I'm still trying to figure out what in Clinton's "lifetime of experience" makes her more qualified!

[Emit]

Clinton can't even explain what in her "life time of experience" makes her more qualified than Obama to handle a foreign policy crisis.

Q: Senator, can you talk about one specific time when you've had to make that kind of 3 A.M., split-second decision based on foreign policy?

Clinton: Well, I was involved in a lot of the decisions that were made. But again, you're looking at it from the wrong perspective. I'm presenting – you know, no one who hasn't been president has ever done that. So, that's not the right question. The question is, what have you done over the course of a lifetime to equip you for that moment. Now, I think you'll be able to imagine many things Senator McCain will be able to say. He's never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator Obama will put forth the speech he made in 2002. And that's why national security is a critical issue for Democrats as we go into this primary; because everyone knows that John McCain will make this election about national security, that is a given. And it will be imperative that we have a nominee who is able to stand on that stage with Senator McCain, and I believe I am the person best able to do that. (CNN, 3/1/08)

http://edition1.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0803/01/cnr.04.html

Notice the rhetoric? She can't even answer the question. She responds: "But again, you're looking at it from the wrong perspective..." And then circles back with the same comment that prompted the question to begin with: "Now, I think you'll be able to imagine many things Senator McCain will be able to say. He's never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator Obama will put forth the speech he made in 2002."

Just like when Mark Penn, Howard Wolfson and Lee Feinstein couldn't answer the question.

I've seen at least three videos of her today repeating this same thing: "I think that I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002..."

I think this clip might have even 5 different clips of recent interviews where she just keeps repeating this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMVOT-IH8sg

So, makes me wonder, what in her "life time of experience" makes her more qualified than Obama or McCain to handle a foreign policy crisis?

[IndianaGreen]

1. Her 35 years of experience begins with Rose Law in Arkansas

which includes getting business from companies doing business with the state, while Bill was governor, and her billing practices as a junior partner to Web Hubbel. Let's start there!

[Liberal Veteran]

4. And don't discount her role in making Wal-Mart the epitome of fair labor.

And of course her husband's record which she trumpets. For the most part, the Clinton team rarely took a principled stand.

[surfin]

21. I was part of a big company that had division there

and when she was put on the list of the top 100 lawyers in the USA, one of the key attornies in Little Rock said she would not be in the top 100 in Little Rock. Never forgot that then heard she failed her bar exam the first time. Not as smart as Obama.

[papau]

2. If you don't want to see it - you won't -. Just hold onto "hope" for the general

[Emit]

8. What foreign policy experience makes her more qualified, though?

[abburdlen]

49. must be the AUFM

that's what separates her experience from Obama isn't it?

[BeatleBoot]

3. Here's her Experience - in 100 Reasons to Vote For Hillary

Reason #1 to support Hillary:
In Arkansas she was instrumental in straightening out their school system - taking it from one of the worst systems to a role model used by other troubled schools on how to improve public education.

Reason #2 to support Hillary:
In 2006, she led the fight to kill the anti-gay Republican constitutional amendment that for the first time would have added laws to the Constitution that would INCREASE discrimination.

Reason #3 to support Hillary:
After being pummeled by the public for trying to pass Universal Health care while she was First Lady, she dusted herself off and in 1997, led a federal effort that provided insurance support for children whose parents were unable to provide them with health coverage.

Reason #4 to Support Hillary:
She was able to secure a raise in research funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma at the National Institutes of Health.

Reason #5 to Support Hillary:
She initiated the Adoption and Safe Families Act.

Reason #6 to Support Hillary:
She's authored a great deal of legislation during her years on the Armed Services Committee that has passed regarding increased and improved benefits for our returning Iraq veterans.

Reason #7 to Support Hillary:
She was one of the key Senators who fought to give our military badly needed raises and increase in benefits. For being such flag wavers, it was the Republicans and Bush who resisted these attempts to show our military how much we value and appreciate them.

Reason #8 to Support Hillary:
Since 1974 she has been fighting for a woman's right to choose.

Reason #9 to Support Hillary:
She is fighting to lift the ban on stem cell research to cure devastating diseases.

Reason #10 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)

Reason #11 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)

Reason #12 to Support Hillary:
Vows to protect next generation by paying off national debt.

Reason #13 to Support Hillary:
Fought in Congress to "Help people facing foreclosure; don't just bail-out banks." (Aug 2007)

Reason #14 to Support Hillary:
In 1962 she met MLK Jr. preaching a sermon in Chicago and learned from him the importance of equal rights for all.

Reason #15 for Supporting Hillary:
In 1965 she brought black classmates to her until-then all-white church.

Reason #16 to Support Hillary:
Since 1995 has criticized China's human rights abuses.

Reason #17 to Support Hillary:
IN 1988 Instituted gender diversity Report Card within the American Bar Association, which sets standards for lawyers in the U.S.

Reason #18 to Support Hillary:
In 1972 worked as a lawyer suing white-only schools, working with Marian Wright Edelman on enforcing school desegregation in the South.

Reason #19 to Support Hillary:
In October, 2000 she said it's not enough for America just to apologize for slavery and move on; we need to concentrate on civil rights now.

Reason #20 to Support Hillary:
Has been pushing for a "Privacy Bill of Rights" for all Americans since 2000.

Reason #21 to support Hillary:
Will end don't ask, don't tell in the military, "Gay soldiers need to shoot straight, not be straight." November 2003.

Reason #22 to Support Hillary:
Supports civil unions, with full equality of federal benefits.

Reason #23 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on adding violent crimes based on victim's sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes.

Reason #24 to support Hillary:
Rated 96% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance.

Reason #25 to support Hillary:
Freedom of Speech: Voted NO on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration.

Reason #26 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on repealing tax subsidy for companies which move US jobs offshore. (Mar 2005)

Reason #27 to Support Hillary:
Voted more funding and stricter sentencing for prosecution of hate crimes. (Apr 2001)

Reason #28 to Support Hillary:
Voted to Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)

Reason #29 to Support Hillary:
Although she was in college during the height of the drug culture in the late 1960s, she was devoted to work on civil rights instead of partying and taking drugs.

Reason #30 to Support Hillary:
She is fighting for Universal pre-kindergarten.

Reason #31 to Support Hillary:
Wants to establish an education "Bill of Rights" - Establish right to education from pre-school thru college.

Reason #32 to Support Hillary:
Since 1998 has fought publicly to keep art and music programs in public schools. "Arts education is needed in our schools."

Reason #33 to Support Hillary:
'Government should pay off all student loans for teachers who go to urban schools." March, 2000

Reason #34 to Support Hillary:
Wants a complete re-write, a Total change in No Child Left Behind. (August, 2007)

Reason #35 to Support Hillary:
Rated 82% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes.

Reason #36 to Support Hillary
Voted YES on spending $448B on education & debt reduction instead of Bush's tax cut for the rich. (Apr 2001)

Reason #37 to Support Hillary:
Wants to "Remove energy dependence on countries who would harm us." (Jun 2006)

Reason #38 to Support Hillary:
Wants to build a "$50B strategic energy research fund from taxing oil companies." (Oct 2006)

Reason #39 to Support Hillary:
Wants to Invest in alternative energy; jobs that won't be outsourced.

Reason #40 to Support Hillary:
Called on U.S. to Ratify Kyoto; and fund more mass transit. (Sep 2000)

Reason #41 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)

Reason #42 to Support Hillary:

Voted NO on drilling for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)

Reason #43 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010. (Jun 2003)

Reason #44 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on Bush Administration Energy Policy. (Jul 2003)

Reason #45 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)

Reason #46 to Support Hillary: (listen up Louisiana!)
Voted YES on $3.1B for emergency oil assistance for hurricane-hit areas. (Oct 2005)

Reason #47 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning. (May 2007)

Reason #48 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on making oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. (Jun 2007)

Reason #49 to Support Hillary:
Rated 89% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes.

Reason #50 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)

Reason #51 to Support Hillary:
Called on Bush to "Put someone in charge of Katrina recovery who actually cares." (Aug 2007)

Reason #52 to Support Hillary:
Her Support for green-collar job training

Reason #53 to Support Hillary:
Introduced bill to Better track kids' products for exposures to toxic materials coming from China.

Reason #54 to support Hillary:
Calls for the government to treat kids as "child citizens" not "minors" under the law. (Since Dec 1999)

Reason #55 to Support Hillary:
Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition

Reason #56 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on enlarging NATO to include poor Eastern Europe nations. (May 2002

Reason #57 to Support Hillary:
"Smartest strategic choice is peace." (Nov 1999)

Reason #58 to Support Hillary:
Calling for a NATO-enforced no-fly zone to end Darfur genocide. (June, 2007

Reason #59 to Support Hillary:
IN the 1970s worked to pass Constitutional Amendment to allow young people aged 18, 19, 20 to vote.

Reason #60 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on allowing lobbyist gifts to Congress

Reason #61 to Support Hillary:
Pledges to support $50B for AIDS relief in US and world

Reason #62 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record.

Reason #63 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)

Reason #64 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)

Reason #65 to Support Hillary:
Says, "Torture cannot be American policy, period." (Sep 2007)

Reason #66 to Support Hillary:
She would never say anything as creepy and cult-like as "We are the ones we have been waiting for."

Reason #67 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record.

Reason # 68 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision. (Dec 2005)

Reason #69 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on requiring CIA reports on detainees & interrogation methods. (Sep 2006)

Reason #70 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees. (Sep 2006)

Reason #71 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on limiting soldiers' deployment to 12 months. (Jul 2007)

Reason #72 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)

Reason #73 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on comprehensive immigration reform. (Jun 2007)

Reason #74 to Support Hillary:
Voted: No salary increase for Congress until minimum wage increased.

Reason #75 to Support Hillary:
Would accept minimum wage as president. (Jul 2007)

Reason #76 to Support Hillary:
Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record.

Reason #77 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)

Reason #78 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25.

Reason #79 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing

Reason #80 to Support Hillary:
Admits she made mistake in believing in WMDs in Iraq after being mislead by the Bush Administration.

Reason #81 to Support Hillary:
Reaches out to conservatives but voting record is progressive.

Reason #82 to Support Hillary:
"Karl Rove is obsessed with me because I take Republicans on & beat them." (Aug 2007)

Reason #83 to Support Hillary:
Served as a Staff attorney on Watergate/Nixon impeachment investigation.

Reason #84 to Support Hillary:
1976: Organized Indiana for Carter-Mondale campaign. She knows what it is like to work on a democrat campaign in RED STATES!

Reason #85 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the AU, indicating support of church-state separation.

Reason #86 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming John Roberts for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Reason #87 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming Samuel Alito as Supreme Court Justice.

Reason #88 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record.

Reason #89 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on increasing tax deductions for college tuition.

Reason #90 to Support Hillary:
At Wellesley in 1968, steered college anti-war movement.

Reason #91 to Support Hillary:
Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women.

Reason #92 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005)

Reason # 93 to Support Hillary:
1980s: Led her church to found the largest daycare in Arkansas.

Reason #94 to Support Hillary:
1978: chaired Legal Services Corp. in President Carter's Administration - allowing Poor Families access to legal aid

Reason #95 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on implementing the 9/11 Commission report to get us out of Iraq in a fast, safe manner.

Reason #96 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on restoring $565M for states' and ports' first responders eliminated by the Bush Administration.

Reason #97 to Support Hillary:
Worked with Evan Bayh, Al Gore, Bill Clinton and others in the 1980s to rejuvenate the Democratic Party from within.

Reason #98 to Support Hillary:
In 1969, she entered law school as "vehicle for social change."

Reason #99 to Support Hillary:
Calls to Increase spending for libraries.

Reason #100 to Support Hillary:
In October, 2006 - called for "Phased redeployment out of Iraq, beginning immediately.

[Emit]

6. I was thinking more in terms of foreign policy

and that post is hell for dial up members. Would you consider editing it down and providing a link? Thanks.

[Upton]

9. If all those reasons are positives

she should be able to win the nomination fairly and not rely on party insiders. Or doesn't the primary process matter when your candidate is the loser?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

19. #101

Took a morning constitutional.

:wtf:

[surfin]

23. #1 is not true

She took Arkansas to 50th in the USA and people here in Hawaii were so happy to get out of last place and we say Mahalo Hillary for doing a lousy job but we feel sorry for all the children you mess up.

[wileedog]

24. I could tear a ton of those apart, but we will go with this

"Reason #100 to Support Hillary:
In October, 2006 - called for "Phased redeployment out of Iraq, beginning immediately."

She voted to go IN in the FIRST PLACE dumbass, now we should support her because she finally realized 4 years later it was a bad idea?

[surfin]

26. #98 failed the bar exam

Not too smart as she claims to be. Obama passed his the first time.

[surfin]

27. #23 why they call her a monster

attack a 12yr old girl who was rape and blame her not the rapist. Evil.

[surfin]

28. #102 failed at this job in the White House

She set up a security office in the west wing to protect bill against bimbos. She failed. Monica, Kathleen and many others.

[milkyway]

30. Most of those reasons are just policy positions or senate votes; they're not experience.

[lmbradford]

37. how bout some links....

I already know that several of those are flat out false. My the way, by your definition if Laura Bush were to run for senator and serve a term first, she should run for president. Hell, she'll then have foreign policy experience in a time of war.....that trumps Hillary.

[WillieDee]

5. she's so full of sh*t

I really wish Obama had finished her off a week ago.

[Cogito ergo doleo]

7. I've been wondering what she was talking about, and what she

held up as her credentials. Thanks for posting this. Everyone has a lifetime of experience. It's a goofy line.

[Emit]

10. She can't even speak in specifics to the question

it's just cyclical nonsense, repeating the same thing, "I have a lifetime of experience...."

[BklynChick]

11. there's nothing there. i would almost have some respect for her if she said, "well, as the First

Lady, I ____" at least that would be honest. it would be a start. but she pretends that bill's experience is her experience except when it won't help her like NAFTA. now I wish obama would just say THAT.

[City Lights]

12. This is starting to remind me of her explanation of her IWR vote.

She just keeps saying the same thing over and over again without explaining anything. :crazy: It's another self-dug hole that gets deeper with each attempt at clarification.

[Emit]

16. That video clip of her repeating that is unreal

it's just silly, really, imo, for her to keep repeating the same thing and never answering the question. She never answers the question because she can't.

[Yael]

13. Maybe if she would release her records we could make an informed decision.

[Lucinda]

14. Do a search in GD:P - it's been posted a zillion times

:hi:

[Emit]

15. Her specific foreign policy experience?

:hi:

[Lucinda]

18. Some of it,yes. Search for Ireland and China.

:hi:

[Emit]

20. According to the WaPo Fact Checker, 'The Pinocchio Test' she exaggerates her Ireland claims

The Pinocchio Test

Hillary Clinton seems to be overstating her significance as a catalyst in the Northern Ireland peace process, which was more symbolic than substantive. On the other hand, she did play a helpful role at the margins, by encouraging organizations like Vital Voices, a women's group that takes a stand against extremism. One Pinocchio for exaggeration.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/01/clinton_and_northern_ireland.html

[Lucinda]

25. According to the CNN piece yesterday, she doesn't exaggerate.

They interviewed Reps, Dems and a man who was present when she and Bill held a late night session in Ireland with one of the leaders there. Her speech in China is available on the web. She represented our govt in 80 countries.

It's not a good argument on Obama's part.

[anigbrowl]

42. I'm Irish, I was there at the time. She's exaggerrating.

But don't take it from me; take it from Lord David Trimble, Nobel prize winner, former First Minister of Northern Ireland (effectively, the governor), and one of the people who directly brought about peace there:

http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/clinton_a_wee_bit_silly.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Trimble

[City Lights]

33. Hillary *insisted* that this be an issue. Searching the DU archives for

an answer to a question she insisted be asked just doesn't do it for me. This is her baby, and she'll have to come up with an intelligent answer. :hi:

[Lucinda]

38. You can choose to remain uninformed if you like.

You'll get no argument from me. :hi:

[City Lights]

41. I'm quite informed, thanks.

Hillary's experience is a myth.

Maybe she can use the DU archives to come up with a cogent answer to a question she insisted be asked, 'cause the one she's using now isn't cutting it and the media has noticed. :hi:

[DearAbby]

17. It began in the beginging....

and God said, let there be Hillary....and the earth was blessed with a pink cheeked baby girl...and God looked down and was pleased, God said to himself "It is good"

::screeeeeeeeeeech:: wait that is too far back...Well alrighty then,

She led her Brownie pack in "salute to freedom day"?
She won all of her badges in Girl scouts?

[Upton]

22. Don't you get it? She was Bill's wife

and if that's not good enough for you, you're are labeled a sexist.

[nomaco-10]

29. More accurate to say 40 years experience....

at being the most ambitious, power hungry, self serving, self entitled politician of modern times.
Might I also mention that she is a consummate student with a vast knowledge of old school politics when it comes to being "all things to all people" and "feeling their pain". In other words, one of the most disingenuous and insincere career politicians that I can recall in my lifetime.

[City Lights]

31. The Chi-Trib was curious about this too. Here's what they found:

Clinton's experience claim under scrutiny
Hillary Clinton may have influenced foreign policy, but evidence is scant she played pivotal role

By Mike Dorning and Christi Parsons, WASHINGTON BUREAU Tribune correspondents Jim Tankersley and Rick Pearson contributed to this report
March 7, 2008

WASHINGTON - Surrounded by military leaders in a Cabinet-style setting, Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she has "crossed the threshold" of foreign policy experience to serve as commander in chief.

Supporters of rival Barack Obama fired back immediately, arguing that the former first lady's trips abroad hardly constituted a practice run for managing global crises.

"She was never asked to do the heavy lifting" when meeting with foreign leaders, said Susan Rice, who was an assistant secretary of state in the Clinton administration and is now advising Obama. "She wasn't asked to move the mountain or deliver a harsh message or a veiled threat. It was all gentle prodding or constructive reinforcement. And it would not have been appropriate for her to do the heavy lifting."

The debate over readiness for the global arena is emerging as the flash point in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, crystallized by a dramatic Clinton campaign commercial asking who is best prepared to answer a 3 a.m. phone call to the White House during a crisis.

more... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-experiencemar07,0,51719.story

[Gore1FL]

32. Oh I know this one!

She has a desk in the senate.

She gave a speech in China

She went to a foreign country with te comedian Sinbad

She knows this guy who has actual experience.

She can point to Canada on a map.

She saw Rocky IV

[AtomicKitten]

34. Because she said so and will hit you in the face with a shovel if you dare inquire about specifics.

[PerfectSage]

35. I'm more qualified then Hillary McClainton

In 2003 I guessed correctly that invading Iraq was dumb and was gonna turn into a neo con clusterfuck/quagmire.:rofl:

[TheZug]

36. Her experience is that she's "a fighter" and you're sexist.

[aein]

45. Is that response suppose to be a parody of a Clinton supporters response? Bullshit answer and then..

attack?

[thoughtcrime1984]

39. WELCOME TO WAL-MART! HATERS OF UNIONS

Part of that amazing 35 years of experience was sitting on the board of the biggest union hating corporation known to mankind. Does that prepare her for the dismantling of unions? She is very cozy with corporate types that would love to save even more money on labor....

[Raine]

40. Dealing with 3:00 am calls letting her

know where Bill is at maybe gives her phone experience. :shrug:

[apocalypsehow]

43. Well, she headed up a Health Care Task force that got legislation passed that guaranteed to every

single American the best medical care in the wor--....uh, eh, ummmm, never mind.

She's just talking out her ass - like most of her supporters do here. Who knows why they persist in such easily disproved nonsense.

:shrug:

[AgadorSparticus]

44. well, isn't this the million dollar question...that the media is blatantly ignoring.

you'd think this would be picked apart in the media by now so that people like you and I would know unequivocably.

[Emit]

47. I can't figure out why they don't press her to answer the question

I actually don't have cable or satellite, so I am going on what I see on line, but I did search for interviews to see how she's answering this. It does seem that MSM just ignores her babble and moves on.

[HooptieWagon]

46. She voted to drop cluster bombs on civilians - does that count?

Actually, considering her voting record as Senator - she is definately not qualified to be president. Who needs more war? Who needs more shadowy characters like Rich, Hsu, Grupa, etc peddling their influence? Who needs 8 more years of clinton scandals dominating the headlines. Clintons are so last century... time for a fresh start.

[Rosemary2205]

48. Bill

She is running on a co-presidency with Bill and makes no bones about it.

[babylonsister]

50. If you find out, please share! nt