Hillary Clinton shares my values

[Alamom]

http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070716/REPOSITORY/707160392/1029/OPINION03


Hillary Clinton shares my values


The Concord Monitor
Concord, NH

July 16. 2007 9:35AM


Letter to editor:
When it came time to pick a candidate for president, as a person who had spent her entire career in public service, first as a teacher and school librarian, and later as a state's attorney, I sought a person who had demonstrated that he or she cared about the things I care about.

I found out that instead of seeking employment at a major law firm after finishing at Yale, Hillary Clinton chose to work as an attorney for the Children's Defense Fund. Later in Arkansas she ran a legal aid clinic where she handled child abuse cases. As senator, she has worked to pass legislation to improve our education system and to provide health care for America's children. As both a parent and a professional, I have watched the once vibrant school system my children attended decline over the past decade.

I have watched the health care system improve miraculously in my lifetime, yet now I watch my children's families lose benefits every year. The educational and health care systems in this country are breaking, and we need a president who wants to fix them.

But it's not just for her stand on these issues that Hillary Clinton has my support. She has my support because of the kind of person she is: her commitment to preserving and protecting the values she grew up with, her commitment to hard work and responsibility, both fiscal and personal. These are values I've tried to live by and teach my children and grandchildren.

VERONICA HARRIS