Saturday, October 23, 2004
Election Angst Getting to Ya, Binky?
this'll
A Clinton insider and a senior U.N. source told the wire service that the 58-year-old former president would like to be named leader of the world body when Kofi Annan's term ends early in 2006. "He definitely wants to do it," the Clinton insider said this week. "A Clinton candidacy is likely to receive overwhelming support from U.N. member states, particularly the Third World," UPI chief international correspondent Roland Flamini said. "Diplomats in Washington say Clinton would galvanize the United Nations and give an enormous boost to its prestige. But the former president's hopes hang on a crucial question that will not be addressed until after the presidential elections: Can he get the support of the U.S. government — a prerequisite for nomination? "
There had been rumors that [Clinton] would run the Third Way organization, the world Social Democratic movement he had talked of launching together with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
The Un is made up of 185 sovereign nations, 500 seat-holding NGOs and 3,000 "consultant" NGOs.
[Um... 'scuse me, General Custer? I think we're outnumbered.]
Who the heck are all those NGOs and what are they doing at the UN? Well, they are self-appointed groups vying for government-sized budgets and global power, claiming a pseudo-governmental legitimacy while side-stepping the accountability that is the essential requirement of legitimate government. In short, these burgeoning elements of the global New-Left are "hijacking democracy."
More at NGO Watch.org [this'll raise the hair on the back of your neck...] Ok -- We gots Kerry in the WH [bite your tongue] awaiting the Global Test results from Billy "ooo - exotic new interns" Clinton [read: 'Hillary'] at the UN, NGOs lining up at the borders, Hilldabeest waiting in the wings....
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