I don't think Hillary shines. She scares me!! But I know so little about Obama.<br><br>How are people looking at this years elections? Who do they like and why?<br>~Lance<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List <<a href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> When I hear Hillary Clinton speak of her 35 years experience in<br>
> government, I can't help think of Nancy Reagan's observation "For<br>
> eight years I was sleeping with the President of the United States. If<br>
> that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does."<br>
><br>
> Unlike Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton had her own law degree, in her<br>
> own right, and her own law practice, distinct from the career of her<br>
> husband. However, her own distinct experience in government is only<br>
seven<br>
> years. Prior to 2000, she had been the governor's wife, the<br>
ex-governor's<br>
> wife, the governor returned to office's wife, the president's wife...<br>
that<br>
> is what her experience in government consisted of.<br>
><br>
> Michelle Obama has her own law degree too. But if she says, eight<br>
> years from now, that she has experience in the Illinois legislature,<br>
the<br>
> U.S. senate, and the White House, I will not be in the least impressed<br>
> that she is a viable candidate for president. She might run on her own<br>
> merit for governor of Illinois -- that would be a different question<br>
> entirely.<br>
><br>
> Any man or woman who aspires to be president should do so on their<br>
> own distinct and individual experience in government, or lack thereof.<br>
><br>
> Take, for instance, Margaret Thatcher. I would never have voted for<br>
> her for anything, becuse there is very little she did or said that I do<br>
<br>
> not abhor. But, as a woman in public office, she got to be prime<br>
> minister as the culmination of her own service in parilament. Her<br>
husband<br>
> Dennis never ran for or served in public office. He had a business of<br>
his<br>
> own, and he was very much a quiet man in the background of Thatcher's<br>
> public career.<br>
><br>
> On her own, Hillary has seven going on eight years in government.<br>
> Barack Obama has 8 years in the Illinois legislature, three going on<br>
four<br>
> years in the United States Senate, total of 11+ years. It hardly seems<br>
like<br>
> the angle which makes her shine.</blockquote></div>