Is it true that Hillary Clinton would not be a Presidential Candidate if it was not for her namesake?

Question

and if she has credentials what are they?

Answer 1

I don't believe so, I believe that she truly has the right idea on how our Country can regain it's respect as a nation. She also has so many good ideas that will help our Country's growth.

Watch her live chats;
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/

She went to Wellesley College and Yale Law School.
She served as only one of two women lawyers on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee considering the impeachment of Richard Nixon.
She ran a legal aid clinic for the poor when she first got to Arkansas and handled cases of foster care and child abuse.
When she was just 30, President Carter appointed her to the board of the United States Legal Services Corporation, a federal nonprofit program that funds legal assistance for the poor.
When Bill was elected Governor of Arkansas, Hillary continued to advocate for children, leading a task force to improve education in Arkansas through higher standards for schools and serving on the board of the Arkansas Children's Hospital, helping them expand and improve their services. She also served on national boards for the Children's Defense Fund, the Child Care Action Campaign, and the Children's Television Workshop.
She also continued her legal career as a partner in a law firm. She led the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, which played a pioneering role in raising awareness of issues like sexual harassment and equal pay. Hillary was twice named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America.

In the White House, Hillary led efforts to make adoption easier, to expand early learning and child care, to increase funding for breast cancer research, and to help veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome who had too often been ignored in the past. She helped launch a national campaign to prevent teen pregnancy and helped create the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, which moved children from foster care to adoption more quickly. Thanks in part to her efforts, the number of children who have moved out of foster care into adoption has increased dramatically.
When her husband was elected President in 1992, Hillary's work as a champion for women was recognized and admired around the world. She traveled the globe speaking out against the degradation and abuse of women and standing up for the powerful idea that women's rights are human rights.
As everyone knows, Hillary's fight for universal health coverage did not succeed. But her commitment to health care for every American has never wavered. She was instrumental in designing and championing the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which has provided millions of children with health insurance. She battled the big drug companies to force them to test their drugs for children and to make sure all kids get the immunizations they need through the Vaccines for Children Program. Immunization rates dramatically improved after the program launched.
In 2000, Hillary was elected to the United States Senate from New York. As Senator, Hillary has continued her advocacy for children and families and has been a national leader on homeland security and national security issues.
Too much more to mention...read on;
http://clinton.senate.gov/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton

Answer 2

Yes. She most definitely would not have been a candidate today if she had not been elected Senator from New York. And there is no way she would have been elected senator if she were not married to Bill Clinton.

Other than her involvement with her husband's career and campaigns, her only other political involvement before he ran in Arkansas was as a volunteer worker for the conservative Republican candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964 (!) , and a staff position as a young staff lawyer on the House committee led by Peter Rodino that voted to impeach Richard Nixon in 1973. Her attempts in the 1990's as First Lady ( and un-elected laywoman) to try and take over the medical care issue in the Congress was a total fiasco.

Answer 3

Hillary Clinton would not even be a senator if she had run in Arkansas, where she had lived, or in Illinois, where she was originally from.

She can't even control her own life. We can even leave Monica out of it. Hillary and Bill have been equally involved in plenty of scandals, without beating that dead horse.

Bill didn't do much as president, other than take credit for others work, because he was 'there'. Who do you think Hillary learned how to play president from?

I sincerely hope people aren't stupid enough to put those two worthless souls back in the white house.

Answer 4

You know, Hillary, and Bill too, have a long, long history of shady dealings in many areas, going back to Billy's days as Governor of Arkansas. These shady dealings continued during their eight year 'reign' in the Oval Office. It absolutely ASTOUNDS me why they seem to be so popular! People in this nation have short memories.........or else they just don't plain care. SHAMEFUL. The Clintons have a lot of boldness, and it is as if they "DARE" the public to question them. They have the uncanny ability to bounce back from every mess they've been in, Go figure............

Answer 5

Yes it's true she wouldn't be a presidential candidate if it was not for her married name and it's beyond me why that should be a help instead of a hindrance. If she hadn't been Mrs. Billary, she would probably be in jail over that Whitewater deal, among other things. Does her name make a difference? Had you ever heard of her before?

Answer 6

Probably not, but George W.Bush wouldn't be president if it wasn't for his namesake, and elder Bush wouldn't have been president if it wasn't for his namesake. Credentials include two term senator, served on commitee investigating watergate, eight years spent in white house learning ins and outs, etc...

Answer 7

She would still be a Lawyer in Arkansas and John Fnnnn Kerry would be reporting for doodie.

Answer 8

Of course not! Her "name sake" has nothing to do with it. You mean her married name. Her credentials begin with her education. Easily researched. What were GWB's credentials. Yale (outside influence kept him from getting kicked out), National Guard (outside influence kept him out of Viet Nam), Governor of Texas (outside influence bought him an election), President ( Dick Cheny does all the work).

Answer 9

"She's an uncharismatic, far left private citizen who has never held an elected office."

That's what she was 8 years ago, before her run for the Senate.

She has since reinvented herself. This opportunity came from her name, her husband's celebrity, popularity, and fund raising power.

So, in my opinion, no, she would not.

Answer 10

HILARY CLINTON , RAN THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN CLINTON ,WAS PRESIDENT , SHE SAID, THE OTHER DAY ON THE TV THAT SHE HELPED ! YES WITHOUT THE CLINTON NAME SHE WOULDN'T BE POPULAR AMONG VOTERS!