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ncteechur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:23 PM
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When does being first lady give you experience to be president?
In that case, why wouldn't Laura * run?
Or Barbara *?
Or Rosalyn Carter?
Or Nancy Reagan?

Answer: IT DOESN'T.

Just like the fact that you were a captain in the Navy 40 years ago doesn't necessarily give you the experience necessary to be commander in chief in the 21st century. It doesn't.
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JKaiser Donating Member (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:25 PM
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1. Hillary was a different type of first lady.. She did so much for people around the world!
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DURHAM D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:26 PM
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Surely you would agree that Eleanor Roosevelt was qualified to be President. eom
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ncteechur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:33 PM
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9. Not necessarily. She did much great work but does that alone make you
presidential?
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Lucinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:26 PM
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2. Are you really that uninformed about our candidates?
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:27 PM
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3. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein are more qualified than HRC
Because they've been in ELECTED politics longer.

Hillary was NOT ELECTED TO BE FIRST LADY; we just got her because we ELECTED Bill. That's a huge difference.
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peacebird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:28 PM
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4. I don't want a surgeons WIFE operating on me either.... unless she is a licensed surgeon herself
And Hillary was not President, she was First Lady.

That time does not count towards "experience" for the Presidency. And I would rather have someone who has integrity, and sound judgement. Hillary has shown neither.
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NanBo Donating Member (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:31 PM
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5. my SO is a doctor
and talks about work all the time--I've BEEN there when the phone rings at 3 am!. So, then, who wants a diagnosis? Line up, folks, I'm all ready for ya! :silly:
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:32 PM
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6. Who running for President
has any experience being President? Nobody. Its a stupid, dumbass argument. george dubya dumbass bush has eight years being president. Thanks dubya for making my point.

This is not an endorsement of either candidate, although if experience is checkmate give me General Clark any day and twice on election day.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:32 PM
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7. When you're Eleanor Roosevelt, and only then.
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:33 PM
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8. Hillary already knows her way around the Presidential quarters?
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NanBo Donating Member (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:35 PM
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12. apparently so does Monica
Shall we elect her? :evilgrin:
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 08:08 PM
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19. ok.
:P
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Tennessee Gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:35 PM
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10. Because she then became a United States Senator.
No other First Lady has accomplished that feat.
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NanBo Donating Member (316 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:37 PM
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14. She should be running on her own accomplishments
not trying to coattail on Bill's. She wants it both ways and that's not acceptable to a lot of people.
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stratomagi Donating Member (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:40 PM
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17. Yeah but
how many other women became senators without ever being first lady? What do we say about them and their -4 to -8 year deficit that apparently to you is a prerequisite to being a woman senator?
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:35 PM
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11. Of all the "President's Ladies" ..Hillary has been through the Wringer..More than all..
:shrug: Whatever..it stands for itself amongst some of us "Boomers" that you all "hate and revile" as taking some stuff out of your pockets! :D
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:36 PM
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13. When? January 20th, 2009.
Edited on Mon Mar-03-08 07:37 PM by MassDemm
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:37 PM
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15. WAAAHHHH!!!! SEXISM!!!! WAAAAHHHH!!!!
Somebody had to say it.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:39 PM
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16. 8 Years of being in the White House as First Lady gives Hillary much experience
Thats a fact.....

To the point of being President is another matter...and, its better than no experience whatsoever...
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Tennessee Gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-03-08 07:51 PM
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18. The question: When does being first lady give you experience to be president?
The obvious answer: When you are the only first lady in history to then go on to become a United States Senator.
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brandus Donating Member (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-04-08 03:17 PM
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20. It doesn't
It's obvious resume padding. Watching someone else make decisions is not as good as making them yourself. I lose a ton of respect for her for claiming her time as first lady as experience.
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