Clinton Returns

The Hillary Clinton that we came to know and loathe, the one we prayed would not win the primary, the one who was the "wtf" moment when named as Secretary of State, is back. As repulsive as she is, it's almost like hearing the other shoe drop to hear her say that China,

"...should examine openly the darker events of its past and provide a public accounting of those killed, detained or missing, both to learn and to heal."

This is the same Hillary Clinton who represents an administration which resists the "political distraction" of examining the Bush Administration's abuses and lawbreaking because it would "prefer to look forward" and pursue its current legislative agenda.

Admittedly, we are comparing apples and oranges to no small degree; the Bush gang did not kill large numbers of American citizens. Nonetheless, the phrasing, especially the "examine openly" and "to learn and to heal" parts, is tone deaf and rank hypocrisy.