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Old December 1st, 2008
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Default Re: Clinton choosen as Secretary of State

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Originally Posted by Rick Thorne View Post
Isn't it illegal according to the Constitution for a elected official to leave office for a higher paying non-elected position? Oh well who goes by the constitution any more? Bush said it was just a piece of paper and the voters elected a non citizen. I guess nobody cares!
IIRC the illegality is because she was a member of Congress when a payraise was authorized for the Sec of State job.

But as far as Hillary getting the job goes consider this: She serves at Barack's pleasure, so suppose after a year or two on the job he decides she's not cutting it and fires her. She can't go back to the Senate without being elected (again) and she's two years away from running for President again and this time she has no government position to pay the bills with, she's just a private citizen. Talk about payback!
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