“Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky!”
But let's be fair: Obama and the boys from Chicago, who are well versed in Sun-Tzu, i.e. keep your friends close and your enemies closer, would not have allowed this would-be Number Two to outshine The One, who has achieved Zero.
Steely-eyed Hillary sees the ship is sinking, knows it's time to make a graceful exit, and is placing everyone on notice that after barely a year, she wants out:
"TAVIS SMILEY: Finally, there’s already speculation about whether or not Secretary Clinton is going to do this for the full first time, and whether or not she has any interest if asked to stay on to do it for eight years? You see how tough the job is, can you imagine yourself doing all four years and, if asked, doing it for another four years?
HILLARY CLINTON: No, I really can’t. I mean, it is just…
TAVIS SMILEY: No to what? All four or eight?
HILLARY CLINTON: The whole, the whole eight, I mean, that that would be very challenging. But I, you know, I don't wanna make any predictions sitting here, I’m honored to serve, I serve at the pleasure of the President, but it’s a, it’s a 24/7 job, and I think at some point, I will be very happy to LAUGHS pass it on to someone else."
http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0110/Clinton_signals_not_a_twoterm_Secretary_of_State.html
A run for the presidency against Obama in 2012? She denies it, but this is a voracious political animal, and ultimately she will make her play for the ring. It is rumored among those in her inner circle that when she snoozes on intercontinental flights, you can hear otherworldly moaning:
"My precious . . ."
By the way, in the same interview with Tavis Smiley, note what Hillary did NOT say when asked her plans after leaving the State Department:
Grow gracefully old with Bill.
Hi, Jeffry!
ReplyDeleteHow usual is it to say: "I serve at the pleasure of the President"? For me, it sounds like she belongs to his harem. Did you hear something like this before?
What about the sentence: "I will be very happy to LAUGHS pass it on to someone else"? She will leave the job with laughs! Does it sound common for you?
I've got some feeling that she is disgusted with the job and does not want to hide it. Your English is much better than my: what do you feel here? Does she what to say something, or it is just an originality of speech?
Marina, your English is fine, and your analysis is entirely accurate.
ReplyDeleteHillary has not been allowed to play the role that Madeleine Albright played in Bill's administration, and she is of course insulted.
She knows that Obama will be a one-term president, and she will need to get out soon in order to distance herself from the failure.
This interview was her way of putting everyone on notice that she is on her way out.
Thank you, Jeffrey. I could not believe I am reading it right.
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