CAN HILLARY CLINTON BE STOPPED?
Yesterday, Hillary Clinton crashed Bernie Sanders in South Carolina. Pools were showing her over 20% votes ahead of Sanders. Final results: she received 47% more vote than him !
Hillary Clinton’s triumph was accomplished thanks to her excellent performances in speeches, debates, magnificent clothing and hairdressing, her gigantic political machine, her lifetime experience in campaigning, but also for being twice duplicated in her campaign by her charming and seducing husband President Bill Clinton and her fresh politically engaged young daughter Chelsea Clinton.
She was also helped by the 3 top Republican candidates’ scandals who started calling each other names, including ''lier'', making Clintons' labels of being dishonest and unethical look pale, or just forgotten.
Hillary's huge victory in South Carolina was also helped by Sanders' quite weak campaign theme, as it was broadcast in the medias. Hillary Clinton's experience was put forward in contrast with Sanders' image of a ''protest'' guy who will not be able to deliver on his promises.
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I do not find it healthy for US democracy when, after the limit of two terms presidency has expired, a President's spouse runs for the highest post, particularly when they both form the same close and active team. It makes US looks like a 3rd world undeveloped country. These are themes that Sanders should have brought up. Unfortunately he has been shy in running a vigorous campaign against the Clintons, and has impoverished his campaign with his repetitive limited refrain: the need to fight Wall Street and to make pay the one tenth of 1% wealthiest people a fairer share of taxes.
I do not find it healthy for US democracy when, after the limit of two terms presidency has expired, a President's spouse runs for the highest post, particularly when they both form the same close and active team. It makes US looks like a 3rd world undeveloped country. These are themes that Sanders should have brought up. Unfortunately he has been shy in running a vigorous campaign against the Clintons, and has impoverished his campaign with his repetitive limited refrain: the need to fight Wall Street and to make pay the one tenth of 1% wealthiest people a fairer share of taxes.
No First Lady I know has had as much direct political interferences as had Hillary Clinton during her husband’s presidency. ‘’It's like you buy a pizza and get a second one free'', Bill Clinton responded then to those criticizing Hillary's irresponsible political interferences.
Therefore, the 2008 and 2016 Clinton’s candidacy for US presidential elections looks to me like a candidacy for a 3rd term Clinton presidency. It goes against the Constitution of the United States. It also points to the US and the ''West''s decadence, put in the context of Islamic terrorism. Both Clinton and Bush dynasties have close and dubious relationship with the Saudi dynasty and the Emir of Qatar, in their anti-Iranian stands and their actions that practically benefits ISIS, Taliban, and Al-Qaeda.
Clinton’s main campaign themes against Sanders are: 1. Vote for me because I am a woman: vote for a first female US president. 2. Vote for me because I have more experience than Sanders and than any other candidate.
The first argument is obviously sexist.
The second argument is actually the main reason why we limit the presidency to two terms, whether in the US or in most other civilized developed countries. It is to prevent a president to be able to use her or his accumulated power for the argument of having more experience than other fresh candidates, to prevent for his or her re-election, the use and abuse of the political machine a president has created during two terms of presidency and that he or she has inherited.
The second argument is actually the main reason why we limit the presidency to two terms, whether in the US or in most other civilized developed countries. It is to prevent a president to be able to use her or his accumulated power for the argument of having more experience than other fresh candidates, to prevent for his or her re-election, the use and abuse of the political machine a president has created during two terms of presidency and that he or she has inherited.
It might not be too late to stop a Clintons’ 3rd term presidency of the United States, but it is certainly not in my hands to do so !
Shodja Eddin Ziaïan, February 28th.
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