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1 posted on 08/14/2007 6:01:40 AM PDT by pabianice
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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.

She's running on her record but the record must remain secret.

2 posted on 08/14/2007 6:06:15 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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If that headline was only missing the word “records”, I’d be popping the champagne right about now.


3 posted on 08/14/2007 6:10:02 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG (Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
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4 posted on 08/14/2007 6:10:05 AM PDT by vietvet67
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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!


5 posted on 08/14/2007 6:10:20 AM PDT by originalbuckeye (I want a hero....I'm holding out for a hero (politically))
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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.

"Must" be kept secret?

I smell flying monkeys.

6 posted on 08/14/2007 6:13:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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ping


7 posted on 08/14/2007 6:14:39 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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And these are the “Open Records” that survived shredding!!!!!!


9 posted on 08/14/2007 6:16:57 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember (The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
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“Clinton’s first lady records locked up”

In a sane world the records would be free and she would be locked up.


10 posted on 08/14/2007 6:17:13 AM PDT by Hacklehead (Excessive tolerance will be the death of Western civilization.)
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no need for anything more.
plenty of facts about the clintons on line,and thank you miaT


11 posted on 08/14/2007 6:17:20 AM PDT by catroina54
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"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."

says it all right there, really. She and Obama really WOULD make good ticket. Paper ballots, paper candidates....

12 posted on 08/14/2007 6:18:49 AM PDT by cake_crumb (May I never live to see the day America has a 'popular war'. God bless our troops.)
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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.


13 posted on 08/14/2007 6:19:01 AM PDT by hunter112 (Change will happen when very good men are forced to do very bad things.)
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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.


17 posted on 08/14/2007 6:23:29 AM PDT by 50sDad (Angels on asteroids are abducting crop circles!)
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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.


18 posted on 08/14/2007 6:24:07 AM PDT by peteram (Liberals are just Stupid!)
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Presidential Records Act TITLE 44 > CHAPTER 22

§ 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 seg­regable 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 rec­ords were created.

Well, at least in the definitions the records of the First Lady aren't mentioned.

19 posted on 08/14/2007 6:26:13 AM PDT by CaptRon (Pedicaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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Oops, Sandy should have worn bigger pants.


21 posted on 08/14/2007 6:27:08 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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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.


22 posted on 08/14/2007 6:28:06 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Ps 122:6)
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............... 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??


30 posted on 08/14/2007 6:44:10 AM PDT by aShepard (Oh little Mohammad, Couchy, Couchy Coo; your momma is so proud, you'll be the cutest suicide bomber)
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...in the custody of federal archivists...

It's good to have low friends in high places.

33 posted on 08/14/2007 6:59:36 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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OSAMA & THE GENIE

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

36 posted on 08/14/2007 7:04:50 AM PDT by lonestar
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Archivists say the former first lady's documents at her husband's presidential library won't be released until after the '08 vote.

The most secretive first lady in history!

46 posted on 08/14/2007 7:35:20 AM PDT by Califelephant
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