Hillary Life
Hillary Life No Agony of Defeat for Hillary Clinton On June 7, 2008, Senator Hillary Clinton made history. I knew it as I watched her deliver her exit speech before 2,000 supporters at Washington'...
Hillary Life
No Agony of Defeat for Hillary ClintonOn June 7, 2008, Senator Hillary Clinton made history. I knew it as I watched her deliver her exit speech before 2,000 supporters at Washington's National Building Museum. She wasn’t just endorsing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama; she was leading by example. In her speech, she exemplified how to be gracious in the face of defeat. She did not take “no” for failure. She remained ambitious, confident, and strong. There is much the entrepreneurial woman can learn from Senator Clinton, including the following 10 lessons about facing so-called defeat: 1. If there's an elephant in the room, talk about it right from the start. "Well, this isn’t exactly the party I’d planned, but I sure like the company." 2. Be generous with your gratitude and appreciation. "I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all of you – to everyone who poured your hearts and your hopes into this campaign, who drove for miles and lined the streets waving homemade signs, who scrimped and saved to raise money, who knocked on doors and made calls, who talked and sometimes argued with your friends and neighbors, who emailed and contributed online, who invested so much in our common enterprise, to the moms and dads who came to our events, who lifted their little girls and little boys on their shoulders and whispered in their ears, ‘See, you can be anything you want to be.’” 3. Reaffirm your commitment. "To all those who voted for me, and to whom I pledged my utmost, my commitment to you and to the progress we seek is unyielding . . . I will continue to stand strong with you, every time, every place, and every way that I can. The dreams we share are worth fighting for." 4. Remind people of why you do what you do. "I entered this race because I have an old-fashioned conviction: that public service is about helping people solve their problems and live their dreams. I’ve had every opportunity and blessing in my own life – and I want the same for all Americans. Until that day comes, you will always find me on the front lines of democracy – fighting for the future.” 5. Let people know what's next. "The way to continue our fight now – to accomplish the goals for which we stand – is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama the next President of the United States." 6. Unify rather than divide. "The Democratic Party is a family, and it’s now time to restore the ties that bind us together and to come together around the ideals we share, the values we cherish, and the country we love." 7. Know what motivates and inspires you. "I ran as a daughter who benefited from opportunities my mother never dreamed of. I ran as a mother who worries about my daughter’s future and a mother who wants to lead all children to brighter tomorrows." 8. Dare to be you. "Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble, keep faith. When you’re knocked down, get right back up. And never listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on." 9. Keep things in perspective. "Although we weren’t able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it’s got about 18 million cracks in it. And the light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hope and the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time. That has always been the history of progress in America.” 10. Keep moving forward. "So I want to say to my supporters, when you hear people saying – or think to yourself – ‘if only’ or ‘what if,’ I say, ‘Please don’t go there.’ Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from moving forward. Life is too short, time is too precious, and the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have been.” Love her or hate her, Senator Clinton holds a vision for the future and keeps her eye on the mark. No moss will ever grow under her feet. Instead, she counts her blessings and moves on. She considers failure as nothing more than a stepping-stone toward success. She is resilient and determined, she never gives up, and she knows who she is. She is a woman getting it done. No agony of defeat for Senator Hillary Clinton! About the Author Dr. Susan L. Reid is a business coach and consultant for entrepreneurial women starting up businesses. She is the Award-winning author of Discovering Your Inner Samurai: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Journey to Business Success. Susan provides intuitive small business solutions, powerful attraction marketing tools, inspiration, and direction. Visit www.SuccessfulSmallBizOwners.com and download your copy of her latest free business success article. |
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Hillary Clinton
Liberals are still out there fighting hard for socialized medicine because it is just one more way for them to get their hands in your pockets and micromanage your life. And what is wrong with a little, itsy bitsy, teeny-weenie white lie along the way to help further their goal right?
Bryan Holman was just trying to do his part for the motherland when he hosted Hillary Clinton at his home in Pomeroy, Ohio. And he had his tale of woe all ready for when she walked through his door and graced him with her presence. His story, which he had heard second hand and which he relayed to Clinton, was a tear jerking tale of a pregnant woman turned away by a cruel hospital for not having insurance, being unable to fork over $100 and who eventually lost her child due to complications after being rushed back in an ambulance. And what is worse, she died herself.
Right now you have to wonder what is really so wrong with this story from a liberal’s point of view. They don’t believe that there is anything wrong with murdering children as they are active proponents of abortion on demand. Many of them also run around talking about how we have too many people on this planet and, like Ted Turner, think we’ll have to turn to cannibalism when the population bomb goes off. So rather than lamenting these losses logically they should be celebrating it and offering the hospital the keys to the city for aiding in the pending population crisis.
Instead however they are up in arms. Rather than rejoicing they are angry because being angry in their mind is a reason to promote the caring, bloated hand of government intruding into our health care system. Consistency be damned. Politics and power are more important.
But there is a problem with the story in that the story was downright false. What’s that you say? A liberal lying for the sake of power? No, you have to be joking! They would never, ever do that!
In the latest tall tale of Hillary Clinton and hot on the heels of her fictitious story about dodging sniper fire, she has been caught once again with a nose longer than Pinocchio after a night of ruckus fun and then trying to deny his whereabouts to Gepetto. Yes, Hillary has been jetting around the campaign trail telling this latest fish story for no other reason than it fits the narrative she wants to tell. Such a narrative is one of an impending disaster, evil HMOs, wicked hospitals and millions of people suffering and even dying left and right because they don’t have health insurance that will cover every booboo they might get.
Steve Brusk of CNN however did a fine job of solidifying his position as a member of the “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy” by daring to defy Clinton, actually tracking down the truth of a story that Hillary Clinton called “so wrong” and, even worse, reporting on it. How prophetic, because indeed the story did in fact turn out to be “so wrong”.
In fact the woman, Trina Bachtel, did indeed have insurance and, according to the hospital, was under care for her pregnancy. It was before she was pregnant that she was denied service at a private clinic because she was not paying her bills which were in the thousands of dollars.
Perish the thought that we don’t live in a socialist workers paradise where you are forced to give someone your ingenuity and time right? Well, when she could not pay at that time she was advised to go to the hospital emergency room since hospitals are not allowed to refuse patients for failure to pay. And of course remember you pay for that “charity” out of your pocket when you, as a responsible person, go to the hospital.
But it is all ok. Because Clinton knows that nearly everyone she has told this story to isn’t paying attention and won’t ever find out that she was weaving a fictitious yarn where a poor, sweet, innocent person died because of what is inarguably the best healthcare system in the world.
These people will go about their merry lives and share this story with their horrified friends who also will not know that it was all a lie. And they will all head off to the polls blissfully ignorant on Election Day actually believing that a woman without insurance and her child died because a hospital refused service to her. They will pull the lever for whomever has the big “D” next to their name actually believing that there is an epidemic of uninsured people being tossed out on their butts by vile, corporate run hospitals.
And just wait. There will be plenty of more stories to crop up over the next couple months that tell this same narrative too. Count on anecdotal accounts hurled at us all left and further left of how people have made choices to go without health insurance only to suffer when they are actually expected to pay out of pocket in a cruel capitalist America. And every one of them will be pitched from a vantage point of how having health insurance is a “right” which the government must provided.
Don’t worry if you missed the enumeration of insurance as an inalienable right and having it paid for by your fellow tax payers as a duty of government during the cursory glossing over of the Constitution and our founding fathers provided in the government funded schools. Just trust and believe that it is really there.
Then open up your wallets because ... well because there are plenty of fake cases about people that are dying from not having health insurance to go around. There are also a ton of sob stories about people who decided that they would rather spend their money on something other than health insurance as well only to be shocked when they are told to pay up and settle their bills.
There is however a sad reality in all of this. Yes, there are actually people that fall through the cracks of our current healthcare system. These are, almost to a person, those that are too proud to ask for help and seek out any one of numerous charities and free clinics that aid people who don’t have the means to actually pay their bills. But their folly is no reason for government to get involved, take over such a large part of our economy and give us a healthcare and insurance system as pathetic as those in other countries like Canada, England, or even Cuba.
About the Author
J.J. Jackson is the owner of American Conservative Daily Blog. He is also the lead designer for The Right Things - Conservative Political T-shirts and his weekly articles and exclusive content can be found at Liberty Reborn.