By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 1, 2009 in Campaign promises, Campaigns & Campaign Financing, Charitable Contributions, Current Affairs, FCC, Foreign Affairs, France, Fund Raising, Governance, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice | 54 Comments
Most of us know that there are many positions, like being an ambassador to, say France and Monaco, is often a payback for the person giving tons of money to the candidate. Well, guess what? Not only is Obama doing just that, but the man who claimed to bring “change to Washington” has [...]
By NewHampster on Feb 14, 2009 in Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Samantha Power, Susan Rice | 34 Comments
I do not think that Hillary Clinton is being marginalized, yet.
In her first trip abroad since taking office, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Asia, departing Washington, DC on February 15. Secretary Clinton will visit Japan (February 16-18), Indonesia (February 18-19), the Republic of Korea (February 19-20), and China (February 20-22).
As she [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jan 30, 2009 in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, GLBT, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Samantha Power, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice | 54 Comments
Right up front, let me say I am having a bad knee day. I had plans to write another piece altogether, but best laid plans and all that. But, I do want to share this recent news: Iceland has elected the first lesbian world leader (despite the fact that EVERY freakin’ news source [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Dec 21, 2008 in Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Current Affairs, GLBT, Hillary Clinton, Sexism, Susan Rice, Washington Post | 223 Comments
That’s what one of Obama’s speechwriters said about Jon Favreau in this Washington Post article, Helping to Write History. That Obama and Favreau are “synced up.” Well, that sure helps to explain a lot of things. Ahem. Yes, Mr. Favreau is currently hard at work writing Obama’s big Inaugural speech. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Dec 13, 2008 in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice | 92 Comments
Oh, what a big surprise, not. And this happened even BEFORE the whole “Hot Rod” Blagojevich explosion, but kinda got lost in the shuffle. Yes, indeedy - Dr. Rice is already pushing it with Senator Clinton. (Not for nothing, but haven’t we had enough of a Dr. Rice after the past 8 [...]
By InsightAnalyticalGrl on Dec 8, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice | 41 Comments
This is a GUEST POST by InsightAnalyticalGrl, a regular reader and contributor. You can reach her site at InsightAnalytical at which you will find excellent posts by InsightAnalyticalGrl, Kenosha Marge, and others. Check it out (after reading her fine post)!
Reverend Amy from Rabble Rouser Ruminations posted a piece (the other) day (12/5/08) (cross-posted [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Dec 5, 2008 in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Big Oil, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice | 75 Comments
Well, you know I am not all that crazy about Hillary Clinton being the Secretary of State for Barack Obama because I do not trust him. As it is, he is already complicating her job by appointing a special Middle East Envoy who will report directly to HIM as opposed to the Secretary of [...]
By Joseph Wilson on Mar 20, 2008 in Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Homeland Security, Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, Samantha Power, Susan Rice, Tony Rezko | 49 Comments
Originally posted today at Huffington Post. Reprinted with express permission.
The Clinton campaign ad featuring a 3 a.m. telephone call as a metaphor for experienced leadership in foreign policy has generated considerable comment, but much of the reaction is from people who have never been involved in foreign policy and certainly never had to field [...]