No, I’m not talking about her recollection of dodging snipers, which, if you ask me, is a flat out lie, not a “misspoke”. No, I’m talking about her complete misunderstanding about what it means to be President, and just what the bounds of the job really are.
As much as she focused on ways to ease the mortgage crisis, Senator Clinton also dwelled on what she called “a crisis of confidence in our country,” and portrayed herself as the candidate best able to address the economic problems of middle-income and economically struggling families.
“We need a president who can restore our confidence,” she said. “We need a president who is ready on Day 1 to be commander in chief of our economy.”
NO! It is NOT the President’s job to be “commander in chief of our economy”. That’s precisely what’s wrong with our economy right now. Too many people think that it’s the President’s, or the Congress’, or (God help us) Bernanke’s job to control the economy. Damn socialists. Read the Constitution, please. Then stop mucking with it!
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