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Daschle: First lady experience doesn’t count for Clinton
The Hill ^

Posted on 03/09/2008 12:39:43 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

schle: First lady experience doesn’t count for Clinton By Aaron Blake Posted: 03/09/08 01:41 PM [ET] Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) on Sunday questioned Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (N.Y.) pitching of herself as the most experienced candidate in the Democratic presidential race, suggesting her years as first lady do not add much to her foreign policy credentials.

Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, Daschle, a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), pointed out that Obama has served in elective office longer than Clinton and suggested her time as first lady does not have much relevance to the office she seeks.

“I worked with her; I know what a good first lady she was,” Daschle said. “But it would be hard for me to draw some degree of connection between being a first lady and having the experience to be the commander in chief.

“I don’t think anyone can look at her experience as first lady and say, for some reason, that qualifies her to run for president of the United States.”

Clinton supporter and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) said before Daschle’s comments that Obama is ready to be president but “not nearly as ready” as Clinton.

“I’ve been talking to Democratic candidates since 1980, and Hillary Clinton is the best-prepared candidate I’ve ever talked to – far better prepared than Bill Clinton was in 1992,” Rendell said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antimessiah; daschle; hillary; nobama; obama; stophillary
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from tiny tom.......

Did Russert give him a booster seat so he can be seen on camera?

1 posted on 03/09/2008 12:39:44 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

ohh, a brokered convention! I need to invest in some popcorn stock.........


2 posted on 03/09/2008 12:42:39 PM PDT by tioga (Beware: conservative with back to the wall. Proceed with extreme caution.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Neither one is qualified to be the assistant dog catcher in Huxley, Iowa.


3 posted on 03/09/2008 12:43:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (http://www.fourfriedchickensandacoke.blogspot.com)
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To: Sub-Driver

Wake up, she’s had 2 terms.


4 posted on 03/09/2008 12:44:11 PM PDT by Waco
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To: Sub-Driver

I never realized how much contempt Democrats secretly held for the Clintons until this race.

Daschle, Leahy, Kerry, Kennedy, etc. etc., all coming out for Obama.

Of course, their contempt wasn’t enough for them to convict Bill in the impeachment hearings, where all the Democrats voted for Bill. Guess they’re not afraid of them now.


5 posted on 03/09/2008 12:44:56 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Neither one is qualified to be the assistant dog catcher in Huxley, Iowa.

True. Unfortunately, neither is McCain.

6 posted on 03/09/2008 12:46:21 PM PDT by Maceman
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To: Sub-Driver

I SUPPOSE YOU WOULD SAY THAT THE WOMEN THAT STAY AT HOME WHILE THEIR HUSBANDS ARE IN IRAQ 1,2 AND 3 OR MORE TIMES DONT SERVE THEIR COUNTRY EITHER? !!!!!!

Be very careful about how you answer this one.....


7 posted on 03/09/2008 12:46:44 PM PDT by Texas4ever (Anything off the dollar menu :))
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To: Sub-Driver

Hey Tommy, she helped to bring peace to Northern Ireland. LOL!!


8 posted on 03/09/2008 12:46:51 PM PDT by nuconvert (There are bad people in the pistachio business.)
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To: Waco

I see a Fort Macy walk in the park for a discombobulated dim by the name of Dashle.


9 posted on 03/09/2008 12:46:51 PM PDT by spokeshave (Hey GOP...NO money till border closed and criminal illegals deported)
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To: Sub-Driver

Let’s just all agree that NEITHER of these Demagogues is qualified.


10 posted on 03/09/2008 12:46:58 PM PDT by Enchante (Obama: I'll eagerly kiss Castro's cold dead ass, that's my foreign policy!!)
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To: Sub-Driver

3.167 years in the Senate don’t count either.


11 posted on 03/09/2008 12:47:05 PM PDT by Perdogg (Reagan would have never said "She's my girl")
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To: tioga; Sub-Driver

12 posted on 03/09/2008 12:47:44 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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If Hillary becomes president will Bill be called The First Man, or Mr. president the First Man.

And will he be able to walk into the White House as the President's significant other.
13 posted on 03/09/2008 12:48:06 PM PDT by Creationist (May the Lord Jesus bless you.)
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To: spokeshave
I see a Fort Macy walk in the park for a discombobulated dim by the name of Dashle.

I agree, Arkancide alert!!

14 posted on 03/09/2008 12:49:09 PM PDT by PROCON (Dems=You can Fool Some of the People all of the Time--Abraham Lincoln)
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To: oldbill
Guess they’re not afraid of them now.

Be afraid; be very afraid!

15 posted on 03/09/2008 12:49:39 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“I’ve been talking to Democratic candidates since 1980, and Hillary Clinton is the best-prepared candidate I’ve ever talked to – far better prepared than Bill Clinton was in 1992,” Rendell said.

Thanks Fast Eddie -- let's just all agree that Slick Willie NEVER should have been elected in 1992. In fact, let's just all agree that NONE of the Demagogue candidates in recent decades has been qualified - possible exception of Joe Lieberman, except that since he is in a party of such weasels he too would be unable to carry out intelligent policies.
16 posted on 03/09/2008 12:51:06 PM PDT by Enchante (Obama: I'll eagerly kiss Castro's cold dead ass, that's my foreign policy!!)
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To: Waco
Wake up, she’s had 2 terms.

He is counting the time Obama served as an Illinois State Legislator as "time in elected office".

To be fair about it, Hilary should demand credit for the time she spent as an elected member of her High School Student Council.

17 posted on 03/09/2008 12:52:07 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: Sub-Driver
Mame Eisenhower had more experience.
18 posted on 03/09/2008 12:52:16 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Let’s see....niether are ready to answer the phone....but Hillary is more ready to be near the phone?


19 posted on 03/09/2008 12:52:32 PM PDT by Pistolshot (Remember, no matter how bad your life is, someone is watching and enjoying your suffering.)
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To: Sub-Driver

When did Daschle grow a brain?


20 posted on 03/09/2008 12:55:03 PM PDT by madison10
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