[NEohioPAL] Fwd: If you are as sick and tired as I am of hearingabout Clinton's "qualifications' please read on & pass it on.

Sat Feb 23 12:12:55 PST 2008

Cindi wrote :

  One other thing you forgot.  Clinton is the ONLY candidate mandating universal healthcare for EVERYONE (Obama is only mandating the children - hello? are we invisible?  the adults are paying for it not the kids).  That is reason ALONE for voting for Clinton.

  I'm a single mother with a chronic illness thats treatable but incurable.  It requires alot of Dr's appt, expensive treatment and extremely expensive Rx.  Believe me , I would LOVE to have health insurance.  But Hillary Clinton passing a law telling me i MUST have it or pay penalty, will not make it any more affordable to me.  And no i don't have a new car, I shop the clearance rack and have spent a few hundred dollars an a vacation for my son and i once year.  That couple hundred dollars wouldn't make a DENT in the medical expenses i incur in months time for the appointments and treatments I need to be well.  That i have not been able to receive in over a year because I have no coverage.  

  This is a HUGE issue for me this election, because it affects me everyday of my life.  I'm sure there are alot of "starving artists" in the region that are without coverage as well. Barack Obama suggests affordable coverage... I am certain that there are uninsured citizens out there who would JUMP at the chance to buy coverage.  But telling me I'm going to have to pay a fine if I dont have it?? Tell me how that helps the people who are in need????

Cindi <cverbelun at core.com> wrote:
      One other thing you forgot.  Clinton is the ONLY candidate mandating universal healthcare for EVERYONE (Obama is only mandating the children - hello? are we invisible?  the adults are paying for it not the kids).  That is reason ALONE for voting for Clinton.

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Loath as I am to make this a political forum, let me say that the race for the Democrat nomination has turned into a popularity contest, pure and simple.  Obama is the cute new boy.  Clinton, the "mean mom," knows all of the players on the world and national stages and knows how to work with them, whereas Obama would be rendered ineffectual the way Jimmy Carter was.     

  Not to mention that if we vote Clinton i, we'll also have in the White House the man who presided over the longest peacetime boom in the last century.     

  Ralph Nader stumped for idealism in the last election, and look what happened.  Now is not the time for idealism.  Now is the time to attempt to restore some small portion of what George W Bush has ruined, changing the balance of power in the world.  

    On Feb 22, 2008, at 1:52 PM, African Soul International wrote:

Judy Burnette <eduadvocate1 at earthlink.net> wrote:   From: "Judy Burnette" <eduadvocate1 at earthlink.net>
To: "Judy Burnette" <eduadvocate1 at earthlink.net>
Subject: If you are as sick and tired as I am of hearing about Clinton's "qualifications' please read on & pass it on.
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:04:43 -0500

  Friends:
If you are as sick and tired as I am of hearing about Clinton's "qualifications' please read on & pass it on.

Obama is not only ready...he's also been right.  Right for us and right for America!

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  This info was shared with me...and now for those of you that may want to know :

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I thought this was interesting enough to submit it to you.

Let's take a closer look at who's really qualified and or who's really working for the good of all of us in the Senate. Obama or Clinton.

Senator Clinton, who has served only one full term - 6yrs. - and another year campaigning, has managed to author and pass into law - 20 - twenty pieces of legislation in her first six years.

These bills can be found on the website of the Library of Congress www.thomas.loc.gov, but to save you trouble, I'll post them here for you.

1. Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site.

2. Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month.

3. Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

4. Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall.

5. Name courthouse after James L. Watson.

6. Name post office after Jonn A. O'Shea.

7. Designate Aug. 7, 2003, as National Purple Heart Recognition Day.

8. Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.

9. Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death.

10. Congratulate the Syracuse Univ. Orange Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.

11. Congratulate the Le Moyne College Dolphins Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.

12. Establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program.

13. Name post office after Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda.

14. Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and express condolences on her death.

15. Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters who lost their lives on duty. Only five of Clinton's bills are, more substantive. 

16. Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11.

17. Pay for city projects in response to 9/11 

18. Assist landmine victims in other countries.

19. Assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite care.

20. Designate part of the National Forest System in Puerto Rico as protected in the wilderness preservation system.

There you have it, the fact's straight from the Senate Record. 

Now, I would post those of Obama's, but the list is too substantive, so I'll mainly categorize.

During the first - 8 - eight years of his elected service he sponsored over 820 bills. He introduced

233 regarding healthcare reform,

125 on poverty and public assistance,

112 crime fighting bills,

97 economic bills,

60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills,

21 ethics reform bills,

15 gun control,

6 veterans affairs and many others.

His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427. These inculded **the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 - became law, **The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, - became law, **The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate, **The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, - became law, **The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, In committee, and many more.

In all, since entering the U.S. Senate, Senator Obama has written 890 bills and co-sponsored another 1096.

An impressive record, for someone who supposedly has no record according to some who would prefer that this comparison not be made public.

He's not just a talker.
He's a doer.

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