Slick Willie takes the torch from the peanut farmer…

posted at 9:40 pm on May 18, 2009 by

Right, I know I haven’t been active much lately, due to a number of issues. Even in my Skyy-sodden state, I will attempt to justify my ability to continue to post. You’d have to be drunk to see what I see: a headline stating that Hillary Clinton’s husband will be appointed special envoy to Haiti. I’m going to assume their leaders need their wives seduced.

All kidding aside, Clinton showed himself to be a decent calculator when it came to negotiating trade deals with foreign leaders. He also didn’t shy away from taking part in UN-backed military incursions that earned us alliances in places like Kosovo, even though his contempt for the armed forces and their activities certainly seemed to cost us crucial timing and potential victories, as iterated by people such as “Buzz” Paterson. So, for all his faults, the position is something he’s a tad overqualified for. It’s kind of compounded by the fact that our erstwhile terrorist ass-kisser, Jimmah, was the last ex-Prez to cuddle the media about his brokerage with Haiti. At least Clinton has an official position, rather than tag-teaming with a Senator. The irony was that Carter was the one who begged Willie not to chuck in some troops to overthrow Aristide, that cuddly, fuzzy protege of Idi Amin. Now Aristide’s out, and many in the country want him returned. It should make for some interesting speculation on how he’ll respond if he does show up again.

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The only reason Clinton cared about Haiti was public relations. During the 1992 campaign, he basically implied he’d let in all the Haitians who could make it to the US. When he became President, thousands tried and drowned trying. He put the survivors at Gitmo and eventually weaseled out of his irresponsible campaign rhetoric. He overthrew their government so he could say he “did something”.

zmdavid on May 18, 2009 at 10:44 PM

Glad to see you’re back, MadCon. :-)

Laura on May 19, 2009 at 12:40 AM

Sadly, Clinton is one of the most qualified appointees of Obama so far.

Upstater85 on May 19, 2009 at 6:50 AM

Dude; you’re back from the dead. Another week and I’d be pulling strings with Ed to replace you :-)

steveegg on May 19, 2009 at 7:14 AM