What Exactly is Her Forieng Policy Experience?

Since I have quite a bit of integrity and saw the word Obamabots...which for some reason irritates those k1ke genes that help make me who I am, I'll refrain from responding to your questions. But, you know the end of the month is drawing near and I've been slacking so I need the coin these words may bring me.

I honestly don't think it makes any sense to choose Hillary as secretary of state when one of the main reason she wasn't elected as the Presidential nominee was because of her foreign policy decision to vote for the go into Iraq. She said that there was a connection between Hussein and Bin Laden, and later advocated immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq but refused to apologize for her vote. I'm sorry but that is not the kind of person that I want for secretary of state. That being said, she does have a lot of experience, she was a personal advisor to the President for 8 years and has met with many political leaders all over the world. No, she didn't directly negotiate with them, because that wasn't her job, but I do think she has experience and won't come into the office not knowing what to do.

The questions you raise seem to me as uttrerly immaterial ParaTed2k, the issue of the moment is about what kind of team Obama assembling and do they have the salt to deal with monumental problems they are taking over from GWBJ? It is not the personality issue now, it is basically the calibre of the different team players-if you asked me whether Hillary is the material for the job she is destined to take, I will surely say a resounding Yes! Dont doubt that woman for even a minute-she is taller, wider, deeper in foreign policy issues than many American believe. When Clinton looked like a very successful leader, besides him was a woman, and that woman was Mrs. Hillary Clinton, a woman you can only underestimate at your own peril!

Obama needs Hillary. She might not have a lot of foreign policy experience, but she has a lot more than he does. Campaign drivel is just that - drivel. Don't you know that it's all a sham? Especially between rivals of the same party. They don't really believe all that stuff they kept saying, it was just so much campaign rhetoric.

I'm not a feeble minded Obamabot, I just one of the 50 million plus million voters who voted for him, so I'm not going to give any excuses. In a primary campaign all the candidates say things about each other. No two people were as nasty to each other than McCain and Romney yet had McCain won I wouldn't have been at all surprised if Romney were put in his cabinet. Hillary has traveled worldwide and has met many of the world leaders. No, she hasn't negotiated any treaties; who has that you'd find suitable for the job? Annie

After all the hoopla that was made of Sarah Palin's lack of qualification to be vice president, I'd say the only thing Hillary Clinton needs to be secretary of state is a passport and some geographical knowledge and she's good to go.

I think that Obama is just interested in getting as many left leaning people in his cabinet as possible and really does not really care if they have experience or not. And people complained about Paulin's. Does the name hypocrite come to mind. As you can see I am not an Obama supporter. In fact I hope they find out that he is really not an American born citizen so they can give him the boot.

I remember something about her coming under "sniper fire" during a trip overseas a while back!

ParaTed, I don't know why so many people are surprised by this move by Obama. My take on this is as follows; There were many disgruntled(to say the least)democrats when the August convention rolled around. Hillary and her husband Slick could have caused pandimonium at the convention with the lack of a real majority of delegates(not "stupid-delegates")! This deal was cut pre-convention to eliminate any threat from the Clinton camp and to show a "real" solidarity of the party. If this is not what happened then this man is proving he hasn't a clue and is now trying to build a wall around himself to protect himself from people who might discern this truth; he is an inexperienced, incompetent puppet.

I guess her experience lies in knowing how to behave when dealing with other head of states. Really, who knows! Yes, Obama questioned her ability as much as she questioned his. It was even worse that most of his campaign people mocked her to no end about the examples of experiences she provided. Now they probably have to work with her. There is animosity on both sides of the fence. I'm not sure what he thinks he would achieve by giving her this position. There are certainly more qualified people who could be in this position. Dang! and now I have to see her mugshot even more often when I turn on the TV....

Will she have carte blanche or does she have to follow an Obama script? If she's on her own, she better have extensive knowledge and understanding of the foreign countries with whom she has to deal. If she presents Obama's platform to the world, then her success or failure is on him and her ability to negotiate. She would be nothing more than a mouthpiece and she'd be as good as any in that category.

I usually feel more comfortable with an appointment to a position like this if I have never heard of the person. Usually people like Hillary and Obama get elected becasue they can "Connect to the people" But for most important government workings, what you really need is some geek that no one has heard of. To quote "Tommy Boy", (roughly) "I'm going to return to the nerdery with the other nerds and our calculators" Basically you need a pretty face who can speak well and then the geeks and their pocetprotectors to actually figure out what is going on. I'm wondering if this appointment was more of a political move to try to control, or at least not further tick off, the Clinton machine.

On the contrary, I believe Sen. Hillary Clinton will provide a good image for the United States once appointed Secretary of State. She was once a first lady, and a very popular one and is very well recognized and respected in countries outside the US such as ours. The world being familiar to her will make it easier for people to respond to her thrusts and her campaigns in favor of the coming Barack Obama administration. Besides, she is not a no-brainer. Aside from being a wife to a former president, she is a lawyer and a United States senator with huge support and experience in leadership and diplomatic relations in and outside of the United States.