Clinton misreads Americans
Vogue Magazine wrote an article on February 17 titled “Will Hillary Clinton Make History?” The story is a glowing, almost giddy, presentation of a reporter’s time with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and one of her campaigners, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. It talks about Hillary the grandmother and Hillary the tough decision-maker, Hillary holding interviews in the bathroom and is about as syrupy as one can get and still have some self-respect as a reporter–well maybe not. There is no objectivity in Jonathan Van Meter’s missive. It does, however, reveal one insight of Hillary Clinton that Americans need to know–If she doesn’t win, it’s not about her, it’s about Americans. She said so.
In response to a question about how New York City was not ready for a woman as mayor, Hillary said, “People are very convinced they want to vote for the right person. And then . . . you know, you get little hints that maybe they’re not as comfortable with a woman being in an executive position. Especially in a big, rough-and-tumble setting like New York City or the United States of America.” This is very subtle, but revealing. What she is saying here is that she is eminently qualified to be president–she said so in the interview, “Maybe that has to do with being very comfortable with what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. And convinced that I’d be a good president, having now watched it up close…”
Then she listed her credentials: “my husband’s administration, being in the Senate-especially after 9/11-being Secretary of State, spending a lot of time with the national security team and [sic the “president”].” My immediate follow up would have been, “So, Mrs. Clinton, since it is obvious that you are the best fit for the presidency, if you lose, you are blaming Americans for not wanting to vote for a woman?” She already had confirmed this statement given her answers to previous questions. If America rejects Hillary Clinton as president, it will not be because she is a woman. The rejection will come from the myriad of issues that comprise the content of her character.
Americans are fed up with crooked politicians who build their empires on graft and corruption, lying and deceiving, cunning and evil. If Hillary Clinton loses, it will be because she falls short of even today’s loose standards for a leader. It will be because she failed in convincing America that she is something she is not. There is a standard for leaders found in Exodus 18:21. It says, “Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.” This is the foundational principle of America’s elective government. On the scales of these standards, Clinton is found wanting–not because she is a woman, but because of her character.
