This is worth reading. It will give you a good history lesson.
Hillary Clinton has been telling America that she is the most qualified
candidate for president based on her "record," which she says includes her eight
years in the White House as First Lady - or "co-president" - and her seven years
in the Senate. Here is a reminder of what that record includes:
As First Lady, Hillary assumed authority over Health Care Reform, a process that
cost the taxpayers over $13 million. She told both Bill Bradley and Pat
Moynahan, key votes needed to pass her legislation, that she would "demonize"
anyone who opposed it. ; But it was opposed; she couldn't even get it to a vote
in a Congress controlled by her own party. (And in the next election, her party
lost control of both the House and Senate.)
Hillary assumed authority over selecting a female Attorney General. Her first
two recommendations (Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood) were forced to withdraw their
names from consideration, and then she chose Janet Reno. Janet Reno has since
been described by Bill himself as "my worst mistake."
Hillary recommended Lani Guanier for head of the Civil Rights Commission. When Guanier's radical views became known, her name had to be withdrawn.
Hillary recommended her former law partners, Web Hubbell, Vince Foster, and
William Kennedy for positions in the Justice Department, White House staff, and
the Treasury, respectively. Hubbell was later imprisoned, Foster committed
suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign.
- Hillary also recommended a close friend of the Clintons, Craig Livingstone,
for the position of director of White House security. When Livingstone was
investigated for the improper access of up to 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies
(Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff, both Hillary
and her husband denied knowing him. (FBI agent Dennis Sculimbrene confirmed in
a Senate Judiciary Committee in 1996 both the drug use and Hillary' involvement
in hiring Livingstone. After that, the FBI closed its White House Liaison
Office, after serving seven presidents for ov er thirty years.)
In order to open "slots" in the White House for her friends the Harry Thomasons
(to whom millions of dollars in travel contracts could be awarded), Hillary had
the entire staff of the White House Travel Office fired; they were reported to
the FBI for "gross mismanagement" and their reputations ruined. After a
thirty-month investigation, only one, Billy Dale, was charged with a crime -
mixing personal money with White House funds when he cashed checks. The jury
acquitted him in less than two hours.
Another of Hillary's assumed duties was directing the "bimbo eruption squad" and
scandal defense:
She urged her husband not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit.
She refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the appointment of
Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor. After $80 million dollars of taxpayer money
was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying
about and later admitting his affairs.
Then they had to settle with Paula Jones after all. And Bill lost his law
license for lying to the grand jury. Bill was also impeached by the House.
And Hillary almost got herself indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice
(she avoided it mostly because she repeated, "I do not recall," "I have no
recollection," and "I don't know" 56 times under oath).
Hillary accepted the traditional First Lady's role of decorator of the White
House at Christmas, but in a unique Hillary way. In 1994, for example, the
First Lady's Tree in the Blue Room (the focal point each year) was decorated
with drug paraphernalia, sex toys, and pornographic ornaments, all personally
approved by Hillary as the invited artists' depictions of the theme, "The Twelve
Days of Christmas."
Hillary wrote "It Takes a Village," demonstrating her Socialist viewpoint.
Hillary decided to seek election to the Senate in a state she had never lived
in. Her husband pardoned FALN terrorists in order to get Latino support and the
New Square Hassidim to get Jewish support. Hillary also had Bill pardon her
brother's clients, for a small fee, to get financial support.
Then Hillary left the White House, but later had to return $200,000 in White
House furniture, china, and artwork she had stolen.
In the campaign for the Senate, Hillary played the "woman card" by portraying
her opponent (Lazio) as a bully picking on her.
Hillary's husband further protected her by asking the National Archives to
withhold from the public until 2012 many records of their time in the White
House, including much of Hillary's correspondence and her calendars. (There are
ongoing lawsuits to force the release of those records.)
As the junior Senator from New York, Hillary has passed no major legislation,
she has deferred to the senior Senator (Schumer) to tend to the needs of New
Yorkers, even on the hot issue of medical problems of workers involved in the
cleanup of Ground Zero after 9/11.
Hillary's one notable vote, supporting the plan to invade Iraq, she has since
disavowed.
Quite a resume, isn't it? Sounds more like an organized crime family... |
