And shame on all of Obama's followers who continue to discredit/dismiss/deny/distort/downplay Sen. Clinton's long and distinguished public service record.

And, to all of you who continue to insist that she is not a feminist because she is running on her husband's record, that is first and foremost, ridiculous, and second, it is sexist and debasing to her and to feminism.

I have said this before and I will say it again: women face double standards and a much higher bar than men in nearly every occupation and at every level.

Sen. Clinton has been on the public stage twice as long as Sen. Obama: she has been a U.S. Senator for six years; served as First Lady for eight years; served as a member of President Carter's Legal Aid Corporation for three years; served on the Committee to Impeach Richard Nixon; and served as a delegate to the International Women's Year Commission during the 1990s. She also has national experience as a legal advocate for children through the Children's Defense Fund, started Arkansas's agency for abused and neglected children and started their statewide children's insurance program.

Her Senate record includes consistent support for women, children, the elderly, the poor, veterans, and on health and safety issues, education issues, and energy issues, among others.

The notion that Sen. Obama has the experience to be elected POTUS is really without merit. Were he a woman running on the same record his candidacy would not have made it to Iowa!

Has Sen. Obama accomplished some good things? Absolutely! And I give him credit for those accomplishments. However, to debase/deny/dismiss/discredit/downplay Sen. Clinton's accomplishments as "her husband's", and to completely deny her long record of accomplishments is absolutely debasing and completely without merit.

Finally, what might be really worth considering is how freely and easily Obama's followers use right-wing Republican tactics and talking points to smear and discredit Sen. Clinton. I call that mindless and dangerous parroting!

Double standards. I agree with an earlier poster who said that the hatred and vilification of Hillary Clinton is something that deserves a few hours or more on a couch!

..must be pimpin' out some pretty pathetic people to make some of these posts.

Question for you. After Hillary concedes on May 5th, will you continue to strike the alarm bells in your native land to 'ware the Manchurian Caligula, Barack O'Bama? Maybe you can become the Irish Paul Revere, roaming the countryside warning everyone not to be seduced by this horrible man-demon.

Or, will you realize that you've been spun by Republican trolls for the past few months, and join with us in the hope of a new and better day in America and the world?

outside the United States.

"The Times" (london) is a quality newspaper and this week concern was expressed about Senator Obama's lack of foreign policy experience (29th February 2008), calling attention to the fact that, apart form a brief trip to London, this Presidential candidate did not visit any other place in Europe. According to "The Times", neither has Obama been to South America. This sounds very similar to George W. Bush's attitude to the outside world before being elected President of the United States (twice). Nobody has to tell you that the war in Iraq has cost you dearly and now, with anti-American feeling running high in Serbia and Russia, because of what is perceived by them as American meddling in Eastern Europe, fine speeches seem more important than calm, informed leadership. Good night.

Good, that's one thing we agree on...You're Wrong!!!!!!! Now please explain why Obama is spreading lies about Hilary...Please also explain how Obama quotes Newsweek but They (Newsweek) even say that the quotes were not from Her...Obama's mouth pieces won't let a little thing like the truth stand in the way though...Hilary should just say she was "Misunderstood"...That seems to work...

I am worried. Are you having a nervous breakdown? This is such a small thing. So Obama plagiarized a little. No one will put him in jail. Many will forgive him. Can't you forgive him yourself? Everyone needs forgiveness.

This need not be the end of his candidacy. I predict he will go on. Who knows? He might even win.

ZORRO

P.S. I think the footnotes will be unnecessary.

Anyone who has been paying attention to the American political process over the past decade knows that voters decide whom to vote for based on huge generalities rather than substantive knowledge about the candidates. Al Gore was 'stiff' and 'boring.' W was 'likable -- someone you'd wanna have a beer with.' John Kerry was 'too polished -- inaccessible.' Give me a break. As someone who takes my responsibility as a voter very seriously, and who reads about the candidates' proposed policies/legislative records, pardon me if I get supremely frustrated that most of the populace makes that decision based on superficially-considered, from-the-gut crap. (This is the same populace that celebrates and laughs about adults not being smarter than a 5th grader, BTW).

Which, upon deeper analysis, illuminates for me why I'm so passionate about all of this, having observed Hillary's run for president. If you think gender politics aren't alive and well in this election, and in the vilification of Hillary over the past decade, I cry b#^%$#t. You've been smokin the wacky tobacky. As an educated woman in her 30s, I've been shocked and appalled by the hatred -- and I have to use the word HATRED -- levied toward Hillary by a lot of the public and the political commentators (the doughy and unlikable Chris Matthews in particular, who licks his nasty chops every time he talks about her demise). What a depressing portrait of where we are as a country in terms of women and power. So unfair!!! So many men AND WOMEN are cruel in their interpretations of women in power (especially if it's not the 'right kind' of powerful.) This is one for a lot of couch sessions and good introspection for them, if you ask me. And even if it's not based on hatred, a lot of men AND WOMEN instinctively prefer to vote for a man.

I can appreciate how difficult it must be for Hillary to figure out how to position herself to win at this game. And politics is a game. Make NO mistake. The electorate and the media make it that. But while Hillary is vilified for being a 'stop-at-nothing, vicious, backroom-gameplaying shark,' Obama is considered to be as lofty as a God. Neither of these interpretations is true. Clinton is a genuinely passionate pubic servant who is trying to figure out how to model herself to be chosen in this game. Obama, while also a passionate public servant, is no political rube. The fact that he ran for the presidency after such a short time on the national scene shows a lot of gumption, and I think it's quite revealing about him. If you think extraordinary personal ambition doesn't have a lot to do with it, and that he's not working this game in his own brilliant way, you're crazy. Anyway. That's all I have to say for now.

BTW, that egg you invited me to suck on was good. Yum! Thanks!!!!