Posted by
Logical Party on Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:00:00 AM
by David DiBello
Opponents of Hillary Clinton trot out the tired comparison of her experience as First Lady to a medical receptionist working for a brain surgeon, or legal secretary in a law firm. No one would want the receptionist to hold a scalpel over their chest or have a secretary represent us in a court of law.
Perhaps a better comparison is of a Giants fan who watches a game every Sunday on TV, opposed to another fan that belongs to their fan club, meets all players and coaches, has seasoned tickets, and attends all exhibition and road games.
Hillary tried to broach the Health problem of the day in 1992 which has since been ignored and has turned into crisis mode. She met with foreign leaders both home and abroad, and lectured China on its lack of human rights for women. She had firsthand knowledge vis a vie her husband on all matters foreign and domestic.
She came into their marriage having staked a claim in politics long before her association with Bill, having met with Dr. King, as a member of Barry Goldwater’s Presidential campaign, and then on the committee to impeach Nixon. This is more along the lines of a medical receptionist who is also a doctor married to a brain surgeon.
The limited view of the worn out analogy ignores not only her secondary involvement as First Lady (which could be viewed as an active internship), but what she has done as NY Senator, involved on Budget, Armed Services, Environment and Public Works; Aging and Health, Education and Labor Committees. She is Commissioner of Committee on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and I will never forget her presence at Ground Zero and support since for all those who lost loved ones in that tragedy.
The rest of her accomplishments can be read via Wikipedia. Then all who harbinger that boorish appraisal can honestly ask, “Does that sound like a secretary to me?”