Posted on 12/04/2007 11:17:12 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Bill Clinton: Wife's record not covered
By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer 15 minutes ago
Bill Clinton said Tuesday that if reporters covered the candidates' public records better, his wife's presidential bid would be far ahead of her rivals.
During a campaign stop on behalf of his wife, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former president said he can't understand why so much of the media coverage of the campaign ignores her experience — and, without naming him, the relative lack of experience of her closest Democratic rival, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
"One percent of the press coverage was devoted to their record in public life. No wonder people think experience is irrelevant. A lot of the people covering the race think it is (irrelevant)," Clinton said to students at Keene State College.
Clinton referenced a study from the Project for Excellence in Journalism that indicated much of the coverage of the race is dominated by daily horse race reporting rather than about policy issues.
"Sixty-seven percent of the coverage is pure politics. That stuff has a half life of about 15 seconds. It won't matter tomorrow. It is very vulnerable to being slanted and rude. And it won't affect your life," Clinton said.
Clinton also said his wife's bipartisan work in the Senate proves she can accomplish her campaign's message of change, and that records matter more than rhetoric. He said that when voters look at records and accomplishments, they will see clear choices between the New York senator and her rivals.
"I would pick her and be here if we weren't married," Clinton said.
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The more he talks about this, the more he opens up questions of the WH archives about his wife are still locked up in his library.
When are those records going to be released?
Yep - my first reaction - they aren’t ignoring it, B.J., it doesn’t exist.
Of course, he’s right in that they seem to be ignoring her experience in:
1. Advocating malicious prosecution of employees.
2. Misplacing billing records
3. Lying to a federal grand jury
4. Abusing staff military personnel
5. Campaign finance irregularities
6. Advocating pay-for-play pardons and grifting
You want the MSM to cover THAT experience, B.J.? You and that power-mad harridan you married are a blight on our nation. You are a disgusting pig that disgraced an office that Ronald Reagan revered and that harpy by your side would sell us down the socialist river if given the chance.
Do us all a favor - shut the **** up and go the **** away.
Hey Billy boy, RELEASE THE RECORDS and we’ll make sure they get covered.
Barack's leading her in the polls
Barack somewhere said something vague about not running for president for a long time --> It wasn't a planned move... (moi) SO...
In order to prove that Barack was lying Hillary faxed a bunch of radio, tv media a copy of Barack's 3rd grade essay, "I want to be the president when I grow up." ...(moi) So...
Hillary wants to be president and she's pulling idiotic stunts like this.
As per 96.9 fm talk radio host, Michael Graham, you can't make this sh*t up.
Hillary is a lunatic!!!
What record?
Keep talking, you shifty-eyed blabber mouth. Your WINO’s polls dropped 8 points in the past month with you on the campaign trail, and I’m sure you can subtract at least 8 more, if you keep up the whining and complaining as you play the well-worn victim card.
What record? Her criminal record?
Whaaaaaa, Whaaaaa, Whaaaaa
Whaaaaaa, Whaaaaa, Whaaaaa
Hi Psych! How are ya?
That sentence ought to be taken out and shot. I'm embarrassed to have given birth to it.
Experience? Why she’s had lots of Oval office experience......oops, that was Monica.
ROTFLOL
This is rich. How many years have they had to cite her records(which are non-existent; except for the dirty laundry)?
I thought she was co-president.
Theft, murder, bribary, campaign finance fraud, deception, etc.
Don't forget her being a savvy investor. She made a killing in cattle futures and land deals.
/sarc
Her “experience” consists of lying, obstructing justice, concealing and destroying evidence, abuse of power and campaign fraud. And thats just the short list.
If he wants to press to cover her "experience", maybe he shouldn't be helping hide most of the records covering it.
She does not have more experience when it comes to holding elective office, and Barrack Obama. Barrack Obama has held elective office for 10 years and Hillary has held publice office for eight years.
Depends on the definition of "married", doesn't it, assh$le?
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