Thursday, November 15, 2007

Hillary Clinton lacks leadership qualities

Much has been made of Hillary Clinton's leadership qualities. In reality such qualities are largely lacking.

  • Unfortunately for the Democratic party she is not a conviction politician.
  • Each statement is carefully crafted to soothe the sensibilities of the targeted audience.
  • Hillary is all things to all men.
  • There is no evidence from her statements that she could take hard decisions .
  • The 1993 Hillarycare fiasco provides a graphical illustration of her political ineptitude. It was even disowned by fellow Democrats.
  • Hillary Clinton wants to run the largest enterprise in the world. She hasn’t run a corner store. She hasn’t run a state. She hasn’t run a city,” “She has never run anything. And the idea that she could learn to be President as an internship just doesn’t make any sense-Mitt Romney.
  • Clinton leads on evading questions.
  • Clinton leads on planting questions.
  • She is confused on illegal immigration. Her latest u-turn on the issue of driving licenses for illegal immigrants proves conclusively that all her pronouncements are tailored to suit the prevailing mood. She cannot take a firm stand on anything.
  • She is strongly pro abortion. Yet she tries to reach out to anti abortion voters with anodyne statements. What hypocrisy.
  • She is the master of obfuscation in relation to taxation policies. Hillary will simultaneously balance the budget, introduce tax cuts and greatly extend social programmes and health entitlements. This is an attempt to square the circle. Her taxation policies will cripple the middle class.
  • Hillary is too thin skinned. She could not take criticism from Obama and Edwards.
  • Sending Bill out to bat for her indicates she lacks the toughness required to face down hard men like Putin.

Now contrast Hillary with Mike Huckabee who has clear cut policies on taxation (The Fair Tax) abortion and Iraq. It is a no contest.

1 comment:

CS Bjornstad said...

Do you believe that one's ability to develop relationships with others should be consider in the repertoire of leadership characteristics? If so, I suggest that Sen. Clinton is quite adept in developing relationships with her political adversaries. Also, her relationship with her husband, president Clinton, should count for something.