush Administration. I think, from her campaign's actions, that she might belong to the same club.

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Joel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government (www.delusionaldemocracy.com). His current political writings have been greatly influenced by working as a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress and for the National Governors Association. He advocates a Second American Revolution, beginning with an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments.
Joel S. HirschhornJoel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government (www.delusionaldemocracy.com). His current political writings have been greatly influenced by working as a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress and for the National Governors Association. He advocates a Second American Revolution, beginning with an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments.

Thank you

I totally agree with your analysis. If Clinton2 wins, it will be the ruination of the nation. And it will prove, once again, that with enough money power elites really can fool most of the people.

by Joel S. Hirschhorn (113 articles, 20 quicklinks, 46 diaries, 428 comments) on Thursday, September 6, 2007 at 4:54:28 PM

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Great article...

You'd think by now we'd be able to see through the forced smiles and rice paper thin platitudes and the corporate puppet strings attached.

What's most dismaying is how the mainstream media seems intent on ramming Hillary down our throats...even when the numbers don't add up. Kucinich and Paul get blackedout Hillary, Obama,Guiliani and Thompson get hyped.

That isn't democracy.

by chariotdrvr14 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 125 comments) on Thursday, September 6, 2007 at 7:37:53 PM

Harpist, unemployed blue collar worker, and Bush basher living deep in the heart of Texas.
PappyHarpist, unemployed blue collar worker, and Bush basher living deep in the heart of Texas.

good article...

...I don't trust Hillary any further than I can shoot her out of my left nostril. She has yet to admit that she made a mistake voting for the war. She is trying to look like little Miss Hitler as far as being a war hawk. Gee, after the last few years, do we REALLY need another saber rattling malcontent in the White House?

I say no! I can't believe that the Democrats are actually backing her. I can't believe that people are even willing to consider her for the job of president. She is DUBYA in a skirt and sensible shoes. I'd sooner vote for Giulliani. He looks better in a dress than she.

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Blessed be!
Pappy

by Pappy (61 articles, 0 quicklinks, 11 diaries, 863 comments) on Friday, September 7, 2007 at 4:23:51 AM

Dr. John Moffett is an active research neuroscientist in the Washington, DC area, who has published articles on the nervous and immune systems. Dr. Moffett is also the author and webmaster of the political opinion website www.Factinista.org, and is a Managing Editor at OpEdNews.com.
John R MoffettDr. John Moffett is an active research neuroscientist in the Washington, DC area, who has published articles on the nervous and immune systems. Dr. Moffett is also the author and webmaster of the political opinion website www.Factinista.org, and is a Managing Editor at OpEdNews.com.

DLC Democrats

If you like corporations running your country then you will love a tried and true DLC Democrat like Hillary Clinton as president. If you are growing weary of the corporatocracy, you may want to check out Dennis Kucinich’s platform.

by John R Moffett (78 articles, 14 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 588 comments) on Friday, September 7, 2007 at 6:05:04 AM

Married 13 yrs, live in a rural WA town w/husband and cat, and just want the government to stay away from my body, off of my phone, out of the bedroom, out of my pocketbook, and as far away from me as possible!
Melissa EMarried 13 yrs, live in a rural WA town w/husband and cat, and just want the government to stay away from my body, off of my phone, out of the bedroom, out of my pocketbook, and as far away from me as possible!

Hillary, a defender of the Constitution?

"I listened from outside the barricades and heard Hillary Clinton speak, more than once, to restoring the Constitution..."

As if. One would hardly consider Hillary, of all people, a model defender of Second Amendment rights!

As she has throughout this candidancy, she has been waiting on the sidelines to hear what is reverbrating with the voters, and then miraculously claim to be a supporter of that cause. She's done it with the war, with social issues, now it sounds like she's echoing Ron Paul's wildly applauded soundbite from the New Hampshire debate: "I get my marching orders from the Constitution!"

Normally, I'd say Hillary is politically shrewd. But this reminds me of the time when John Kerry went duck-hunting, to try to appeal to the NRA voting block: Eventually she's going to do a serious misstep, it's going to come back to bite her, and she'll be reduced to a soundbite that will follow her campaign to its demise like Howard Dean's scream.

by Melissa E (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 25 comments) on Friday, September 7, 2007 at 12:26:14 PM

Mother of 6, grandmother of 16, great grandmother of 36 and great-great grandmother of 2 and loving every minute of it. I want a better world for us all than the mess we have now.
RaeMother of 6, grandmother of 16, great grandmother of 36 and great-great grandmother of 2 and loving every minute of it. I want a better world for us all than the mess we have now.

Hillary

How right you all are re Hillary..She is nothing more than another of the corporate shills. Her strident tough talk is worse than fingernails on a blackboard. She is the wife of a Bilderberg member (global elite)..so what else would she be other than another Bushco type.

Kucinich will get my vote whether he is on the ballot or not....He would be such a blessing to not only our country but would begin to heal the wounds with our global community. A truly decent, peace loving, hard working ethical American we could truly be proud to have represent the American people throughout the world.

Kucinich will be on Tucker Carlson on MSNBC today. Check it out on your time. He will be on the radio on the Ed Shultz show the 12th of Sept.

by Rae (0 articles, 1 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 217 comments) on Friday, September 7, 2007 at 3:48:31 PM

i am retired military veteran. i served over 25 years in the Unites States Army. i retired in 1983. i served in the vietnam war. a total of 27 months in that war. i also retired from Boeing aircraft. i am 68 years old. i live in texas. iwork out on my treadmill each day. i am married. i like politics. but i dont like what is going on in our government. we need a better government with politicans that answer to the people of america. after all this is our government. ( we the people) according to...

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vincent passiatorei am retired military veteran. i served over 25 years in the Unites States Army. i retired in 1983. i served in the vietnam war. a total of 27 months in that war. i also retired from Boeing aircraft. i am 68 years old. i live in texas. iwork out on my treadmill each day. i am married. i like politics. but i dont like what is going on in our government. we need a better government with politicans that answer to the people of america. after all this is our government. ( we the people) according to...

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Hillary Clinton

If George Bush is a bad apple, then Hillery is worse. i have e-mailed her about campaign contributions and Hillery taking millions of dollars from Insurance corporations and medical companies. i ask her for a explanation? this was over 4 months ago. i am still waiting for a answer. she is a disgrace to the democrat party. i have e-mailed many politicans, and get e-mails returned, can not find recipient. its to the point that the politicans dont want to be bothered by americans and there e-mails. (BECAUSE THEY DONT HAVE ANSWER'S TO QUESTIONS) this country is slipping away from all citizens. wake -up and smell the coffie. the politicans never gave a dam about americas citizens. they do care about your vote. and then they screw all of us.CORPORATE AMERICA RUN'S OUR GOVERNMENT. the democrats and republicans are devoted to corporate america and billion's of dollars they make, from special interest groups and corporate america. THIS IS WAY AMERICA IS IN IRAQ. AND THE MIDDLE EAST. BIG OIL CORPORATIONS DRIVE OUR GOVERNMENT. AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS MAKING BILLIONS OFF SELLING MILITARY EQUIPMENT ALL OVER THE WORLD . get ready the worst is yet to come. GREEDY PEOPLE AND WAR PROFITS.

by vincent passiatore (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 135 comments) on Friday, September 7, 2007 at 10:50:26 PM

Don'pigeon hole me or sterotype me
pratliff94Don'pigeon hole me or sterotype me

Stephen Pizzo

Senator Hillary Clinton will make a great President in spite of detractors who are about in the same class as Melon Scaithe and Reverend Jerry Falwell who produced the "Clinton Chronicles." Remember, Clinton ran three herion rings out of Arkansas while governor and murdered twenty-two men. I hope you did not help produce those VHS films that were shown throughout conservative churches in the US.

Just be fair. Look at her voting record, who her enemies are and what issues has she supported since the early seventies; anything else is just pure manure

by pratliff94 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 940 comments) on Saturday, September 8, 2007 at 8:42:41 AM

In progress
Samuel BryanIn progress

"... who her enemies are ..."

Her position on the NAFTA treason places the entire American working class on her enemies list.

by Samuel Bryan (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 94 comments) on Saturday, September 8, 2007 at 10:50:41 AM

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