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nebula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:43 PM
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Poll question: Civil rights attorney or Walmart lawyer?
Edited on Fri May-02-08 01:07 PM by nebula
Which kind of 'experience' would you prefer to have working for you in the White House?


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Civil rights attorney, Constitutional law professor, community organizer

VS.

Corporate lawyer for Walmart, lawyer for failed Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, President of Young Republicans in college, campaigned for Barry Goldwater.


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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 12:46 PM
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1. Did this Attorney work for Goldwater before or after his bad
decisions?
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 01:02 PM
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2. Before
She was on the board as Walmart became the giant, she didn't try to do a thing with walmart fought against the labor unions and chanted their evil, boasted how they had defeated them. She did nothing for women's rights at Walmart - 1.6 million women, current and former employees, have a class action suit stemming from 1998 about the unfair employment practices, the refusal to give women the equal protection the law requires.

she is no feminist - she doesn't care about women's rights only about her dynasty in the White House.

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nebula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 01:02 PM
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3. This attorney's political views
was molded during her school days by 'The Conscience of a Conservative' by Barry Goldwater.
The book had a tremendous influence in shaping her worldview.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 01:07 PM
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4. I'd prefer the civil rights attorney over the Walmart lawyer
But I'd take either over the slimy fascist ass-kisser
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 01:12 PM
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5. To be fair, we don't know HOW Mrs. Clinton voted while on the board of Wal-Mart, do we?
For all we know, she kept trying to advance a progressive, pro-Union agenda.

And there also may be videotape of her dancing in drag with the rest of the Wal-Mart management, too, but that's another matter.

Anyway, I'm going to withhold judgment on Hillary's time with Wal-Mart, for now.
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nebula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 01:25 PM
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6. Yeah right!

HC was a partner in the Rose law firm, one of the most active anti-union law firms in the country, according to Huffinton Post. When asked what she did about the company’s benefits for workers when she served on the Walmart board, Hillary had a sudden case of amnesia and replied, “Well, you know, I, that was a long time ago ... have to remember…”

In other words, nothing!
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 04:51 PM
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8. Fortunately, the videotapes of the wal-mart board meeting are now for sale to the highest bidder. nt
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nebula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 04:45 PM
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7. Chalk one up for Wally world
Is that you Hillary?

LoL
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 04:53 PM
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9. Where is the option for Children's Defense Fund Lawyer?
Oh...

:eyes:
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TBF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 04:57 PM
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11. She was an intern and then moved on to Rose. Speaks volumes about her priorities.
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 04:59 PM
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12. Marriage. God Damn Her!
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TBF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 05:05 PM
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13. She chose to work at Rose. I could care less about her marital status.
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nebula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 05:40 PM
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14. Let's talk about that for a moment, shall we?
“His signature on this pernicious bill makes a mockery of his pledge not to hurt children.”

--Marian Wright Edelman


That's the founder of the Children's Defense Fund commenting on Bill's welfare reform bill.

And her husband Peter Edelman resigned from the Clinton administration in protest. He was the head of Health and Human Services appointed by Bill Clinton:

'In an article published shortly thereafter in the Atlantic Monthly, Peter Edeleman provided detail after detail about why this bill was a mistake. One sentence in particular haunts me from this essay published more than ten years ago: "Nonetheless, the study showed, the bill would move 2.6 million people, including 1.1 million children, into poverty."'



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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 06:05 PM
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15. Boo Fuckin' Hoo
Edited on Fri May-02-08 06:13 PM by prodn2000
Did the bill (law) move 2.2 million people, including 1.1 children into poverty?









Didn't think so.
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nebula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 07:33 PM
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16. That chart doesn't say anything
about the welfare bill.
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 11:27 AM
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17. Sure it doesn't.
;-)
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-02-08 04:55 PM
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10. A civil rights attorney? Obviously in the pocket of special interests!
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