[GCFL-discuss] 35 years?

[Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List]

I don't think Hillary shines. She scares me!! But I know so little about
Obama.

How are people looking at this years elections? Who do they like and why?
~Lance

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List
<gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> wrote:

> > 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.
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