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Jaben, your statement about Senator Clinton's legislative record is willfully misleading. I will contend that you have been knowingly deceitful in posting it here. Before I give you the proper record, I want to point out to everyone that your list and comments on it are entirely lifted from a book by Dick Morris. Perhaps you've heard of him? No? Well, he's someone that most politically aware people know of as a tireless Hillary-basher who has devoted himself to stopping her candidacy no matter the cost, truth be damned.
Not exactly an objective or truthful observer.
First, here is a link to a review of the Dick Morris book from which you wholly lifted your "facts." Note the exact match between your post and the list in the link:
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/10/23/223205.shtml
In point of fact, Hillary Clinton has sponsored 352 bills since Jan. 22, 2001 and co-sponsored 1713 bills during that same time frame. Here's a link:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300022
Barack Obama has sponsored 129 bills since Jan. 4, 2005 and co-sponsored 535 bills during that same time frame. Here is a link to his record:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400629
I find it significant that though you posted a link to legislative records, you recommended that the reader not bother to follow it and simply read your list-- to "save" them "the trouble" as you put it. Perhaps your real motive was to keep readers from checking your facts since you knew they would not hold up.
No matter what the point of view here on Salon, I have always believed that the posts on this site are offered with integrity and honor. I cannot say that of your post. You have sullied the nature of discourse here.
As Bill Clinton would say, "Shame on you."
