Not Just Foreign Policy-More Clinton First Lady Hype (FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE ACT)

[mod mom]

Not Just Foreign Policy - More Clinton First Lady Hype-UPDATED
by maineiac

Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 09:42:02 AM PDT

By now, we all know how over-hyped are Hillary claims about her foreign policy experience – including her claims that she negotiated peace treaties and opened borders.
But there’s also hype in her claims about domestic policy. Take, for instance, the claim on Hillary Clinton's web site that
As First Lady, she helped pass the Family and Medical Leave Act
Now, that sounds like she worked hard to get the FMLA put into law, that her efforts really made a difference. However, this is patently untrue.
If you don’t read this whole post, all you need to know is that Bill Clinton was inaugurated on January 20, 1993 and the FMLA was signed just sixteen days later, on February 5, 1993.
Just on that basis it doesn’t look like the First Lady had to do much of anything to get it done. But read on for the full chronology which reveals the emptiness of Hillary's Clinton's attempt to get credit for this legislation.

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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/9/111930/6389/50/472849

[EFerrari]

1. She's an embarrassment to serious people. n/t

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Did she also help pass DOMA, DADT, NAFTA, WTO, and Telecommunications Act of 1996?

[OhioChick]

3. K&R

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[anonymous171]

4. Most of her experience is hype.

[mod mom]

5. or else misrepresenting her time at the Rose Law firm fighting for the powerful over the people.