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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:30 AM Original message |
Full Time "First Lady" Hillary: Obama Was "Part Time" State Senator |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nice to see she's dropped the negative campaigning. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. I don;t think it negative to point out an opponent's political experience or lack of same. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Just because she says it doesn't make it so. nt |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Is there a factual error in her statement? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Factual as far as it goes; so is the negative connotation. Try |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
75. I do not consider Karl Rove a reliable source on Democratic candidates. nt |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Clinton is a full-time conservative Democrat. No thanks. ABC. nt |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
82. and that makes Obama a full-time ULTRA conservative Democrat? |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
91. Then that makes Obama Ben Nelson, who is expected to endorse Obama |
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Texas_Kat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Are State Senators in Illinois full time? |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. No, they generally meet a couple days a week, even when there's an active session. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
69. Seriously, stop it. You're wrong. |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
71. It is full time... kinda |
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Texas_Kat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #71 |
89. Thanks, I wondered |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. and how is this statment not true? |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. not to dispute your word, but do you have a link or source for |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. here's one thing I found: |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. thanks for the link. I guess i was hoping for something more |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. sorry, but I'm multi-tasking here like crazy, on my way out the door |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
57. Illinois has a full time legislature and it was more than a few years. |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. Was he still practicing law while he was state senator? |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. No, he was a constitutional law lecturer at U of C Law School during this time. NT |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
90. Thanks! n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. Oh brother, |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. It is a part-time body. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Then that's fair to point to. n/t |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
58. No, it isn't. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. That's a positive campaign right there. |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. Wasn't it Bill who coined the term, "the Perpetual Campaign"? nt |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. HRC had the decency to give us a full term. Sorry, but it counts for sumpthin n/t |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Clinton & obama each pledged to not run for pres in 1st Senater term. He broke his pledge. nt |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. I wasn't aware of that. So why is he getting a pass? n/t |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
85. Here is Obama with Russert stating categorically he will finish Senate term and not run |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. TY. I thought there was something fishy about this person. NYers |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. The Illinois Senate is generally only in session a couple days a week. |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. God forbid they not be professional politicians! nt |
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DontTreadOnMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Experience is not measured in years in office! |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. And he actually had to be Present to vote "Present", too. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
61. That's not true |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
81. Then the US Senate is a part time job by your standard. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. He's had more years in Senate the she yet they are running |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. As you actually know Clinton has 6 more years in the US Senate than Obama. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. why do people here resort to creative addition? |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Thanks for your correction. Clinton has 4 more years of Senate service. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. go back and check your facts... because you are forgetting |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I am talking about Washington DC political experience. Specifically US Senate experience. |
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Anouka (712 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. just keep redefining the conditions ... |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. My statements reflect my beliefs about relevant experience. I was clear from the start that I was |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
87. No, you were responding to me originally and I was right and |
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Anouka (712 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. I don't think it counts with them. |
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Bread and Circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Yes but as a Senator (Illinois and U.S.) He has more years put |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I think promises not kept are issues of character ant the record of each on promises |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
17. Why is every accurate comment about Obama's record called "Negative!" by ObamaNation? |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Habit, perhaps. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. he had three part-time jobs then |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. That would confirm Hillary's assertion, not deny it. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. yes, but the part-time implication |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. "Part-time Senator" is pretty clear. |
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goku2008 (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. o |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
36. Hey jefferson_dem are we going to see you post anything of substance for policy ideas on your guy? |
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goku2008 (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. here |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. You doth protest too much. Here ya go - - |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. And yet nothing by you. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. That was rather strange. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You didn't create those, so I'm not sure what your point is. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I would have thought better of a poltical science major. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Could be worse... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. I'm claiming that you can't read and are obtuse. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. But you yourself never seem to want to help Obama out on this. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Odd is a word that fits you well, Billy. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Thats it avoid the question. |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. Not bad for part-time |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. Hillary has been running for president since before she was elected to the senate |
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Nedsdag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
54. Keep it up Hillary! |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
56. That's a lie on two points. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Illinois does not have a full-time legislature. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Yes, they do. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. One day a week is full-time? Damn, sign me up! |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Stop lying. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. At least I can actually read a calendar. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. No, you obviously can't |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. This poster is full of shit. IL has a full-time professional legislature. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Take it up with the Director of Public Affairs, University of Illinois. He says ... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
64. Here's an article about Illinois' full time legislature. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
70. OK...we can play this game, Hillary... |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Wow, I had no idea that she was First Lady of Alaska. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. She was a wonderful hostess when Laura Bush visited for tea in 2000 |
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OneMoreDemocrat (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
77. This whole 'First Lady' business that Hillary keeps banding about..... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. Not according to Obama |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
79. A lazy black man, shuckin' and jivin' his way to the presidency |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Yup more code words... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #86 |
94. Exactly! nt |
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codeindigo (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
92. does this have to do with his voting record? |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
93. Funny telling the truth about Obama's career |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
95. If he can draft all that legislation in a part-time job... |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
96. How can ANY Dem support Hillary after her Dick Cheney moment last week?? |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Good Question |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
97. What are the official duties of a full time first lady? |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Actually, watching Laura Bush in the White House for the past |
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