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Meldread Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-03-07 03:01 PM
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Why does Hillary deserve the "experienced" label?
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Edited on Fri Aug-03-07 03:05 PM by Meldread
She's been a first lady. However, that does not automatically qualify someone to be President of the United States, unless someone is prepared to start printing Laura Bush in '08 bumper stickers.

She's been a Senator. She isn't the only Senator running, and being a Senator doesn't qualify you for being President. Being a legislator and being an executive are two different things. Hillary doesn't really have a record that I'd be proud to run on. She supported the invasion of Iraq and her position is still wishy-washy. By now any candidate who can't stand up and say, "I made a serious mistake, if I could go back and do it differently I would." doesn't even deserve consideration. Aside from that vote, her only other memorable vote was her pandering for a Constitutional Amendment against flag burning. Does this qualify her as being experienced? I will agree that she is certainly experienced when it comes to pandering and making mistakes.

Obama gets trounced hard for his lack of experience, and it may be true that he's wet behind the ears, but he is on record as speaking out against the Iraq War before the first troops even marched onto Iraqi soil. He is on record speaking against the war at a time when 80% of the Country, including Hillary, was throwing all the support they could behind it. He may not be the most "experienced" (depending on how you define it) but judging from past actions he certainly has the better intuition.

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I am sure Hillary could hide behind Bill and his "experience" but he isn't running for President, and if Bill were to begin poking his nose into presidential decision making if she were elected President, I wonder if that would qualify as a potential breech of the constitution regarding presidential term limits?
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