Reply #14: I'm not sure why she singled out Hillary [View All]

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She states that she sent to written request to Hillary, but I'm guessing that she also sent it to others on the committee.

Maybe she feels that Hillary, as a woman senator from New York, would be more beholden to her because of her ties to feminist organizations (she got an award from NOW). I don't know.

As for the jail time, yeah she turned down the deal, but according to her it was a lot more than leaving her senators alone for two years, specifically this:

(1) 2 years probation; keep minute records of her work hours; (3) 300 hours of community service, 200 near her home in New York and 100 in D.C.; (4) participate in anger management therapy; (5) prohibited access to 16 buildings and and streets in the United States Capitol Complex as well as two Metro stations; (6) prohibited from communicating with a number of Senators, Judge Wesley, the prosecutors and police; (7) write letters of apology and remorse to Senators Hatch, Leahy, Chambliss, Schumer, Clinton & Judge Wesley; and (8) a penalty of $500 plus an additional $250 to the Victims of Violent Crimes fund.

which also seems a bit harsh even if she had to be dragged from the committee room by DC police.

Not defending her. She seem to have "issues"... why take it out on Hillary? I don't know other than Hillary was on the committee and listed as one of the senators she shouldn't contact.

Her point that women shouldn't vote for Hillary just because Hillary is a woman is, I think, a very valid point. We really should be beyond that sort of reverse sexism... just as African Americans should not vote for Obama just because he is African American.