Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (b. 1947), member of the Democratic Party, former Senator from New York, and the 67th Secretary of State of the United States. From 1993 to 2001 her husband, Bill Clinton, was President of the United States.
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | |||
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| 67th United States Secretary of State From: January 21, 2009-January 30, 2013 | |||
| President | Barack Hussein Obama | ||
| Predecessor | Condoleezza Rice | ||
| Successor | John Forbes Kerry | ||
| U.S. Senator from New York From: January 3, 2001 â January 21, 2009 | |||
| Predecessor | Daniel Patrick Moynihan | ||
| Successor | Kirsten Gillibrand | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Bill Clinton | ||
| Religion | Methodist | ||
She is an elitist, liberal, pro-abortion advocate, supports the death penalty, has yet to embrace same sex marriage publicly but does support civil unions, and supports federal funding for embryotic stem-cell research.
In Hillary Clinton's and former President Bill Clinton's four-decade marriage, her husband has admitted to being a serial adulterer.[1]
As a feminist and role model for young girls and women, Hillary Clinton lied for and covered up her husband's betrayal of trust.[2]
Early life and career
- Main article Hillary Clinton early life and career
Hillary told classmates in college her ambition was to marry a Senator.
1992 Presidential campaign
Alleged civil rights violations
The Hill magazine reported Hillary Clinton may have been involved in civil rights violations by monitoring illegal wiretaps and domestic spying on political opponents during the 1992 camapaign.[3] After the revelations came to light in a book entitled, Her Way[4] by Don Van Natta Jr., an investigative reporter at the New York Times, and Jeff Gerth, who spent 30 years as an investigative reporter at the paper, a Republican official remarked,
| â | it is rather unbelievable that [Hillary] Clinton would listen in to conversations being conducted by political opponents, but refuse to allow our intelligence agencies to listen in to conversations being conducted by terrorists as they plot and plan to kill us.[3] | â |
First Lady
- Main article Hillary Clinton First Lady
Hillary Clinton was a colorless First Lady characterized by her drab personal appearance and dress, poor taste in interior design, rudeness and foul mouth mistreatment of subordinates, and a ruthless political ambition manifested in a failed Healthcare âreformâ boondoggle.
U.S. Senate
- Main article Hillary Clinton Senate career
The "inevitable" Hillary Clinton, 2000-2008 version
- Main article Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign
Secretary of State
- Main article Hillary Clinton Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton's job as Obama's Secretary of State was the subject of a Congressional investigation after it had become evident that the deaths of four Americans during the Islamic terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi were caused by incompetence and malfeasance.[5]
The "inevitable" Hillary Clinton, 2014-2016 version
- Main article United States presidential election, 2016
On April 12, 2015, Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her candidacy for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2016 presidential election via a video on her website.[6]
Job destruction
After Congressional Democrats voted down President Obama's proposal to create a NAFTA-like Pacific Trade Zone with China, Japan, and about a dozen other countries, to no one one surprise Hillary Clinton once again flip-flopped to garner headlines in support of what public opinion polls were saying. CNN reported Hillary had spoken out in favor of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) no less than 45 times prior, an issue which supposedly she now opposes.[7]
"Don't let anyone tell you corporations and businesses create jobs"
Speaking to a group of Democratic loyalists in Massachusetts in 2014, Hillary indulged some of the old-fashioned unprovoked, pointless partisanship and divisiveness well known to the victims of Clintonism. Hillary Clinton alleged, "Don't let anyone tell you that corporations and businesses create jobs."[8]
Wikipedia darling
On the issue of the controversial, biased online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Clinton sent a message of congratulations that was read at the opening session of the Wikimania 2012 conference in Washington, DC.[9]
See also
References
- â Multiple references:
- Olson, Barbara (2001) Hell to Pay (Washington D. C.: Regnery), p. 211. Retrieved from GoogleBooks.
- Wattenberg, Daniel (April 1994). "Love and hate in Arkansas", The American Spectator, vol. 27, no. 25. Reprinted at American Spectator website. Archive subscription required.
- â Clinton, Hillary (January 1998). "Interview with Matt Lauer". Today Show television program, NBC. Transcribed at Leany.com.
- â 3.0 3.1 Bolton, Alexander (October 16, 2007). "GOP targeting Clinton on phone-call snooping". The Hill website/News.
- â Gerth, Jeff and Van Natta, Don, Jr. (2007). "Her way: The hopes and ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton" (New York, NY: Little, Brown and Co.) Book page at Amazon.com website.
- â Page, Susan (May 10, 2013). "Sen. Graham: Hillary Clinton should testify on Benghazi". USA Today website.
- â "Getting Started | Hillary Clinton" (April 12, 2015). YouTube video, 2:18, posted by Hillary Clinton.
- â Multiple references:
- Tapper, Jake et al. (June 15, 2015). "45 times Secretary Clinton pushed the trade bill she now opposes". CNN website/Politics.
- Swenson, Michele (June 24, 2014). "NAFTA, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Clinton Global Initiative". Huffington Post/The Blog.
- Shreckinger, Ben (February 21, 2014). "How Obama's free trade push could put Hillary in a tight spot". The Atlantic website.
- â "Clinton shifts left: 'Don't let anyone tell you' that 'businesses create jobs'" (October 24, 2014). YouTube video, 0:36, posted by GOP War Room.
- â Bashour, Nicholas Michael (July 17, 2012). "Wikimania 2012 swan song". Wikimedia blog website.