I’ve met this woman 3 times. They were your quick handshake and hello type of meetings. Not the sort of meeting that would allow me to say I know Senator Clinton.
But when I looked in her eyes and held her hand, my rather substantial gut said this is a woman I can trust. This is a woman who has my best interest at heart.
Now, I’m not one to scour the web for numbers and quotes. Read on to learn about the Hillary I know in my gut.
The Hillary I know went straight from Law School to Fall River, Mass. to work for the Children’s Defense Fund. Not to the high paying corporate jobs she was offered, but to where she could help the most helpless of our society.
As a law student, Hillary represented foster children and parents in family court and worked on some of the earliest studies creating legal standards for identifying and protecting abused children. Following graduation, she became a staff attorney for the Children’s Defense Fund.
The Hillary I know worked to bring down the most corrupt presidency in American history. She was still young and may have made a mistake or two, but she was on the side of the good guys.
After serving as only one of two women lawyers on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee considering the impeachment of Richard Nixon, Hillary chose not to pursue offers from major law firms. Instead she followed her heart and a man named Bill Clinton to Arkansas. They married in 1975 and their daughter Chelsea was born in 1980.
The Hillary I know continued to work for children after her marriage.
Hillary ran a legal aid clinic for the poor when she first got to Arkansas and handled cases of foster care and child abuse. Years later, she organized a group called Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. When she was just 30, President Carter appointed her to the board of the United States Legal Services Corporation, a federal nonprofit program that funds legal assistance for the poor.
The Hillary I know took on the mantle of the Woman’s movement and worked tirelessly around the world to bring the horrible treatment of women into public awareness.
When her husband was elected President in 1992, Hillary’s work as a champion for women was recognized and admired around the world. She traveled the globe speaking out against the degradation and abuse of women and standing up for the powerful idea that women’s rights are human rights.
The Hillary I know spoke in 1995 to The UN Fourth World Conference On Women, Beijing, China
I want to speak up for mothers who are fighting for good schools, safe neighborhoods, clean air and clean airwaves . . . for older women, some of them widows, who have raised their families and now find that their skills and life experiences are not valued in the workplace . . . for women who are working all night as nurses, hotel clerks, and fast food chefs so that they can be at home during the day with their kids . . . and for women everywhere who simply don’t have enough time to do everything they are called upon to do each day.
If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, it is that human rights are women’s rights . . . And women’s rights are human rights.
The Hillary I know spoke once again at the 5 year follow-up to the Beijing meeting. When she finished her speech the 1000’s of women at the U.N. began to hold hands and sing the anthem of freedom, “We shall overcome”. This is an inspiring woman and republican’s don’t like that.
The Hillary I know is in it to win. She’s in it to win the nomination and she’s in it to win the Presidency.
Quoting the owner of Daily Kos, Markos Alberto Moulitsas Zúniga:
What’s more, Clinton was the only top-tier candidate to refuse the ultimate Iowa and New Hampshire pander by removing her name from the Michigan ballot. That makes her essentially the de facto winner since Edwards and Obama, caving to the cry babies in Iowa and New Hampshire, took their name off Michigan’s ballot. Sure, the DNC has stripped Michigan of its delegates, but that won’t last through the convention. The last thing Democrats can afford is to alienate swing states like Michigan and Florida by refusing to seat their delegates.
So while Obama and Edwards kneecap their chances of winning, Clinton is single-mindedly focused on the goal.
The Hillary I know has an awesome record in the Senate. She came to the Senate, rolled up her sleeves and learned the ropes better than most Senators ever do. She’s worked across the aisle more than any and she has fought the rethug controlled Senate to keep our progressive agenda out front.
The Hillary I know has not only fought the wrong wing smear machine for 20 years, she knows how to successfully stand up and fight their crap now.
Once again quoting Markos:
Clinton, by far. No one has taken more shit from the VRWC, not by a long shot. Edwards earned valuable campaign experience in 2004. It makes me wonder why he’d go through it all again a second time, but still, it’s something. Obama has never had a competitive race against a Republican. His best experiences comes from winning primaries. But he’s never been in the crossfires of the GOP. Maybe that’s why he can pretend that he can move beyond partisanship. Because he’s never had to run a partisan race.
The Hillary I know is a progressive whatever that means and a lifelong fighter for our liberal beliefs.
Markos once again:
Clinton isn’t horrible on this front, but Obama has made a cottage industry out of attacking the dirty fucking hippies on the left, from labor unions, to Paul Krugman, to Gore and Kerry, to social security, and so on. People think I was being ticky tack with the Gore thing, and in isolation it would’ve been but a minor non-event. But it was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back for me, yet another in a pattern of attacks against Democrats and their constituencies. He is the return of Bill Clinton-style triangulating personified.
The Hillary I know is a funny, likable woman. She admits she is uncomfortable talking about herself but she can speak to the issues better than any candidate in this race.
Even Markos likes her:
In other words, I’d have a beer with any of them. But I do love the idea of breaking a new barrier this year, whether it’s by having a woman president or an African American one.
The Hillary I know is a Woman. She is the best spokesperson the woman’s movement has ever had and republican’s don’t like that either. Women, over 50% of the population, may not always like her policies but they respect her and admire her fighting spirit.
The Hillary I know is the greatest threat the GOP has ever faced. Why have they relentlessly attacked her for all these years? Because they know what will happen to the GOP if Hillary is nominated for the Presidency of the United States.
Women. Single mothers. Working women. Feminists. Housewives. Women. Bartenders, Convenience store workers, mill workers. Women. Hookers, Strippers, Black Jack Dealers. Women.
Women. who have never voted. Women. who have voted Republican. Women. who are independents.
The Hillary I know when nominated will unite these women into the greatest force for freedom that the world has ever seen.
The Hillary I know when nominated will cause the largest voter registration the country has ever seen. All those women voters standing with their sisters to see the first Woman President will be registered as Democrats.
The Hillary I know is the greatest threat the GOP has ever faced. She is a Woman.
HILLARY CLINTON
Hillary Clinton told a lie on top of a lie. She lied about her experience in Bosnia and told another lie when she was caught. The Clintons thinks their American Royalty. Hillary is no Queen Elizabeth. She has exagerated and lied about her experience after attacking her rival for not having any at all except a speech from 2002. Now that her White House Documents are released due to a lawsuit to release them, it’s clear that she doesn’t have more experience than Obama after all. It is clear that she was very supportive of Nafta which derived from the Clinton Administration. Now shes running for president she arguing that she was a critic and skeptical of Nafa but her White House documents state she had several meetings and a strong advocate for Nafta. In her book, Hillary Clinton said Nafta was good for America. If you lost your job because it was shipped over sea’s or your job no longer exist, you should thank Bill& Hillary Clinton. The same goes for her vote to authorize the war in Iraq which now she opposes because it’s not politically correct. Hillary Clinton would say and do anything to win your vote. The truth is she is not fit to be president. After the Bush administration, we need a president that can acknowledge mistakes and when caught in a lie can then tell the truth instead of telling another. We need a president that will risk the presidency for what they believe. A president that can beat Mccain, All of Hillary lies and mistakes will come to light in a general election. She already said Mccain is fit to be commander and chief and has the experience. Now that we know she doesn’t have the experience how can she win with John Mccain. We need to stop her in Pennslyvania so we could have a chance of having a Democrat in the White House. We don’t need a President that would do anything to win. A president that can stand up for what they believe and respond to crisis whether the are right or wrong and do acknowlege their mistakes and how to make them right. A president who wants new politics and wants to win on merit and wisdon and not dirty kitchen sing strategies. We need Obama. So let’s make it happen on April 22, 2008
Single Mothers
I have been a sole-custody, single mother of four daughters for at least ten years. Their father has continually been behind on support, participates nothing in their lives…I mean has not seen them for nearly 9 years…and I have two daughters who need Orthodontic treatment; have requested either health insurance or an increase numerous times from the state he lives in, and am repeatedly told he can’t pay anything more. Yet, when he has fallen behind they have attached more to his wages and it is paid….most of the time. So why they say he cannot assist with braces for his own children is not of any sense to me
Someone needs to step up and say that both parents should be equally liable. I stayed at home with these girls for nearly ten years….now because I am nearly killing myself to provide, I am penalized because I am not as ignorant and uneducated. He should have to pay the other half of what I pay. I receive $608 a month for four daughters…have been receiving the same since 1999. None of it makes sense….I suppose people focus on these black, low income fathers for some reason, but does anyone ever look at the fact that there are also white people in this country who struggle with support issues…and who work twice as hard because they expect more of themselves and of their kids? I am sorry, but sometimes it seems people of color (some, not all) are still looking for their acre of land and $1000. It is not coming and the reality is that if you decide to remain here and your ancestors came here, perhaps you should thank God that you wound up here instead of in Iraq or Iran or Bosnia or some other country that did not allow you any ounce of freedom. I have many friends who are of color, but there always (unless they have no taken the effort to educate themselves which is nearly free here!) a few who cry about their situation. I say be part of this country and fight for what is right…but lets not make it anything to do with color. It has to always be about rights for Americans….black white brown yellow…it should not matter. We don’t have a white college fund…Jesus wept!
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