[GCFL-discuss] 35 years?

[Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List]

> When I hear Hillary Clinton speak of her 35 years experience in
> government, I can't help think of Nancy Reagan's observation "For 
> eight years I was sleeping with the President of the United States. If 
> that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does."
> 
> Unlike Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton had her own law degree, in her 
> own right, and her own law practice, distinct from the career of her
> husband. However, her own distinct experience in government is only
seven
> years. Prior to 2000, she had been the governor's wife, the
ex-governor's 
> wife, the governor returned to office's wife, the president's wife...
that 
> is what her experience in government consisted of.
> 
> Michelle Obama has her own law degree too. But if she says, eight 
> years from now, that she has experience in the Illinois legislature,
the 
> U.S. senate, and the White House, I will not be in the least impressed 
> that she is a viable candidate for president. She might run on her own 
> merit for governor of Illinois -- that would be a different question 
> entirely.
> 
> Any man or woman who aspires to be president should do so on their 
> own distinct and individual experience in government, or lack thereof.
> 
> Take, for instance, Margaret Thatcher. I would never have voted for 
> her for anything, becuse there is very little she did or said that I do

> not abhor. But, as a woman in public office, she got to be prime 
> minister as the culmination of her own service in parilament. Her
husband 
> Dennis never ran for or served in public office. He had a business of
his 
> own, and he was very much a quiet man in the background of Thatcher's 
> public career.
> 
> On her own, Hillary has seven going on eight years in government. 
> Barack Obama has 8 years in the Illinois legislature, three going on
four 
> years in the United States Senate, total of 11+ years. It hardly seems
like 
> the angle which makes her shine.