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Monday, June 18, 2007 12:00 AM

Hillary's hard-won experience

In an interview with Salon, the candidate discusses the "vast right-wing conspiracy," being called by her first name, and how long U.S. troops would be in Iraq if she wins in 2008.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Monday, June 18, 2007 05:59 AM

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    I prefer a fair interview to the in your face type. The answers showed some thought behind them. No glib one liners, catchy phrases and the usual mind numbing bullshit that passes for pundit approved talking points. (I wonder how Chris Matthews will react. Will he get a heart attack?)

    If one wants likeability (which seems to be the rage) then you had that for 7 years now. Recall that all the pundits wanted to have beer with the guy? Now they swoon over Thompson and gloss over his love life, and are looking for a manly man.

    Hillary is not my first choice but I confess to having second thoughts about Obama - about his relative lack of experience. I saw Michelle Obama stressing her independent mind and asked myself: If Hillary has said this what would have been the reaction? Yet Michelle said things that were said by Hillary and I say good for her.

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