Would Hillary Clinton be running for president today if she weren't married to former president Bill Clinton?

Yes

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by J. Janie Lipsmeyer

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Hillary Clinton would definitely run for President even if she had not married former President Bill Clinton. She is among America's great women, and history is likely to honor her some day.

At an early age Hillary was keenly aware that God had a purpose for her. Like Hillary, many of us know that God did not make people to just sit around like a bump on a pickle. Because Hillary has a receptive heart and listens well, she was deeply moved when she heard of John Wesley's (founder of the Methodist Church) words: "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the way you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can" (p. 22).

Not only is Senator Hillary a feminine woman, petite and attractive, she is also truly intelligent she graduated from Wesley and Yale, and practiced law. She is level-headed, disciplined, bold, creative and innovative, ethical and wise. She holds standards of excellence, is a great organizer, and takes initiative.

Hillary shows empathy for others and enjoys helping others, especially those who have been neglected. People who know her can tell you that Hillary has a good heart, is a woman of faith, and is a wonderful mother who loves her family and upholds family values.

Her enemies have been twisting her words for a very long time. They deliberately misinterpret her writings and speeches and take her words out of context to incite hatred. They criticize her hair, her clothes, her looks, her voice, and lately, her laughter.

On the contrary, she usually looks nice in whatever trend or style she chooses to follow. Hillary is blessed with beautiful hair and any hairstyle adorns her face nicely. She can successfully wear her hair short or long; wavy, curly, or straight.

She is an effective speaker who is not embarrassed or afraid to address issues and convictions. Many men and women would rather hide and make themselves unavailable to speak for fear of being cast out by their social and political groups.

Not Hillary! If she sees a need for justice, she stands up and acts. She diligently presents ideas and plans that will benefit all Americans, not just the downtrodden. No, Hillary does not mimic as other politicians who stay on the same old script telling people nice things to get their votes. Yet they have no intentions of even trying to deliver on their promises.

Men in general do not like her because she is a woman, and they do feel threaten. They are not sure of themselves and are so aware of Hillary's intelligence, and strong confidence.

Tradition ally, Men see themselves as superior to women in every aspect, and our society favors men. Most females have experienced this unfairness even in their school days:

If a young lady did poorly on a test, she would just get a red mark. However, if a male, especially a male athlete, did poorly on the same test; his grade would get curved to a B or better. Yet the rest of the students knew that he did not prepare for the test and should not have gotten a good grade, especially when he didn't even take 10 minutes taking an hour long exam.

Why did this happen? This happened because the instructor perceived the young man to be smart and as one who was just having a bad day. So the instructor would readily give the student a good grade.

Men refuse to accept that women can be wise, effective leaders. Yet Hillary has proved herself time and time again. She delivers words with substance while others continue to tickle our ears with their colorful words dressed with subtle flirtation and little smirks. They think women are shallow and will vote for them.

The truth is that many politicians have been goofing off and letting America down. Business lobbyists have managed to get politicians to bend or circumvent laws and regulations to help giants like insurance companies, pharmaceuticals and polluting industries.

But God has been preparing Hillary for greatness. As a young child, she and her neighborhood friends raised money for charities. She organized and led events (p13).

Her participation in her church opened her eyes and heart to the needs of others and helped instill a sense of social responsibilities.

She attended and witnessed one of Dr. Luther King's speeches, "Remaining Awake through a Revolution" (meaning the social revolution occurring in America). In his speech King heeded people with strong words to learn to live together or perish together (p.23).

Innovative she was the first to give a speech on her graduation at Wesley College. Before, students were not allowed to give speeches at graduation in that college. Her speech was greatly applauded but was not without attacks (pp.41-42).

At a young age, Hillary was interested in government. She held class leadership positions in school and headed committees. In college she continued to volunteer and work in committees. As a young adult,she gathered data and important research information. As a lawyer she saw the injustices and did her best to correct and bring attention to the problems.

Under a Wesley Internship program, Hillary spent the summer working and learning about our government (pp.34-35).

Later in Washington, she worked for Marian Wright Edelman and was assigned to gather information on the failure of the President's Administration to enforce the legal ban of tax-exempt status to private segregated academies.

These academies were created solely as a means to keep white children from going to the newly integrated public schools. In one instance she did some investigation on a private, all white school posing as a mother interested in getting her "pretend child" enrolled. She was assured by the school that "no black students would be enrolled" (p57).

Yes, she is destined to greatness. She has worked hard, got her education, prepared for great things to happen. As a young woman, she enjoyed life and had fun with friends, but took her roles seriously. She continues to love God and serves him by doing everything she can, when she.

She could very well be our President some day. She is favored by God and has his hand on her. She is a woman of faith who loves her family and just happens to be in politics.

Do your own unbiased informed research. Read Hillary Rodham Clinton's published works and discover more of her heart for America. Definitely read her book "LIVING HISTORY." You will see that it is undeniable she would have run for President even if her Bill had not been in her life.

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Clinton, Hillary Rodham. 2003. "Living History," 2003. Simon & Schuster, Rockefeller Center, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

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