Just in case you might have missed Dick Morris' comments regarding
Hillary's
biography. Morris was Bill Clinton's primary and closest adviser for
years
and was believed to be the primary reason for
Clinton's political success.
DICK MORRIS' '08 PLAY-BY-PLAY ANALYSIS:
BILL CLINTON LEAVES TRUTH OUT OF HILLARY'S BIOGRAPHY
So, I want to make a few corrections:
Bill says: Hillary never wanted to run for public office, but she did want
to work at public service.
The facts are: When Clinton was considering not running for another term
as
Governor of Arkansas in 1990, Hillary said she would run if he didn't.
She
and Bill even had me take two surveys to assess her chances of winning.
The
conclusion was that she couldn't win because people would just see her as
a
seat warmer for when Bill came back licking his wounds after losing for
president. So she didn't run. Bill did and won. But there is no question
she
had her eye on public office, as opposed to service, long ago.
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 and only passed the Arkansas
bar.
She had no job offers in Arkansas and only got hired by the University of
Arkansas Law School at Fayetteville because Bill was already teaching
there. She only joined the prestigious Rose Law Firm after Bill became
Attorney General and made partner only after he was elected 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 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 Walmart 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 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 9-11
victims and responders which were sponsored by the entire NY delegation.
Here is what bothers many Hillary Clinton: She has done everything
possible
to weaken the President and our country when it comes to the war on
terror.
1. She wants to close GITMO & 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 Qeada 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 & 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.
Hillary has not introduced or a commented on what she would do to
strengthen
our country in the War on Terror. However, she has made many comments
that
would weaken our country & makes it a more dangerous situation for all of
us........She goes hand in hand with the ACLU on far too many issues where
common sense is abandoned.
"samsloan" <samhsloan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1190120015.544363.286590@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Take a look at this:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5lN96dgt_Y
>
> This performance is amazing and unbelievable.
>
> It is an acrobatic ballet performance in Guangzhou (formerly Canton)
> China.
>
> I have difficulty believing this. Is there some trick involved?
>
> Sam Sloan
>
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