“There is one job we can’t afford on-the-job training for — that’s the job of our next president.”

So says Hillary. Did I miss something? When was SHE president? :shrug:

It's a different one for every new president.

That's taking her husband's coattails to a whole 'nother level.

that Bill will be the power here, with Hill as Pres by Proxy. Whichever view will make you vote for her.

You aren't supposed to THINK, or examine her statement factually - that type logic has no place in politics since 9/11..... After all 9/11 changed everything!

:eyes:

She seems to be saying SHE, unlike Obama, has been president before. :wtf:

have her say about the Telecommunications Act in 1996?

snippets~
"The Telecommunications Act of 1996<1> was the first major overhaul of United States telecommunications law in nearly 62 years, amending the Communications Act of 1934, and leading to media consolidation.<2> It was approved by the 104th Congress on January 3, 1996 and signed into law on February 8, 1996 by President Bill Clinton."

snippets~
"The Act was claimed to foster competition. Instead, it continued the historic industry consolidation begun by Reagan, whose actions reduced the number of major media companies from around 50 in 1983 to 10 in 1996 <1>, reducing the 10 in 1996 to 6 in 2005.<6>

An FCC study found that the Act had led to a drastic decline in the number of radio station owners, even as the actual number of commercial stations in the United States had increased<7>."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996

hillary can't have it both ways..experience in the White House and "standing on her own".

of the outgoing idiot?

Someone ready to continue the war in Iraq?

Well, I guess she makes a good point. I dunno. :shrug:

but of course, she ALSO said a president shouldn't say what they think. I can't believe the MSM hasn't latched onto this statement and said, "Huh?"

The claim that Hillary gained no executive experience in her years in the White House is bogus.

and disagree. :)

Wasn't "Gore" VP? I wonder if Bill knows?:rofl: :rofl:

and Biden said he wouldn't want to be her VP because BILL is there. We need to get out of the Bush/Clinton rut.

when he said he was 70-something years old, and he doesn't have time to help train someone to be Prez.

using her logic.

to the job after being out of office to some extent. The job demands change, and the skill sets needed also, change with changing circumstances.

But it is foolish to take it so literally. There is a common sense point that she is making which all are free to weigh and judge as they see fit. Some prior experiences better prepare someone for a new job that they never before held than do others. That isn't some radical concept, it goes into hiring decisions in business, government, and non-profit organizations all of the time.

It is one reason why some argue that a Governor needs less on the job training to become President than a Senator, because of their executive experience, while others argue the opposite citing a Senator's familiarity with international issues for example.

Hillary Clinton had a front row seat to the inner workings of an American Presidency that very few people are ever afforded, and in many ways she is much better oriented to what she will need to deal with should she become President than many prior Vice Presidents ever were. She also has pre-existing relationships with a large number of foreign leaders who she spent time with while her husband was in office. She did personally travel to over 80 foreign nations, and no she didn't spend her time overseas lounging at hotel pools or shopping for gifts to take home to relatives. It was no secret to anyone inside or outside this nation that Hillary Clinton was in the loop of decision making, courtesy of the nature of her relationship with her husband, so when players on the world stage got alone time with Hillary it is very unlikely they squandered all of it with talk about the weather.

Hillary Clinton understands first hand how the complicated web that passes for a chain of command functions inside a Presidential Administration. She was present and involved when policies were hatched and promoted to the public and to Congress. She doesn't have to familiarize herself with all of those ropes from scratch.

Does any of the above make her better qualified to be President than anyone else? That is up to the hiring committee - Democratic voters - to decide. She has her resume and she has her case to make about it, and now voters get to decide how strong her case is and how important her prior experiences are in the larger scheme of things.

why aren't we allowed to see the many unreleased documents from her time in the WH? And how many of the foreign leaders she met are still in power? And why does she get to distance herself from Bill when convenient? She has to take the good with the bad if that's how she wants to be seen. :shrug:

distances herself when focus groups don't like a position.She even changes her name according to focus groups and expediency.She was "Rodham" but the Arkansas voters were perceived as not "liking' that so "Rodham Clinton" she became.Now she is "Hillary" to skirt the issue but "Clinton" to associate with Bill.She is a candidate with a malleable identity!

But all politicians emphasize the good rather than the bad, that part goes with the territory of politics. Of course it is fair for her opponents to not allow her to cherry pick her experience in pursuit of votes, and vice versa when that applies.

Leaders change (but not always as quickly as they do in the U.S.) but national interests tend to play out on a longer cycle, so any detailed exposure to the high level concerns of another nation's leaders have a longer shelf life of relevency than just those individuals terms in office.

and she repeated it. Right out of the RW playbook.

“My understanding was that she wasn’t Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, so I don’t know exactly what experiences she’s claiming.”

But I wish he'd come out stronger and put and end to this bullshit argument once and for all.

He should come out and say, "ANY of us who wants to be president would be having 'on the job training.'"

What about that explanation don't you understand? I think Tom explained the situation very clearly and you guys just ignore his points and go on and on as if you heard or read nothing! Set a grip and take the hateful blinders off.

Thanks for the advice. :hi:

:hi: to you too.

:hi: I'll be watching posts written to you and I'll suggest you reply to them. OK?

:hi: Does it have to come to this? :cry: I'm sensitive...I hate losing friends...but I love attention and I'm glad you will be watching out for me. :hi: again and goodnight.

Don't be so sensitive, buddy. :hi:

one poster states an opinion and we all must 'read and obey'?

The post was just ignored after it took the poster some time to comment and explain. However it was ignored as if it never been posted and you go on and on with the same old irrational comments.

foreign policy. (Was that a paid position?)

We need change!

:::confused:::

Oh, I forgot, Cheney's been running things, duh..

... I guess we should blame Hillary for the Health Care debacle due to her botched planning ( and the Health Care mess we STILL find ourselves in ) ... also the NAFTA passage, and it's shipping of Main Street jobs out of America ... and lets not forget delivering the Congress to the Republicans for twelve years or so.

It's that kind of experience that this country most certainly DOESN'T need. With that kind of record, I'd prefer someone with absolutly NO experience, thank you very much.

Clinton cannot be our nominee, or WE'RE SUNK !!

Bill Clinton said the failure of the health care plan was really HIS fault (meaning she was NOT involved like she supposedly was (she can't both get credit for it AND not get blamed for it). And you're right about the other points in your post, too. :hi:

Yes, I think we need a fresh start like Bill Clinton was in '92.

experience to do it again for Bush2?

:shrug:

And the grown-ups have done so well so far, haven't they?

someone with presidential experience, which he has and which she doesn't have. :shrug:

"Elect me because I was the wife of the last Democratic President."

No thanks.

but now says she no longer does, (his position on torture) when she replied, "Well, he's not the one standing here."

She needs a lot more training.