Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein
St Pete Times Politifact.com & Senator Clinton's boast of 35 years of Experience
This entry was posted on 1/13/2008 9:02 AM and is filed under St Pete Times.
Once again the St Pete Times has deluded itself and its readers by claiming to provide an independent fact checking service of the candidate claims when in fact it actuality promotes a liberal democratic agenda.
I believe I have paid close attention to the political process this time around and I have been amazed that Senator Hillary Clinton has claimed she is ready to be president because of her 35 years of experience!
To my knowledge Senator Clinton has never held an elected office or run a business as chief executive officer, so how could she claim 35 years experience? Unquestionably she makes the boast in such a way to imply that she has some work experience which afforded her an opportunity to acquire and hone a skill set similar to the ones needed to run a country? She may well have 35 years experience as a lawyer and advocate for a variety of noble and ignoble causes such as children and Bill Clinton; but where did she actually manage something? Anything?
Looking after Bill Clinton was a tiresome, full time job primarily consisting of damage control arising from Bill's almost single minded pursuit of licentious affairs; but it really doesn't support her claim. And if we're to believe her statements that she really wasn't aware of, or believe Bill was actually dallying with trollops and cigars, then that is truly compelling evidence of her inability to deal with reality let alone manage a country. I concur with Dennis Miller's observation (and I paraphrase) that if Senator Clinton wasn't aware of Bill's sexual proclivities, she really doesn't have the chops or the intellectual capacity to be my president!!!
I e-mailed PolitiFact.com with my question. And while I didn't think they would be unbiased from my previous exchanges with them, I hoped that they would be at least candid.
Bill Adair, the St Pete Times Washington Bureau Chief and PolitiFact.com manager responded back that they had covered that issue before and he sent the following link: http://www.politifact.com/media/experience.html
That's right, no analysis, no pants on fire meter indicating Senator Clinton was perhaps embellishing just a bit. Nothing other then a page parroting back the candidates claims and stating that Senator Clinton had 8 years managerial / executive experience during her tenure as First Lady!
Previous e-mails from Mr. Adair had assured me that his pet project was not beholden to the St Pete Times or their clearly liberal bias; but, as the old saw goes, actions speak louder than words.
What a complete and utter disappointment! Worse, many readers who would and could otherwise be described as intelligent, concerned participants of the democratic process are lead astray by Mr. Adair's disingenuousness and biased reporting.
Voters will be going to the polls having based their decisions on the candidate's allegations of truth and deception based upon the deceitful rantings of Mr. Adair and PolitiFact.com, so shouldn't there be some recourse for the fraud they're committing?
Clearly, PolitiFact.com, the St Pete Times, Mr. Adair and his cronies have the Constitutionally protected freedom and right to indulge their liberal, or rather to avoid the negative connotation perhaps I should say "progressive" (LOL) propensities.
But as informed voters, we can vote with our pocketbooks and I heartily urge everyone to follow their convictions and support ventures that actually do report the news instead of those trying to obscure the truth!
4/23/2008 3:40 PM
Con10tious wrote:
Finally, but only after Senator Clinton released her schedule as First Lady did the liberal media press her on the truth of her characterization of experience. It's a shame that PolitiFact couldn't have been a bit more candid as well. Reply to this
