Bill was HONORED...

Hillary???

I guess she "misspoke"

AGAIN

Hillary needs to be honored for evading sniper fire in Bosnia.

Hillary needs to be honored for evading sniper fire in Bosnia.

Maritza - Is Obama still running away from a decision on boycotting Olympic opening ceremonies? What a whimp!

Please PA, I'm begging, use the hook, make the Clintons go away...Please!

Helped him what, get chicks?

HAVE YOU NOTICE THAT JILLARY WASNT AWARDED. SO MAYBE SHE WASNT SO INSTUMENTAL AS SHE WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO BELIEVE.

Bill Clinton was honored at an event commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accord this evening at Gallagher's Steakhouse in midtown Manhattan. Clinton thanked the crowd for the honor, but added "I got a lot more out of this than I gave. It was a joy. Every single minute."

Boy she cant catch a break. sooner or later she will have to address this one again

LAUREN - This is Dr John Humes Statement:

“I am quite surprised that anyone would suggest that Hillary Clinton did not perform important foreign policy work as First Lady. I can state from firsthand experience that she played a positive role for over a decade in helping to bring peace to Northern Ireland.

She visited Northern Ireland, met with very many people and gave very decisive support to the peace process. There is no doubt that the people of Northern Ireland think very positively of Hillary Clinton’s support for our peace process, due to her visits to Northern Ireland and her meetings with so many people. In private she made countless calls and contacts, speaking to leaders and opinion makers on all sides, urging them to keep moving forward.

Anyone criticising her foreign policy involvement should look at her very active and positive approach to Northern Ireland and speak with the people of Northern Ireland who have the highest regard for her and are very grateful for her very active support for our peace process”.

John Hume, former MP MEP, founder of the SDLP and an architect of the Good Friday Agreement. He is the only person to win the Nobel Prize for Peace, the Ghandi Peace Award and the Martin Luther King Peace Prize.

Oh gosh...
So much hatred here,,,even to the best president ever.

Rev. Wright is also somebody who has made enormous contributions in his community and has turned a lot of lives around," Powell said, "And so, I have to put that in context with these very offensive comments that he made, which I reject out of hand."

Powell added that he does not know Wright, and praised Obama's response.

"I think that Sen. Obama handled the issue well . . . he didn't look the other way. He didn't wait for the, for the, you know, for the storm to go over. He went on television, and I thought, gave a very, very thoughtful, direct speech. And he didn't abandon the minister who brought him closer to his faith," Powell told Sawyer.

Powell, who has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate in almost every election since he retired from military service and public life, expressed admiration for Obama.

"It was a good (speech)," Powell said. "I admired him for giving it. And I agreed with much of what he said."

Thinking - Powell was the guy who sold me on the Iraq war. He was the only Bush guy I trusted and he sold me out. Let Powell come clean on HIS screw up on the Iraq war HE sold. People like you, Thinking, beat Hillary senseless over her Iraq war vote and you push this garbage without taking this guy to task over his MAJOR roles in this ugly war is pure madness on your part. For God's sake get a spine and stand for something consistently at least.

Can't improve on Dogsoldier's comments, but ha! and Vanessa couldn't overcome their bias long enough to read the article:

An ample amount of thanks and praise was also give to his wife Hillary, stressing that while some recent accounts may diminish her role, the people at the event tonight knew differently.

Fact is Powell was apposed to this war and was moved out to make room for Rice who would do Bush's Bidding.

Thinking - POWELL at the UN: My purpose today is to provide you with additional information, to share with you what the United States knows about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction as well as Iraq's involvement in terrorism, which is also the subject of Resolution 1441 and other earlier resolutions.

So, where did Powell's weapons of mass destruction go? Who were the terrorists?

To engage the UN to increase sanctions, and continue political pressure on Iraq to allow weapons inspectors to return.

Thinking - I think you're smart enough to know better when not writing here on this blog. I'll give you that much. But you do know Powell was there to sell the war. So use the name you have, Thinking, and that alone will guide you to the truth.

Obama 08'- Very nice return. Darn am I blushing?

Thinking - Just the facts lad. So who did I personally attack and what did I say to that individual? Regards to Powell, that guys is a Bush salesman who sold most uncommitted Americans on the war. I was one of those guys and I do hold HIM responsible. That was Powell at that United Nations. Not a Powell look a like, Powell. Nor has Powell stood up to this day on the Iraq war. Period!

She had a corner of a park to do as her part in tis peace deal.The money 2.5 mil John raised should be given away ,Can not take foreign money.Broke the rules again and thing for Hilly baby.
As for Obama having nothing to say on China great move on his part....

Your candidates finally seem to agree that Senator McCain is the target and yet the usual bickering here in the late evening.

So the point seems to be whether Senator Clinton contributed to some meaningful policy during President Clinton's years. If yes, does this help her cause tremendously? Is she will to accept the bad as well as the good during those years?

If she didn't, then so what - neither did Senator Obama. If it's a question of honesty then most Americans have made up their minds on this and it is a nonissue.

What needs to happen is a clean sweep of the Bush/Cheney cronies out of Washington and start fresh (yes, with new cronies).

An ample amount of thanks and praise was also give to his wife Hillary, stressing that while some recent accounts may diminish her role, the people at the event tonight knew differently.

THEN WHERE IS HER AWARD?why didnt give her one too!
COME ON PEOPLE YOU THREW THE DOG A BONE

William J. Clinton Awarded not Hill
she was so important in the peace process so important you forgot to recognize her SHAME ON YOU, SHAME ON YOU .

No argument - he sold his credibility that day (some would say his soul). He convinced those that wanted to be convinced. He didn't convince the UN, though.

The hypocrisy of the war is that most Americans were for it. There are those who are still trying to justify it but most have moved on. If Senator Clinton had just said "I made a mistake" and moved on, it would be less of an issue. I surmise that she didn't want to be a John Kerry "flip flopper". Well, she loses points here because she shouldn't run her campaign by want polls the best. She has been doing a better job lately sticking to important issues and if she keeps it up, it will play well.

And I blame Condi Rice more than Powell (look at some of her talk in 2002). And this is the woman being recommended as McCain's VP choice?

The Bono part is a nice touch...

Ya, I know Dog was not involved in the Irish peace process. It was just Hills. Typo on my part.

What exactly was Hillarys role in the
Irish peace process, Bill?
Did she serve Irish Coffee to the
participants?
Did she do an impression of "Paulette
Revere? Did she do her impression
of Rambo ducking sniper fire in Bosnia?
Did she mention that she was for
NAFTA before she was Against It?
Will you Two Comedians please leave
The Stage?

Ya can't blame him for trying since he's one of the biggest reasons she's losing LOL I mean let's get real...could you imagine having to see her after some of the stuff he's said? LOL

About time the media report something good about the Clinton...

Hillary 08!!!

Madeline Albright was the secretary of state not Hillary Clinton.

Albright said it was the secretary of state's job not the first lady.

Hillary attended no meetings in Ireland where negotiations took place.

The Clintons are at it again.

Bill Clinton got paid in speeches in Dubai and helped lobby for them on the ports.

Bill Clinton got paid by columbia and helped lobby for them on the trade issue.

The voters must love dynasties.

Hillary Clinton was responsible for organizing and pulling together the women's groups that ultimately became one of the primary coalitions for Peace....

It is not hope or change to say..first .."What have you done for me lately? Then to completely deny and discount one's major accomplishmenst...

It does bother me that a man who uses a college trip to Pakistan and a few months as a community organizer as foreign policy and management experience...would rip apart the accomplishments of others because he has none of his own.

I am doubting more and more if he is electable.

Jackie say "Hillary Clinton was responsible for organizing and pulling together the women's groups..."

Ya I know she gave some speeches. Big Deal, Right?

Foreign policy experience....or really lame Spring Break trip?

To counter opponents’ accusations that he lacks experience in foreign policy, Senator Barack Obama often cites his ties to relatives in poor villages in Kenya and the years he spent growing up in Indonesia. Now he has added a new personal detail to that thin résumé: a trip to Pakistan while a college student.

Dude, seriously?

Ah, the Irish memories of their own peace negotiations must just not be as sharp as Clintons, if they don't remember the "pivotal" role Hillary played.

Can some one tell Americans how Obama claimed himself the most experienced guy in foriegn policies because he lived in foriegn countries more years...

Is that a JOKE??

Who put on this event?

Nowhere in this article is it clear what person or organization hosted this event at Gallagher's Steak House.

"Bill was honored"? By whom?

"Bill thanked the crowd"? Who were they?

"During the introductions, much praise was given..." Who introduced him?

"As members of the organization came on stage to take pictures..." What organization? It was never identified.

This appears to be an artificially manufactured media event to provide the Clintons another controlled forum in which to subtly comment on Hillary's "role".

Kinda... sorta... felt like they were being honored by some valid Irish organization. No questions, no names, no organization.

But plenty of Guinness for a guillable crowd that adores celebrity regardless of their motive.

Once again most of the comments prove the ignorance of the obama supporters particularly on this issue. Bot Hillary and Bill Clinton worked tirelessly to help bring about peace in Northern ireland and in pursuading the IRA to lay down their weapons. You have to once again denigrate her role since you all claim to be so intelligent do so research on Northern Ireland and the bombings on the UK mainland then maybe you will understand how important their contribution was.All of you haters what have you done to help other people.I for one am grateful that I no longer have to live in fear when i get on a train, visit london or go to a shopping center.

Dogsoldier: Keep posting that quote of John Hume over and over again. I have noticed that when you counter the Obama fans outrageous posts with the truth, they tend to just go away.

LMAO, obama cult members got pwn trying to find something smart to say. A winner of the nobel peace prize finally shut them up.

What now Obama cult? You gonna say the words of a nobel peace prize winner is nothing compared to traveling for a month and living in indonesia as a child?

This is response to Jt's
Madeline Albright was the secretary of state not Hillary Clinton.

"Albright said it was the secretary of state's job not the first lady.

Hillary attended no meetings in Ireland where negotiations took place.

The Clintons are at it again."
These were your words. How the heck would you know which meetings were attended by Hillary and which she did not attend?. Did the White house leak information to you the way the Bush/Cheneys do??

Stop this crap spreading on the Clintons and get a life.

All of you who said,Col.Powel,sold out the war in Iraq for the uncommitted Americans with his presentation in ONU, are 100 % right.I respected and trusted him, but he mislead us and 4000 young kids,will never have a chanse to be happy,have family,enjoy life. Why nobody blames him, but because he was highly respected and trusted in the House and Senate, possible many of them who voted for the war in Iraq,were influenced by his speach. For the others,the Clintons bashers, it's time to stop,don't be impartial.If you are married 90% in the families,be honest once in your life" Who is the boss?Not so many man,even the president,would take any decision by himself,whitout consulting with his wife, specially if the wife has the strong will like Hillary.Even, she can't tell this,but all of us,knows that 99% of Clinton decision was made in accordance with Hillary. Who else could be trusted more,than the wife? So,chill-out.She has the experience she is talking about,believe-it or not.