The fix is in for Hillary

You might wonder why I saved Hillary Clinton from her own intentional misdeeds. Who else will cover for me?

You know that I don't need to make secret phone calls or send emails (would never do that!) to persuade those in my administration.  Sometimes I just announce it on TV.  They get the message.  Smart way of beating the conspiracy charge.

Remember Tom Wheeler at the FCC and my hint to pass net neutrality?

Or I get someone like Ben Rhodes to dupe the media - like on the Iran deal.

Unfortunately, some of my agencies aren't quite as adept in hiding their alliances with my progressive lobbyists. The EPA and the IRS were caught at this collusion.

Or I appoint a regulator, like Mel Watt, to loosen up financing requirements even if it creates another housing bubble and crisis down the road. 

So, what about Hillary?  And the fix?

I gave Slick Willie the green light to meet secretly with Loretta Lynch. I got Comey to impose an extra layer of secrecy to keep-FBI personnel-mouths shut. 

All I needed to do was to say on national TV that she was merely careless. 

Not so bad an excuse even if foreign hackers got into her private server.

At least, Hillary will keep my legend alive. That's a legacy to be proud of.  

Postscript:  How could I have known that Donald Trump would have won the presidency? I fear for my legacy in word and deed.  May 4, 2017.

Being a national leader: the art of deception and power

In a separate blog, I confessed that my international leadership lacked the brash application of power that some of my predecessors used ─ like Truman, JFK, Reagan and others. 

However, as a national leader, my role is far more aggressive and manipulative.  Let me explain the why and wherefore of this difference in leadership.

Simply stated, it's the progressive needle ─ what we need to inject into America to make it fair and equal. You know all the slogan-think of progressivism ─ Bernie Sanders hits all the right notes:
• income inequality is the great moral issue of our time 
• fight for a living wage 
• government healthcare for all
• rich must pay fair taxes
• free college for all 
• change to alternative energy from carbon-based energy

But what are the ways to get all these things? 
Here's where deception, manipulation and raw power play an important part of making a progressive society.

Let's consider the IRS hit list of conservative non-profit organizations. It was inspirational. Lois Lerner did admirable work at the IRS before she was forced to resign.

She read my mind and ran with it. She targeted conservative advocacy groups after the Citizens United Supreme Court decision and then stonewalled Congress.

I told FOX that they’ll never find a smidgen of evidence – ha, her computer crashed and the emails vanished. Amazing woman. Got a good pension too. If they ever come after her, I’ll give her a pardon.

 

Then there was the Department of Justice stonewalling and lying to Judge Andrew Hanen, Southern District of Texas, about whether the administration was processing illegal aliens into the U.S. Of course, we were lying. All the court did was demand ethics training. A small price to pay. 

 

One of the better lies was having my deputy national security advisor, Ben Rhodes, lie to Congress about the Iran nuclear deal.  Ha, we pulled a fast one on Congress on that. 

 

Of course, passing the Affordable Care Act was a masterful exercise in lying to the public and then getting the legislation passed without a single vote from the opposing party ─ a first in American history.  

 

I could go on about how I mastered deception, manipulation and used power and I expect that Hillary Clinton will follow my example in applying the progressive needle to the American body politic.

Being an international leader: surrendering as a step towards peace

Some might say that my model of leadership is flawed. Not that I’m not good at manipulating the media, the public and even friends. But some, like Dr. Cornell West, think that I lack a backbone. 

There may be some truth to this perception in my role as an international leader.  But this needs some explanation since this is counterintuitive.



I am able, in a limited way, to mirror Machiavelli’s and Sun Tzu's Art of War. I've used drones to kill lots of scoundrels, but I haven't backed up my drawing a red line against Syria's Assad using chemical weapons on his own population, or opposing Russia's invasion of Crimea, or only putting in a minimal number of ground troops to defeat ISIL, and the like.

I'm even giving up control of the internet and allowing in authoritarian governments to share control of the web – even if they plan on abusing their own people.

But there's a reason for my tepid approach to imposing American standards of behavior on other countries and other cultures. 

Machiavelli and Sun Tzu lived at a less complicated time – less technology of war, no nuclear weapons, no internet, no mass transportation, no problem with human caused global warming. 

Here's the way I came to my way of seeing my role of international leadership:  It is important to give in and surrender in order to get peace. Surrendering is a way to inner peace; and it ultimately is the same way towards peace with others. It may only be a baby step towards peace, but that is far better than puffing up and beating my chest in an attempt to stare down warmongers.

To reiterate, I never wanted to be a war president. I’d rather lead from behind that confront someone like Putin. I have no problem confronting a Republican or someone from FOX news, but not someone who might make me use more than a drone or two.

Is this a terrible admission? 

I don’t think so and here’s why. The U.S. can afford to lose some international power. The next president can make up for that. 

My approach to national leadership is, of course, is very different. 

Listening to my echo

I've been challenged for many reasons - the most annoying is that I'll even do things that I say that I won't do.  Immediately after saying that I won't. Like when I said that I wouldn't try to influence the British vote on whether to leave the European Union. And then I kind of threatened them with the consequences. Ha!

Could that be true?  And, if it is, what does that mean? 

I suppose I might meditate on the words of  Dejan Stojanovic.

But there are more important considerations to examining my words. Do you hear that historians of my legacy?

There was my biggest whopper:  "No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period."  That helped pass the Affordable Care Act. And now it begins to crumble. But I won't be here to take the blame. 

I've massaged the truth in getting the Iran nuclear deal passed - even if I had to ramp up criticism on Israeli leaders.

If you google "Bush lies," you get about 49,000 hits. BUT if you google "Obama lies," you get almost 360,000 hits. 

Of my five biggest lies, I like the one about amnesty: "I am not a dictator." Because I did exactly that through my personal executive power.

Or take a look at my State of the Union address - I just couldn't help myself. 

Why do I do that?

Now, that is where historians should begin any discussion of my legacy. 

Making America average: I speak, they listen

You've probably heard the complaints that I'm dethroning America. Like giving up the internet root directory at ICANN. So what if China, Russia and Iran can control their people better by only allowing pro-government domain names.  More important is that WE don't make those decisions, but let all countries in on the root directory game.  We shouldn't be forcing our way of thinking about freedom on others; there are more important things like progressive values and everyone being for the people.  Social justice, not everyone's own little castle.

I  just spoke my mind and Tom Wheeler at the FCC caved. That's how it works. I speak, they listen. And the Republicans can't do squat. I'll just veto it.

The same thing with the IRS. I spoke and Lois Lerner listened. We poked those conservatives hard with our IRS. 

The same thing, also, with my Affordable Care Act.  I talked up how important health care insurance was for the people and Justice Roberts just keeled over and changed what the words in the law actually meant to what it didn't mean. A tax is a tax even if it isn't called a tax.  What I saw is what others believe.

The same with Hillary. She was just careless with that email server.  I bet Loretta Lynch is listening to the news on Fox.

And so it goes. Get it? America will be just another place; nothing special - but everyone gets a piece of the pie.

My secret desire

I could have done so many more things .  .  .

Some of the things I've done -- 
I've covered for Hillary saying she was just careless about her private server;
I've saddled corporations with rules and fees and will not unburden them with competitive world-wide tax rates;
I've created a class of true-believers that think the sky is falling from too much man made climate change (or should I say, too much person-made climate change?);
I've killed the coal industry and created a sea of solar panels and windmills;
I've launched partisan use of tax investigations;
I've preached uniting the country while dividing them into segments;
I've manipulated the health care industry;
I've handcuffed our military and marginalized our international friends;
I've drawn red lines and pushed the reset button (many times);
I've tempered the nuclear arms race in the Middle East by returning to Iran the billions of dollars that is rightfully theirs (and I hope they stop funding terrorism, I hope, I hope, I hope); 
I've watched ballgames with Cuban dictators while showing ISIL I'm not afraid of their terror attacks in Europe;
I've change the vocabulary of the military to gender-free combat, man made disasters, and extremism - there is no more Islamophobia;
I've made major moves to open our border with Mexico - no wall, just a free flow of people north;
I've defended sanctuary cities; 
I've defended every form of abortion.
The list goes on and on.

Just imagine if I had a lifetime appointment!

Truth to power: Here is what Hillary said to the hedge fund managers

There should be no surprise about what Hillary Clinton said to the Goldman Sachs, and other, hedge fund managers. For about a quarter a million per speech. Do we really need her transcripts?

I read one of her transcripts. Lots of glad handing, commending them for making America a vibrant economy and only mild criticisms about some of the bad apples.

The only problem is that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren would say. She can make one of them Treasury Secretary and the other Commerce Secretary. Image problem solved.

I'm a lot smarter. When I go to these folks to help build out my presidential center and library, I'll be more discreet. Especially when it comes to the Islamic conference room that the Saudis will likely help finance.  They'll remember my supportive remarks .  .  .