Hillary Clinton

Christ, we're no where near Primary Season and yet, here we are, talking candidates.

The truth is that the media has virtually annointed Hillary since she ran for the Senate, and perhaps, she annointed herself, choosing to run out of New York as opposed to Arkansas, where Bill was Governor, or Chicago, where she's originally from. It would seem that Hillary, in a way, feels entitled to this.

What seems to get lost in all of this is that what exactly makes make Hillary entitled to the Presidency of the United States? Because she was First Lady, as she claimed on Olbermann a couple of nights ago. Or maybe its her farsighted support of the War in Iraq, which she lied about in the same interview?

It would seem, while the country is calling for change, the only change she wants is a change of name. It's chilling, really, to think about the last twenty years of government being Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton, almost dynastic in its character. The same suspicions that we had about Bush are applicable here: Are we so starved of leadership that those with the most money win? Certainly, Clinton has by far the biggest warchest of her rivals, but all that was loathsome about how King George got here in the first place can be seen here as well "Some are born great, some have greatness upon them, and get it as a graduation present (or a wedding present).

The worst part is that we need desperately need change, and the country is ready for a seismic shift from radical "conservatives" and their corporatist agenda and imperial aspirations to a reality based, progressive agenda. The GOP is a sitting duck right now, and should Hillary be the nominee, we may very well be looking at Guiliani taking the oath some cold January day, and wonder what the fuck happened...

We need a woman President, that is for sure...Just not this woman, and yet, I fear that some are motivated by the temptation of making history by supporting the first viable female Presidential Candidate. This is unfortunate, because history need not be made with a female President, or a Black President, or a Latino President. The history here is that we found someone to rebuild, to undo what was insidious and corrupt in our Nation's long dark night of the soul, to find our way back to our creed.

Hillary Clinton is not that person.