Comments on: Experience: Clinton vs. Obama & the False Comparison

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:34:39 +0000

Wrong, New York Soldier. (And I happen to be a New Yorker, too. So stop wrapping yourself in 9/11 like Rudy Giuliani.)

In Feb. 2003, my partner and I stood with 100,000 other Americans and millions in cities around the world begging Hillary Clinton and the rest of Congress not to authorize this absurd invasion of Iraq. (And, for the record, I strongly supported the Afghanistan invasion. Maybe you remember that one – the one targeting those ACTUALLY responsible for 9/11!) The fact that the Bush Administration had floundered around, flipping from one justification to another desperately scrambling for anything to convince a skeptical public of the need for the Iraq invasion made clear to anyone paying attention that the Bush Administration was not making any kind of professional assessment of risk and going to war as a last resort.

This idea that faulty intelligence is the problem is nice Clinton spin, but it is complete revisionist history. She knew exactly what she was doing in 2003, and she will be condemned by history for it.

By: Pauline Park

Pauline Park — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:46:37 +0000

Chris, Since you’ve resumed reading my posts (contrary to your vow never to read any more of them), I’d recommend that you read my latest post, which is about the Boston Globe’s analysis of Hillary’s claim to have led the campaign for the SCHIP bill.

By: Pauline Park

Pauline Park — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:44:31 +0000

Pecola, I know about both the Boston Globe & Chicago Tribune stories; the reason I didn’t mention them in my initial post was because I didn’t want it to get too long. I just posted about the Globe analysis of Hillary’s claim of having been pivotal in getting the SCHIP bill through Congress, and I’ll be posting later in the week on the Tribune analysis of Hillary’s foreign policy experience (or lack thereof, as the case may be).

By: New York Solider

New York Solider — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:50:34 +0000

I am in the United States Military, currently having served two terms in Iraq. I want to make this point. You cannot hold Hillary Clinton accountable for a vote based upon intelligence that was faulty and incorrect! I do know understand why people do not get it!

Hillary Clinton and 29 other democratic Senators, who voted for the continuation of weapons inspectors and advancement. Did so based on the US and other gobal intelligence at the time.

Senator Clinton represents New York, which happens to be my home state. New York was state impacted by 911. If Hillary Clinton would have voted against the measure at the time, New Yorker’s would have been calling for her resignation.

When you make such a random statement, you have to go back, remember the data and time frame. Now we know it was a not correct. At that time, we did not have that information.

When Senator Clinton learned better, she did better!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:22:31 +0000

When you’ll casually vote to send 4,000 Americans and 100,000 Iraqis to their deaths solely as a cynical triangulation to advance your political career, you’ll really say and do anything to win.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:39:34 +0000

The only “False” comparisons on here are the ones espoused by this particular writer. Period.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:44:56 +0000

Both candidates are excellent but I’m disappointed that Hillary has exaggerated her experience.
By doing so she is clearly hurting the overall Democrat Party.

By: Shruti

Shruti — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:15:46 +0000

Instead of just saying that she’s being unfair or biased or whatever, could you provide us with an unbiased look at their experience? That’d be far more helpful…especially since I’m starting to feel really disgusted by how this blog and other members of the media are becoming so blatantly pro-Obama…

By: Zach

Zach — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:00:30 +0000

Election 2008 the bottom line… McCain is to old. Obama is to inexperienced and naive. Clinton is the only candidate left in the race.

By: Logan

Logan — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:10:28 +0000

Pecole,

FYI, The Chicago Tribune and Boston Globe are both major supports of Barack Obama. Therefore, I would hardly call them a point of fair objective reporting. Not to mention, The Chicago Tribune was the employer of chief campaign manager, media consultant, David Axelrod for years.

I’m not sure of Clinton foreign policy experience. But, there is two thing you have to give the woman credit on, her passion and dedication to children and American health care reform/coverage for all.