- Unsuccessful run for the U.S. House of Representatives
- Governor of Texas from 1995-2000

2008 Democratic Candidates

Hillary Clinton - 7 years eperience

- US Senate 2001-Current (won by default, Guliani withdrew due to prostate cancer, faced unknown Rick Lazio)

Barack Obama - 11 years experience

- Illinois State Senate 1997-2004
- US Senate 2004-Current

How does Obama lack experience? Is it because he's young or because he hasn't had sex with a president? If it's the later then why isn't Monica running? Which president did George sleep with?

That's so inaccurate.

Barack Obama -

Illinois Senate 1997-2004 - Fought to disqualify every other Democratic candidate, successfully removing every other name from the ballot.

He also had an unsuccessful bid in 2000 for a seat in the House of Representatives.

Wasn't in office to vote for or against the Iraq war that he so vehemently criticizes Hillary (and, by the way, the vast majority of congress, since the war had already started)

US Senate - 2004-present (first term) - easily won the Senate seat because 70% of the voters were Democrats

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Hillary Clinton

If we're only talking real time in elected office, let's still play fair:

2000 - elected to US Senate after Giuliani (and the race was close) got cancer.

2006 - got re-elected with 67% of the vote - and won every single republican county in New York.

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1. carpetbagger

1. One who is somewhere they do not belong.
2. One who moved South after the Civil War to get rich. They take over all jobs, land, money, offices, and tell everyone how to live.
3. My neighbors. See "soccer mom" and "yuppie."

2. carpetbagger

When northern people came to the south to take advantage of their poor situation when they were vulnerable. This was after the Civil War and people were upset about it.

There is a modern day version which does not occur too much. See example for more.

Hillary Clinton. She came to New York from out of state, not knowing much. Bill tried to be cool and get an office in Harlem, but not one person bought that and saw through his attempts to conceal his non-new yorker self. You can't just go to another place and act like you own it. Con artists are good at this, and that is how she won.

For years, and even today, (real) New Yorkers have held signs and had bumper stickers saying things such as "Hillary GO HOME"

It is commonly understood that Hillary Clinton is not a New Yorker. However, it is equally understood that as she changes her mind on issues in a matter of minutes or depending on the audience, that she may change who she is (for example: saying she is from New York to New Yorkers, when she really is not. She could learn some lessons from Obama (a real democrat) who is consistent and does not tell lies.

What made hillary a Carpetbagger?: she took advantage of New York and her fame and ran for Senator. She was elected after her strong opposition was diagnosed with prostate cancer and was forced to drop from the race. After she was elected, it was clear she had no real interest in New York, and she was going to simply use it to run for President down the line. She knew it was impossible to beat President Bush in 2004, so she waited until now, and here she is. If she was serious about New York, she would do more than vote for $1 million in Tax funds for the hippie Woodstock concert museum, but the majority of New York's fire and ambulance services are volunteer and don't have enough federal funding. This shows her lack of genuine interest in New York.