Clinton: "America never elected someone with only ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE in the Senate

Proud2BAmurkin

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:14 PM
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Clinton: "America never elected someone with only ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE in the Senate

Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 05:18 PM by Proud2BAmurkin

before he started running for president." Said that in a Charlie Rose interview.

wow that's a new one. I haven't heard the Clintons refer to Obama's "ONE YEAR IN THE SENATE before he started running for president."

That is really a slam, and true. I expect it's going to be said a lot more.

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Fresh_Start

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:16 PM
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1. I think we elected someone with zero years in the senate

Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 05:16 PM by NYCALIZ

you might have met him Hillary. He was your husband

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Proud2BAmurkin

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:17 PM
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3. He meant someone having that little experience

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Joe the Revelator

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:19 PM
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5. That would be a pretty harsh criticism, if that were his only experience.

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Kittycat

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Wed Jan-23-08 06:04 PM
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37. So we no longer count his work in IL?

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lucasbaiano

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:43 PM
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48. We Really Need Change

America truly needs Hillary

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durrrty libby

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:18 PM
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4. We'll just ignore his 11 years as a governor before he ran

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Occam Bandage

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:21 PM
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12. Since we're ignoring Obama's pre-Senate career, I suppose so.

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jackson_dem

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:22 PM
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15. Comparing being a governor to being a part-time state legislator who ducked the tough issues?

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Occam Bandage

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:22 PM
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17. You sure seem to have a problem with Planned Parenthood's legislative strategies. Why is that?

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jackson_dem

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:27 PM
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21. What does voting present on sex shops, gun control, etc. have to do with PP?

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Occam Bandage

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:41 PM
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31. Sex shops are "the tough issues?"

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lucasbaiano

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:41 PM
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45. We Need Change

America truly needs Hillary

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durrrty libby

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:36 PM
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28. Yea, It's like saying while Obama was a member of the first grade

Bill was the President of the University

Apples and oranges right?

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Occam Bandage

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:41 PM
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30. No, see, Obama was President of the Harvard Law Review. A bit more advanced.

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mckeown1128

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:16 PM
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2. She doesn't have that much bragging room...

She only started running with 5 years in the senate.

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Fredda Weinberg

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:20 PM
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7. Actually, she does. All we asked was one full term. We knew she

was qualified, but had to prove she could play well w/others.

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lucasbaiano

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:41 PM
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46. we Need Change

America truly needs Hillary

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durrrty libby

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:19 PM
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6. She is getting tough. I like it

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Fredda Weinberg

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:20 PM
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8. You gotta keep a sense of humor about this n/t

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Hello_Kitty

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:20 PM
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9. What I want to know is when is Hillary's 35 Years of Experience(TM) going to turn into 36?

Is there an anniversary coming up soon? :shrug:

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Proud2BAmurkin

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:21 PM
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13. lol nt

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Occam Bandage

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:22 PM
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14. You know how it goes. Her experience will be 35 until it's in "its mid-40s" 15 years from now.

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Hello_Kitty

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:31 PM
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23. Well 40 is the new 35 so why doesn't she just go with that?

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Metric System

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:30 PM
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22. The anniversary is approaching.

She counts her 35 years of experience starting from the year she graduated from Yale Law school, 1973.

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Hello_Kitty

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:34 PM
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26. Then she was claiming 35 Years(TM) when she only had 34!! nt

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Hugabear

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:20 PM
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10. How much experience did Abraham Lincoln have?

Other than one term in the US House, and some state legislative experience, not really a helluva lot.

Why do some people place such a high priority on "experience"? What about the fucking ideas? Shouldn't those count for something?

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jackson_dem

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:22 PM
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16. Obama is Abraham Lincoln?

:rofl:

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cali

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:48 PM
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33. well, genius, let me explain this to you in the very simple terms

reserved for 5 year olds and the terminally stupid- that's assuming that you're not being disingenous and that a leap.

The poster was not comparing Obama to Lincoln. duh.

The poster was saying that a candidate doesn't necessarily need a lengthy tenure in Congress or as a Governor to be a good president.

Not that tough to figure out- unless you're, well, you.

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Hugabear

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Wed Jan-23-08 07:06 PM
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42. Thank you

This is the leap of logic that is usually reserved for freeper-types. Simply by saying that Lincoln didn't have much national experience before becoming President, suddenly anti-Obama types think that I'm saying that Obama and Lincoln are equivalents.

Gotta love that leap in logic!

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mondo joe

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Wed Jan-23-08 06:05 PM
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38. I knew Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was a friend of mine....

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Horse with no Name

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:20 PM
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11. But they elected a drunk ex-cokehead cowboy

Americans aren't ALWAYS trustworthy with their votes.:eyes:

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SammyWinstonJack

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:25 PM
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The Supremes selected him and we didn't stand up to them.

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Occam Bandage

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:52 PM
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34. And how would you have "stood up" to the Supreme Court? What would you have done to

overturn their ruling?

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leftstreet

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:26 PM
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20. But he had a lot of experience with drinking and drugging

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THUNDER HANDS

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:24 PM
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18. funny, because Clinton was running for president while she was still First Lady

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HeraldSquare212

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:25 PM
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19. Only elected two sitting senators, ever.

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/A_Senator_Becomes_President.htm

What are the chances of being elected president directly from a seat in the Senate? History's answer, at best, is "slim." While 15 of the nation's 41 presidents served in the Senate at some point in their public careers, only two�Warren Harding and John F. Kennedy�won their presidential races as incumbent senators.

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Avalux

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:31 PM
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24. Senators usually don't get elected president anyway. What spin!

It's making me dizzy.....

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Proud2BAmurkin

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:33 PM
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25. He was talking about solid experience in general

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Blarch

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:36 PM
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27. Another lie.I wish that stupid fuck would STFU already

we all know Obama has more than one year experience.

I am getting very very sick of these Clinton lies

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durrrty libby

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:38 PM
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29. Haha They're getting in your head just like Obama's. Woot

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Blarch

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:42 PM
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32. Ya...

lying, swift boating and smearing do get on my nerves.

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mondo joe

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Wed Jan-23-08 06:04 PM
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36. When you lose control, you lose.

Just like the RW fucktards who became obsessed with the Clintons, you can lose perspective, lose control, and then just lose.

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Alexander

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Wed Jan-23-08 06:06 PM
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39. When you lie, smear and distort, everyone loses.

Funny how the Shillbots never learned that important lesson.

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mondo joe

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Wed Jan-23-08 06:15 PM
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41. By your standardm you've lost already.

Thanks! :hi:

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Blarch

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Wed Jan-23-08 06:06 PM
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40. I am not losing control

I am only building a very strong hatred for the Clintons.

Bill is lying, almost everyday. When Bush lied, the dems went nuts....when Bill lies, they look the other way.

Complete hypocrisy.

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Alexander

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Wed Jan-23-08 06:01 PM
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35. Another lie, perpetuated by lying Shillbots.

It's factually inaccurate - Obama announced his candidacy in early 2007, after two years in the Senate.

He also has 8 years of being a state Senator and was president of the Harvard Law Review.

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johnnydrama

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Wed Jan-23-08 09:46 PM
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43. but

"35 years" of experience didn't seem to help Hillary get fooled by George Bush on her Iraq & Iran votes.

Imagine that, getting fooled by W twice in 5 years?

I thought only the people who voted for him could be fooled twice.

Shouldn't getting fooled twice by W disquality you for President?

When they set up those experiments where mice see a piece of cheese, but it's set up to shock them, even the mice figure it out after a little while.

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lucasbaiano

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:40 PM
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44. We Need Change

America truly needs Hillary

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Starbucks Anarchist

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:43 PM
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47. You know who has decades of experience?

This guy.

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lucasbaiano

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:44 PM
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49. We need Hillary

Nobody can touch what Hillary has done in the past, she has the experience!

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Starbucks Anarchist

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:47 PM
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50. I disagree with you, but welcome to DU, lucasbaiano!

:toast:

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