Clinton's first lady records locked up

LA Times ^ | 8/13/07 | Nicholas

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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.

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."

[red irish]

They hate Bush so much and that has a negative effect on the GOP. But I know people who dislike her as much as anyone here FR.But I for one do not want her to have anything to do with the WOT. And when will the US government secure the damn border as that can be considered as a threat to National Security but cheap labor is what it is all about! We need a boycott on the border with signs that yell for security and protection for the citizens of the United States. They all make me sick. It will take something much worst than 911 to get it to sink in that lives are a stake. Better yet let some of our dear government leaders or their families get hurt and let’s just see what happens.

[chimera]

Other than Satan himself, I am prepared to vote for just about anybody to keep Hillary! out of the Oval Office. I really, really, really hope the GOP puts up a positive candidate I can comfortably vote FOR. But, if they don’t, I’m still voting against the Hildebeast.

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” Other than Satan himself, I am prepared to vote for just about anybody to keep Hillary! out of the Oval Office”

At least we know that Satan is Evil, and doesn’t hide it.

I’m with you. Whomever the Rep candidate is, me and my wife , kids will support that person.