In Defense of Hillary Clinton

By Robert Wenzel

I am certainly no Hillary Clinton fan. Although, for strategic reasons, I would rather see her as president than Rand Paul, since I don't believe there would be much difference in interventionist policies between the two, and Hillary won't be masking increased interventionism as somehow libertarian.

Hillary will make much clearer that the evil of government intervention is what it is, government lording  over us. She will for ever be blabbing about Eleanor Roosevelt and, also, the religious left.

She is even going to be launching her presidential campaign from Roosevelt Island!

Rand, on the other hand, will be babbling about protecting our freedoms while calling for expansion of the federal domestic enforcement arm of government and an increase in the military budget.

The fact that there are libertarians still defending Rand despite his call for expansion of the two sectors of the government that are the most violent violators of the non-aggression principle, tells you a lot about the problem Rand is for the libertarian movement.

I'd rather feel my oppression from someone who it is clear is a statist. It creates a lot more hate for the state. Hillary could call for the same expansion of the state as Rand and all libertarians would heap abuse on her. That's what I want to see, hate for the state. Not apologies for why a Randian call for the expansion of the state is somehow excusable.

I hasten to add that my preference for Hillary is only because in terms of actual policy there won't be significant difference between Hillary and Rand. If I genuinely thought that Rand would be significantly better than Hillary, I would not consider Hillary over Rand preferable .And I do note that, although I have put the challenge out there for libertarian Rand supporters to name just one significant position where Rand is clearly libertarian, the challenge has been met with complete silence. This is, I contend, because there is no significant issue where it is certain Rand will carry the libertarian banner. Indeed, as I have mentioned, on the two significant issues, domestic government enforcement and foreign military enforcement, Rand is calling for expansion.

All this said, I do want to point out the evil of politics and what is currently being done to the evil bitch Hillary.

The gif below is being promoted as Hillary dissing one of her supporters by showing Hillary allegedly telling a supporter  to go to the end of the line:






Daily Caller commented on the gif this way:

Most peasants are happy just to feel the breeze of Hillary Clinton’s passage through their meager, insignificant lives. But every once in a while, a serf forgets his or her place.

Every once in a while, Her Majesty must put the rabble back where they belong.

Every once in a while, we get to watch.

I just love the derision displayed toward Hillary in this comment, but I believe what is going on in the clip is being distorted. My guess is that the supporter was asking for something special, a photograph with Hillary, whatever, and  Hillary is telling her to go to the end of the line so that she can fulfill her request, rather than doing it while the supporter is in the middle of the line, which would cause everyone else in line to want the same favor.

Hillary for President! Let's put hate and derision for the president front and center once again!

 Robert Wenzel is Editor & Publisher at EconomicPolicyJournal.com and at Target Liberty. He is also author of The Fed Flunks: My Speech at the New York Federal Reserve Bank. Follow him on twitter:@wenzeleconomics