Exactly what is the extent of Hillary's political experience?

[nebula]

As far as I know, she was elected to the US Senate in 2000.

so where does her so-called '35 years of political experience' come from?
Does that include her time as a 1st Lady? I don't think 8 years of being a First Lady
would qualify as bona fide political experience, or else Laura Bush would be running for POTUS right now.

Barack Obama:

* Member of the Illinois State Senate 1997-2004,
* Sworn into the US Senate in January 2005.


Apparently, Obama has at least 3 years on Hillary in terms of experience in high-political office.


So where does this supposed 35 years of experience come from?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. She got shot at by snipers in Bosnia.

[anonymous171]

2. Living for 35 years. That's what it means.

[Hawkeye-X]

3. Married to Slick Willie for 35 years?

[anonymous171]

5. Nope. Just being alive and working as a lawyer. That's what most of that "experience" is.

[Araxen]

4. Sniper Fire!

[Erin Elizabeth]

6. Proximity to power does not equal experience.

NT

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. Exactly

[Erin Elizabeth]

7. BTW, going back 35 yrs puts her in law school.

Can I also count graduate school as part of my long years of experience in my career? Please? LOL.

[nebula]

20. No one knows how to pad a resume better!

seriously, law school??

:rofl:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. Trailing around after Bill?

[GoneOffShore]

11. Oh my.

:rofl:

[MonkeyFunk]

10. I'm sure you can find her bio somewhere

[Hawkeye-X]

12. We've asked the same questions over and over - where does she get her experience

from -- and to this day - it's still not answered, therefore, Hillary is not vetted on that question.

:hi:

[MonkeyFunk]

17. With a little bit of effort

I'm sure you can find a detailed bio.

[nebula]

16. She seems to be an expert in the art of resume padding.

eom.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

13. "Ready on Day One!" ---Thatcher's husband

[nebula]

14. I'm curious as to why

no one called her out on her persistent claims of 35 years of experience during the debates.

because judging by these responses I can tell that she has grossly overstated her political experience.

[Erin Elizabeth]

18. I read a few editorials a while back calling her out

on it.

[nebula]

21. But one of the other candidates should have nailed her on it

DURING the televised debates.

but for some strange reason they chose not to, and hence have allowed the false experience meme to stick! how can you stand there and let your opponent repeat a blatant lie over and over without ever challenging it? it's ridiculous.

[BklynChick]

15. I've been saying this since she first uttered those words.

[DJ13]

19. Trust her

:rofl: