[GCFL-discuss] 35 years?
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Fri Mar 14 00:47:15 CDT 2008
i don't like any of the candidates.
i voted for hilary in the primary as in "better the devil you know ...."
and will probably vote mccain in november.
greenBubble
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Subject: Re: [GCFL-discuss] 35 years?
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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