Sunday, April 25, 2010

Rupert Cornwell's Monday Essay Spotlights Hillary Clinton

This is a particularly nice article from The Independent. When I first saw the title I was prepared not to like it. He did have to go and remind me about "likable," but overall this is a very positive article about our favorite girl whom we will support whatever she does. If you do decide to write, Hillary, it should be a blog so we can keep seeing you doing whatever other things you will be up to!

Hillary Clinton: She stoops to conquer

The Monday Essay: Hillary Clinton may have lost her bid for the US presidency – but even her critics admit she has shone as Secretary of State. Rupert Cornwell on the real comeback kid


Monday, 26 April 2010

For a brief moment, you imagined that history had taken a different course.

There was Hillary Clinton stepping up to the rostrum in the White House press room one day last month, to expound on the virtues of the new nuclear arms limitation treaty between the US and Russia. She performed with her customary authority and command of the facts, as well as the sense of humour, often overlooked, that is another of her trademarks. Might there be problems over ratification in the Duma, the Moscow parliament, a reporter asked. Well, she replied with a giggle, the US had offered to send White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel over to use his legendary (and foul-mouthed) powers of persuasion on recalcitrant Russian legislators. "If President Medvedev wants to take us up on it, we're ready."


Read the rest here>>>
(It is so very worth it!)

Keatsian comment of the weekend: Her skin looks just fantastic in that closeup! Goddess, she's beautiful!