I very much wish that the Democrat nomination race would get settled so that the Democrats could focus on going after John McCain as opposed to bashing each other. It’s no secret that I favor Obama and wish Hillary would give it up. The polls STILL show Obama beating McCain more easily than Hillary, and winning in November is what counts. I also wish Hillary would drop the “experience” argument which she claims favors her. In this regard, John Aravosis has a great post on America Blog (http://www.americablog.com/2008/03/looks-like-hillarys-foreign-policy.html) that pretty much cuts Hillary off at the knees in terms of foreign policy experience. Being First Lady does NOT make you experienced in foreign policy. Therefore, the real issue is who would show better judgment. On the issue of Iraq, Hillary has failed the test TWICE. Here are some highlights:
We're entering into dangerous territory with one of our presidential candidates. And I don't mean dangerous in the sense Hillary claims - that she "risked her life" during multiple secret agent missions while she was juggling planning the White House Christmas party and solving world peace (if she'd only been First Lady during the Cold War think of the billions we could have saved by her single-handedly bringing down the Soviet Union). We're entering the "just because she says it doesn't make it true" territory. It's a category we traditionally reserve for George Bush and Republicans. As we are all very well aware, Hillary Clinton is touting her foreign policy credentials. Noticeably, no mention of her votes on Iraq and Iran. But, let's look at what she said. Let's see if it's true.
John then reviews some of her claims and concludes:
So, it looks like Clinton's foreign policy experience actually is based on one speech she made in 1995. How ironic. I don't mean to belittle Hillary here, but she has a history of inflating her resume in a way that will lead to some pretty laughable and damaging GOP ads come the fall general election. It's "Al Gore created the Internet" all over again. Most Americans aren't going to believe that the First Lady, when not reading to children, was actually knee-capping terrorists a la Jack Bauer.
We're entering into dangerous territory with one of our presidential candidates. And I don't mean dangerous in the sense Hillary claims - that she "risked her life" during multiple secret agent missions while she was juggling planning the White House Christmas party and solving world peace (if she'd only been First Lady during the Cold War think of the billions we could have saved by her single-handedly bringing down the Soviet Union). We're entering the "just because she says it doesn't make it true" territory. It's a category we traditionally reserve for George Bush and Republicans. As we are all very well aware, Hillary Clinton is touting her foreign policy credentials. Noticeably, no mention of her votes on Iraq and Iran. But, let's look at what she said. Let's see if it's true.
John then reviews some of her claims and concludes:
So, it looks like Clinton's foreign policy experience actually is based on one speech she made in 1995. How ironic. I don't mean to belittle Hillary here, but she has a history of inflating her resume in a way that will lead to some pretty laughable and damaging GOP ads come the fall general election. It's "Al Gore created the Internet" all over again. Most Americans aren't going to believe that the First Lady, when not reading to children, was actually knee-capping terrorists a la Jack Bauer.
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