Reply #23: Without getting into the main topic of the thread, [View All]

[July]

I have to say that there's more to Hillary than name recognition, and before she ran for the Senate she was not only First Lady but also a lawyer highly regarded by her peers (who selected her as one of America's top 100 lawyers back when she was practicing).

So I wouldn't call nepotism and name recognition "her only strength." Whatever else she may be, she's a smart, well-educated woman with some talent in her chosen profession.

She may not have had success with the health plan, but part of the blame lies with Republicans who objected to her being involved at all ("she wasn't elected"). That objection, of course, does not apply to Laura Bush's plan to save us from gangs.

"The trance state"? Is this a reference to Eleanor Roosevelt? If so, that's another thing the right likes to exaggerate. I don't find Hillary's musings "with" Eleanor no stranger than George's getting messages from God. In fact, it's a lot less strange.