ELECTION WATCH ’08 – Hillary Clinton: Experience or Exposure?
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Posted By: M Smith on March 10, 2008 My husband is an architect. He’s been doing it for almost 10 years. Myself, I’m a writer/producer, but if you asked me some questions about architecture I bet you I can answer them, or at the very least hold an intelligent conversation about Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water or Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye – I’ve visited both of these architectural landmarks thanks to my husband. The point I’m trying to make is not about architecture, though. It is that Hillary Clinton has been exposed to politics in the same way that I have been exposed to architecture – through her husband. From being the First Lady of Arkansas to being the First Lady of the United States, there is no doubt that Mrs. Clinton’s exposure to politics through Bill Clinton had a great impact on her becoming the first First Lady to serve as a United States Senator… but will this exposure have the same impact on her campaign for presidency? And furthermore, how much exposure does one have to have in order to call it “experience?” Well, let’s take a look at Mrs. Clinton’s resume of exposure (and I’m trying to be fair here, so please bear with me) - She's a 1972 graduate of Yale Law School, where she first met William Jefferson Clinton. - Was First Lady of Arkansas for 12 years, where she also practiced law and served on the boards of several organizations dedicated to underserved children and families. - In 1993, her official duties as First Lady of the United States began. Husband Bill Clinton quickly appointed her as chair of the Task Force on National Health Care Reform. She also wrote a weekly newspaper column called, “Talking It Over,” which was the precursor to her best-selling 1996 book, “It Takes a Village.” - In 2000, she used her First Lady Mojo to secure a seat in the United States Senate, the only First Lady in history to do so. So the question that keeps popping up in my mind is: would she have been exposed to all of these great opportunities if she were not married to one very influential man? And, yes I do think that almost 30 years of exposure does equal experience, but is this the kind of experience that our country needs right now, especially after the Bush dynasty is finally coming to an end? I just don’t know. What you think: does Hillary Clinton’s exposure equal the type of experience needed to run a country? If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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I don't think it's the kind of experience we need.
Wednesday, March 12th 2008 at 12:18PM |
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I BELIEVE THAT IF HILARY BY SOME TWIST OF FATE, BECOMES THE PRESIDENT. IF THE TELEPHONE DOES RING AT 3 AM IN THE MORNING AND, IF BILL REACHES OVER TO ANSWER THE PHONE, SHE WILL THINK THAT ITS "MONICA" AND SNATCH THE PHONE FROM HIS HANDAND HANG UP!!!!
Sunday, May 11th 2008 at 7:23PM |
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As a Black American, I'm embarrassed that most of Black America is not even looking at the issues when it comes to this election. Barack Obama supports abortion and partial birth abortion, yet claims to be a "Christian." For every 1 white child aborted, 3 black children are aborted. That my friend is called "Genocide." He's wants to raise taxes to the sky. He doesn't want to drill for our own oil. He supports the teachings of evolution which support blacks are genetically inferior to whites- ARE WE STUPID?
Wednesday, June 11th 2008 at 12:25AM |
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No is the reply in my opionion.She has expierence as being a first lady in Arkansas,and in the white hse,not national policy.She has aquired senatorial expierence now also,but that does not equal Foreign policy.
Sunday, August 31st 2008 at 3:29PM |
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008 JOHN McCAIN "BUSH" THE DESPOT Former President Reagan must be turning in his graves when he sees what this despot has done to his Republican party. Certainly, he is the only one in the whole world who knows he can't govern, let alone making viable decisions for the USA. He has never been a leader but a coward captured by the enemy during the Vietnam war. Any good soldier will tell you that only idiots get captured in a war. If he was smart like the rest of the soldiers, he would have escaped. He has used been an idiot that was captured to stay in the senate for about 30 years. The short despot is too old and frail to even think for himself. He mistakes events and people and is not even capable of making good judgements. I forgave him for his blunders by backing the Iraq war which the Bushes wanted because none of their kids are in the army. To them, it is okay for someone else's kids to die but not the Bushes or the McCains whose kids are enjoying military privileges because of their family connections. The nomination of this Sarah Palin by the despot McCain, did it for me. I am quitting the Republican party for good effective today. How can a woman who does not know where her kids are at 3 o'clock in the morning, know where our economy is heading, what Russia is planning to do, or where her commie husband is?. Talk about experience, none at all except fishing excursions while attending separatist movement convention. What a bunch of fools convention in Minneapolis!. This woman who is against everything women everywhere is for, is not fit to be a council member, let alone President of this country. Hillary supporters who they are counting on trapping, are not fools. McCain has few days to live, and what a joke if the inexperienced, nonchalant, pork barrel squeezer, joker family-values Sarah P (God forbids) becomes President. That will be the end of the world as we know it. However, this dream by the Republican right wing will not come to pass. the voters are not stupid, and they will do the right thing come November. Wednesday, September 3rd 2008 at 11:09PM |
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