Based on what I know about her to date, I would vote for her. She reminds me of Margaret Thatcher.
Politics, especially from the liberal side of the isle, seem to have to lie to get elected. More times than not, using promises of money from the government to buy votes or some special service. A good example is an x senator from my home state of NC. He ran as a blue dog democrat to get elected, then became a leftist. He would never be elected a second term, even after his run for VP with Gore. Now we find out he was sexually involved with another women, and running for President while his wife was battling cancer. What an ass.
I don't know if the following is true or not but it is inspirational none-the-less. Maybe I should send a copy to Nancy Pelosi when she gets back from Italy at the governments expense.
Harry Truman
A humble man, who entered the limelight, took care of business, then returned to being what he was, a humble man.
Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 42 Presidents. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.
The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in Independence, Missouri. His wife had inherited the house from her mother and other than their years in the White House, they lived their entire lives there.
When he retired from office in 1952, his income was a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year.
Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an ‘allowance’ and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.
After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves. There was no Secret Service following them.
When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating,” You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."
Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing,” I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."
As president, he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.
Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing in on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth.
Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now for sale.
Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth there’s hardly any difference."
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