Bill Clinton backs wife Hillary for secretary of state role

[cal04]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24660349-2703,00.html

Former US president Bill Clinton has gone public with his support for wife Hillary to be secretary of state, saying she would be "great" if president-elect Barack Obama named her to the post.

"If he (Obama) decided to ask her and they did it together, I think she'll be really great as a secretary of state,'' Clinton told an economic conference in Kuwait hosted by the National Bank of Kuwait.

"She worked very hard for his election after the primary fight with him, and so did I, and we were very glad that he won and we have a lot of confidence that he can do a good job.

"But she didn't do what she did with the hope or expectation of getting any kind of job offer, much less having this discussed,'' Clinton said.

[LaydeeBug]

1. The pope is catholic. nt

[Muttocracy]

2. so does that mean Bill is ready to have his international finances vetted? nt

[Catherine Vincent]

3. Of course.

They have nothing to hide.

[Whoa20]

5. who gives a fuck

as when people blabbed about the Kazahkstan thing, nothing illegal turned up. No one is gonna care, not the opinion of the American people. I'll bet polls reflect that the overwhelming majority of people approve of her being sec of state. Everytime you scandal hunters find something, you really wind up finding nothing. This will be no exception.

[ben_meyers]

4. Do you think Bill at all gets the irony of the venue and

his statement? What are his speaking fees again?

[Capt. America]

6. If the truth diggers didn't have a problem with Condi and Exxon, could Bill be worse?

[Peacetrain]

7. Bill and his inability not to comment on something

is what worries me most about Hillary getting the SOS.. You get Bill, and Bill Clinton would get into the middle of it every time I am afraid.