Four years after leaving the White House, Hillary Clinton plots her return.

WSJ ^ | 12/9/04 | Peggy Noonan

[MB6.3]

We have been writing lately about Republicans. Let's pay some attention to Hillary Clinton, just for fun.

I wrote a book about her more than four years ago. The idea came from a friend, a bright former-Republican-now-Democrat who thought my Wall Street Journal pieces on Mrs. Clinton's looming senatorial candidacy could be turned into something longer that made the case against her. I immediately thought: Yes, that could make a difference. I went to my publisher, who agreed, and I hit it hard, speaking to Mrs. Clinton's friends and enemies, scouring the record. What I concluded was that Mrs. Clinton was an unusually cynical leftist political operative who had no great respect for the citizens of the United States or for America itself, but who saw our country as a platform for her core ambitions: to rise and achieve historic personal and political power both with her husband and without him.

[MB6.3]

Very nice update on our favorite dim.

[blakep]

I hope the B crashes and burns. I can't stand the woman.

[rellimpank]

---a snake may change its skin, but it's still a snake--

[angkor]

She has no chance of being nominated.

[Roccus]

Fascists are what fascists do, not what fascists say.

[linear]

I wish I could marry Peggy Noonan's beautiful writing.

[FairfaxVA]

She is a dirtbag just like her 'husband'.

[worldclass]

Always remember what Bill Clinton did after he lost re-election to the governorship in 1980. He joined the choir in the only local church whose services were broadcast on television throughout Arkansas every Sunday morning. You could turn in every Sunday and see him in his robe, with his music book, singing spirituals.


Tremendous article by Peg. Hiltery learned much from her better half.

[NYer]

Bump for a great read! Noonan - on target.

[peacebaby]

We cannot let up on this woman. We cannot forget she's out there trying to "remake" herself into a centrist when, in fact, is she every bit a socialist (and sometimes smells of communism). She'll do anything to get elected in 4 years. I have faith that if we work together as we did with the Bush presidency, we can expose her deviousness. Just because we're 4 years out doesn't mean we should sit back and wait a while.

[KarlInOhio]

Hillary Clinton plots her return.

Is Carville going to be her chief flying monkey?

[peacebaby]

Yes, and his little dog Toto, too.

[ken5050]

Noonan's a jewel, but she is so way off base in this piece...Two points, to make my case..

1.Since they left the WH, other than for a campaign appearance, I'll pay $100 to any person who can site an instance where she's gone into a church on Sunday, just to pray. It hasn't happened anywheres around here in Chappaqua..and there are over 20 different churches within a 15 minute drive of her house..

2. No way peopel are NOT gonna think about letting Bill back in the WH, and the Oval Office...Bush has re-established dignity and decorum to the WH, and we're gonna let that POS back inside. Folks have blotted out the memories, but the will NOT be happy about having to deal with it again in advance..

[A.A. Cunningham]

Where Are They Now?

[johnny7]

She's got roughly 3 years to become a 'moderate' Democrat.

As far left as the Dem's are today, that is not such a tough order to fill. She's already started and her party will 'help' her transformation because they're 'gettin more socialist by-the-minute.

No matter how unelectable she looks now... 3 years is 'forever' in the minds of many Americans.

[InTheRight]

Maybe she's hoping to go back for more furniture. Those period pieces can be pretty expensive in the antique shops.

[HannagansBride]

Peggy Noonan huh?

The association I have with her is an article she wrote entitled "Why Clinton Will Be a One-Term President."

So much for her credibility as a sage.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Will be tough to pass herself off as "Christian" but not difficult to market herself as "religious". There are many kinds of religiosity today which makes her able to connect with many who hold that any path to God is equally valid.

I have the darker view of HRC. From her time in the Arkansas leadership post and her time in the White House....we know this: The Clintons operate as Mafia or Commintel Leaders. They KILL people who might squeal or who oppose them. Not usually high profile people (but they were forced by desperation to do away with Vince Foster and Ron Brown). But they eliminated many less visible "problems". This is more difficult now that they do not control law enforcement either in a state or in the nation. However, they have many allies in foreign nations and could recruit hired guns from there. We just must remember these people, the Clinton Communist Crime Family are killers, pure and simple.

I bet Peggy Noonan would not print such a statement. Doesn't mean it isn't true.