Clinton once sang a different tune on Obama legislation
One of Hillary Clinton's favorite attacks on Barack Obama of late has been to belitle a lobbying reform bill of his that, it turns out, she praised on the Senate floor last February.
Clinton has been mocking Obama lately for the alleged lameness of his ethics reform bill, which prohibits legislators from having lunch with lobbyists, and which he touted at the Jan. 6 New Hampshire debate when asked to name his biggest Senate accomplishment.
"And then, you know, Charlie Gibson said, 'Well, wait a minute. You can have lunch if you're standing up, not if you're sitting down.' " Clinton said Sunday on "Meet the Press." "So if that's his main claim for legislative accomplishment, people deserve to know that."
But as NBC's First Read first reported today, Clinton offered high praise for the "sweeping" bill last January.
"The American public deserves to be certain that their elected officials are not being swayed by lavish gifts offered as quid pro quo for promoting special agendas," she said at the time. "To that end, gifts from registered lobbyists have no place in our legislative process. For that reason, I support the sweeping ban on lobbyist-paid gifts in the Senate bill. This ban includes not just meals but also gifts of travel and lodging, areas that have been the subject of notorious abuse."
Whoops, the Boston Globe has caught out Clinton up to one of her tricks.
I think most are missing the point. She didn't deny that she supported the lobbying reform bill, or that it is/was a necessary piece of legislation. Her only comment was that it wasn't the the end all and be all of legislative accomplishments. I think her intent was to compare legislative experience, not speak against the bill. As always, critics will take a statement and take it out of context and use it for whatever purpose fits their need.
and Jackie, perhaps you could tell us what is Clinton's greatest legislative achievement...
Jackie-yes, with the intent of comparing legislative experience, she belittled the reform bill, which the blog entry correctly pointed out. I'm not sure how she's being taken out of context.
Her big achievement was keeping her head hi and pretend her husband will not cheat and cheat again, and lie to get his way with the american people!!!!!
I voted for Bill Clinton twice but I feel ashamed at the way the Clintons would rather lie, cheat, or steal their way back into the White House. I agree with Obama we do need change.
Yeah, I know very little about the details of Obama's ethics reform bill, but when i heard Hillary say that, i thought, "Well she's got alot of nerve faulting Obama's etheics reform when she hasn't passed any."
So, like Vic asked, What is Hillary's big legislative achievement?
This from the woman who stated last night at the Las Vegas debate that she decided to run for president last January. Do we think anyone in the universe believes THAT? Hillary would not recognize truth and integrity if it bit her.
Hillary's greatest achievements - monumental if you measure them by size - is lying and flip-flopping.
Senator Obama has gotten two sponsored pieces of legislation through Congress and past the Prez desk, and signed into law in his three years. One was this piece of legislation, one gave us usaspending.gov, a bipartisan piece with Senator Tom Coburn who will barely speak to Democrats, which illuminates ALL earmark spending and what legislator sponsored it. Senator Clinton, in her seven years, has gotten one bill passed and signed into law; that being a million dollar monument in upstate NY for Woodstock. As of now, one of McCain's commercials shows the entire Republican panel of candidates laughing at his conversation over that piece of legislation.
My concern is that it is SO easy to say whatever it is that you want voters to know, whether it's true or not!!!
Hillary is old news and a fake. We need new blood and a new generation of leaders.
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