[Guest post by DRJ]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton:
‘”It’s a very happy time for my family. … It truly is the most important thing in my life right now,” Clinton said about her daughter’s upcoming wedding.”
Isn’t Hillary politically savvy enough to know not to say things like this, even if it’s true? Apparently not.
— DRJ
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Oh, I don’t see what’s wrong with saying that. Everyone can understand it, I think.
Patterico (c218bd) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:10 pmJust cause your daughter is getting married is no excuse to stop shitting on America’s allies.
happyfeet (19c1da) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:12 pmNo, marriage and happiness is important to mothers.
My mother used to say the same thing to us. She cared that we were educated and secure, but she cared more that we were happy with families. She would say, “Get married so I can have peace”.
nk (db4a41) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:14 pmIf we dared to tell her “We have not found the right girl, yet”, she would answer “They all have the same thing [between their legs]”.
I don’t understand why it isn’t politically savvy to express joy at a major family milestone, especially when it’s one’s child?
I said the same thing when my daughter wed. It certainly was the most important thing in my life at that time. I’m glad Hillary feels that way rather than having serious misgivings.
nk, my daughter’s marriage and happiness is equally as important to my husband.
Dana (1e5ad4) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:22 pmwhere did my comment go? This heinous woman has been horribly damaging to America’s interests and we’re much better off if she devotes her energies to colors and flowers and invitations and guest lists I think.
happyfeet (19c1da) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:24 pmComment by Dana — 7/3/2010 @ 1:22 pm
The second last time my father kissed me was when I was eleven. The last time when I was thirty-four and I had just gotten married.
Yes, I imagine daddies want their children to be married and happy just as much as mommies.
nk (db4a41) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:28 pmA nuke-free Iran needs to be AT LEAST a very close second place priority.
Icy Texan (6fb9f7) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:29 pmoh. I bet it got filtrated. It’s confuzzling cause now when you write a filtrated comment it appears there and you think it wasn’t filtrated but then you come back and it’s gone.
Here is the happy couple, giddy with tasty beverages. Or love maybe. Hard to tell. I wonder what he thinks about how the U.S. has been treating its erstwhile ally Israel lately? Pretty shabby I bet.
happyfeet (19c1da) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:38 pmSometimes I wish I were a Jewish progressive for so I could have an epiphany.
happyfeet (19c1da) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:39 pmI bet she and the missus were sweating bullets for years waiting for the right farsighted young man to come along and scoop Chelsea up.
GeneralMalaise (9cf017) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:39 pmAlthough she is attractive in an Eleanor Roosevelt sort of way.
GeneralMalaise (9cf017) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:41 pmAssholes.
nk (db4a41) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:47 pmNo, you’ll be disappointed… they’re serving chicken.
GeneralMalaise (9cf017) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:53 pmFeets @7 – Is that a bag of oats in that picture?
daleyrocks (1d0d98) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:54 pmI’m with Patterico and the others who say this isn’t a big deal. Her only daughter’s wedding is certainly the most important thing in Hillary’s life, but there’s a difference between her life and her job.
Some chump (e84e27) — 7/3/2010 @ 1:59 pmDon’t daughters end up marrying someone like their fathers? Good luck whats-your-name.
Arizona Bob (e8af2b) — 7/3/2010 @ 2:03 pmSpeaking of the Clintons…Bill says it’s cool if you’re in the KKK as long as your only trying to get elected.
william (221e39) — 7/3/2010 @ 2:03 pmThe marriage of your daughter is important. It shouldn’t be the most important thing in the Secretary of State’s life.
Stashiu3 (44da70) — 7/3/2010 @ 2:17 pmI’m with DRJ and Stashiu3 on this one. The wedding in the grand scheme of things isn’t all that important. It’s a one-day event that really does not contribute to the long-term happiness of the couple, no matter how big a deal some people like to make of them. Besides, does anyone really think that the Clintons are doing much for the wedding besides culling the guest list? I know it is a tricky question as to which Saudi donors to the Clinton Library get seated as which table next to the dregs of the Democrat political establishment, but don’t try to tell me that Bill and Hillary themselves are meeting with the florist or auditioning harpists.
JVW (de6a22) — 7/3/2010 @ 2:43 pmIt shouldn’t be the most important thing in the Secretary of State’s life.
At the time it’s happening, it is indeed the most important thing happening in a (most) parent’s life. I think that’s a good thing…a very good thing.
Clinton, for all her warts and flaws, is still a mom who seems to love her daughter. She has one child and if all goes well, only one wedding of that daughter. That’s something special. So while it’s not the most important thing in the Secretary of State’s life, it is the most important thing in Hillary Clinton, Mom of Chelesea’s life.
Dana (1e5ad4) — 7/3/2010 @ 2:56 pmSo Hillary should not be Secretary of State? I can agree with that. Otherwise, they’re the same person. For any position at or near (or especially above) that level, the job should be the priority, come what may. If they don’t want that level of commitment, they shouldn’t take the job. That’s what the trade-off is supposed to be. I’m not saying it can’t be important, it obviously should be. It just shouldn’t be the most important thing for a Secretary of State, man or woman.
Stashiu3 (44da70) — 7/3/2010 @ 3:14 pmThe Secretary of State is the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession (4th) and in order of precedence. Hillary Clinton didn’t say she’s looking forward to an important family event. She said this wedding is “the most important thing in my life right now” and specifically mentioned flower arrangements.
Given everything on her plate with the vital diplomatic efforts in Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Afghanistan, China, Russia, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the rest of the world, I don’t think her most important focus should be flower arrangements. But I am glad she isn’t taking those 3 AM calls, especially the day of her daughter’s wedding.
DRJ (d43dcd) — 7/3/2010 @ 3:16 pmI’m with Stash & DRJ on this one: Secretary of State isn’t a job you get promoted to from a 9-5 position in the ranks where your daughter’s wedding might very well be the most important thing in your life. It’s one of those jobs where you have agreed to put your life on hold for the duration, ostensibly for the public good.
Not that I think Hilary has a terrific track record at working for the public good, but there you go.
EW1(SG) (edc268) — 7/3/2010 @ 3:30 pmAs long as she is “only” the Secretary of State and 4th in succession working for the one, I say she’s better off working on flowers.
Is she going to do something in opposition to the one? If not, if she does anything it will likely be to offend a traditional ally or give support to some anti-democratic tyrant. Do you really think that at the direction of the one she is going to do something to bring N. Korea or Iran in line? Be the one to give Gen. P. what he needs to succeed in Afghanistan? Reverse the slide towards Islamic fundamentalism in Turkey? Get in the face of Putin and tell him to cut out the cold war stuff or she’ll have to do something he will regret?
I don’t think so.
So, enjoy the wedding.
MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 7/3/2010 @ 3:33 pm“…the most important thing in my life right now…”,and the rest of the world can just take a time-out.
And, like all good lawyers, she qualified the time frame (she didn’t hang around with Bill all these years and not pick up something).
AD - RtR/OS! (712fff) — 7/3/2010 @ 3:37 pmThis is like saying POTUS, VP, Speaker of the House and other high ranking officials are not permitted the momentary privilege of fully focusing *right now* on monumental events in their lives. People, they’re still people. She did not say this along with forsaking her SoS responsibilities.
I think it’s nitpicking to the nth degree. How many presidents have had children marry while they were in the WH and how many of them were focused on said children’s weddings? They may not have voiced it, but I think
we allmost people would get their drift if they had.This picking at her statement reminds me of what the left does with regularity: make something out of a nothing; remember, there are plenty of ‘bigs’ with Hillary to focus on. This isn’t one of them.
Dana (1e5ad4) — 7/3/2010 @ 3:59 pmI wonder how much they’re gonna spend on invitations. In the Clinton’s America invitations can run $15,000 easy. That’s like 9 puppy dogs for Malia and the other one.
happyfeet (19c1da) — 7/3/2010 @ 4:09 pmThat’s exactly what I’m saying. If they want to “fully focus” on anything outside the job, don’t take the job. It’s not a partisan thing. It can be important, just not the most important thing in their life.
Stashiu3 (44da70) — 7/3/2010 @ 4:12 pmfeets – Hillary could have a bake sale to help offset the cost. Hillary staying home and making brownies would do this country good, but not as much as Obama, IMHO.
daleyrocks (1d0d98) — 7/3/2010 @ 4:14 pmbaked goods are a valuable contribution
happyfeet (19c1da) — 7/3/2010 @ 4:36 pm#25 Dana:
No, I think that’s perfectly acceptable, but Hilary’s comment sounds as if she is committing herself to much more than just taking the day off to go her daughter’s wedding…and if it is distracting her from her position, well…on reflection that might be a good thing.
But I wouldn’t normally think so in a Secretary of State.
EW1(SG) (edc268) — 7/3/2010 @ 4:42 pmHas the guest list been published?
daleyrocks (1d0d98) — 7/3/2010 @ 4:52 pmSocrates said it: People who dedicate their lives to the polity are people without children. It’s their version of procreation and nurturing.
People with children put their children first and their country second.
nk (db4a41) — 7/3/2010 @ 5:23 pmEW1 – A marine is walking down the street in Washington when he sees a confused looking man standing on the sidewalk consulting a map and looking up and down the street.
Have Blue (854a6e) — 7/3/2010 @ 5:33 pmThe Marine asks if he can help and the man says, “Thanks. Which side is the State Department on?”
The Marine thinks for a moment and says, “Ours, I hope.”
The wedding will probably be a better economic stimulus than the majority of things the one has
MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 7/3/2010 @ 6:49 pmspentsaved moneyonfor down the road.Comment by MD in Philly — 7/3/2010 @ 6:49 pm
Hell, MD, I just stimulated the economy more than Obama by taking a crap. Had to purchase the TP with my own money you know.
peedoffamerican (37a141) — 7/4/2010 @ 3:32 amCut Hillary some slack. She’s an excited Mom, and frankly things aren’t going all that well down at the office most days. She also has a boss who’s a first class doofus.
Mike Myers (3c9845) — 7/4/2010 @ 11:38 amI can understand and appreciate what Hillary is saying. Her daughter getting married is a huge deal to her.
G (ce0c1b) — 7/4/2010 @ 12:26 pmWell, imagine the two of them on “Say Yes to the Dress” …
SPQR (26be8b) — 7/4/2010 @ 12:40 pmAs a proud Clinton-basher with many years of service, I’d have to say that this might be the most ridiculous criticism that has ever been directed at HRC–and rather more odd given the usually sensible source. She’s a proud mom–let her enjoy it and stick to the literally hundreds of ironclad reasons to criticize her.
M. Scott Eiland (dcaa3e) — 7/4/2010 @ 5:06 pm