Hillary Clinton As Secretary Of Defense? Why It Should Not Happen

TIME:

The most daunting piece of real estate in modern American politics is any podium right after Bill Clinton has relinquished it. The guy is on fire these days, freed from the constraints of elective office and the shackles of the prepared text. And so no one who attended the memorial service for master diplomat Richard Holbrooke envied the lot of Hillary Clinton, who had to follow her husband to the podium and conclude a program that Holbrooke -- a fervent connoisseur of speechifying, especially about himself -- would have loved. She had to do this jet-lagged out of her skull, having just returned from an intense six-day swirl through the Middle East, and after delivering a monster speech about China that morning at the State Department.

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Comments

[countrycontemplative]

10:52 PM on 01/24/2011

Hillary would be real popular with the troops. LOL! Poor idea to have former flag burner as Sec'y of Defense, not that flag waving should be a requirement either. Her credentials are overrated due to her husband being a former president. There must be many more highly qualified ladies and/or gentlemen qualified for the position.

[SEXYLEO]

06:38 PM on 01/23/2011

She should be booted out of government ..PERIOD!!

She is still nothing more than a Goldwater Repug, she isn't fooling anybody. Appoint her to NOTHING, Barack just wanted to keep an eye on her and still she's done damage as Secretary of State. Go Away ...all Clinton's!

[Beaviss]

03:11 PM on 01/23/2011

Uhhhh, because she should be president.

[TaxedCitizen]

02:40 PM on 01/23/2011

Lets see:

1.Supported Irak and Afgan wars - check
2.Sang back up for mccrankys hit 'bomb bomb bomb iran' - check
3.100% behind 'greater israel' - check
4. Knelt before A:::I:::P:::A:::C and hummed show tune - check

Shes a shoe-in

[gypsy508]

01:11 PM on 01/23/2011

Longtime warmongerer...isn't that the qualification for the position?

[alanrsnipes]

01:10 PM on 01/23/2011

I can think of a lot of reasons why Joe Klein is eminently unqualified to write about politics.
However, Hillary Clinton is qualified to do almost anything she sets her mind to. If Presdident Obama wants her at Defense and if she wants it she would do a good job there.
Joe Klein and many of her critics are totally unqualified to comment on this.

[2garen]

01:02 PM on 01/23/2011

The new Republican moderate administration!

[TexasDem0]

12:34 PM on 01/23/2011

Hillary Clinton As Secretary Of Defense? Why It Should Not Happen
Calling Joe Kline A Journalist? Why It Should Not Happen

[Earfling]

11:35 AM on 01/23/2011

because she should be PRESIDENT!

[rperdueb]

12:29 PM on 01/23/2011

No because she is a Corporate C NT.

[TheScarletPimpernel]

10:10 AM on 01/23/2011

Panetta makes more sense for the reason Joe mentions with 55% of the American people looking to cut defense and those looking to get out of Afghanistan even higher he would be the best suited. Pretreus was sent to wind it up.
She stays where she is for the time being. Folks know when she speaks she speaks for the President of the US.

[Clevelandinwi]

09:19 AM on 01/23/2011

Bigger question: Why should any sane individual interested in the truth listen to joeklein, the great distortionist?

[KIVPossum]

09:10 AM on 01/23/2011

She'll go anywhere Israel needs her

[Brain User]

09:06 AM on 01/23/2011

She is going to be the VP next time mark my words

[Muzzle Me]

08:46 AM on 01/23/2011

Hillary will never get a fairer sh@ke here, at least. It might be good to remember that Huffington fronted the civilian front to impe@ch Bill Clinton with a website devoted to this subject.

[Paulo1]

08:26 AM on 01/23/2011

Why it should not happen? Easy, just remember that the Secret Service considered her a threat to Bill because of her temper and tendency to throw items at him.