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The house was falling but she got out from under just in time
(by Luigi Luciano - January 17, 2008)
I was never one to count Hillary out. Although I have mixed emotions on whether I want her to lose the primary to Obama at all.
After the Iowa Caucus it was fun to watch people putting down Hillary and how this was a huge blow to her and her campaign. Obama gave a passionate speech which had me thinking that this guy might be good. Until he started talking about getting rid of the tax cuts, pulling the troops out of Iraq and giving every American health insurance.
Most of those things are just not possible without someone having to pay more money and that someone would be people like you and me.
Well then New Hampshire comes along. The polls show Hillary is down and poised to lose again. Then it happened. She learned from slick Willy what she need to do. She got on the cameras and cried. Talking about how this is more than just about winning it is about how she truly cares for this country and she wants to make it better. Boo who I almost cried with her. Not because she was sincere but because she made me sick. The Clinton spin started and it worked. The amazing part was it worked for woman who voted for her in the highest numbers compared to men and young people who did not vote for her. Is it that simple that people will change their minds based on a woman crying? If it was Romney crying on TV he would have been deemed a wimp but in Hillary’s case they said it showed she was human. I find that amazing she had to cry in public to show woman that she is human? That alone should raise some eyebrows.
Look at the woman’s record. What has she done that qualifies her to be President? According to her it is because she spent 8 years in the White House as the wife of a President. Well the cook has been in the White House for many presidents does that qualify him to be president? There is a little joke going around that Brett Farves wife (the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers) who wants to start as quarterback on the team because she feels she is qualified. She has been the wife of a quarterback for 20 years she knows many of the plays and feels she can do it. Can she? No way! And no way can Hillary base her qualification on being First Lady.
What is funny was when she lost and gave her speech in Iowa there behind her was a red nosed (sort like an old drunk) Bill Clinton along with Chelsea and Madeline Albright it was like a reunion of the past with a reminding us of who was running (into the ground that is) the country in the 90’s. Then in New Hampshire at her victory speech she brought Bill the red nosed ex president and Chelsea up for one second then got them back off stage and behind her was a group of young kids who kept screaming in the back round at everything she said. That was funny in it self since she got very few votes from the young crowd. I hate to say this but if she got most of her votes from the woman and older ones at that what are these woman basing their vote on? That she cried so she is woman? I have no problem with a President who is a woman, black, white or anything else if they have the ideas that line up with what I would like to see. Not any one candidate will give me everything I would like so you have to read through what they stand for and what they have done. The Clintons have been a joke since Bill got in. He can con anyone into liking him because he is a real con artist. From when he perjured himself about Monica (which by the way he didn’t go to jail for but Martha Stewart did and Barry Bonds might) to his lie after lie. He is the ultimate salesman.
Read this from Dick Morris, former political advisor to President Bill Clinton. This was the Clintons political advisor obviously a Democrat. It just proves that they have one lie after another and this demonstrates what we will get if god for bid she is elected president.
If you happen to see the Bill Clinton five minute TV ad for Hillary in which he introduces the commercial by saying that he wants to share some things we may not know about Hillary's background . . .here comes the lies…..
As Dick Morris was there for most of their presidency and know them better than just about anyone, he had to offer a few corrections;
Bill says: "In law school Hillary worked on legal services for the poor."
The facts are: Hillary's main extra-curricular activity in law school was helping the Black Panthers, on trial in Connecticut for torturing and killing a federal agent. She went to court every day as part of a law student monitoring committee trying to spot civil rights violations and develop grounds for appeal.
Bill says: "Hillary spent a year after graduation working on a children's rights project for poor kids."
The facts are : Hillary interned with Bob Truehaft, the head of the California Communist Party. She met Bob when he represented the Panthers and traveled all the way to San Francisco to take an internship with him.
Bill says: "Hillary could have written her own job ticket, but she turned down all the lucrative job offers."
The facts are: She flunked the DC bar exam, yes, flunked, it is a matter of record, and only passed the Arkansas bar. She had no job offers in Arkansas, none, and only got hired by the University of Arkansas Law School at Fayetteville because Bill was already teaching there. She did not join the prestigious Rose Law Firm until Bill became Arkansas Attorney General and was made a partner only after he was elected Arkansas Governor.
Bill says: "President Carter appointed Hillary to the Legal Services Board of Directors and she became its chairman."
The facts are: The appointment was in exchange for Bill's support for Carter in his 1980 primary against Ted Kennedy. Hillary then became chairman in a coup in which she won a majority away from Carter's choice to be chairman.
Bill says: "She served on the board of the Arkansas Children's Hospital."
The facts are: Yes she did. But her main board activity, not mentioned by Bill, was to sit on the Wal-Mart board of directors, for a substantial fee. She was silent about their labor and health care practices.
Bill says: "Hillary didn't succeed at getting health care for all Americans in 1994 but she kept working at it and helped to create the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that provides five million children with health insurance."
The facts are: Hillary had nothing to do with creating CHIP. It was included in the budget deal between Clinton and Republican Majority Leader Senator Trent Lott. I know; I helped to negotiate the deal. The money came half from the budget deal and half from the Attorney Generals' tobacco settlement. Hillary had nothing to do with either source of funds.
Bill says: "Hillary was the face of America all over the world."
The facts are: Her visits were part of a program to get her out of town so that Bill would not appear weak by feeding stories that Hillary was running the White House. Her visits abroad were entirely touristic and symbolic and there was no substantive diplomacy on any of them.
Bill says: "Hillary was an excellent Senator who kept fighting for children's and women's issues."
The facts are: Other than totally meaningless legislation like changing the names on courthouses and post offices, she has passed only four substantive pieces of legislation. One set up a national park in Puerto Rico. A second provided respite care for family members helping their relatives through Alzheimer's or other conditions. And two were routine bills to aid 911 victims and responders which were sponsored by the entire NY delegation. Presently she is trying to have the US memorialize the Woodstock fiasco of 40 years ago.
Here is what bothers me more than anything else about Hillary Clinton. She has done everything possible to weaken the President and our country (that's you and me!) when it comes to the war on terror.
1. She wants to close GITMO and move the combatants to the USA where they would have access to our legal system. 2. She wants to eliminate the monitoring of suspected Al Qaeda phone calls to/from the USA. 3. She wants to grant constitutional rights to enemy combatants captured on the battlefield. 4. She wants to eliminate the monitoring of money transfers between suspected Al Qaeda cells and supporters in the USA. 5. She wants to eliminate the type of interrogation tactics used by the military & CIA where coercion might be used when questioning known terrorists even though such tactics might save American lives.
One cannot think of a single bill Hillary has introduced or a single comment she has made that would tend to strengthen our country in the War on Terror. But, one can think of a lot of comments she has made that weaken our country and makes it a more dangerous situation for all of us.
I am not against Hillary because she is a Democrat in fact if I had to choose I would take Obama over her but she lies. The Clintons have been lying to us for years and it will not stop.
The danger here is that if people are voting for her because she is a her or Obama is black then we have a real problem. People need to look deeper than just at the gender or race read up on the issues and what these people really have done. In fact here is website link that I found very interesting and you can find it on my website as well www.listentoluigi.com. It will ask you a series of questions then give you all the candidates on both sides who best line up with your answers. Also take my poll on who you plan to vote for.
The bottom line here is with no joking we are at a critical point in this countries history. The issues are much more than can the government give me free health insurance and fee college tuition. It is about survival in world that wants to see the American way go away and will do anything it takes to see that happen. My number one issue this election season is who will keep me the safest. I am not sure myself who that is but the one thing I know for sure is that it will not be Hillary.
Bottom line: She goes hand in hand with the ACLU on far too many issues where common sense is abandoned.
Visit Luigi on the web at www.listentoluigi.com. Luigi wants to know what you think and will be happy to answer e-mails sent to him at luigi@listentoluigi.com. Some e-mail may be published in The Weekly or on theweb. Take Luigi’s Poll at www.mtoliveweekly.com.
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