Smiling Faces--Sometimes Lie

A few hours ago I watched Senator Hillary Clinton's endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic Presidential nomination. In my observation, I could not help but reflect on her orchestrated tears before the New Hampshire primary and her "misspoken" words of dodging bullets in Bosnia. And sadly, I had to ask, can we really trust this woman? In my question I remembered a song from one of the great groups of the 1970s, Undisputed Truth. In that great era of soul music they released a giant hit song entitled, "Smiling Faces Sometimes." The lyrics tells the listener to be careful of the words that you hear from alleged friends in a revealing line that says, "Remember a smile is just a frown turned upside down."Now, this brings us back to Hillary.

Senator Clinton has carried on one of the dirtiest presidential campaigns in recent history. She has attacked him personally, attempted to create an atmosphere for his assassination, played the race card, and presented herself in a manner that suggest if Obama is the Democratic nominee she would rather see Republican John McCain as the next president of the United States. Therefore, in her endorsement of Obama can we take her words as being truthful.

Indeed, her supporters would argue that of course Hillary is a truthful broker, look she said, her campaign and backers will take their energy, passion and "do all [they] can to help elect Barack Obama." But, in that announcement and suspension of her campaign she has refused to release her delegates while bullying Obama to pay off her $30 million campaign debt and naming her as the vice-presidential candidate. Well, if a person is that hostile, arrogant and rude who took days to offer a simple congratulation to Obama for the win--again, can you trust her smile and words?

Let's take another step. In the "suspension" of her presidential run Senator Clinton argued that she lost to Senator Obama because she is a woman. Specifically, she said--"we [woman] were not able to shatter this highest, hardest glass ceiling this time." Minorities and most other Americans understand that this is a line in reference to institutional racism and sexism. Instead, of acknowledging that she was out campaigned, out smarted, and out worked. She seemed to forget that she was the favorite for the nomination. Now, for her to act like a female victim is a blatant lie. Even when President Bill "Player" Clinton had sex in the Oval Office with Monica "I Never Had Sex With" Lewinski, then--first lady Hillary Clinton, never cried victim and female oppression.

In light of these reservations--can any of us, regardless of political affiliation, really trust Hillary Clinton? The answer is no. Republicans knew of her deceit for years. Democrats have found out about it the hard way. Therefore, in dealing with Hillary remember Undisputed Truth, "smiling faces sometimes tells lies."