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First of all! it's hypocritical for Ferraro to say that Obama is using the fact that he is "Black" to win this election. If Ferraro can make these statements about Obama then she should make the same statements about Hillary Clinton. Now do u think Hillary would be running for president if her husband had not been president? Ferraros statments are hypocritical.
Second. What about Jesse Jackson. Whom I couldn't stand back in the day. NO one wanted that fool in office. As Oprah Winfrey said on 20/20 She has not supported other Black candidates before. This is actually the first Black Politician running for president which she has so much support behind. There have been other Black presidential hopefuls. So Ferraro's statements are BOTH hypocritical, racist as well as illogical and ignorant.

Well I am sick of these old Women offering up years of service as some pass for saying such pathetic and hurt full things, and then as Ferraro did today playing the role of I am so hurt wake up you should be sorry. If in fact your years of service were truly for the cause....shame on you for your comments...you should just go away your days of having valid dialog are long past its just sad. The Clinton's are pathetic, they Hillary does not congratulate Obama publicly for his wins….such losers. They act like they can play by a totally different set of rules which they use to try and minimize his status in the party sad group of people....please just go away and stop trying to stop a great moment in American history that will not include you. Please America wake-up…. do you really want this dysfunctional family embarrassing us again, Hillary has already been called out about her exaggerated claims of diplomacy overseas......she is called a cheerleader at best her experience is like Bills faithfulness...it does not exist..

DC Voter your comparisons between resumes is funny...

First of all I agree she has more years than he does... because ...well she has more years.

But it is more important what they did with those years.(remember this is the guy that left being the President of the Harvard Law Review - if you don't know - that means he could have written his ticket anywhere - but went back to help factoy workers in Chicago and focus on being a Civil Rights lawyer...oh and teach constitutional law.)

If you measure them proportionally Sen. Obama kicks butt... there is no way of denying that (but I am sure people will...it's all about spin).

Yes she was a lawyer for 16 years much longer than he... and I encourage everyone to look at those 16 years as a lawyer.

...Hillary has a longer resume because she has a longer life. and John McCain has an even longer life...

The differences in experience and how you weight their differing types, between Sen Clinton's and Sen Obama's experience, when you put it up against John McCain is not big enough to use that as the reason to pick the candidate. This is a bad trap to fall into.

Whomever you think has the most quality and choice experience ... it is miniscule when you put it next to John McCain's very long resume.

This is not some political spin I am trying here...

Look...
By setting up this argument to have in the primary (and Hillary has to do that she loses on the other arguments) you are setting up the argument for the general election...

I believe she loses even this one but more importantly...

The argument in the fall has to be on judgement and fixing the main problem in Washington which IS (in my opinion and I think most everyone would agree) the use of fear and log jamming in congress to put us in the situation we are in...

If it is on who will protect us, who has the most experience, and not on judgement ...and the race was between John McCain and Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama...who do you think the American people are going to pick?

Get on the judgement issue and stop feeding into the argument they want to have. ...and get away from the fear card...Republicans win that too.

I guess it is time to bring RACE up, because obvious the revote discussion, super delegate discussion and the discussion around future elections all are buried on top of RACE. Let the puss come, so the wounds can heal.

Lauren once again...your reference to Steven Spielberg supporting Clinton and knowing the good guys from the bad guys...

...maybe he has a harder time telling the bad guys after he slept in the Lincoln Bedroom.

Spielberg is not a good choice of reference.

Tim Wise writes:

But one thing we can almost guarantee is not among the reasons why a black voter might say race matters to their vote, and then vote for the black candidate, is deep-seated anti-white bias. After all, black folks have been voting for white people for years... So it's not like black folks refuse to vote for white people. Indeed, the kind of black person whose anti-white biases were that deeply rooted, would probably be the kind of person for whom Obama would be unacceptable too (given his biracial ancestry, generally moderate positions, and fairly bland approach to addressing racial concerns), and who wouldn't vote for him, in spite of a shared skin color. In other words, we can rest assured that when blacks vote for Obama, after saying that race mattered to their vote, they were casting a ballot for the black man, not against the white woman per se.

On the other hand, for a white voter to say race matters to their vote, and then to vote for the white candidate and against the person of color, is almost by definition about something else. It certainly can't be due to excitement at the prospect of electing the first white President, or breaking with tradition, since we've had forty-three white guys in a row. And it's not likely to be about the desire to vote for someone who can relate to their "struggles" as white people. After all, although there are millions of white people in the U.S. who are struggling to make ends meet, none of them are in that position because of their race, but rather in spite of it. So the "white struggle" as such simply doesn't exist. The class struggle is real--and if a white, working-class candidate stood a chance of winning the Presidency lots of white working class folks would turn out for him or her because of that shared experience, and understandably so--but it is simply silly to think that whites would vote for Hillary Clinton, after saying race mattered to their vote, because they think she will be more understanding about their plight as white people.

What this leaves us is the very real likelihood that when whites say race mattered to their vote, and they voted for the white candidate over the candidate of color, the vote so cast was largely an anti-black vote.

Hey, Geraldine is just stating the obvious. There is nothing special about Obama other than his color. Big deal.

Enough already! Obama seems to cry racist everytime he wants to get out of a tight situation. Like now - he has to prove that he will follow through on Iraq after Power said that he wouldnt; he has to prove that he means well with the NAFTA issue; plus the Rezko trial and Nadhmi Auchi issue is unfolding.

He is using racism to divert people's attention from his lies on NAFTA, Iraq, Rezko.

Sadly, Democrats accomodate him every time... no exceptions. And then those he maligns get stuck with a charge that is false but takes time to defend.

Enough!

If Obama keeps this up, half the Democratic Party will be accused as "racists" before the primary ends. See here:

Obama used "racism" when people raised his cocaine use. Obama raised "racism" if we say his middle name. Now he says its racism if we mention that "90% of the black votes - the same race as him? Is Obama going to control our words, our thoughts and our actions by threatening "racism" on the whole country?

Ridiculous.

When Ferraro ran for VP she was very sensitive about being singled out for scrutiny because of her Italian ancestry, especially when it came to an investigation of her campaign finances.

Funny, Hillary still hasn't released her financial statement has she?

Is it because he is black that Mr. Obama has no trouble raising millions over the internet and can be transparent about his finances?

No, it is because he is a true leader.

Is it because there is indeed a latent racism in the Clinton campaign that Mrs. Clinton cannot only officially disavow and reudiate Mrs. Ferraro's commence but also distance herself from Mrs. Ferraro completely?

Perhaps.

When Ferraro ran for VP she was very sensitive about being singled out for scrutiny because of her Italian ancestry, especially when it came to an investigation of her campaign finances.

Funny, Hillary still hasn't released her financial statement has she?

Is it because he is black that Mr. Obama has no trouble raising millions over the internet and can be transparent about his finances?

No, it is because he is a true leader.

Is it because there is indeed a latent racism in the Clinton campaign that Mrs. Clinton cannot only officially disavow and reudiate Mrs. Ferraro's commence but also distance herself from Mrs. Ferraro completely?

Perhaps.

Well... if STEVEN SPIELBERG supports her, I mean... WOW. What have I been thinking???? I was making my decision based on the issues, and the fact that every other word that comes out of HRC's mouth is a LIE... but hey, Steven Spielberg supports her, so she MUST be the right choice.

*running out to take down my Obama sign*

On that...I agree with you. I'm laughing...and going to walk my dog.

Look kitty you're selectively believing what backs up what you already think, and not what others are saying as well.
That's not more objective. There are indepedent outsiders who back what the Clinton's say.

I am a devoted democrat, I started out neutral, I evalutated both candidates - and especially to me at the debates it was obvious that Hillary is our most qualified candidate.

I don't work for any campaign.
Steven Spielberg supports her; he has spent most of his career making movies about good guys vs. bad guys. I think he knows the difference.

Pretty had to quantify character and vision on a spreadsheet.

Far as I'm concerned we know what the "35 years of experience" will get us from "Day One".

I've had enough - time to move on.

dl - looking up tidbits at the LOC requires that you filter through all the legislative red tape and try to discern which bills are important and which ones are not... i seriously doubt you have done that unless you are a political hack or attorney... i do search and read the summaries of the facts and discern which are important or significant... any politician can propose a mountain of bills etc... that does not mean they are not all filled with BS... i find it more appropriate to look at what the experts have put together than try to pretend to be an expert at sifting through them... and the experts say clinton has done much more than her opponent... that is good enough for me.. try reading vote smart to efficiently review the facts

i noticed no one could rebutt my posting of a comparison between them without including the First Lady years and showing clearly that she is more qualified than her opponent... but then, facts are often met by silence

I don't plan to listen to Clinton insiders who have a vested interest in getting her elected. I want independent reports from outside the campaign.

If Clinton exaggerates, why wouldn't her staff? As she said once upon a time, let's get real here!

People who deny the truth when it presented are in denial. Support your candidate all the way, but there is no way, based on published accounts from independent sources (not party insiders, close personal friends, and polical supporters) that she has, at minimium, exaggerated her experience.

Craig was a Clinton insider...another one...who is supporting Obama. Why would he do that when he knows Hillary so well?

Other people have said the same things about Hillary's exaggerations. I for one, don't think Mr. Craig is lying since I don't believe that everyone does what David Geffen, another former Clinton insider, said about the Clintons "Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease it's troubling," Geffen said, among other comments.

To the contrary, Miss Kitty -

There are people who know the Clintons and like them, and know that these things aren't true.

There are two sides to every story.

Sound familiar?

(By the way - the 'fairy tale' was about consistencies in the continued Iraq War voting record.)

If Susan Rice says he is not ready why should america think he is ready. Need to convince your own people before you can convince america.

SuzeQ -

I have a new, occasional nickname for you -

AccuzeQ...!

Look, many people have spun things the wrong way against the Clintons. I have heard many journalists, and others involved who have since realized that the Clintons weren't being racist in S.C. - that Bill would have said "fairy tale" about Barak's so consistently being against the war.

Two people can look at one event or issue and come out with two opposing opinions. That doesn't mean that one opinion is right.

When I see a quote - I look at the whole context.

There are always those who believe spin one way or another.

That sounds like another Barack supporter spin-session to me.

Why do you consider eye witness reportage to be opinions? Because if you have to accept these eye witness accounts, it would mean you would have to accept that Hillary Clinton has, at a minimum, exaggerated her claims at experience and that would undermine much of her campaign construction. Better by far to try to discount anyone who doesn't speak the Clinton line.

On the Balkan bit, there are NUMEROUS sources who discount Hillary's dramatic accounts. These are people who were on the trip with her. I doubt this is opinion.

Fact is fact unless you need to spin it into a web that looks much more impressive than it really is. And the Clinton campaign has, apparently, been spinning overtime.

Kl: Now you are starting to sound like Obama on NAFTA. I was for it before I was against it. Sounds like John Kerry is having too much infulence on Obama's policy. That kind of logic is what lost Mr. Kerry the election.

Look - he's an Obama supporter, so what do you think he's going to say?

Hmmmmm... I am so shocked!

She has obviously not already been Commander in Chief, and she is not claming to have been. But she has had a lot more experience than Barak...

Like it or not, it's reality...

(I'm sorry I'm getting silly... because this is all getting silly...)

Russell- there is a difference between refuse and scheduling conflict. The media is controlled by no one.

I find the longer this process is drawn out and all the attention that it gets, people are going to say more and more things to get on the front page. For example, all of a sudden Ferraro is in the front page and now Sinbad is using it to get the spotlight on him. And everyone is just eating it up!!

2025 for PRESIDENT 08 ( I don't see anyone with that goal reached yet)

Jillian,

Don't you bother to read any posts that don't praise your candidate? Haven't you read any of the news articles that have been posted that are objective and factual yet call into question the integrity and honesty of your candidate?

She can't step in front of the world and claim to have vast experience--which she does--on the wing and prayer that no one really challenges her. And when you start looking for the truth, the truth is that Hillary Clinton is taking proximity for experience.

Your candidate is an empty suit, demanding credentials where none are due. And if she hyper exaggerates in areas that can be factually dismissed, what else is she lying about?

And her constant, negative, below the belt attacks on Obama, with that ongoing whine whenever he attempts to set the record straight that he isn't living up to his promise to play fair....my goodness. What on earth does she bring to the oval office besides ego?

The Democrats have let this thing get way to personal. Ferraro's comments are ones made in frustration, exposing a deep resentment she has developed for Obama.

Kl: Now you are becoming illogical in you reasoning. If Hillary refused to speak at the NAACP convention for any reason other that death it would ruin her. The media would be obsessed with it and no excuse would satisfy you or the media. As Bob Dole says "you know it, I know it, and the american people know it."

Look SuzeQ and Kitty too:

You are just quoting people's opinions, my guy won three prestigious awards, and yours had to share one with him.

It's a he said-he said, and I'm going with the smarter guy who's won more awards.

And if you have not smarts nor sense of humor, 'tis all the more shame...

Jillian- I don't think that Clinton is evil or racist. I think that maybe some of the comments that are being made are by people who had or have no intention of voting for Clinton regardless of what is said by her or someone within her campaign. Yes! people should look at the issues and one of the issues that we are discussing is the statement made by someone who represents Hillary and is working within her campaign.

Russell- here's the discernment: Hillary committed to speak at this engagement- right? If another entity had contacted Hillary and asked her to speak at a time that would have conflicted w/ that speaking engagement, there would have been a scheduling conflict. That's the discernment. As far as getting away with something, Hillary doesn't answer to Obama or the media.

kl - I just wish for once people would just look at the facts straight and make intelligent assessments on the issues before jumping to conclusions that result in slandering and bashing when it's not necessary.

Calling Clinton evil and a racist and so on is just stupid and ignorant. And why are there some one here so adamant about Clinton firing Ferraro? Did she tell lies? Did she say something wrong? Isn't she entitled to her opinion? I didn't find anything racist about it. I guess for black it hits home harder than for white people - and I admit perhaps white people are not as sensitive to this. But I hear people say Oh because of this now I will never go vote if Hillary is the nominee. Huh? We are electing the president of the US. We have a job as citizens to go out and vote. The argument that some are making makes no sense.

Kl: How do you discern one from the other: One simply says that he or she has a scheduling conflict but they really don't want to attend. No I do not think the media or the Obama people would let her get away with that.

Dave C:

I agree with you - "this woman is unbelievable"....

She is not to be believed.

So does she only renounce, or does she reject Ferraro's support?

This woman is UNbelievable...

russell- there's a big difference between a scheduling conflict and a refusal to speak. I can't speak for anyone else, but if I extended an invite to any candidate and the simply could not attend I would be okay with that. If they refused, I would take a closer look at that individual.

Kl: If the NAACP as it always does extends an invitation to all canidates to come and speak to its members and Hillary Clinton refused because of a scheduleing conflict. I do not think you would be so generous in your reasoning. I think that there would be outrage in the black community and in the media that she sunbbed them. No I think it would cause her irreparable harm and frankly I think it should.

Hillary Clinton had no direct role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland and is a "wee bit silly" for exaggerating the part she played, according to Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former First Minister of the province.

"I don’t know there was much she did apart from accompanying Bill [Clinton] going around," he said. Her recent statements about being deeply involved were merely "the sort of thing people put in their canvassing leaflets" during elections. "She visited when things were happening, saw what was going on, she can certainly say it was part of her experience. I don’t want to rain on the thing for her but being a cheerleader for something is slightly different from being a principal player."

Lord Trimble shared the Nobel Peace Prize with John Hume, leader of the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party, in 1998. Conall McDevitt, an SDLP negotiator and aide to Mr Hume during the talks, said: "There would have been no contact with her either in person or on the phone. I was with Hume regularly during calls in the months leading up to the Good Friday Agreement when he was taking calls from the White House and they were invariably coming from the president."

Steven King, a negotiator with Lord Trimble’s Ulster Unionist Party, argued that Mrs Clinton might even have helped delay the chances of peace. "She was invited along to some pre-arranged meetings but I don’t think she exactly brought anybody together that hadn’t been brought together already," he said. Mrs Clinton was "a cheerleader for the Irish republican side of the argument", he added.

"She really lost all credibility when on Bill Clinton’s last visit to Northern Ireland [in December 2000] when she hugged and kissed [Sinn Fein leaders] Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness."

Jillian- are you really tired of it? Tune it out.

I'm tired of how every time a white person makes a intelligent assessment about something relating to Obama's heritage as a black man he/she is marked a racist, and all hell breaks loose. Common! Al Sharpton get's on the news and the whole situation and blown out of proportion when really there was nothing racist or racial about it at all. Stop whining. I think this again is to just deflect from the real issues at hand. Just accept the facts of the matter and move on. Stop bashing Hillary and listen to the issues.

Jillian- People are free to vote for whomever they choose, regardless of race. So take a deep breath and calm down.

KL - It's a fact that not 80%+ white people voted for Hillary OK. But 80%+ black people voted for Obama. Check out the exit polls. I'm not being racist. It's just facts. Isn't it interesting that in almost all the states blacks are predominantly voting for Obama. We wonder why? Well, I'm sure it has to do with the color of Obama, he's black. And that has to do with race. It's not racism. It's just a factual statement. People are making assessments. I guess if you're white and make that assessment then you are called a racist. That's just ignorant to say that. I can understand why blacks would vote for Obama - they feel impowered, the feel Obama will take care of them when he's president, they want a leader that is black. So, don't bring in the whole racism card when there's nothing racist about it. Why should Clinton fire her advisor for making that statement? Does that mean Clinton is racist and evil like TIka is suggesting? Absolutely not. The facts state the truth. End of sotry.

Russell the president stands for all of America and strategy is important in running for the presidency. Just because you thought that he should of attended doesn't mean that he should have.

Ferraro has come out and stated the TRUTH which many, many, many REASONABLE Americans realize! No others ( in the public eye ) were brave enough to say this. Thank you Ferraro!
Instead black super delegates and others went with OBAMA because they are afraid those of their race would shun and ridicule them.
Further more, why are blacks turning out in record numbers to vote NOW? Like DUH? people wake up!!!!
Obama has nothing going for him except COLOR.

Tika: Again, since when does age equal to experience?

What a sad state state of affairs for the 1st amendment when a person cannot state their opinion without instantly being lynched as a rascist! How are Ferraro's comments any more rascist than saying that black voters are voting for OBama because he is black?? What kind of a cocoon do you all live in?

HM I was referring to the comment someone made about McCain. Sorry for confusion.

HM: Since when does age equals to experience?

Obama is 49 years old. I believe Bill Clinton was younger when he was elected. And if you want someone fully seasons, you have no choice but to vote for McCain.

Jillian- white people vote for white people, so what's your point? Are you angry?

Kl: Only that he and all the other canidates for president republician and democratic were invited and only Hillary attend. I quess they all were to busy. He was extended an invitation by Mr. Smiley but refused. I don't know why a black man would not attend except that he is in a tight race in predominately white Ohio may be part of the answer. You keep asking me if I am privy to his schedule the answer is no. But his refusal to attend is because he was to busy campaigning speaks volumes. I wonder if he will have time for black america when he is president?

Kl...isn't Obama Bill Clinton's age when he took the White House?

Tika racism is not evil- the hearts of people are evil. Racism is a learned behavior; a behavior that can be changed. Was her statement racist? or is she desperately trying to use every tactic available to give Clinton the edge?

tika: Are you a judge or police officer? Where? I just want to stay as far as possible from you. Just kidding. But you just posted things like you have the authority to make decisions.

russell- Why do you think he needed to?

If racism is evil, and I think it is, and if Hillary Clinton doesn't renounce it, which she hasn't, and in facts allows this statement of one of her surrogates to stand, than she supports evil. You can go the rest of the way yourself.

Tika, I'm a woman, but race or gender is not factoring into the equation for me. For some reason though, I can't get past the comment someone made about not wanting a president in diapers. So I guess to a certain extent, I AM considering age.

Kl: Why did he not attend?

There is NO WAY Hillary Clinton should be elected president after today. There is no way should should be allowed back in the WH. And if ALL you women want is a woman in the WH, that can be arranged.

But let's make sure it is one who is ethical, fair-minded, and not obsessed with herself.

Kitty: Cold? Yeah, many people are talking about Clinton being cold. I have one suggestion for those who think this way: Get various pictures of all three candidates, and mask out their good or bad looking face but leave their eyes there. Then have a close look at their eyes, you will find out who is really cold. It is simple and easy to do. Just do it for fun :).

Russell as stated previously you are confused in your thoughts. Obama has not aligned himself w/ Oprah. Oprah as a U.S. citizen and registered voter has chosen to support Obama- to which she is entitled. Again, I wasn't aware that you were privy to Obama's schedule in terms of speaking engagements.

russell-- Really!!

What say Me: At the begining.

Tika I don't think it's fair to say that Hillary is evil and don't think if nominated, Obama will be selecting her as a VP.

Kl: What black has he aligned himself with other than Oparh Winfery? I am not privy to his schedule. But if a white woman can make to the State of the Black Union and a black man can't I think it says more about her commitment to black america than it does his!

Oh, Russell, Russell, Russell...where to begin...

Russell you are a bit confused in your thought processes. Obama is not required to align with Jackson or Sharpton (portrayed as controversial figures by the media) simply because you or anyone else thinks that he should. Also, I wasn't aware that you were privy to Obama's schedule??

If women think Hillary Clinton should be president because she would be a role model, hold this information up in front of your young daughter and try to explain why it is all right for Clinton to single out race.

I think women who vote for Clinton primarily because it is time for women to get their due are doing a huge disservice to the country. It may be time for a woman as president, but not this woman. She is evil, pure and simple.

Besides, there is an excellent chance that Obama would pick a woman as VP.

If Mr. Obama does not have a problem being black why does he distance himself from the leaders of the black community that support him. Jackson and Sharpton support him but he is never seen campaigning with them. He did'nt even go to the conference on the State of the Black Union but Hillary did. He said that he was to busy campaigning in Ohio to attend. Excuse me but isn't she competing in the same primaries and she had time to attend. No the real reason was that Mr. Axlerod was afraid that it might cost him votes in Ohio. I think that shows who is really for blacks. Hillary calls both Jackson and Sharpton friends and Bill Clintons office is in Harlem. So who is the real black in this race. I wonder?

also, I wasn't aware that comments made out of fear and ignorance should be ignored.

HILLARY CLINTON acts in a consistent and judicious manner, and carefully weighs her responses. She doesn't roll over to the opponent's every whine. In this case, the surrogate spoke openly about matters that are usualy tucked away in polite corners, everywhere but South Park. Big deal, move on.

catherine in nm, what people have you spoken to across America?

I couldn't agree more....keep it on the issues. Ferraro said what many people have been thinking across America. It's been said now let's move on.

Obama LYING about Clinton? Get real. There is only one democratic campaign that lies, defrauds, misrepresents, pulls the truth like taffy, takes comments out of context, and while doing all that sends out character assassination squads--and she doesn't denounce or reject or repudiate or anything else.

Hillary Clinton is an embarrassment to the American people. She needs to get out of the campaign NOW while the democrats still have a chance to win rather than remaining in and giving the campaign to the republicans.

dl: So you believe he indeed took the responsibility of his job seriously by authoring and co-authoring nearly 600 bills within the first year as US senator? Once again, I want to ask you: How could he draft or even read all the bills before putting on his name? How serious was he when he put his name on those bills? How much could we trust him when he takes the #1 job?

I am deeply offended and shocked that someone with the (former) stature of Ms. Ferraro would sink to such a reprehensible depth in support of her candidate.

Has she no integrity left? Didn't I hear some time back that she (Ferraro) was fighting some form of terminal illness (from which I wish her a full and speedy recovery)? Does she really wish for such a bald-faced, disgusting racial attack to be her legacy, even if she lives another 50 years?

Why would she agree to stoop to such vile behavior?

Although Ferraro did not speak for the Clinton campaign, her comments reflect a frustration that no one here has disagreed with, and that is that African Americans will coalesce around one candidate.

Internally, the Clinton campaign must have decided at some point to play down being the first female candidate because it would have been a negative to gaining men voters. (Too bad about that.)

And, as such, we have seen women vote for Obama, with no sense of guilt or remorse or intimidation.

Since Hillary's campaign manager is an African American woman, as are many Hillary surrogates, I sense the women are disappointed that women have not banded together as effectively to make history as has the African American community.

If memory serves me, Obama distanced himself from his foreign advisor's comments, and she resigned a day or two later. Let's wait and see if Ferraro makes a similar move.

everybody should just wait and see what will happen in six weeks why yelland have a fit now we have until june solets just wait and see.

I think some of the posts here are missing the larger point entirely. It is not about whether Ferraro is accurate or not in her statement(that could be debated); and it is not about whether she is entitled to her opinion (I think she is). It is about how her statements diminish ALL of us: the voters and the candidates. They do nothing to ADD to or nurture any real issues; just more cynical and destructive statements with no useful purpose. It was an incredibly selfish decision on her part to "unload" her frustrations rather than keep them private. I would have thought Ferraro would consider more carefully her words and role-model status to women before venting. What's worse is the HRC campaign has effectively condoned this by a: 'both sides are guilty of this type of behavior' position. This sends the wrong message to voters--especially women.

Nosense ...just go to the library...

It'll show you a lot of the bills and the ones he authored...the ones that were passed...

the themes that arise from each candidate...

It may not show you the detail of those bills but that is the only facts we have to go on...because you sure can't quantify Sen. Clinton more with any math.

and God knows with this whole I rish Peace Accord and her speech in China... and the reporters who traveled with her now all coming out and saying that they don't want to be insulting and not to make it sound like "she was just having tea and cookies...but most of the time ...she was having tea and cookies"...that's a quote from one of the reporters that travelled with her .

The questions that she makes arise ...make us not trust any candidate...so that is why I say to everyone go to the best database records you can...

There is no doubt that Hillary Clinton played an important domestic policy role when she was First Lady. It is well known, for example, that she led the failed effort to pass universal health insurance. There is no reason to believe, however, that she was a key player in foreign policy at any time during the Clinton Administration. She did not sit in on National Security Council meetings. She did not have a security clearance. She did not attend meetings in the Situation Room. She did not manage any part of the national security bureaucracy, nor did she have her own national security staff. She did not do an