-=> Quoting John Sampson to Walter Luffman <=-
 WL>Hmm...is "political career" even the right term to use?
 WL>After all, she has never run for any elected office, hasn't
 WL>even held an _official_ appointed position since leaving
[...]
 JS> She had been appointed (if that's the correct term) by Billy Jeff to
 JS> head up the Health Care "Task Force".
Such an appointment would make her an accountable part of the
Executive Branch, something the Waffle House repeatedly denied
when the Health Care Fiasco blew up in their faces.  I'm just
refusing to let them have it both ways; either Hillary was
fully accountable then, or she had no official standing.
 JS> But you are correct, she's never been elected to anything which makes
 JS> the invocation of Executive Privilege for her so blatantly illegal and
 JS> transparent.
Bill can invoke the Divine Right of Ham Sandwiches if he wants,
and if we let him get away with it.  No one else can invoke
anything in his name, however -- not Hillary, and certainly not
some staffer.
 JS> She's never held public office yet weilds so much power that is not
 JS> answerable to anyone. There is some speculation that it is SHE who
 JS> runs the country and not Bill. From her point of view, an excellent
 JS> position to be in. All the power and none of the accountability.
That is precisely how I believe things are.  Oh, Bill still has
considerable power, especially with regard to foreign policy
(perhaps someone in Peking or Jakarta is pulling those particular
strings, but only until he decides to double-cross them); but
when it comes to domestic policy, Hillary has the final word and
Bill doesn't dare defy her lest she expose the inner workings of
his administration -- or worse, move into his bedroom.
 JS> And we have Billy Jeff saying on national television that if "you vote
 JS> for me, you vote for her. You get two for one". Can't say he didn't
 JS> tell us, can we?
I's like those "Intel Inside" stickers when the first flawed
Pentiums came out...what looked like a boast was actually a
warning.
Walter, Forked Deer River Ilks
wluffman@usit.net
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