Sen. Clinton continues to falsely claim that she has had serious experience on foreign policy matters, in order to contrast herself with Barack Obama. As part of that claim of 35 years of experience, she lumps in her years as First Lady of Arkansas and First Lady of the US. Neither position is even remotely close to providing one with executive presidential level experience, and most of the functions of that position are even more ceremonial than the traditional vice-presidential role. Her campaign produced a press release in 2007 testifying to her foreign policy savvy, a letter signed by numerous ambassadors – every single one of them appointed by her husband when he was the president – stating “As First Lady she worked for reconciliation in the aftermath of wars and she led humanitarian efforts for Bosnia and on behalf of Kosovar refugees.”
In the picture below we see Hillary Clinton working “for reconciliation in Bosnia” by singing with Sheryl Crow.
Now look, these were nice things she did as First Lady, but along with her other First Lady duties like reading to children, presiding over the Easter egg roll, and dressing up for state dinners — they don’t qualify one to be president.
Soooo, George W (Worst..ever) Bush had experience that qualified him to lead this country?
As noted elsewhere, if her 8 years as First Lady count as “experience” then Laura Bush would be considerably more qualified right now. After all, she’s been First Lady during 9/11 and the ongoing “war on terror” that has followed. Surely her experience makes her more qualified than Hillary Clinton in today’s environment.
I can just imagine how she sounded singing “Soak Up the Sun” given her vocal stylings on the National Anthem.
Saw this on Huffpo. Kudos, O-dub.
All this “experience” means to me is that she can play the game in Washington. It ain’t necessarily a good thing.
The war in Bosnia ended in December 1995. After that, there was no fighting or sniper fire in the country, especially not in March 1996.
I know this; I lived through the entire war as a child. I should put this on my resume, it seems it’s a great qualification for important positions.
If the trip was so dangerous, do you think they would send President’s wife and daughter there?
SAVO HELETA
Author of “Not My Turn to Die:
Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia”
http://savoheleta.livejournal.com