Didn’t her own department know how to allocate funds for critical security?

It’s beyond obvious that her “greatness” stems only from her connection (marriage isn’t the right word) to Bill Clinton, whom millions of people have lied to themselves as being “great” himself. The only thing I will give her is that she does serviceable impression of Lady MacBeth. Her doctors may have treated a blood clot, but they nor anyone else will ever get out that Damned Spot.

So she was just a show pony. Kind of hard to be great when your job is to smile for the cameras.

Bitter Clinger on January 31, 2013 at 10:53 AM

She was also put in a position which pretty much neutered her for any anti-BO rhetoric or running in 2012 for his job. Basically BO cut her presidential bid building off at the knees by making her one of his.

First of all, when you can’t list Hillary’s “accomplishments” as SOS, you go Alisnky, and simply shoot the messenger:

Brit Hume? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

Oh, I am sorry… I thought I was reading one of them funny fake news items from The Onion for a second. I mean, who actually collects the opinion of Brit Hume, or anyone else at Fox for that matter?

Then there is the Senior Circuit:

Nobody will beat Joe Biden for the Dem nomination.

But there are still plenty of drones who think she’s perfectly qualified:

Better get used to her. Hillary will be the next president!

Why should we be surprised the Fox talking heads, or very many on the right, don’t think much of Hillary. It doesn’t matter much since she will be our first woman president if she chooses to run.

I think that Hillary Clinton introduced a new dimension or perhaps gave practical shape to the ideal of foreign policy with a human face as opposed to realpolitik. Her work for the children, women and the weaker segments across the globe is outstanding. She and Obama did not give into the impulse of invading Iran, Syria or to deepen the exhausting US engagements across the globe.

And yet, there are some rare voices of sanity posting there:

Try herding cats for four years! The fluidity of the world in this period was unprecedented!

So, there’s every reason to question Hillary’s (non)accomplishments. Women and children around the world love her…but was that enough to be secretary of state?
She had no international diplomatic experience, so between her lack and Obama’s lack of diplomatic experience, the result became a glaring US absence in international leadership…even though her body was present, present, present by globetrotting at taxpayer expense.

By this time, she should have had a tangible record of success…and it’s lacking.

And my personal favorite, from a Mole at State:

Both Brit Hume and John Cassidy raise valid points, particularly since Mrs. Clinton has obvious presidential ambitions. A look at her diplomatic legacy at State is both fair and necessary. That much said, I would also recommend a close inspection of her managerial style at State. I have seen her in action first hand, and I was startled to see that staff seemed to be walking on eggshells, as if they were terrified of her.Dissent appeared to be a risky proposition, and that would be a big problem at State, where dialogue and exchange of differing points of view are essential.

I like to watch true crime stories. There’s one where a wife apparently fell down the stairs, found dead at the bottom. She’s wearing these sandals, and when the police come, the husband is crying and raving about those “damn sandals” he told her not to wear, that made her trip and fall down the stairs. Turns out he killed her and staged the scene.

I mention this because it reminds me of Hillary in front of the casket of our dead Libyan ambassador, talking about her “friend”, and railing on about the YouTube video and how it got him killed. The lady dost protest too much methinks. How about, she’s responsible for security, and his death, and it had nothing to do with a YouTube video.

You’re way too kind.

arnold ziffel on January 31, 2013 at 10:49 AM

I’m just thinking about the children, that’s all.

On Sunday, Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume said the case that Hillary Clinton has been a “great” secretary of state is “exceedingly weak.” This could be dismissed as mere right-wing dissent, but Hume is not alone.

The case isn’t even ‘exceedingly weak’ because it doesn’t exist. The title has just been conferred upon her by Democrats without one shred of evidence as to why she deserves it. It’s self-defeating to argue against a case that hasn’t been made. The assertion should be dismissed as hyperbole until we see some supporting evidence.