Still Waters Posted January 29, 2010 #1 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, has complained of the tiring natue of her job and said she will step back from the role before the end of Barack Obama's presidency.Mrs Clinton said she would not serve a full eight years if President Barack Obama is re-elected in 2012.There has been speculation in America that Mrs Clinton could resign to run for the governor's post in New York but she said she wanted to retire to writing and teaching. The former First Lady, who has spent two decades in the national spotlight and narrowly lost her own bid to be president in 2008, said she enjoyed her job as the top US diplomat but found it physically grueling. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimi81 Posted January 29, 2010 #2 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Oh no.....Hilary is pulling a Sarah Palin!! I expected so much more from her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadetak Posted January 29, 2010 #3 Share Posted January 29, 2010 (edited) Oh no.....Hilary is pulling a Sarah Palin!! I expected so much more from her No she isn't, she says she will not continue with Obama into his second term. Most Secretary of States don't stay longer then one term. Also technically i don't think she has a term, so she can leave any time she wants like any average or regular job...where as Sarah had a job term and was also publically elected. However yes it is a bit unexpected...just be glad she wasn't elected president! Edited January 29, 2010 by Cadetak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conspiracybeliever Posted January 29, 2010 #4 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Oh no! I love Hilary! But I don't blame her for getting out of politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranormalcy Posted January 30, 2010 #5 Share Posted January 30, 2010 My thoughts on this are, what if she HAD become President - would she just have decided one term was all she wanted because it was so hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverCougar Posted January 30, 2010 #6 Share Posted January 30, 2010 My thoughts on this are, what if she HAD become President - would she just have decided one term was all she wanted because it was so hard? If.. she can't really make it as the Secretary of State... Yeah I am inclined to agree that I doubd she's beable to make it as President. Shame, but really.. not lookin for someone who will walk away because the job's to hard. Even if it's not a termed job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AztecInca Posted January 30, 2010 #7 Share Posted January 30, 2010 My thoughts on this are, what if she HAD become President - would she just have decided one term was all she wanted because it was so hard? She wanted the Presidency, she had to settle for Secretary of State. She has no hope of ever becoming president, so why not retire from SOS after one term and make millions from public-speaking and books? She is under no obligation to serve more than one term and at no point does she indicate she is going to resign before Obama's first term is up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjadude Posted January 30, 2010 #8 Share Posted January 30, 2010 My thoughts on this are, what if she HAD become President - would she just have decided one term was all she wanted because it was so hard? Completely different things. Secretary of State has to travel. Constantly. Do you have any idea how many countries she's visited in the past year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranormalcy Posted January 31, 2010 #9 Share Posted January 31, 2010 I'm sorry but there is no way that someone is going to tell me that SoS is a "harder" job than President of the US. He DOES travel a lot, though maybe not as much as SoS, but he also gets to deal with everything in the US (and world) from the top down and is (theoretically) THE decision maker, as commander in chief and all that. I'd say the tradeoff of "running around and getting tired" and "stress of governing the most influential country in the world" is at the very least, equitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjadude Posted January 31, 2010 #10 Share Posted January 31, 2010 I'm sorry but there is no way that someone is going to tell me that SoS is a "harder" job than President of the US. He DOES travel a lot, though maybe not as much as SoS, but he also gets to deal with everything in the US (and world) from the top down and is (theoretically) THE decision maker, as commander in chief and all that. I'd say the tradeoff of "running around and getting tired" and "stress of governing the most influential country in the world" is at the very least, equitable. No. What I'm saying is that physically Sos is very hard. Harder than president. Hillary is not a spring chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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