Hillary Clinton's Real World Experience

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From CNN The Situation Room:

TODD (voice-over): Her campaign revived, Hillary Clinton hammers at why she says she's best equipped to take on John McCain, what she says is real experience in real-world crises that sets her apart from Barack Obama. He counters, the media has not held her feet to the fire on foreign policy.

OBAMA: But was she negotiating treaties or agreements or was she handling crises during this period of time? My sense is, the answer is no.

TODD: Here's what we found on Senator Clinton's specific claims.

CLINTON: I helped to bring peace to Northern Ireland.

TODD: A "Washington Post" blogger accused Senator Clinton in January of exaggerating her involvement in Northern Ireland. But former Democratic Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, who was U.S. special envoy to Northern Ireland, told us off camera, while Mrs. Clinton was not directly involved in negotiations, she did play a helpful role, bringing in women's groups who made a difference. Mitchell is a Democratic superdelegate and has not publicly endorsed Clinton or Obama. Congressman Peter King, a Republican, was also involved in the Northern Ireland peace process. He recalls one late-night meeting with Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.

(snip)

CLINTON: I negotiated open borders to let fleeing refugees into safety from Kosovo.

TODD: In May 1999, she was in Macedonia, visiting refugee camps near the Kosovo border and meeting Macedonia's president and prime minister. Sources with knowledge of her visit says she discussed the refugees' plights with her visitors. Not clear how much she helped, since CNN reported at the time that Macedonia reopened its border to Kosovar refugees before Mrs. Clinton's visit.

Then there's this statement about China...

CLINTON: I have been standing up against, you know, the Chinese government over women's rights and standing up for human rights in many different places.
TODD: During a 1995 visit to Beijing, Hillary Clinton made this speech at a time when her husband's administration was trying to press China on human rights. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, 1995)
CLINTON: No one should be forced to remain silent for fear of religious or political persecution, arrest, abuse, or torture.

TODD: One other thing to remember, a former National Security Council official in the Clinton administration tells us, Mrs. Clinton did not attend NSC meetings. So, while her experience is extensive, she rarely carried an official portfolio.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0803/06/sitroom.01.html

[FrenchieCat]

1. Like exaggerating is gonna help her answer the red phone

she likes to talk about. Don't think so!

[Mooney]

6. It's a REALLY fucking red phone

and she will just answer the shit out of it.

[DJ13]

2. Im qualified to be a surgeon

Once I put a bandaid on my finger.

[AZBlue]

4. Then I can be Chief of Surgery!

Because I used Neosporin on a band aid once and then put it on my finger. Very very complicated.

[redstate_democrat]

3. What "experience" did

she gain by sitting on the board of Walmart? How to sell out poor working folks? Oh, I see. A photo op here and there does not mean experience.

EXPERIENCE YOU CAN FABRICATE!

[Cant trust em]

5. Hillary Clinton made a speech in China

but wait. I thought that speeches weren't valuable.

[FrenchieCat]

7. Only when she's doing the talking.....

then they are like a National Security weapon or something. :eyes:

[woolldog]

8. exactly

I thought she was in the "solutions business" and not about speeches. What did she solve in China with her speech and since when does giving a speech count as foreign policy experience?