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Hillary Clinton

reviewed by Mathew Russo

Former First Lady and Senator from New York. A candidate for President in 2008.

Mathew Russo
06/13/2009

Hillary Clinton 5

Well here we are in June, so I can only speak of what I see and have seen so far. Let's review:

We had a president for eight years who was the leader of the "Less Government!" GOP Party that factually created more government than any president in US History.

We had a vietnam vet' run for president in 2004 who refused to fight and play hard politics, and in trying to be "above it all" lost the election to an unpopular (factually by the numbers) president at the time.

We now have a president who is allowing money to be invested into the car industry and its foundations, not realizing that if we had given all that money to each household, we could have paid our mortgages, our car notes, and generally helped the economy from the ground up. Now these auto plants are producing cars with all that stimulus money for what? Americans who don't have enough money to buy them? That's one of the worst investments in US History.

We now have a president that took several days to react to the gaming tactics of China. We went from "The Decider" to "The Undecided."

We had a candidate running for President who gave the authority to use force in Iraq as a last resort, and gave a Senate floor speech on why she voted that way, and what her reasons were, and how it was not to be used to start pre-emptive war. That candidate is damned for that vote as it is spun into an "invasion vote" when it was an authority vote. That candidate would also have been damned as "anti American" and "unpatriotic" had she voted against the president.

We had a democratic candidate in 2008 who gave speeches for real change on human rights in China against a communist regime, staring communism dead in the face. We have a current president who gives a lot of generalized speeches to Americans, including the importance of eating vegetables.

We had a candidate in 2008 who began the fight for real health care change back in the early 1990's...faced opposition, and made a mark on the issue... Now we have a president who ran an -entire campaign- on change and won't even stand up against health insurance companies to get single payer to the table.

We had a candidate in 2008 that could get virtually any world leader to hear her by picking up a telephone because she knows just about everyone... Now we have a candidate that has to tour the world more than Madonna to be heard to negotiate.

We had a candidate that spoke out against the Iraq war and GW Bush and damned another candidate for her vote on AUTHORITY for use of war, while at the same time that candidate ran on change--he sided with GW Bush on many Iraq policies post 2003, meanwhile Madame candidate fought GW Bush's with every legislative opportunity available.

We had a candidate who went face to face with bill oreilly and explained her full positions on taxes and the middle class. Now we have a president who still cannot figure out what to do with finance, bailouts and taxes...instead, all the money is going to banks and corporations--the very people that helped to SCREW UP the economy in the first place.

Change you can believe in?

I don't.

What we need is EXPERIENCE YOU CAN VERIFY.

Even a mistake or two on the record is certainly better than voting in someone with very little record and now you get to take the ride with that candidate watching them make mistakes and find their way. No offense to the supporters of any candidate, but those are my honest thoughts. I have nothing personal against President Obama---However, it is my view that he is politically extremely young to be the leader of the free world with consideration to the points I have mentioned.

And I'm a registered democrat.

Now you have to honestly ask yourself one question...

Would Hillary Clinton have made an excellent president?

I think you know the answer to that question.

Thanks for reading.
---Mathew


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numbah16tdhaha commented 172 days ago.
I see you're still signing you're posts. It kinda makes me giggle, to be honest. Now, given the track record of Obama so far, I might even say that Hillary just might be a better option, but its a bit late for that, now isn't it? This brings me to my next question, I suppose. Why go on about it now? Do you believe this horse to be less than dead?

fitman commented 172 days ago.
What Numbah said.

The Decomrats picked the 'nicer' candidate, instead of the most qualified, and there's nothing to be done about it now.

abichara commented 172 days ago.
Agreed with a lot of what you said, but would Hillary likely wouldn't have done much that's fundamentally different.

Mathew Russo commented 172 days ago.
Someone wrote: "Why go on about it now?"
Well, I guess you can't answer that yourself so here's my best shot at it--Rate it all allows people to give their opinions no matter what the subject or its relevence. Secondly, it gives those who voted a certain way the ability to consider their actions and maybe do better next time.

Someone wrote: "Do you believe this horse to be less than dead?"
My response:
With a question worded like that in that way, it is obvious where you stand on the issue, so there is no point in trying to answer that question or get you to consider otherwise.

Someone wrote "...wouldnt have done much that's fundamentally different."
My response:
Yes she would have. She wouldn't have invested billions of dollars in a bad investment like car companies. The emotional patriotism one feels to the American car industry isn't enough to substantiate pouring billions of dollars into it so they can produce a product that people in this economy cannot afford. They cannot buy cars now, what makes us think they will be able to in a few months out or more? There are many differences between Obama and Hillary--but they are coming more obvious now as Obama blazes his path and creates his record, and so far, in my view, it's not good.

Thanks for reading. ---Mathew

numbah16tdhaha commented 172 days ago.
All I'm saying is that you're late to the party. Where was this intellect when people could have used it? Why weren't you speaking up when Obamamania was at a fever pitch? Matter of fact, most of your reviews seem akin to Monday morning quarterbacking, if I may say so.

numbah16tdhaha commented 172 days ago.
By the way, thanks for assuming I'm too stupid to have answers to those questions I asked. I just wanted to see what lame ass answers you had.

Mathew Russo commented 171 days ago.
I actually toured several states in the midwest giving speeches throughout the entire primaries, although I was not officially connected to either campaign. All speaking engagements were unpaid and there was no financial profit.

If you consider posting a few thoughts on Rate It All "Monday Morning Quarterbacking" than that's your choice.

numbah16tdhaha commented 171 days ago.
My, aren't you special...


cgcvp2848 commented 72 days ago.
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