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Hillary’s "35 Years of Experience" Debunked
If you are not worried about a White House under Mrs. Bill Clinton, then take a moment to read this Washington Post Op-ed piece. Some time ago, I blogged that "35 years" seemed like an arbitrary number, mostly chosen as a none too subtle (the Clintons long ago abandoned subtlety) contrast to Obama’s age. Here is an useful analysis of the 35 year myth.
Item: Hillary’s claim to "35 years of experience." Subtract her years spent as first lady of Arkansas and in the White House, and her time working as a lawyer in the Rose Law Firm and in other jobs. As Reason Magazine’s Steve Chapman reported in November, Hillary Clinton has "just under eight years of experience in elective office — one more than John Edwards and four fewer than Obama." And, to boot, Hillary the Feminist has her man to fight her battles.
Item: Bill Clinton’s jab at Obama’s lack of experience. To elect Obama would be to "roll the dice," sniffed the former president. When Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992, he was governor of a small state, had no foreign policy experience and didn’t know how to salute. He got his on-the-job experience in the White House.
The Clintons are effective gut punchers because they know the electorate has to work hard to debunk their lies, distortions and fantasies. There is an ugly streak in politics that is about creating a wildly exaggerated narrative that is seemingly plausible and sticking to it. (BTW, this is also the nature of a narcissist.) More than stick to the exaggeration, the Clintons attack anyone who questions their falsehoods with such ferocity that it reinforces the original tale. "How could it be a lie if they seem so passionate about it?"
It’s no myth, Bill really does have that much experience.
So what do you say about Obama?
I guess he is running on air and also his delusions.
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It’s no myth, Bill really does have that much experience.
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She tends to mix up her minuscule experience with her husband’s great experience all the time.
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People believe the lies when they hear them often enough.
Currently Hillary is going around claiming lots of things that are exaggerated and can be proven to be false. But, people believe her.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080308/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_s_experience
I don’t recall her ever stating that she has 35 years of "elective office" experience.
See, experience is what it is – being exposed to the element. An artist can gain experience by painting in the studio of a master. You learn from viewing things happening around you. THAT is what she is claiming – to have seen the workings of the political machine all the way up to the White House. That experience as the First Lady has in fact given her experience simply by exposing her to what goes on. Did she make major decisions? No. Was she privy to classified info? No. Does she know what goes on inside the White House and how to handle some of the workings? Yes.
Someone can debunk every statement ever made. Those choosing to focus on this trivial thing is really someone that doesn’t like Hillary to begin with and chooses to try and bury her so she isn’t able to win. Facts are facts – interning for a politician is experience. Working within her husband’s political campaigns is experience. Being exposed to what she has is experience. But experience alone is never enough. Otherwise GW would have done a much better job.
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Simple That Is all she has to offer.
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