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    Hillary's Experience Questioned

    Posted:
    03/7/08
    When you're running for president and you boast that you have "crossed the threshold" to be commander-in-chief, while your opponent has not, you'd better be prepared for that claim to be examined. On Friday, the Chicago Tribune did just that. Their analysis wasn't exactly in sync with Hillary Clinton's talking points. In fact, it concludes that Clinton's claim of "red-phone" experience rests largely on the time she spent in the White House as first lady. From the Trib:

    Pressed in a CNN interview this week for specific examples of foreign policy experience that has prepared her for an international crisis, Clinton claimed that she "helped bring peace" to Northern Ireland and negotiated with Macedonian to open up its border refugees from Kosovo.

    So what's the catch?

    But her involvement in the Northern Ireland peace process was primarily to encourage activism among women's groups there, a contribution that the lead U.S. negotiator described as "helpful" but that an Irish historian who has written extensively about the conflict dismissed as "ancillary" to the peace process.

    And:

    The Macedonian government opened its border to refugees the day before Clinton arrived to meet with government leaders. And her mission to Bosnia was a one-day visit in which she was accompanied by performers Sheryl Crow and Sinbad, as well as her daughter, Chelsea, according to the commanding general who hosted her.

    Who knew that Sheryl Crow and Sinbad were also ready on day one to answer that red phone at 3 a.m., having crossed that elusive threshold all those years ago?

    And who else thinks that Clinton's claims are more than a tad silly? Read here.
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    So how to explain away the whole "threshold" business?




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