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  • matt70, on 03/08/2008, -2/+72Sinbad for President!!! He negotiated peace in the Balkans too.
    • MortalynFlux, on 03/08/2008, -5/+5Nah, I'd rather see Sheryl Crow during the "State of the Union" addresses. Nicer to look at.
      • whalt, on 03/09/2008, -1/+1I agree. matt70's post is typical of the misogyny in this campaign. Ignoring the accomplishments of a strong assertive female like Sheryl Crow in favor of a light-skinned black man like Sinbad.
    • jennydc, on 03/08/2008, -1/+0check it out...
      http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/SINBAD_SPEAKS
    • rz8472, on 03/09/2008, -0/+3Hillary has both foreign policy experience and a "Red Phone" moment. It's called the Authorization for the Use of Force in Iraq, and she failed miserably.
  • scm21st, on 03/08/2008, -1/+50"I was the first person from the Clinton administration to go into Bosnia after the Dayton peace accords." - Hillary Clinton
    Yeah but who got off the plane first, you or Sinbad?
  • burntbeans, on 03/08/2008, -1/+53OK, i wouldn't say she has NO foreign policy experience (she did make a trip to Iraq once, right?), but this article makes it fairly clear that she is exaggerating what little experience she has, but then somehow implying that experience makes her more qualified than Obama; all in all, yet another sign of bad spin on her part.
    • fajitamelt, on 03/08/2008, -7/+0You really think Obama will be able to deal with Iraq and the rest of the Middle East better that Hillary? WE ARE IN A WAR over there. You don't want somebody ***** it up even more.
      • iainc, on 03/08/2008, -0/+5Obama wants out. That's the general gist of his message. Let the generals figure out how to execute that safely; that's what they're there for -- to follow orders from the CIC.
    • Darksaber11, on 03/08/2008, -0/+3I had to digg you down for putting "we are in a war" in all caps. I mean, seriously...
    • BevansDesign, on 03/08/2008, -0/+3We're not in a war. We're in a botched, unprovoked attack against another country.
  • rocketman42, on 03/08/2008, -1/+60There's been quite a few articles like this recently, but this is one of the better ones by actually looking at records and interviews with people who were involved. It's almost like someone remembered how to be a journalist and do research instead of regurgitating what the campaigns tell them.
    • meese, on 03/09/2008, -0/+2Exactly - I'm sick and tired of the media doing what Colbert told them (back at the white house correspondents dinner) - "just type up what you're given and run it through a spell check and send it out". It's good to see them looking at the facts for once.
  • turdblossom1, on 03/08/2008, -6/+19if she gets the nomination im just not going to vote. i wont even read the paper for the next 4 years. i been needing a new hobby besides politics anyway. ***** is so corrosive on your soul. obama was my only hope for something i can care about http://youtube.com/watch?v=rEOjttmqIrc
    • elint6, on 03/08/2008, -12/+4PLEASE VOTE FOR McCAIN. Let's give her a 50-0 record in November so she is so disheartened she commits suicide.
      • ArchangelZLT, on 03/08/2008, -0/+13Basically the two are Democratic and Republican versions of one same person.
        • scottc, on 03/08/2008, -3/+3And that's why I'm voting for McCain if she wins. The democrats will have to earn my vote by putting up someone significantly different, not just another corporate-sponsored, power-hungry candidate who will say anything to get elected. Did the democrats not learn anything from the last two elections??
          • allisonaxe, on 03/08/2008, -3/+4or why not just write in some other name, or just not vote at all? if you're going to vote for McCain because he's the same person as Hillary, you're part of the problem, too.
          • scottc, on 03/08/2008, -0/+2Which do you think is a more effective way of influencing the outcome? Not voting for a candidate - or voting for their opponent? Now if there were another good choice then I would vote for them instead.
        • iainc, on 03/08/2008, -0/+2Better the devil you know :o) Vote McCain if The Monster gets nominated. That way Barack will trounce The Oven Chip in 2012 (if we're still here, that is).
      • FritzKatz, on 03/09/2008, -0/+1I'm no Hillary supporter -- but I wouldn't wish suicide on anyone.
    • Stevanoski, on 03/08/2008, -6/+3Obama is about to find out what happens when you mess with the white power structure of the Democratic Party.
    • miket, on 03/08/2008, -2/+4stop posting this, you post the same thing in every article.....we get it, go throw your vote away then...
    • bxblox, on 03/08/2008, -2/+4I could have sworn I saw this comment before...
      • poxonyou, on 03/08/2008, -1/+1You have. I kind of agree with this person, but it's beyond annoying now. Does this person think their vote is so important they have to remind people who they're not voting for every Obama/Clinton article?

        Quick! Someone call the Clinton campaign and tell them turdblossom1 isn't voting for her!!! This is a devestating development and should be a top story soon!
  • abburdlen, on 03/08/2008, -2/+33Her foreign policy experience is siding with Bush and McCain in invading Iraq.
  • sharpfork, on 03/08/2008, -1/+14Most politicians wrongly put their party of their country. Hillary has taken this a step closer to ***** town by putting herself over her party. Take a look at how much she has fukked up her campaign and consider how badly she will do the same to the country.
  • JDWPS, on 03/08/2008, -2/+22The point is that Hillary is the one that has made experience the issue and that is just ridiculous. If that were truly the top criteria then she would not even still be in the race. It would be one of the other candidates. So this whole line is just something she has pushed and everyone discussing the election has fallen in line with. Long before now responses should have disputed her experience argument instantly. People need to read the Time article from last week discussing the importance of experience. It makes more sense than any of these inane arguments her campaign is promoting. Obama has the character,leadership and judgment to lead. We can't elect her just because there has never been a woman president. Look at what a mess she is. We can' t take another term of PURE spin.
    • coreman, on 03/08/2008, -1/+2Someone (not Obama's campaign) needs to do an ad parodying Forrest Gump with HRC instead. Perhaps with a burned out old woman to represent her, sitting on a park bench, with a box of chocolate Ex-Lax. "I had foreign experience..." to whoever sits next to her. From the Trib story, her experience with foreign policy about parallels that of Forrest Gump.
    • iainc, on 03/08/2008, -0/+2If she repeats it often enough, she can successfully program the prole drones the elect her.
      • poxonyou, on 03/08/2008, -1/+1I'm going to start carrying small pies around so that whenever someone tells me they support Clinton, I can pie them and ask them politely "WHAT THE ***** IS WRONG WITH YOU???!!?? HOW STUPID R U??? USE THE GODDAMN INTERNET FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE AND STOP WATCHING CNN! JESUS ***** CHRIST!"
  • ccfoo242, on 03/08/2008, -1/+24Dubya and Bill Clinton had no foreign policy experience. She was stupid to use this as an argument to elect her.
    • MacEnvy, on 03/08/2008, -1/+3Not to mention Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, LBJ ... not a hell of a lot of foreign policy experience for any elected president since JFK.
      • Stevanoski, on 03/08/2008, -5/+1Good point, JFK was the only captain in the entire WWII war to have a PT Boat RAN OVER (he and the crew were sleeping) so that gave him lots of experience.
        • MacEnvy, on 03/08/2008, -1/+1PT 109 was *rammed* by the Japanese destroyer "Amigari". 11 survivors, led by JFK, held onto the boat for 15 hours waiting for help to arrive. When none came, he decided they should swim for shore. Because of his leadership they all made it except for the 2 who died upon impact in the ramming.

          But I'm sure your version is more accurate - it's not as though you've been known to lie and spin in digg discussions before. [facepalm]
          • Stevanoski, on 03/08/2008, -4/+1Never lied once or spun a truth in a different direction. It was a foggy night, JFK was on watch, let his entire crew down by being RAN OVER, not rammed. His daddy saved the day, spending nearly 1 million dollars greasing palms to get him an award when he should have been court martialed. Just shows you the power of propaganda that you believe other wise.
      • Stevanoski, on 03/08/2008, -3/+3The Kennedy Curse by Liberal, respected author Edward Klein. Also list how Joseph Kennedy was a Hitler sympathizer, to a degree that Roosevelt finally had to recall him and replace him as ambassador to England during WWI. By the way, his nick name while Ambassador: Old Yellow Stain due to his cowardly reaction during German bombing runs. Was a disgrace to the USA in so many ways, but this one may be the worse.
      • freff, on 03/09/2008, -0/+2Bush I was head of the CIA prior to becoming Reagan's lapdog and later 1 term President, so technically he was able to legitimately claim the mantle of "Foreign Policy Experience" as a Presidential candidate. But then he invaded Panama...

        Hillary trying to make that claim would be laughable if it wasn't for the fact that she's basically laying the groundwork right now for John McCain's argument for why he should be President in November. I'm sure he's loving this since he can kick back and tan a bit in the desert while making up more rude jokes about Chelsey Clinton and Janet Reno as Hillary blows up her own party from within.
    • Schmapdi, on 03/08/2008, -1/+5Realistically, almost no one has foreign policy experience until they become president.
      • MacEnvy, on 03/08/2008, -1/+1Except for Bill Richardson and Joe Biden. Biden has already endorsed Obama and Richardson will as soon as he stops being a little equivocating pussy.
        • Schmapdi, on 03/08/2008, -2/+1Biden endorsed Obama? I haven't seen this - so far I thougt Dodd was the only ex-candidate to endorse anyone.
  • ventura7, on 03/08/2008, -3/+9"Polcy?" wtf. Slow down pundit.
    • Pherdnut, on 03/08/2008, -4/+5Hillary supporters are typically new to this internet phenomenon so let me explain. Typos happen. It's okay to rip into somebody for being super sloppy, but knocking somebody for an isolated typo makes you look like you don't have a real point which... well since you haven't actually expressed one...
  • Warcrack, on 03/08/2008, -0/+14Policy.
    • hunterfilm, on 03/08/2008, -1/+1Yeah, I screwed up typing. Oops.
    • xtlosx, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1I was hoping someone was going to point that out :)
  • DuffyDirect, on 03/08/2008, -2/+8So uh, isn't this Obama's hometown paper?
    • makanda, on 03/08/2008, -1/+15The Chicago Tribune is a well respected independent newspaper that has investigated the Resko issue in Chicago thoroughly, last summer, before most of America knew of this. They did not find anything in Obama's association with Resko that was illegal. The Chicago Tribune is quite reputable.
      • jon30041, on 03/08/2008, -5/+1But they still wanna sell the name of Wrigley Field! FASCISTS!

        /White Sox fan imitating a Cubs fan
    • scottc, on 03/08/2008, -0/+9Yes, it is. The same paper whose search lists 67 articles that mention Tony Rezko - the guy the Clinton campaign claims has been ignored by the media in an apparent bias towards Obama! The Trib has been on that story for months.

      http://www.chicagotribune.com/search/dispatcher.fr ...
    • Schmapdi, on 03/08/2008, -0/+3So we should discount anything the New York Times says too then? Because obviously large, well respected papers that have been around for over a century only care about getting local people national attention.
      • badarabdad, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1the nytimes is clearly biased towards clinton in this race. the way they frame the story around her and belittle his accomplishments. frankly, the conservative editorials on the nytimes board have written most fondly of obama. the nytimes has been a declining paper for at least 4 years now, from when they sat on a story about bush's illegal wiretapping during the 2004 campaign. their journalistic integrity is quite weak, the MSM is too busy chasing the almighty dollar.
    • MadMax3000, on 03/09/2008, -0/+1So what?
  • yujie, on 03/08/2008, -1/+3n00b
  • Hoogs, on 03/08/2008, -4/+6So, does Obama have any?
    I'm not taking Hillary's side, I'm just asking a simple question.
    • Schmapdi, on 03/08/2008, -1/+5Not really. Most would-be presidents don't though. It's something you're really not in a position to get until you become President, or Secretary of State or similiar higher up executive positions.
      • Hoogs, on 03/08/2008, -1/+1Yup. I'm no Hillary fan, but saying she has no foreign policy experience is just a cheap shot.
        • atrain15, on 03/08/2008, -0/+6It would be a cheap shot if she weren't out there touting that she DOES have experience. She has hitched her wagon to this idea and it's nice to see an article actually look into the claims.
    • zeromind, on 03/08/2008, -1/+7No. But he never claimed he did like Hillary did. She stated she holds quality A and her opponent does not. This article merely refutes her assertion that she holds quality A.
    • badarabdad, on 03/08/2008, -0/+4The point is she's exaggerating her experience. She claims to have this advantage over obama, that when examined holds no water.
      • Cattywampus, on 03/12/2008, -0/+1There's a big different between exaggerating one's experience... as Clinton has, and as all politicians do on various subjects... and posting a submission with a headline like "Chicago Tribune: Hillary Has No Foreign Polcy Experience." That's not what the Tribune article says, or even what it's headline says.
  • Pherdnut, on 03/08/2008, -4/+10This is Obama's hometown REPUBLICAN paper. I can't believe I'm saying it, but go Trib!
  • Look4Truth, on 03/08/2008, -6/+5She doesn't need any, the NWO will tell her what to say and do, just like past presidents.
    • Danryan1, on 03/08/2008, -0/+3Scott Hall and Kevin Nash have been controlling the president's office all these years? *****, we are in trouble.
      • BarleyWind, on 03/08/2008, -1/+1Obama will powerbomb Hillary through the president's desk in the Oval Office.
    • whalt, on 03/09/2008, -0/+1Just remember that the black helicopters can't see you if you cover your head in tinfoil.
  • JavertHolmes, on 03/08/2008, -3/+5Could we possibly have any more "two legs bad, four legs good" propaganda on the front page at any one time? Seriously.. the ***** that makes the front page makes it look like obama is nothing but the second coming and clinton will cause a rain of hellfire if she becomes elected, meanwhile the truth, as usual, is caught somewhere in between and whimpering behind all the loud extremist voices.
  • joltjake, on 03/08/2008, -5/+13Did George Bush have experience in anything other than getting drunk and doing coke?
    • ArchangelZLT, on 03/08/2008, -2/+2Invading countries for fun.
    • Radar3D, on 03/08/2008, -4/+2Bush had never even been to another country besides Mexico until he became president.
    • davethe1st, on 03/08/2008, -1/+2His daughters had to pick it up from somewhere.
    • PoonGnarfler, on 03/08/2008, -3/+1Did Bush do very ***** good with that experience?
    • 140Suffolk, on 03/09/2008, -1/+3Let's see: He was governor of Texas for two terms. He got an MBA from Yale and his marks were the same as John Kerry's. And Bush flew fighter planes.
      • PoonGnarfler, on 03/09/2008, -1/+1Yeah, flew fighter planes for the Texas Air National Guard while his daddy let him dodge Nam. And who even talks (or gives a *****) about John Kerry anymore?
        • 140Suffolk, on 03/09/2008, -1/+2Sure, you don't like him. The point is -- he did fly fighter planes, so he cannot be a dumbie.
          • joltjake, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Are we talking about the same George W. Bush?
      • joltjake, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Yeah, well his father paid for his degree, and I think we can all agree that Texas pretty much takes care of itself. As far as him being a pilot, who gives a *****? America allows dumb asses to drive two-ton pieces of metal around every day.
        • 140Suffolk, on 03/11/2008, -1/+1Yeah, well his father paid for his degree -- You mean millionaires have an advantage in this society? No!
          and I think we can all agree that Texas pretty much takes care of itself -- Hardly.
          As far as him being a pilot, who gives a *****? America allows dumb asses to drive two-ton pieces of metal around every day.
          -- These are just facts. You CANNOT be a dumbie and fly a jet fighter.
          • joltjake, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1oh really? Yeah, rich people have no advantages at all in this country..... I bet fact that he was a member of the skull and bones society had nothing to do with his success at Yale either eh? No matter what he's done in the past, most Americans think that he has done a pretty ***** president (look at his approval rating). I don't know if John Kerry or Al Gore could have done a better job, but either way, unless there is a drastic change, America is *****. Oh yeah and someone COULD be a dumbie and fly a jet fighter. Not like he was ever in any dog fights anyways. The military can teach any idiot to do pretty much anything, as long as they step it down to a 6th grade level, and talk slowly.
        • 140Suffolk, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Ask a pilot. You CANNOT be a dumbie and fly a jet fighter.
          As to his approval rating, you're correct. It's low. Not as low as Congress. But low.
          Did you know there was vast disapproval of Abe Lincoln during the Civil War? Did you know that Lincoln had some journalists thrown into prison for writing stories that criticized the Civil War?
        • joltjake, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Why would I ask a pilot? That would be like asking someone if they are stupid, expecting them to say yes. Atleast Lincon was trying to do something good for America, but Bush is too worried about "Liberating" other countries, while America is going down the *****.
          • 140Suffolk, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1How about Afghanistan? Do you agree with the US going in there?
          • joltjake, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1I think that it is great that America is trying to help other countries. The problem is that the US needs to fix it's own problems before moving on to help others. I personally am living in south eastern Michigan, and we're being hit by a big time recession. As far as the US invading anywhere, they need to be damn sure that they have a good reason before doing so. When the US invaded Iraq, they were moving on rumors about weapons of mass destruction. Rumors that Iraq was purposely spreading to distract the US. Sure, we took out Saddam, that's all well and good, but the US still hasn't brought the bastards behind 9/11 to justice. All I'm saying, is that the US should be our #1 concern.
    • 140Suffolk, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1We didn't go into Afghanistan to help them. We went to eradicate the nest of AQ killers and the Taliban that allowed them to base themselves there. If there is a side effect of helping Afghanis (who were taken over by the Taliban, a bunch of foreigners) that's great.
      Regarding WMD, every security force in the world believed that Saddam had WMD. And, in fact, we caught him moving towards nukes twice. In the early 80s and after the Gulf War. So it's not like it was unlikely. And, just to remind you, all the bigshot Democrats made thunderous speeches in the late 90s about how Saddam was dangerous and had WMD and had to be taken out. These Dems include: Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Jonathon Edwards, John Kerry, and more.
      BTW, the only news show that ever plays the clips of these Dems pounding their fists about Saddam is Fox News.
    • joltjake, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Ok then, We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
  • merelogic, on 03/08/2008, -2/+3*****
    • ArchangelZLT, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1I'm not sure if that's some new language, or if I'm just a little bit out-dated.
    • jon30041, on 03/08/2008, -0/+2You make an excellent argument, merelogic. I'm.... truly astounded.
    • opmike, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1My head asplode.
  • MrESaulved, on 03/08/2008, -9/+1Obama's foreign policy advisor: Zbigniew Brzezinski

    Google that man with the weird name, and ask yourself why he is in Barack's campaign.

    BTW, I'm not voting for another Clinton, as if that matters.
    • MortalynFlux, on 03/08/2008, -2/+2Ultimately, it's who you hire and how you lead that determines the end result. Do people really think that the President does everything and makes every single decision on Capitol Hill? No one has that kind of varied background and expertise. This is true for CEO's as well.
    • Yesplease, on 03/08/2008, -1/+4As someone who isn't going to blindly follow the tinfoil hatters on digg and is a fan of Zbig, I dugg you down. I hope Barack makes him Secretary of State.
    • MacEnvy, on 03/08/2008, -2/+1Actually, it's his son Mark that is in the Obama campaign. The elder Brzezinski has no official affiliation with the campaign. And Mark is NOT his father.

      But thanks for posting that once again. Misinformation is a great way to run a smear campaign.
    • yellowcakewalk, on 03/08/2008, -3/+2Even weirder is neocon zionist Dennis Ross on Obama's team. He's far worse than Zbig.
  • bat-21, on 03/08/2008, -0/+20According to Hillary's definition of experience, the next president of The United States should be Monica Lewinsky.
  • RRJackson, on 03/08/2008, -15/+2Obama has no integrity. None, nada, zip, zero, zilch.
    • makanda, on 03/08/2008, -1/+2Right. And you are an English professor.
  • smacksaw, on 03/08/2008, -0/+2Hey now...let's not let the truth get in the way of our propaganda machine here. Talk about "An Inconvenient Truth", Hillary has no foreign policy experience? In my future president of the USA? Get out!
    • makanda, on 03/08/2008, -0/+3The Chicago Tribune is a reputable, independent Chicago newspaper. CNN is carrying the same info, by the way, about RodhamClinton's experience. With her definition, marriage makes all of us experts in our spouse's profession. Good luck!
  • elint6, on 03/08/2008, -0/+6Her only "strength" is that she already (sort of personally) knows many of the world's leaders from her days in the White House. But many have stepped down (and/or died) since then (Chirac, Blair, Vajpayee, Sharif, Bhutto, Sharon, etc.) Regardless, that may not always be a good thing.
  • bChico, on 03/08/2008, -11/+2As long as we are bringing this up, what was Obama's foreign policy experience, again???
    • StarlessKnight, on 03/08/2008, -1/+13Is Obama running his campaign based on experience? Hillary is.
      • makanda, on 03/08/2008, -0/+3Her made up experience. It's 3 AM and Hillary's dreaming.
    • MortalynFlux, on 03/08/2008, -0/+10Or Reagan's? Or Carter's? Or Nixon's? What was their foreign policy experience before they took their initial oath of office? Hardly any, if at all. Yet they were all involved in key foreign diplomatic events burned into history.

      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/40_reagan/ ...
    • dBass, on 03/08/2008, -0/+8@bChico "As long as we are bringing this up, what was Obama's foreign policy experience, again???"

      Ah, no we weren't bringing this up. 'This' being Obama's foreign policy experience. We were talking about HRC's claims to having an astounding amount of the stuff. She does not!

      But since YOU brought up Obama, Sen. Obama is running on his superior JUDGMENT to the Bush/Cheney/McCain/HRC Iraq disaster, and other such failures of judgment.

      Hope this helps to get you focused on ***** that matters!
    • brianscotch, on 03/11/2008, -0/+0his dad is from kenya
  • maiku00, on 03/08/2008, -0/+10the whole experience argument is really going to hold up to john ***** mccain in the general
    hillary supporters are so clueless it blows my mind
  • hopefuel, on 10/22/2008, -7/+2let's face facts - with Hillary as president we get a twofer - Bill is quite possibly the most adept foreign policy politician that we have seen for 50 or so years.
    • makanda, on 03/08/2008, -2/+4Oh yeah! The guy who brought us NAFTA. 2 shoe factories closed in my town of 15,000 due to NAFTA. Lots of jobs though, if you want to work at WalMart. Wait! Hillary was on that board of directors! Surely she'll stand up for us.
    • badarabdad, on 03/08/2008, -0/+4then he should run. do you know who the candidate is? *****.
  • NelsonR, on 03/08/2008, -0/+3Wrong wrong!! Hillary visited and vacationed, at the taxpayers expense to almost every drooling & eye dropping destination resort. She is "Experienced".
  • Cattywampus, on 03/08/2008, -1/+4" None, nada, zip, zero, zilch."

    Can we please retire this boring old cliche? There must be a more original way to say "nothing," etc.
    • Mutton, on 03/08/2008, -1/+2There are no other ways of saying nothing. None, nada, zip, zero, zilch.
    • maximize, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1null, %00, 0x90 ?
  • ventivent, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1OP has no speling (sic) experience.
  • pnkearns, on 03/08/2008, -0/+2Come'on. It's well known that Hillary handled all the damage control on Bill's sex affairs. I can't believe it she has no "foreign affairs" experience.
  • amightywind, on 03/08/2008, -0/+2Not true! I saw a picture of Hillary having tea with Vaslav Havel on a visit to then Czechoslovakia.
  • Cattywampus, on 03/08/2008, -6/+1Did the user posting this item actually read the Tribune story... or even the headline? The story doesn't say Clinton has "zilch" foreign "polcy" experience; just that she doesn't have as much as she has claimed (has there ever been a politician who doesn't play up their experience as more than it really is?)

    The Tribune headline and subhead are: "Clinton's experience claim under scrutiny.
    Hillary Clinton may have influenced foreign policy, but evidence is scant she played pivotal role"

    An Asst. Sec. of State in the Clinton administration, who now supports Obama, is quoted in the article as saying of H. Clinton's foreign policy experience during her husband's presidency, "It was all gentle prodding or constructive reinforcement."

    Has Mr. Obama any foreign policy background that even approaches "gentle prodding" or "constructive reinforcement" or "influencing foreign policy"? (And no, living in Hawaii or Indonesia doesn't count.)
    • makanda, on 03/08/2008, -1/+0Yes! Did read the story. Gentle prodding is not pivotal work. Gentle prodding is not authoritative or accountable. Thank you, Chicago Tribune.
      • Cattywampus, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1To say "Chicago Tribune: Hillary Has No Foreign Polcy [sic] Experience" is just an outright falsehood, though... it's not at all what the story, or even the headline says. I guess people are so eager to trash candidates that they'll submit items under headlines that are totally different from what the submitted article says.
    • rgersmrk, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1I think the point of the article is NONE of the current candidates (and they pointed out Bill Clinton and Bush Jr. have zero as well) can legitimately crow having "35 years of foreign policy experience".

      I'd prefer Clinton answer questions regarding travelgate, filegate, the release of Puerto Rican terrorists to bolster her senate campaign or the fact she stole over $200,000 worth of white house furniture before leaving the white house as first lady. Maybe she'll compare that reporter to Ken Starr too or cry about being picked on or claim it to be a big huge right wing conspiracy.
      • makanda, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1Great minds think alike. I wonder about the furniture, too. Also, about the 'donations' everyone made to her Westchester NY home. Wish the average American had friends like hers. That's why I don't like her. At all. She and her husband are self serving.
        • Cattywampus, on 03/11/2008, -0/+1Hmmm, I pay taxes in NY State. Wonder if I could get my tax refund in the form of a comfy chair or mirror or even an ottoman from the Clintons' home, instead of cash?
  • aserer511, on 03/08/2008, -2/+2hunterfilm has no spelling ability
  • vastrightwing, on 03/08/2008, -2/+2No experience necessary.
  • pingsmoth, on 03/08/2008, -2/+2Postr hs no spellng expernce.
  • rodeograndma, on 03/08/2008, -6/+1I'm sure that the Chicago Tribune isn't biased at all.
    • ccfoo242, on 03/08/2008, -0/+3How is listing the things she touts as experience then researching and debunking them "biased?" This had no Fox News "oh she's a liberal whore" spin to it.
    • Mutton, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1It's impossible to be totally unbiased. But you can tell when some news sources try harder than others, can you not?
  • makanda, on 03/08/2008, -1/+3The Chicago Tribune lis a Republican paper. That is no secret. The Chicago Tribune holds standards of journalism that include ethics, referencing and fact checking.
  • jkbowman, on 03/08/2008, -0/+4Hillary / Lewinsky '08 ~ experience by proxy!
  • genepooldesign, on 03/08/2008, -3/+2Excuse me...but this entire argument is ridiculous. Go do some research and you will find that almost NONE of the presidents had foreign policy experience until they became president!
    • Crazyloc, on 03/09/2008, -0/+2Exactly but it was Hillary who CLAIMED to have foreign policy experience over Obama.
  • gotacalc, on 03/08/2008, -2/+1I'm not sure that anyone has "Foreign Polcy Experience".
  • crazywarthog, on 03/08/2008, -1/+1O' boy ! Another dog and cat fight ! This is fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • hbrws111, on 03/08/2008, -0/+2Great article. By Hillary's logic (if you want to call it that) her time as First Lady has made her qualified not only to run the White House but to be a Cigar Expert.
  • hiphopjon, on 03/08/2008, -2/+2and obama does?
    • Crazyloc, on 03/09/2008, -0/+3he never claimed that he did, this article is just disproving Hillary claim that SHE DOES.
    • craigatkinson, on 03/09/2008, -1/+1That's what I'm wondering as well. Everyone keeps complaining that Hillary doesn't have any foreign policy experience. Well of course she doesn't, she was a senator for goodness sake. What kind of foreign policy experience could she have had? Same for Obama. If we continue to elect senators, then we are going to continue to get presidents with no personal foreign policy experience. Maybe we should start electing foreign diplomats or something if we want someone with foreign policy experience.
  • Gable454, on 03/09/2008, -0/+2Too bad we will never know how much influence Monica Lewinsky had on foreign matters. If she was underneath the desk while Bill was on the phone with foreign leaders, Monica may have had more influence on foreign relations that Billiary. Of course there is also her mere presence on the trips. Bill may have received a little extra sympathy from other countries after they were introduced to this his shrew of a wife. And, according to one published article, she is credited for starting an anti-abortion movement in China after she gave a speech on the topic. So I guess she could have had some stroke in international affairs. (Her first act as president would be to ban blue dresses at the White House).
  • vogelshock, on 03/09/2008, -2/+1Contrary to the poster's comments, the sub-line of this article is "Hillary Clinton may have influenced foreign policy, but evidence is scant she played pivotal role." That's really quite different than saying HRC has no experience. Regardless of the amount, Obama truly has never even "influenced foreign policy."
    Vote Hillary for a better America!
    • Katy7540, on 03/10/2008, -0/+0Hillary's tactics are dishonorable. How can you support her? We need integrity in the White House. Please reconsider.
  • havic632, on 03/09/2008, -2/+1it seems that spelling is hard (policy)
  • zanderw00t, on 03/09/2008, -2/+2Ah, but does she have cerebral polcy?


    I'm going to burn in hell.
  • professorai, on 03/09/2008, -0/+1the very idea that a wife is qualified for her husbands job by osmosis indicates serious insanity in our body poliltic. The country is not a mom-and-pop retail store. Hillary is running on previous favors and future debt to special interests. Begone!
  • gkiltz, on 03/09/2008, -0/+0Fortunately for ALL THREE remaining candidates, foreign policy changes very few votes!
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