Reply #59: Being a wife precludes someone from being something else? [View All]

Do you know anything about the Clinton years? I guess not. Hillary was more than just Health Care. And an advisor is not just a listener - it is, by definition, someone who gives advice - she was very heavily involved in many aspects of the presidency (mostly in domestic policy and strategy).

There are several good books out there about the Clinton presidency and her role in it is generally pretty clear in them. She wasn't working on the flower arrangement. I suggest you read one of them. ("The Survivor" by John F. Harris was a pretty balanced account, I think, and it gave me a good idea of Hillary's role - but seeing as Harris now works for the Politico, I might question him a bit more now.)

And you're also saying that because she voted for the war, she has no experience or good judgment? Heck, John Kerry and Joe Biden, among many other respectable senators, have years more experience than Hillary does, and they voted for it.

I think state senate experience *does* count, it's just not as relavant as being a U.S. Senator, a governor, or in the higher levels of the executive branch. Unless, like I said, the Illinois state senate is vastly different than the other ones I'm familiar with.