When did Hillary make the switch from Goldwater Girl

[marylanddem]

to Democrat? Has she ever discussed this in her writings?

And my other question is, given all this attention being paid to Obama's admitted past drug use, has she
ever said whether or not she inhaled? I think it's about time someone asked her - but if she was indeed a
Goldwater girl she may well have been the one in one-hundred who never tried pot. Just asking...

[ElizabethDC]

1. Yes, it happened during her college years

she was only 16/17 years old during the '64 elections. She writes about her political transition in her autobiography.

[LittleClarkie]

3. Her first foray into politics, it sounds like

before she was really informed.

[ElizabethDC]

7. Yes, and I think she was heavily influenced by her father

who was a very staunch Republican. When you live in that kind of household, it's a bit difficult to actively support the other side.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. She was a "Goldwater Girl" when she was maybe 16

It's like saying Obama is a radical Muslim.

Give it a rest, guys.

--p!

[queenbdem87]

6. Chill out

The poster was just asking an honest question. And for your information, calling Clinton a "Goldwater girl" is not the same as calling Obama a "radical muslim" because he never was one.

[regnaD kciN]

8. Wow...talk about sneaking in a little anti-Obama misinformation...

She was a "Goldwater Girl" when she was maybe 16

It's like saying Obama is a radical Muslim

It's not at all "like saying Obama is a radical Muslim," because Obama never was a Muslim, "radical" or not, whether at 16 or any other age.

But nice job helping to subtly spread the usual HRC lies about Obama. :puke:

[rAVES]

9. That is a preposterous analogy..

[Ino]

12. No, it's not like that.

Obama was never a radical Muslim. But Hillary WAS a Goldwater Girl and president of the Wellesley Young Republicans in college.

[Dogmudgeon]

13. Parsing it a little closely?

These are all well-worn GOP straw arguments, but they are being repeated endlessly.

The very fact that even mentioning them is now a de facto political sin shows how much of a distorted echo chamber effect is taking place.

When every statement becomes evidence of hostility, paranoia has taken over.

Ignore the gossip. ALL of it.

--p!

[KoKo]

4. Of all the things about the Clintons that I could find fault with...Hillary being

a "Goldwater Girl" is the LEAST...I would have a problem with.....She was young once and was forming her opinions.... I'll give her a pass on this one. I would want to know if she will prosecute the BUSHIES/Cheney's to the FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW....more than I care about what she was when she was a teenager or early 20's.

just saying...and I'm a Kucinich/Edwards supporter... I won't trash her on this...youthful escapade.

[napi21]

5. 1968 she switched to Dem.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/hillary.clinton.html

click on the career tab

[Alexander]

10. She supported Gene McCarthy's 1968 presidential bid.

I think it was around that time, when the Vietnam War was becoming hugely unpopular.

[TahitiNut]

11. She was a Rockefeller Republican until Nixon won the 1968 RNC Convention.

That's when she abandoned the Republican Party and switched to Democratic.

[candice]

14. When she was a teenager, she came under the influence of a progressive

Methodist minister who took a group of students to hear Martin Luther King speak. She was further "radicalized" by attending college in the late 60s at Wellesley where she became a Democrat, which was a party that addressed the social movements of the day. She gave her commencement address and was dubbed a young radical.

My mother was a Young Republican until she met Richard Nixon in California. She switched immediately to the Democratic Party and became very liberal. Her parents had been Republicans, and let's face it, Eisenhower wouldn't recognize Reagan or Karl Rove's party. Republicans used to be Main Street Middle America not the super wealthy with a coalition (for upping the vote numbers) of seggies and flat-earthers and easily manipulated fearful dweebs.

[Rex]

15. Goldwater people look like moderates compared to insane RWingers

like Newt and his 'contract on America'. I think Bill had alot to do with the way she is now.