[GCFL-discuss] 35 years?

[Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List]

Thanks Green!!
~Lance

On 3/13/08, Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List <
gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net> wrote:
>
>  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?
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>
>  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:
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> > > 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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