Posted on 08/14/2007 6:01:38 AM PDT by pabianice
Archivists say the former first lady's documents at her husband's presidential library won't be released until after the '08 vote.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK --
. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton cites her experience as a compelling reason voters should make her president, but nearly 2 million pages of documents covering her White House years are locked up in a building here, obscuring a large swath of her record as first lady.
Clinton's calendars, appointment logs and memos are stored at her husband's presidential library, in the custody of federal archivists who do not expect them to be released until after the 2008 presidential election.
A trove of records has been made public detailing the Clinton White House's attempts to remake the nation's healthcare system, following a request from Bill Clinton that those materials be released first. Hillary Clinton led the healthcare effort in 1993 and 1994.
But even in the healthcare documents, at least 1,000 pages involving her work has been censored by archives staff because they include confidential advice and must be kept secret under a federal law called the Presidential Records Act. Political consultants said that if Hillary Clinton's records were made public, rivals would mine them for scraps of information that might rattle her campaign.
"Those files -- that's the mother lode of opposition research," said Ray McNally, a Republican political consultant in Sacramento. "Opposition researchers would be very hungry to see what's there." Robert Shrum, senior political strategist in Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, said: "In 2 million pieces of paper, would opposition researchers hope to find one where she wrote a memo saying, 'I wish I'd never gotten involved in healthcare?' Sure. That's what they'd love to find."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
She's running on her record but the record must remain secret.
If that headline was only missing the word “records”, I’d be popping the champagne right about now.
But, but, but, if the people actually see her true self, she will never be elected in 2008. She is a chameleon, everything to everyone. No core values, blows with the wind of the most recent polls.
Biggest phony ever!
"Must" be kept secret?
I smell flying monkeys.
ping
I would even join you in a toast. And I don’t like champagne.
And these are the “Open Records” that survived shredding!!!!!!
“Clinton’s first lady records locked up”
In a sane world the records would be free and she would be locked up.
no need for anything more.
plenty of facts about the clintons on line,and thank you miaT
says it all right there, really. She and Obama really WOULD make good ticket. Paper ballots, paper candidates....
The solution to this is obvious—all Republican presidential candidates must call for her to release them. Her refusal to do so becomes the story, probably a more easily understood one than anything the papers might reveal.
Send in Sandy Berger!
Was it an accident that this library ended up looking very much like a trailer?
Thank you for selecting my as your heart surgeon. Of course, any past records of how well or poorly I performed on past operations will be kept secret until after I have sliced you open from collarbone to groin. That’s just how we do things. Sorry.
If there is such a thing as the Presidential Records Act, I think that due to the unique circumstances surrounding this election (a former first lady running for President), an exception to this act be made under the Freedom of Information Act and all documents made available to the public. The woman is running for the most powerful seat in the world - Any and all information on her past achievements and failures must be released so that Americans can make a well-informed decision in November ‘08.
......I won’t be holding my breath for that to happen though.
§ 2201. Definitions
As used in this chapter
(1) The term “documentary material” means all books, correspondence, memorandums, documents, papers, pamphlets, works of art, models, pictures, photographs, plats, maps, films, and motion pictures, including, but not limited to, audio, audiovisual, or other electronic or mechanical recordations.
(2) The term “Presidential records” means documentary materials, or any reasonably segÂregable portion thereof, created or received by the President, his immediate staff, or a unit or individual of the Executive Office of the President whose function is to advise and assist the President, in the course of conducting activities which relate to or have an effect upon the carrying out of the constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President. Such term—
(A) includes any documentary materials relating to the political activities of the President or members of his staff, but only if such activities relate to or have a direct effect upon the carrying out of constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President; but
(B) does not include any documentary materials that are (i) official records of an agency (as defined in section 552 (e) [1] of title 5, United States Code);
(ii) personal records;
(iii) stocks of publications and stationery; or
(iv) extra copies of documents produced only for convenience of reference, when such copies are clearly so identified.
(3) The term “personal records” means all documentary; materials, or any reasonably segregable portion therof,[2] of a purely private or nonpublic character which do not relate to or have an effect upon the carrying out of the constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President. Such term includes—
(A) diaries, journals, or other personal notes serving as the functional equivalent of a diary or journal which are not prepared or utilized for, or circulated or communicated in the course of, transacting Government business;
(B) materials relating to private political associations, and having no relation to or direct effect upon the carrying out of constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President; and
(C) materials relating exclusively to the PresidentÂ’s own election to the office of the Presidency; and materials directly relating to the election of a particular individual or individuals to Federal, State, or local office, which have no relation to or direct effect upon the carrying out of constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties of the President.
(4) The term “Archivist” means the Archivist of the United States.
(5) The term “former President”, when used with respect to Presidential records, means the former President during whose term or terms of office such Presidential recÂords were created.
Well, at least in the definitions the records of the First Lady aren't mentioned.
Oops, Sandy should have worn bigger pants.
Be careful here - this is a very shrewd woman. It could well be that there is nothing there. Then, a continual call from her opposition for its release may look like a witch hunt, if you’ll pardon the term.
We win in the arena of ideas. Let’s not get sidetracked and make the major issue those records, or any other side scandal. Keep the issues at the forefront and we will win every time, including this one.
Hmmm.
Can't imagine there'd be anything damaging to Her Hillaryness' image in them if they're intact.
This story could be a ploy by her campaign to arouse suspicion, hold off releasing the documents until just before the primaries but soon enough for the news to break that her record is clean - they might even use the word "exonerated" or a similar catchy catchword - BEFORE Herself is in any danger of losing said primaries.
They've used this tactic before, after all.
I am no historian, but was there ever a worse First Lady?
Now she wants to be POTUS? O HELL NO!
All those contributions for the library and they couldn’t even make it a double wide...
Is that thing really Clintons presidential library? It looks more like an eighteen wheeler livestock carrier flying off a bridge. Their legacy for everything honky tonk lives on.
I swear it looks like a trailer up on pilings.
Goes along with the trailer trash duo from Arkansas.
Are Republicans the only ones who see that connection? snicker* The first picture that I saw of the future library I thought it was a redneck joke. Then I discovered that they were serious!
Over at PsychoticUnderground.com Hillary is no favorite. Just how is she gonna be nominated?
............... but nearly 2 million pages of documents covering her White House years are locked up in a building here,...............
There in a nutshell is the problem that’s drowning the USA!
She’s in our White House for 1900 days, and generates over one thousand documents a day. How can anything about a first lady be so important that 2 million pages of drivel are kept for posterity??? And who are we paying to write this crap??
HOW MANY TREES LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES SO THE CLINTONS COULD REWRITE HISTORY?!
THE CLINTONS LIED AND GOOD TREES DIED!!
Her campaign would immediately react by saying she is being unfairly attacked, she can do nothing about the law, etc.
That said, perhaps one of the “lower tier” candidates that will bow out eventually can give us a loud, strong protest as a parting gift.
It's good to have low friends in high places.
Gee, where's a whistleblower when ya need one?
It reminds me of one of those unpainted aluminum camper trailers.
While trying to escape through Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden found a Bottle on a beach and picked it up.
Suddenly, a female genie rose from the bottle and with a smile said "Master, may I grant you one wish?"
"You ignorant, unworthy daughter-of-a-dog! Don't you know who I am? I don't need any common woman giving me anything" barked Bin Laden. The shocked genie said "Please, I must grant you a wish or I will be returned to that bottle forever."
Osama thought a moment, then grumbled about the impertinence of the woman and said "Very well, I want to awaken with three American women in my bed in the morning. So just do it and be off with you!"
The annoyed genie said, "So be it !" and disappeared.
The next morning Bin Laden woke up in bed with Lorena Bobbitt, Tonya Harding, and Hillary Clinton.
His penis was gone, his knees were broken, and he had no health insurance.
God is good
Bingo...remember the video of Goober that was said to show him having a melt down during his questioning about Paula Jones, after much hype nothing was there, a complete setup.
People who might be sympathetic to her politics still have some distrust of her, this would feed that. But you're right as far as political courage goes. I guess it would have to be a Republican who does not have part of his own records locked up somewhere...
And we all know what you get when you drag a $100 bill through a trailer park - The Clintons.
Hell, around Mrs. Clinton a fiver would do.
Sure is. Even cost ya $7 to get in. Must cover the cost of fumigation.
http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/
I heard they were having Sandy Burglars pants and socks bronzed so they can be displayed right next to the cigarette and slurpy machine at the front entrance.
She isn’t the only one- remember Dean and his locked archive of papers from his governorship of Vermont?
Remember Kerry and his military records?
All the Dems run on their record, the record that no one gets to see.
“bridge to the 21st century” but I see it as the “trailer house to no where”
This is the first time I’ve ever seen a picture of it.
My reaction was to wonder why someone would try to make a treehouse out of a mobile home?
Although "witch hunt" is accurate.......
The most secretive first lady in history!
Release the full Barrett report NOW!!!
so what is she hiding? what is she embarassed by? why do we want someone like that for president?
Gotcha Hildabeast: Several Court Applications now on the way to unseal your files!
Dance while you can!
Wonder where Hillary falls on the BMI chart. Since that is a lefty push.
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