Hillary to Give Major Speech
July 9, 2009
by The New Agenda
TNA says: "You Go Girl!"
We’ve just learned that Hillary Clinton will be delivering a major foreign policy speech next Friday, July 17th.
Foreign Policy reports:
…Clinton’s planned speech is clearly meant to raise her own profile as well. In her first six months as Barack Obama’s top diplomat, the secretary has faced something of an underappreciated challenge: proving that she is a loyal lieutenant to her former presidential primary rival while projecting that she owns the Obama administration’s diplomatic portfolio.
Now we don’t want to jump and take credit, but we do know that our blog piece questioning Where’s Hillary had drawn quite a bit of attention around the blogosphere. As SYD noted, our blog had a rather large “troll infestation” of sorts and our piece was cross-posted around quite a bit – both by those who love and hate Hillary.
But, in any case, we just want Hillary to know that here at The New Agenda we have her back.
And we say this to Hillary: You go girl!!!
Fantastic!!!!
HRC is in her own league. It is hard to place Palin, or any other women (or man), in comparison. I admire her savvy, fortitude, smarts and professionalism.
Cain, her blog post was not referring to the administration. It was referring to the news media.
- she looks like a mature woman to me, not a girl –
you go, girl V get it done, woman, for all our sake – nitpicking on my part but this ain’t some feel good pep rally we are engaged in here, these times are lethal for some women and difficult for the rest .
Hillary ran for Pres and lost
Sarah for VP and lost
Hillary was a Senator
Sarah was a Governor
both were trashed and subjected to mysogyny
in some respects, they are very much in the same league
yet Hillary answers to a man and Sarah does not
Condi Rice shaped foreign policy and made her own decisions as SoS. Clinton simply follows orders.
Albright was much more visible and clearly had a hand in making decisions as SoS.
Donna,
I would agree with regarding Albright but HRC still has a lot more time left during her term. On the other hand, I am not sure that Condi Rice can be remembered for doing anything in particular as SoS. I would consider her one of the least effective SoS in history.
goesh,
I believe HRC has demonstrated that she always places the citizens of the US first and now serves all of us, while Palin just quit on the citizens of Alaska and is serving herself.
Clinton has been marginalized and invisible compared to all previous Secretary of States.
Condi Rice was credited in shaping Bush’s foreign policy perhaps because of her political science background but Clinton seems to just be taking orders.
Donna,
As background: I voted for Bush over Clinton, Clinton over Dole, Gore over Bush, Bush over Kerry and Obama over McCain. I thought the Obama/Biden team understood economics better and Biden brought military and foriegn policy experience. In the primary, I was HRC over Obama and Romney over McCain. I think this makes me an independent voter. For those of you who have never, or rarely, voted for both parties, please be open to the possibility that you may have a bias towards someone within the party you typically vote for. Donna, since I do not know your voting record, I am NOT saying this is you.
We will agree to disagree regarding HRC, Palin and Rice. This early within HRC’s term, I cannot say that HRC is being marginalized. I don’t even believe she is the type of person that would allow herself to be marginalized.
If you assume she is an educated, diligent and savvy person (which I believe she is) couldn’t it also be that she is shaping aspects of Obama’s foreign policy behind the scenes (as you ascribe to Condi)? It is disheartening that women belittle other women in the Obama administration because they are supporting the team’s efforts (as the men are). With the exception of Summers and Geithner, in my impression, no cabinet member is standing out way above another.
It is also disheartening that HRC is belittled because she is going what she believes is right to serve her country but we are supposed to applaud Palin who walked out on her constituents. I am all for strong, independent and savvy women and I admire the “every person” brand Palin represents, but I believe there are so, so many more qualified women to serve public office and be President of the US than her.
Let me end by saying, I definitely respect your, and others, opinion to differ with me.
All I’m saying is Clinton has been marginalized, invisible even silencef compared to all previous Secretary of States.
You said give her time but New Agendans speaking up is the reason she will have a more visible role. You should thank me for speaking up about it right now.
Donna,
Although this statement might be a strech “New Agendans speaking up is the reason she will have a more visible role,” I do believe organization should be continuously questioning whether or not women in the administration are being marginalized and whether or not a women’s right agenda is being implemented.
However, the questioning does not have to begin the conversation with the assumption that women are being marginalized. HRC is no rookie, chump or pushover – she is a fighter and strategizer.
Clinton was a fighter and strategizer last year too but the media, bloggers and Obama’s campaign marginalized and silenced her.
The problem is Obama and the media not Clinton.
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