According to Alan Greenspan on 60 Minutes on September 17, 2007, Hilary Clinton is competent enough to be the next president. The question is if she would be the right choice for America, at this time. Given my respect for Greenspan I took another look at Clinton as a 2008 presidential candidate.

I am fortunate enough to live next door to people who have lived in Arkansas and have met the Clintons. Their view is that Bill and Hilary are both intelligent, capable people and that they have been slandered since they first ran for office.

After talking to them I was forced to sit back and take a look at Bill Clinton’s presidency. Except for two things America thrived well under his presidency. One was the black eye America got as a result of his affair with Monica Lewinski and the other was his not reacting to the terrorist threat that existed during his tenure as president. However, one must wonder if his failure to act was due to the unreliability of the CIA and intelligence network, as we saw with President Bush’s War in Iraq that was based on obviously erroneous information regarding weapons of mass destruction.

On a positive note, no one can deny that he was an economically positive force for the American economy managing the feat of nearly clearing our national debt, something that the Republicans and especially the current Administration has managed to undue in the last seven years. Another point in his favor is that if Al Gore had not had the presidency stolen from him in 2000 the American people would have continued to support the Democratic party, giving them power to continue what Clinton had started.

Regarding Hilary, she is a woman and I don’t know if America is ready to accept her but a positive on her side would be that she is married to a former president and would have his support and knowledge to draw from if she were elected. My opinion, is that this gives her more substance and experience to draw from than other females who might choose to win. Sadly, whenever a woman moves to the forefront of business or politics the first thought from many is that she is either a bitch (excuse my French) or wishes she was a man. I do not believe that to be the case with Hilary Clinton even though I am not sure if I would vote for her or not since I am unsure of her standing on some issues.

As time gets closer to the primaries I will do a complete finding on Hilary and give you my overall opinion. In the meantime, don’t rule Hilary out as she might just have something to offer America that America is in dire need of - a woman’s touch

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