Clinton Consulted With Republicans, Neocons On Big Foreign Policy Speech

The Plum Line:

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has consulted with a surprisingly diverse ideological bunch in the course of creating the major foreign policy speech she plans to deliver tomorrow, including Republicans like Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft and George Schultz, and onetime neocons like Francis Fukuyama, a source familiar with the speech-writing process tells me.

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Comments

[marthainmaine]

Re stealing the primary...if it weren't for states that use the caucus in primaries , she would be our president. She and her husband have tried to do away with the caucus .

[marthainmaine]

Of course she consulted with the Neocons since she is one. I have to appreciate Paul Farmer...nice touch of authenticity since she calls herself a democrat.

[peterg76]

Exactly.

[GreatNews27]

Exactly. Her husband passed every Republican give-away he saw. I never trusted her after the Bosnia fable.

[benne]

Is Huffpost always wanting to slur Clinton? We know nothing about what these talks might have been. . . . Maybe she just told them what she would say, maybe Obama, who likes to consult and even court the right-wingers told her to do this.

[Okieborn]

Gee Hillary that was a dirty trick !!!

[timewaster2dcore]

I don't think there is any problem here. She consulted the people who had dealt with what she's dealing with now. All of those guys are, I believe, are foreign policy experts and they could be coonsulted.

Just because they are GOP members doesn't mean their wealth of experience and wisdom is useless. Come on, they are still Americans first, Republicans second.

I laud Clinton for looking for extensive wisdom in her deeds and neglecting party barriers. That's a sign of a great leader.

[GeorgeP922]

Whaaaa?

These guys have the bloods of many innocents on their hands, especially fukayama.

Instead of consulting with your political enemies, many of which wish our military and nation to fail, try consulting with real experts.

And beleive that the neocons are jumping up and down with joy as Hillary proves the cliche, that neocons know better than us.

[naturesway]

Which is precisely why Ob ama kept Bush's war machine intact.
Gates, McChrystal et al.

[Fabienne]

Doesn't Clinton, with her vote for the war and her continued support of it right up until she actively began campaigning for the nomination, have blood on her hands? Doesn't everyone in the American government have blood on their hands? I don't condone it, but it doesn't surprise me as it seems to be par for the course if someone is part of American politics.

[Yermammy]

And why wouldn't the former Goldwater Girl NOT do that? This one will sell her soul for fame and fortune and thank god she didn't steal the primary. I'm still waiting for Barack to wise up and fire her meat.

[naturesway]

She's the only adult in that Administration. 70% approval rating and you didn't have to worry about Hill stealing the Primary, O bama had that stealing all wrapped up.

[partyofone]

What?

[PiscesPrincess]

Misleading headline. HP. needs to stop this yellow journalism stuff.

[forestnfama]

Didn't I hear Schultz is for legalizing drugs.

[shelby35]

Yep

[Deparis]

What's up with this "major foreign policy speech" meme?

[partyofone]

Hail Mary Pass. Hillary wants to be relevant.

[wreckdiver]

One of the 6 remaining Clinton-h8ers talking about someone else wanting to be relevant.

Funny.

[6xbanned]

we all know the witty rapier like insult of neocon is used here to describe any to the right of LIeberman, but these guys really are not NEO CONSERVATIVE, by any stretch

[mikerobjohn]

Doesn't she know what's the right thing to do after all she is so much more experienced that President Obama??

[teron678]

back to grammar school for you ...

[timewaster2dcore]

What? Come again. More experienced than Barack Obama? How? Explain please!! Apart from her brief period in the Senate and being first lady (just a ceremonial position), what else is her significant experience?

Maybe you meant to say "she's whiter than Barack Obama". That would be acceptable.

[white mende man]

So what, after all all Obama says we should talk to our enemies as well as our friends. But guess what, the GOP would never talk to a Democrat for advice on foreign policy... see where it got them?

[BatedBreath]

Kissinger, Snowcroft, and Schultz are not neocons and Fukuyama, as you state, is a *former* neo. Another huffpo misleading headline.

[Jamchinadian]

As klondiker pointed out below, the headline is very misleading. The full article shows that she also consulted with liberals and with President Obama (as one would expect) as well. Her consulting broadly is fully consistent with Obama's philosophy; and it wouldn't surprise me if it was his suggestion to begin with.

[white mende man]

Huffo loves Hillary bashing... so, what's new?

[partyofone]

yes we know, we know, poor Hilary is a constant victim, just who we need to lead the nation and world.

[dizmo4]

The headline should be "Sec of State Clinton consulted with past Sec of States"

This is a non-story.

[20090120]

Agree.

[partyofone]

My bet is the speech will be a none story.