Hillary is not being honest about her part in the Northern Ireland peace talks

[Botany]

A key peace negotiator and Nobel Prize winner intimately familiar with the Northern Ireland peace process, however, says that Mrs. Clinton's claim is exaggerated and a "wee bit silly." Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey, Nobel laureate, former First Minister of the province of Ulster in Northern Ireland, and a key player in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement for which Mrs. Clinton seeks to take credit, had the following to say as reported in London's Telegraph:

"I don’t know there was much she did apart from accompanying Bill going around.... She visited when things were happening, saw what was going on, she can certainly say it was part of her experience. I don’t want to rain on the thing for her but being a cheerleader for something is slightly different from being a principal player.

Negotiator Conall McDevitt likewise recalls no significant role played by Mrs. Clinton in the peace process, noting that all significant communication with the US administration came from the president himself. An important meeting in Belfast that Mrs. Clinton claimed to have "pulled together" turns out to have been a tea party organized by the US Consulate. Conversation at the event "seemed a little bit stilted, a little prepared at times" according to the report, and Mrs. Clinton admired a stainless steel tea pot for keeping the brew "so nice and hot."

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[fascisthunter]

1. Is She Ever Honest Anymore?

She's run a disgusting campaign so far.

[Botany]

2. Yes ....

She wants to be President and will do and say anything
to reach her goal.

[Tarc]

3. George Mitchell says otherwise

Sorry, O-Bots;

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/10/eveningnews/main3923206.shtml?source=search_story

[Botany]

4. Supportive Role?

Oh please .... I helped OSU beat Michigan in 2006
... I was supporting

[Tarc]

6. If the Du has shown us anything, its that O-Bots have healthy diets

Apples and oranges do a body good.

[SteelPenguin]

7. That's your rebuttal?

George Mitchell: She was helpful and supportive, very much involved in the issues, knew all of the delegates. She accompanied President Clinton on each visit he made to Northern Ireland, made several visits of her own. Her greatest focus was on encouraging women in Northern Ireland to get in and stay in the political process, the peace process. And I have said publicly many times and wrote in my book, the role of women in the peace process in Northern Ireland was significant. It did make a difference in the process, so as I said I think it was a helpful and supportive role.

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If you take that as some sort of affirmation about her foreign affairs prowess, then you're a C-Bot. She did first lady stuff. All well and good, and helpful, but not exactly sitting the leaders down at a table and brokering an agreement.

Oh wait, she actually met the delegates because she stood next to the President the whole time? She flew over on the plane with everyone? She had some tea parties and photo ops? I'm sure it was truly helpful and supportive, but claiming it as foreign affairs experience is resume padding at it's worst.

[Alamom]

5. John Hume Disputes Baron Trimble

Gandhi Peace Prize, Martin Luther King Award Winner,Nobel laureate John Hume


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