Hillary Clinton - a woman of rationale

Hillary Rodham Clinton is one woman I admire because of various reasons. One of them, was her composure during her turbulent times, when the sex scandal between her husband, then President Bill Clinton, and intern Monica Lewinsky was high on the news, on pages and screens of the world’s media. A citizen, from our part of the world, that is Asia, would have thought that, she being an American, and Americans being fierce advocators of liberation and transparency of their citizens, would soon get annoyed, and irritated with Bill Clinton, not to mention the distrust for his waywardness, and would gradually split off with him. This, in fact, turned out to be an anticlimax. She stuck with him through thick and thin, until today. She had just shown a message to the world; that Americans are not as 'trigger' happy as we thought they would be, and they, too, have understanding and tolerance, as was required by the society of the eastern world.

Another thing that made me be attracted towards her is, her motherliness and simple man-on-the-street (or, woman-on-the-street, if you please!) approach and presentation, with her innocent talk and laughter. She is 62, but does not look her age. She looks more like in the age around 40s, with pleasing dimples on her cheeks when she smiled or laughed. (Well, Mrs. Clinton, I will have certainly brought a red blush of happiness on your pretty face with this remark. Have I not?)

I had followed her closely through the media, of her election speeches for the candidacy of Democrats, and they were terrific. However, when she lost to Barack Obama, finally, there was only a tiny speck of disappointment in me for her loss, for I had been also an ardent fan of Barack Obama!

My approval for Obama grew further, when he made Hillary the US Secretary of State, and that I acknowledged gleefully as very appropriate, and well deserved. Yes, it was a very correct choice, indeed. Holding the post of the Secretary of State is no easy task, with all the complexities of the world, and the responsibilities. But she seems to handling it all right and I have a feeling that she is enjoying it too!

Well, she, indeed, has a certain charisma to pull people to her side, as had happened with me. However, there is yet another woman out there, who is making heads turn, wherever she goes. Mine turns, too! She is no other than Michelle Obama! That is for another day!