Hillary says she’s “absolutely not interested” in running for president again.

Hillary and Chelsea after big win during 2008 primary.

Hillary tells Tavis Smiley that she will not likely stay on as Secretary of State for an entire Obama presidency if there is a second term.  She also says she is “absolutely not interested” in running for president again.

TAVIS SMILEY: Finally, there’s already speculation about whether or not Secretary Clinton is going to do this for the full first time, and whether or not she has any interest if asked to stay on to do it for eight years? You see how tough the job is, can you imagine yourself doing all four years and, if asked, doing it for another four years?

HILLARY CLINTON: No, I really can’t. I mean, it is just…

TAVIS SMILEY: No to what? All four or eight?

HILLARY CLINTON: The whole, the whole eight, I mean, that that would be very challenging. But I, you know, I don’t wanna make any predictions sitting here, I’m honored to serve, I serve at the pleasure of the President, but it’s a, it’s a 24/7 job, and I think at some point, I will be very happy to LAUGHS pass it on to someone else.

As for the presidency. . .

TAVIS SMILEY: And finally, just for the record, you have said before, emphatically, in fact, that you are not interested in running again for President of the United States, I’m taking your answer now to mean that that’s still the same?

HILLARY CLINTON: Absolutely not interested.

Scott Ritter: Hillary antagonist arrested in teen sex sting.

Scott Ritter Arrested in Teen Sex Sting.

About two years ago in this blog, I reported that former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter was in New Hampshire attacking Hillary Clinton for her views on Iran. Turns out, Hillary was right that we needed a flexible response to the despots in Iran. Ritter was wrong that diplomacy alone would convince Iran to drop its nuclear weapons program.

Now, it turns out, Ritter is in the news again, this time for being caught in a teen sex sting. That’s right, the pro-Iranian weapons inspector is also a pervert.

Here’s how Fox reported the story:

Former chief United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter was arrested in a Pennsylvania sex sting in November on a litany of charges involving a lewd Internet conversation with a person he thought was a 15-year-old girl. Ritter, 48, allegedly masturbated in front of a Web camera while he was engaged in conversation in an Internet chat room with an undercover cop posing as the teenage girl.

You can read the affidavit against Ritter here.

What makes the story even more sordid but predictable is that Ritter was caught twice before trying to have sex with underage girls, in April and June of 2001.  In one case the charge was dismissed; in the other charges were never brought.

It will be amusing to read the twisted logic of those who revered Ritter and his anti-Iraq war sentiments as they try to excuse his immoral behavior and poor judgment. Certainly if you already agree with Ritter politically his judgment and morality are irrelevant: a chimpanzee could make the same case and you would agree with it.

But for those he might try to convince of the righteousness of his views, his judgment and morality are indeed relevant. If he shows such poor judgment and immorality as to knowingly jerk-off in front of an underage girl, why should his judgment and moral positions concerning world affairs be trusted?

I have a feeling that Ritter’s days as the “sky is falling” king of the far left are over. . .or should be.

From Rake Morgan, co-editor of the Hillary Clinton Quarterly.

Will the violence in Iran turn into another Hungary 1956?

The news out of Iran today is both stunning and joyous.

Shouting “death to the dictator,” Iranian protesters took to the streets again yesterday and today. In response, the government crackdown has become more violent — there’s tear gas in the streets, helicopters monitoring the scenes in the streets, burned out cars, and up to nine deaths. Reports say that soldiers fired upon unarmed dissidents. As the picture above shows, these are not scattered incidents, but large, organized groups of Iranian citizens willing to sacrifice their lives for their cause.

During the past few months, I admit that I read the news of the on-going protests with some skepticism. My cynical side told me that the protests would not last, that the iron claw of tyranny would have its way in Iran. Today’s news stories have convinced me that the protests are not going away. This is a confrontation that will either end in a bloody civil war or the ultimate overthrow of the religious fanatics controlling Iran.

Here’s my question for all those who opposed the Bush policy of regime change in Iraq: If the Iranian protesters ask for our help, should we intervene? Or should we do as we did in Hungary in 1956 and let the forces of tyranny crush this revolution?

Here are some incredible photos and videos of the Iranian protests as published today by the Los Angeles Times.