Readers here know that it is rare for me to post news about Secretary Clinton from sources other than the State Department. I like to be certain and take the information from the primary source. Rarer still, in fact possibly never before here, is a post about a blog entry. Whether the author is a big name or, like me, small change hiding behind a screen name, many bloggers offer not news, but opinion.
Tonight I am making a rare exception. Greta Van Susteren has stuck her neck out big time, and I want to recognize and support her courage in doing so. Her blog post popped up on one of my news feeds, and it deserves attention. Here is an excerpt.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is 100 % right and President Obama and President Calderone are both 100 % wrong
…Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has traveled to Mexico (we / ON THE RECORD at 10pm went with her once to Mexico or maybe twice) and knows what is going on there as well as any US official. I wish the President would listen to what she has to say. She has seen with her own eyes. Secretary Clinton, after a trip to Mexico, said something like Mexico is like Columbia of 20 years ago and BOTH President Obama and President Calderone rebuked her for that statement. She is 100 % right — the two Presidents are trying to sugar coat the situation. The two Presidents are 100 % wrong – Mexico IS like Columbia of 20 years ago (or maybe worse.)
I have read attacks on Greta by Hillary followers, but I have to say that I have never heard or read an unfair statement about Hillary from her. I appreciate that she has stepped up to the plate for Hillary on this issue. What she says is true.
Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State has been to Mexico at least four times that I can think of. The only approaches to the border that President Obama has made have been campaign stops. The speech he recently made in Tucson amounted to a campaign speech also. It is his Secretary of State who has been involved with this issue deeply along with her Mexican counterpart Patricia Espinosa and the task forces they have from their departments studying this problem.
So thank you, Greta, for standing up for Hillary’s statement and for providing the evidence that she is indeed correct!
Still4Hill 
Thumbs up for Greta!
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Thank You Greta.
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I posted on Greta wire supporting her position on Hillary’s remarks. I don’t watch fox news anymore only when Hillary is on Greta!
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Same here. Also when she was on with Chris Wallace a few weeks ago.
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Greta is a woman of this new age being ushered in! Women of the new age are trying to turn this world around from man vs man and man vs woman to a balanced world view where women leaders are as effective as the men who have been in charge for millennia.
Face it: Both Hillary and Greta are aware that the fact we are all women transcends any party or idealogue position.
Kudos to Greta for the courage to speak in defense of a woman leader who is acting in humanity’s best interests!
Congrats to Hillary who is demonstrating the power of a woman to get things done and to change the world view of men and those women who are aware of the need for change!
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Well, Shah Qureshi and Aboul Gheit are now out of the picture. It would be nice to see Egypt and Pakistan follow in the steps of Spain and France and appoint women as foreign ministers.
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I have always appreciated Greta’s fairness, particularly in her treatment of Hillary. All of the folks at CNN and everyone else at FOX should follow Greta’s example of truly “fair and balanced” news coverage.
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I’ve never had a problem with Greta. She may be on the conservative side, but IMO she has always treated Hillary fairly. A lot more so than “liberal” MSNBC. I would rather watch FOX than the likes of that sexist jerk, Chris Matthews or the bombastic windbag, Olbermann (although he’s now gone).
Hillary IS right, Mexico is resembling the Colombia of 20 years ago.
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Anybody who follows her tweets and blog when she accompanies Hillary on a trip knows how she loves those assignments and how much she loves having Hillary on her show. She conducted a terrific interview with her last week. Not a single stupid question, unlike many!
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For Bea:
You have now coined the best descriptive term for Chris Matthews: Sexist Jerk!!!
Thank you for your politically astute creativity!
Back to Hillary and Greta:
Greta does not know how to ask a stupid or silly question and Hillary does not hesitate to interpret today’s events as a reference to our history. That is exactly why she is On The Road To The WH!
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Corollary to all this the ERA did not come up for a vote in the VA assembly today for lack of a “second.” (i.e. Its ratification by VA is dead.) They will NEVER give us rights. We need to snatch them!
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Thank you. I alternate between sexist creep and sexist jerk. I can’t stand the lisping asshat!!! Frankly, I can’t stand most of the hosts at MSNBC. I don’t even watch that network.
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On Virginia Assembly and ERA: Women are sometimes their own worst enemies….this may be one of those times.
The Schaflys of the world seem to be growing in numbers and there are still men out there who believe women are biblically mandated to be subordinate!
Thomas Jefferson did not do women any good in Virginia’s history: he did not allow women in the presidents home except scullery maids…said they interfered with his mission!
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I wonder why that is! There has to be a fault in our “culture of an idea,” as in the only good ones come from men?
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Thank you Greta….. for telling the truth instead of spouting off corporate propaganda.. She knows Hillary knows what she is talking about , not just getting second hand information like some we know.
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Greta doesn’t waste air time or abide any nonsense. I like her.
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