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.
CNN's reporter Matthew Chance reported from Russia that when the Officials and people there were asked about our Presidential race...theey said...they felt McCain was anti-Russia, Obama was someone they were not comfortable with ...and the only one they felt they knew who they felt they could relate to was Senator Hillary Clinton. Spread the word folks...this means more than you realize
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THE BOSS
11:47PM Mar 7th 2008
You know David you should try being a stand up comic because as a blogger you leave a lot to desired, maybe you can get a job with Mr. Obama as his pres, sec. you two deserve each other.
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csunbean
12:20AM Mar 8th 2008
Obama will cause unrest and anger between races and divide us. Blacks, Whites, and Hipanics have come togehter as neighbors, friends, family members, and more often today, Spouses, but Obama's church blocks GOD's LOVE of all by adding RACE to his church everywhere, and with his Nonnegotiable commitment to Africa !!! Obama wrote Bill 2433, the Global Poverty Act of 2007. The bill states it would "require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty to tune of 845 BILLION dollars the first year. There will be nothing left to fix America people! 845 Billion dollars on Blessed Africa while he is still in Senate. What will he try if he Gets the Presidency? HOW MUCH OF YOUR TAXES SHOULD BE DEVOTED TO OTHER NATIONS??? Doesn't Obama care about poverty here. THIS is his true native land. He is fixated on Africa where his father that abandoned him lived. GREAT a President that needs a Shrink. 845 BILLION DOLLARS PEOPLE!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRpeeEuZApA Espanol http://youtube.com/watch?v=T1xM9q3Dj-I English
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JJ
12:10AM Mar 8th 2008
Hahahahahahahaha! OMG! What next, Alfalfa? The He-Man Woman Hating Club?
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doeadeer3
12:14AM Mar 8th 2008
Weren't you the blogger that just trashed Michelle Obama too?
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GinnyD
12:25AM Mar 8th 2008
Yeah, you stupid boys are scared about your own incompetence. We have seen what an inexperienced boy can do. Look at Bush.
You boys are threatened by a strong, intelligent, competent woman. So whats new. We have seen this for centuries.
ITS TIME for women to close ranks !!! and elect the best leader HILLARY CLINTON for President.
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thxsparrow
12:28AM Mar 8th 2008
In actuality, I think I have spent more time overseas than Hillary has. Based on that, plus the fact that I have watched a number of political conventions, plus plus the fact that I still have some foreign currency, I think I am more ready on Day-1 to assume full power for the phone and the button. (plus I have seen Dr Stragelove maybe a dozen times, oh and I visited the White House once, so I am super ready to assume authority. VOTE FOR ME!
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Mike
12:41AM Mar 8th 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - From the Office of Barack Hussein: My fellow Americans. Please do excuse my McGlassJaw and my McInexperience. If Allah comes through for me and I somehow win - I know I'll need on-the-job training...a lot! Thank you for your mindless support of me, despite my complete lack of any legislative achievement, my pastor's relations with Louis Farrakhan and Libyan dictator Moamar Quadafi, or my blatantly leftist voting record while I present myself as some sort of bi-partisan agent of change. I also like how my supporters claim my youthful drug use and criminal behavior somehow qualifies me for the Presidency. Americans should vote for me, not because of my lack of experience or achievement, but because I can talk-the-talk...even if I can't walk-the-walk. I make people feel good. Thank You.
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KIM f
12:47AM Mar 8th 2008
AOL, DAVID K. HAS CROSSED THE LINE FROM EDITORIAL OPINION TO YELLOW JOURNALISM. HE HATES HILLARY...OKAY, WE GOT THAT. HOWEVER, NOW, BECAUSE OBAMA'S STAR IS WANING, DAVID IS USING HIS BULLY PULPIT AT AOL TO SMEAR HILLARY CLINTON. SOMEONE AT AOL MUST LOOK AT HIS RANTS; THEY ARE BORDERING ON LIBEL. DAVID, WE KNOW YOUR MANHOOD IS BEING THREATENED WITH THE PROSPECT OF THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT. HOWEVER, YOUR INSECURITIES ARE NO EXCUSE FOR TRYING TO PASS OF SEXISM AND VENOM AGAINST WOMEN AS POLITICAL COMMENTARY. NO ONE BELIEVES ANYTHING YOU SAY ANYMORE BECAUSE YOUR VITRIOL TOWARD HILLARY IS SO OUTRAGEOUS, THAT IT UNDERMINES ANY REAL ANALYSIS YOU MIGHT DO. LOOK, DAVID, HILLARY IS GOING TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. OBAMA IS STILL TRYING TO LIE HIS WAY OUT OF THE NAFTA/CANADA MESS AND IS GOING DOWNHILL FAST. READ THE NEWSPAPERS; WATCH FOX AND CNN: OBAMA IS INEXPERIENED, DISORGANIZED, WITH A WEAK GRASP OF THE ISSUES. THE NAFTA/CANADA LIE HAS IMPEACHED HIS ENTIRE THEME OF HIS CAMPAIGN. IT'S ALL BUT OVER FOR OBAMA. THANK HEAVENS...HE IS NOT READY TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY.
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tom
12:53AM Mar 8th 2008
Google clinton monsanto indian farmer suicides rose law firm
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tom
12:54AM Mar 8th 2008
Obama won texas in spite of replublican's votes for clinton. Don't know if that is legal but it ain't fair. They actually think they have a chance!!!
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thereisnopleasingme
12:56AM Mar 8th 2008
bravo Mr Knowles!! It's funny how some of your posters here are mad at you for having the audacity to speak the horrible truth about their beloved Hillary.
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Lin Cruiz
1:18AM Mar 8th 2008
to informedvoter..............He HELPED pass, He HELPED pass, He HELPED pass....so did the rest of the Senate help pass, including Hillary!!!!!!... no big deal that was his Job...however he passed on all the hard stuff and only voted on the safe, easy issues....afraid to take a stand on the tough votes......passed rather than voted!!!....3 Year Junior Senator....vs. ..8 year Senior Senator she knows how to run the whiite house, been there , did that... met digniitaries here and in their countries...she knows them.....he has no clue!!! FACT!!! Hillary does have more experience and I will vote for her...but someday, if Barack gets more experience, I may vote for him, but he is dangerous now... We all had to wait to get experience to drive a car... He needs more training and experience before steering our country's ship!!!!...but not now, he is too inexperienced. He flouts he was vs. the war and his judgment is good BUT he wasn't even a Senator then and did not vote!!!... He did not see the iinformation the Bush admnistraton paraded in front of the SENATE....HE wasn't even there...Easy to say when he did not even have to decide!!!!!............if that is all he bases his campaign on ,and an old 2002 speech, he has little to offer our country at ths time!!! We need someone to take charge immediately!!!...not someone in training!!!....sorry folks but that is the truth!!! Vote EXPERIENCE...VOTE HILLARY!!!
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paul s
1:22AM Mar 8th 2008
Oops!! Let's not overlook Sen. Clinton's foreign policy experience while serving her 2nd term in the U.S. Senate as well as her membership in Foreign Relations Committee. Let's see. Promoting women's rights in China should be as important as protecting human rights in Burma. Look, if none of the reports, hearings and close-door sessions in the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee amount to any foreign relation experience, then I don't know what is!
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Terence
2:06PM Mar 10th 2008
The short term memory of our country could get us in trouble. How can anyone forget so easily. Does anyone remember all the scandles and corruption related to the Clintons dating back to Arkansas. Lets vote them in the White House again., Hillary is right she is ready and experienced...ready and experienced to reengage the where the Clinton's left off. Lets pardon more criminals. Hey maybe Monica is also ready on day one, she spent time in the oval office.
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CarolJ
1:47AM Mar 8th 2008
I am consistently amazed at the numnber of people who continue to turn a blind eye to one of the most corrupt politicans this country has ever produced. Hillary and Bill Clinton are truly despicable. The latest information released by the Canadian government is that the so called double talk on NAFTA by an Obama advisor never occured. This was cooked up by the Clinton machine to discredit Obama.
It is also obvious that Hillary Clinton continues to pad her resume. In corporate America you would be fired for that. So if she is not available for the 3 am phone call because she is trying to find where Bill is..she can just hand the phone over to Cheryl Crow or Sinbad to cover for her.
When are you going to release those tax records Hillary? You are so ingrained with the lobbyists that they will own the White House. They already own you. Hillary has already taken more money from the PACS and lobbyists than any other candidate combined. Also what about you pending lawsuit Paul v Clinton? Mr. Paul is suing you for fraud in the state of CA. No suprise there. What about all those pardons Bill gave in the last days of his presidency in exchange for donations to the Clinton "library." The Clinton library has become a center for foreign money going directly to the Clintons. For all of those who still scream about Rezko and Obama. At his trial Obama isn't even on the witness list. If Hillary wins she can take her oath office from jail...Mr. Paul's suit is moving fast.
Professor Power was absolutely correct...Hillary Clinton is a monster. She will do anything to win and her kitchen sink standard is what we have to look forward to. She cannot win do the math. Of course let's not let the popular vote, the good of the Democratic party or anything else that benefits the country get in the way of the Clinton quest for power. It's always all about Hillary and Bill..co-presidency.. more Bush and Clinton because the US is now a third world country in terms of politics. She will lose in the general election to McCain. Senator Obama would never stoop so low as to have Billary on his ticket. She represents everything that is wrong with this country. Greed, lies, revenge, paranoia and corruption defines the Clintons. Keep proping her up you stupid, stupid people just like Rush Limbaugh said. It is so true..the folks who support her are blind sheep who can't wait to have more scandal. Maybe she will bring back all the funriture and silverware she stole when she left. Thank you Clinton supporters. You truly fit the mold..stupid and uneducated you believe anything that comes from the mouth of the monster.
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Cecil Jones
1:53AM Mar 8th 2008
Wow, it's now libel to question Hillary's qualifications to answer the "Red Phone?" If Hillary's claims are true, then Monica Lewinsky is qualified to be President? No, Monica didn't get elected to the Senate as a victim. She probably learned more from her "Pillow Talk" sessions with Bill than Hill? Wait, Monica is more qualified than Hillary because she did her business "In" the Oval Office. Libel? No way! It's funny because it's painfully true! Just because Obama won't mention it, doesn't mean it didn't happen. Obama's inhale matters too, but he didn't leave a stain in the Oval Office. If you drop trow in the White House you and your family should be disqualified. Why should I listen to Chelsea about her dysfunctional parents? Don't make a child take sides. Don't make her re-live a "Bad Experience."
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Cateyespretty
9:33PM Mar 8th 2008
We vote for the only candidate that is willing to change the Whitehouse and who is a conservative,someone who wants a Reform.And that is Senator John McCain.He wants tax cuts, to secure our borders,stop wasteful spending,fix the economy,and protect our country, and is more expierenced,then Clinton and Obama.It is not fair that they keep comparing him to Bush and blaming him for the war.McCain did not start this war.But he just wants to protect us from these blood thirsty islamic terrorist. John McCain has my vote.www.johnMcCain.com
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jstvote
2:31AM Mar 8th 2008
I THINK HILLARY SUPPORTERS HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT WE ARE ALL DEMOCRATS AND THAT BOTH OF OUR CANDIDATES ARE VERY GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY. A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER GOOD OL' BOY GEORGE W. the fact is that sen. Obama has more legislative experience than sen. Clinton and he has brought ind/rep/and dem's together in a positive way. the problem is that the longer this process goes on the more likely McCain will win, especially if sen. Clinton is our choice. the Hillary supporters will have so divided the party that Obama supporters will not vote for her. just today when she had the chance to denounce/reject the underhanded comments by members of her party she said she "didn't see anything wrong with it", referring to her spokes person calling sen. Obama Kenneth Star. if that isn't divisive I don't know what is. Clintonites you really need to step back and take a look at your candidate and think of how her white house would work. I see a repeat of George W. pigheadedness with a touch of Clinton monster strong arm tactics. we need a true uniting force in the years to come. lets not forget the supreme court that is ready to retire nor the mess Alberto Gonzalez left behind in the justice department. we need a constitutional lawyer like Obama to return the balance of power in our government not someone just as bad as George W.
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SusanM
1:55AM Mar 8th 2008
I have traveled extensively around the world. I also own a number of Cheryl Crow CDs and my children own a few of the Sinbad movies..we are all ready to answer to the phone call at 3 am. If we can't do that..my 13 year old would like to be a Clinton advisor. She spent a day at Euro Disney Paris and saw the President of France. I think she qualifies by Hillary's standards.