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Sen. Hillary Clinton's Bosnia story has been told more than once during her campaign, and new CBS News video challenges her corrected statements about that trip. Sharyl Attkisson reports.

Democratic presidential hopefuls Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama faced off in a crucial debate in Austin, Texas- Cuba and immigration were early topics in the debate in a state with an influential Hispanic vote. Both candidates differed on how quickly to hold talks with Cuba now that Fidel Castro has resigned. SOUNDBITE: Sen. Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate, saying, "I would not meet with him until there was evidence" SOUNDBITE: Sen. Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate, saying, " I would meet without pre-conditions." On illegal immigration, both candidates agreed on the need for comprehensive reform. Clinton promised to introduce a path to legalization within the first 100 days of her presidency. SOUNDBITE: Sen. Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate, saying, " We need a path to legalization, to bring the immigrants out of the shadows, give them the conditions we expect them to meet, paying a fine for coming here illegally, and learning English" SOUNDBITE: Sen. Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate, saying, "We need comprehensive reform and that means stronger border security" But it was the very spirited discussion on healthcare that revealed some significant policy differences. SOUNDBITE: Sen. Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate, saying, "Sen Clinton believes the only way to achieve universal health care is to force everybody to purchase it." SOUNDBITE: Sen. Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate, saying, "I just know, if we dont go ahead and require everyone to get insurance the health insurance industry will still game the system." The candidates traded barbs over the issue of experience. SOUNDBITE: Sen. Barack Obama, Democratic presidential candidate, saying, "Senator Clinton of late has said: 'Let's get real.' The implication is that the people who've been voting for me or involved in my campaign are somehow delusional." Clinton brought up Obama's admitted use of rhetoric borrowed from Obama supporter Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick. SOUNDBITE: Sen. Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate, saying, "Well, I think that if your candidacy is going to be about words, then they should be your own words. That's, I think, a very simple proposition. And, you know, lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in, it's change you can Xerox." In the end, the two seemed to find common ground. SOUNDBITE: Sen. Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate, saying, "No matter what happens in this contest, and I am honored, I am honored to be here with Barack Obama. I am absolutely honored." The two candidates will meet in one more debate on Tuesday in Cleveland,Ohio ahead of the key March 4th primaries in Texas and Ohio .

Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions Tapes Reviewed by ABC News Show Clinton As a Loyal Company Woman By BRIAN ROSS, MADDY SAUER and RHONDA SCHWARTZ Jan. 31, 2008— In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store workers. Clinton has been endorsed for president by more than a dozen unions, according to her campaign Web site, which omits any reference to her role at Wal-Mart in its detailed biography of her. Wal-Mart's anti-union efforts were headed by one of Clinton's fellow board members, John Tate, a Wal-Mart executive vice president who also served on the board with Clinton for four of her six years. Tate was fond of repeating, as he did at a managers meeting in 2004 after his retirement, what he said was his favorite phrase, "Labor unions are nothing but blood-sucking parasites living off the productive labor of people who work for a living." Wal-Mart says Tate's comments "were his own and do not reflect Wal-Mart's views." But Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and other company officials often recounted how they relied on Tate to lead the company's successful anti-union efforts. An ABC News analysis of the videotapes of at least four stockholder meetings where Clinton appeared shows she never once rose to defend the role of American labor unions. The tapes, broadcast this morning on "Good Morning America," were provided to ABC News from the archives of Flagler Productions, a Lenexa, Kan., company hired by Wal-Mart to record its meetings and events. A former board member told ABCNews.com that he had no recollection of Clinton defending unions during more than 20 board meetings held in private. The tapes show Clinton in the role of a loyal company woman. "I'm always proud of Wal-Mart and what we do and the way we do it better than anybody else," she said at a June 1990 stockholders meeting. Clinton would not agree to be interviewed on the subject but now says she no longer shares Wal-Mart's values and believes unions "have been essential to our nation's success." The videotapes do show that Clinton used her role to push for more environmentally friendly policies and better treatment of women. "We've got a very strong-willed young woman on our board now; her name is Hillary," said Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton at a 1987 stockholders meeting in describing Clinton's role in pushing for more women to be hired in management positions. Critics say Clinton's efforts produced few tangible results, and Wal-Mart is now defending itself in a lawsuit brought by 16 current and former female employees. "I don't doubt the sincerity of her efforts, but we don't see much evidence that conditions for women at Wal-Mart changed much during the late 1980s and early 1990s," said Joe Sellers, one of the lawyers suing Wal-Mart on behalf of the women. Wal-Mart declined to comment to ABC News about the lawsuit, but the company has said previously that it is confident it did not discriminate against female employees. According to the New York Times, Sen. Clinton "maintains close ties to Wal-Mart executives through the Democratic Party and the tightly knit Arkansas business community." The May 20, 2007 article also reported that her husband, former President Clinton, "speaks frequently to Wal-Mart's current chief executive, H. Lee Scott Jr." and held a private dinner at the Clinton's New York home in July 2006 for him. He did not directly respond when asked why she did not quit the board over the conpany's anti-union efforts. "Wal-Mart was Arkansas's largest employer when Sam Walton asked Sen. Clinton to join the board," he said. "As the first woman to join Wal-Mart's board, she worked hard to make it a better corporate citizen." In its statement, Wal-Mart described Sen. Clinton as "a valuable contributor" who "pushed us to be a better company." WI, Wisconsin, Hillary Clinton fights, Barack Obama, workers, unions, American jobs, overseas, foreclosures, NAFTA, trade agreements, corporate lawyer

19/08/07 Bajar con http://keepvid.com/ Descárgate los vídeos ahora, no esperes a que desaparezcan Clinton y Obama centran debate demócrata en EE.UU. Washington, 20 ago (PL) Los senadores Hillary Clinton y Barack Obama centran hoy el debate en las filas demócratas sobre quien será el candidato ideal para retomar el control de la Casa Blanca en los comicios de noviembre de 2008. Clinton, senadora por Nueva York, despierta fuertes pasiones en el electorado. Aunque marcha al frente de las intenciones de voto con un 39 por ciento, superior al 21 por ciento de Obama, la ex primera dama tiene un 43 por ciento de los electores con una impresión desfavorable de ella contra sólo 22 por ciento de Obama. Algunos analistas vaticinan que la primera mujer con posibilidades reales de llegar a la Casa Blanca tiene las mayores oportunidades de ser la candidata de su partido por sobre Obama y el ex senador por Carolina de Norte John Edwards. Incluso un reciente sondeo encontró que si los comicios fueran hoy derrotaría a Rudolph Giuliani, situado por las encuestas al frente de los candidatos republicanos, por 46 contra 43 por ciento. Como punto vulnerable que trata de aprovechar Obama está el apoyo de Clinton a la invasión de Iraq. Por otra parte, llama la atención que en el segundo trimestre del año, el joven senador negro por Illinois obtuvo poco más de 32 millones de dólares en aportaciones para su campaña para encabezar a los candidatos del partido. Obama, por otra parte, es blanco de críticas de sus contrincantes por su falta de experiencia. Sus recientes declaraciones a favor de conversaciones con dirigentes extranjeros no afines a Estados Unidos son aprovechadas por sus críticos para desacreditarlo. No obstante, el político defiende su posición y argumenta su intención de apartarse de la tradición de Washington que disgusta a los electores. Obama seeks to quiet questions about experience August 19, 2007 PORTSMOUTH, N.H --Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama sought Sunday to quiet questions about whether he has sufficient experience as a first-term senator to win his party's nomination. During a morning exchange on ABC, Obama, only three years out of the Illinois Legislature, cast himself as a force for change who would overcome the nation's broken political system. He sought to make his rivals' experience a cause for concern, not credit. "With that kind of experience, I don't want it if experience leads you to stop asking questions, if experience leads you to be hesitant about telling the truth to the American people about the challenges that we face," Obama told voters later Sunday at an invitation-only crowd of about 100 people in New Hampshire. Obama's message of change has been a cornerstone of his campaign -- "We're not only going to win this campaign, but also transform our country," he repeated on Sunday -- and he again renewed polite criticism of institutional Washington. "It's not going to be enough to change political parties. ... The problems with our health care system and our educational system and rising inequality preceded this particular administration," Obama said in reference to President Bush's predecessor, Bill Clinton. His wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, is a rival in the presidential primary. Obama instead blamed lobbyists' influence. Obama also said political divisions might help Democrats win the White House, but not effectively govern. "If all we do is eke out a victory and the country is still divided, and we can't disagree without being disagreeable, if we can't compromise and focus on the next generation, we're not going to solve our problems. That was part of what we discussed this morning. Yes, there was a back and forth between myself and Sen. Clinton -- and I have great admiration for her and all the people on that stage. But the reason I'm running in this race is because I believe we have to bring in independents and, yes, Republicans into a conversation about a progressive, commonsense agenda for change." Again, he didn't mention Clinton -- or her high unfavorable rating of 49 percent in a USA Today-Gallup poll this month -- -- explicitly. During a twilight ice cream social in Dover, Obama told voters he is the candidate who can overcome religious, racial and political divisions. "People want to get a sense we can work together," said Obama, who was joined by his wife and daughters. He also defended his pledge to meet with leaders of hostile nations -- a position rivals have criticized as naive and irresponsible. "A strong country and a strong president are not afraid to talk to their enemies," Obama said, drawing cheers from some 600 people.

Clinton Furious Over Mailers: 'Shame on You Barack Obama'ABC's Eloise Harper reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton came to speak to reporters holding two mailers in her hand, visibly angry and animated. They are mailers that have been circulated before -- one mailer reminiscent of the "Harry and Louise" ads that ran in the early '90s, and another mailer quoting Clinton saying that NAFTA was a "boon." The New York senator said to reporters, as she waved the mailers back and forth, that she wanted to "express [her] deep disappointment that [Sen. Obama] is continuing to send false and discredited mailings with information that is not true to the voters of Ohio. He says one thing in speeches and then turns around and does this." She continued, "He continues to spend a million dollars perpetuating falsehoods that is not the new politics the speeches are about. It is not hopeful, it is destructive."Clinton then directly addressed Sen. Obama for his actions, saying "So shame on you Barack Obama. It is time you ran a campaign consistent with your messages in public. That is what I expect from you. Meet me in Ohio. Let's have a debate about your tactics and your behavior in this campaign."She continued to scold Obama saying, "These attacks on what we tried to do the last time we went after universal health care is the worst kind of politics. Number one, it is wrong and untrue and number two it is exactly the talking points the health insurance industry used on a daily basis. Sen. Obama knows that it is not true that my plan forces people to buy insurance even if they cant afford it."Clinton went after Obama's speeches in a harsher way that she has before. "Time and time again you hear one thing in speeches and then you see a campaign that has the worst kind of tactics reminiscent of the same sort of Republican attacks on Democrats. Well I am here to say that it is not only wrong but it is undermining core Democratic principles."Are the mailings a reflection of Obama's character? she was asked. Clinton did not directly answer the question, but said, "Sen. Obama knows, or should know, since he is paying for it, that these two mailings are false, they are false. We have discredited them, they have blanketed the states between Super Tuesday and today with these false misleading discredited mailings, so answer your question. I would if it were brought to my attention, say, wait a minute we shouldn't be doing this and we shouldn't."Clinton was asked if it was fair to ask her about NAFTA because it is attached to her husband's legacy. Clinton noted, "It wasn't negotiated by him, it was negotiated by the first Pres. Bush, it was passed and signed into law. And I have been a critic of NAFTA for years. As a senator I have raised questions about NAFTA, long before Sen. Obama started running for president." ABC's Sunlen Miller also reports: The Obama campaign has issued a response, via a paper statement by Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton:"Everything in those mailers is completely accurate, unlike the discredited attacks from Hillary Clinton's negative campaign that have been rejected in South Carolina, Wisconsin, and across America. We look forward to having a debate this Tuesday on the facts, and the facts are that Senator Clinton was a supporter of NAFTA and the China permanent trade treaties until this campaign began. And she herself has said that under the Clinton health care plan, she would consider 'going after the wages' of Americans who don't purchase health insurance, whether they can afford it or not." February 23, 2008 in Clinton, Hillary Permalink User Comments (337) TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry:http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/43...Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Clinton Furious Over Mailers: 'Shame on You Barack Obama':

Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought UnionsTapes Reviewed by ABC News Show Clinton As a Loyal Company WomanBy BRIAN ROSS, MADDY SAUER and RHONDA SCHWARTZJan. 31, 2008—In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store workers.Clinton has been endorsed for president by more than a dozen unions, according to her campaign Web site, which omits any reference to her role at Wal-Mart in its detailed biography of her.Wal-Mart's anti-union efforts were headed by one of Clinton's fellow board members, John Tate, a Wal-Mart executive vice president who also served on the board with Clinton for four of her six years.Tate was fond of repeating, as he did at a managers meeting in 2004 after his retirement, what he said was his favorite phrase, "Labor unions are nothing but blood-sucking parasites living off the productive labor of people who work for a living."Wal-Mart says Tate's comments "were his own and do not reflect Wal-Mart's views."But Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and other company officials often recounted how they relied on Tate to lead the company's successful anti-union efforts.An ABC News analysis of the videotapes of at least four stockholder meetings where Clinton appeared shows she never once rose to defend the role of American labor unions.The tapes, broadcast this morning on "Good Morning America," were provided to ABC News from the archives of Flagler Productions, a Lenexa, Kan., company hired by Wal-Mart to record its meetings and events.A former board member told ABCNews.com that he had no recollection of Clinton defending unions during more than 20 board meetings held in private.The tapes show Clinton in the role of a loyal company woman. "I'm always proud of Wal-Mart and what we do and the way we do it better than anybody else," she said at a June 1990 stockholders meeting.Clinton would not agree to be interviewed on the subject but now says she no longer shares Wal-Mart's values and believes unions "have been essential to our nation's success."The videotapes do show that Clinton used her role to push for more environmentally friendly policies and better treatment of women."We've got a very strong-willed young woman on our board now; her name is Hillary," said Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton at a 1987 stockholders meeting in describing Clinton's role in pushing for more women to be hired in management positions.Critics say Clinton's efforts produced few tangible results, and Wal-Mart is now defending itself in a lawsuit brought by 16 current and former female employees."I don't doubt the sincerity of her efforts, but we don't see much evidence that conditions for women at Wal-Mart changed much during the late 1980s and early 1990s," said Joe Sellers, one of the lawyers suing Wal-Mart on behalf of the women.Wal-Mart declined to comment to ABC News about the lawsuit, but the company has said previously that it is confident it did not discriminate against female employees.According to the New York Times, Sen. Clinton "maintains close ties to Wal-Mart executives through the Democratic Party and the tightly knit Arkansas business community." The May 20, 2007 article also reported that her husband, former President Clinton, "speaks frequently to Wal-Mart's current chief executive, H. Lee Scott Jr." and held a private dinner at the Clinton's New York home in July 2006 for him.He did not directly respond when asked why she did not quit the board over the conpany's anti-union efforts. "Wal-Mart was Arkansas's largest employer when Sam Walton asked Sen. Clinton to join the board," he said. "As the first woman to join Wal-Mart's board, she worked hard to make it a better corporate citizen."In its statement, Wal-Mart described Sen. Clinton as "a valuable contributor" who "pushed us to be a better company." WI, Wisconsin, Hillary Clinton fights, Barack Obama, workers, unions, American jobs, overseas, foreclosures, NAFTA, trade agreements, corporate lawyer

Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought UnionsTapes Reviewed by ABC News Show Clinton As a Loyal Company WomanBy BRIAN ROSS, MADDY SAUER and RHONDA SCHWARTZJan. 31, 2008—In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store workers.Clinton has been endorsed for president by more than a dozen unions, according to her campaign Web site, which omits any reference to her role at Wal-Mart in its detailed biography of her.Wal-Mart's anti-union efforts were headed by one of Clinton's fellow board members, John Tate, a Wal-Mart executive vice president who also served on the board with Clinton for four of her six years.Tate was fond of repeating, as he did at a managers meeting in 2004 after his retirement, what he said was his favorite phrase, "Labor unions are nothing but blood-sucking parasites living off the productive labor of people who work for a living."Wal-Mart says Tate's comments "were his own and do not reflect Wal-Mart's views."But Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and other company officials often recounted how they relied on Tate to lead the company's successful anti-union efforts.An ABC News analysis of the videotapes of at least four stockholder meetings where Clinton appeared shows she never once rose to defend the role of American labor unions.The tapes, broadcast this morning on "Good Morning America," were provided to ABC News from the archives of Flagler Productions, a Lenexa, Kan., company hired by Wal-Mart to record its meetings and events.A former board member told ABCNews.com that he had no recollection of Clinton defending unions during more than 20 board meetings held in private.The tapes show Clinton in the role of a loyal company woman. "I'm always proud of Wal-Mart and what we do and the way we do it better than anybody else," she said at a June 1990 stockholders meeting.Clinton would not agree to be interviewed on the subject but now says she no longer shares Wal-Mart's values and believes unions "have been essential to our nation's success."The videotapes do show that Clinton used her role to push for more environmentally friendly policies and better treatment of women."We've got a very strong-willed young woman on our board now; her name is Hillary," said Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton at a 1987 stockholders meeting in describing Clinton's role in pushing for more women to be hired in management positions.Critics say Clinton's efforts produced few tangible results, and Wal-Mart is now defending itself in a lawsuit brought by 16 current and former female employees."I don't doubt the sincerity of her efforts, but we don't see much evidence that conditions for women at Wal-Mart changed much during the late 1980s and early 1990s," said Joe Sellers, one of the lawyers suing Wal-Mart on behalf of the women.Wal-Mart declined to comment to ABC News about the lawsuit, but the company has said previously that it is confident it did not discriminate against female employees.According to the New York Times, Sen. Clinton "maintains close ties to Wal-Mart executives through the Democratic Party and the tightly knit Arkansas business community." The May 20, 2007 article also reported that her husband, former President Clinton, "speaks frequently to Wal-Mart's current chief executive, H. Lee Scott Jr." and held a private dinner at the Clinton's New York home in July 2006 for him.He did not directly respond when asked why she did not quit the board over the conpany's anti-union efforts. "Wal-Mart was Arkansas's largest employer when Sam Walton asked Sen. Clinton to join the board," he said. "As the first woman to join Wal-Mart's board, she worked hard to make it a better corporate citizen."In its statement, Wal-Mart described Sen. Clinton as "a valuable contributor" who "pushed us to be a better company."

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Editorial Response by Sen. Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton at the Black State of the Union saying that she has relationships with the superdelegates, and that they know the candidates better than the voters. She also states that she has long deep relationships with these people, she goes on to imply that while it's good and all that the voters get out there the superdelegates know better. She is attempting to sway the superdelegate vote her way and against that of the will of the voters.From her own site at hillaryclinton dot com ..."As more voters make their choice for the Democratic nomination, there is growing interest in the facts and myths about the race to reach 2208 delegate votes - the number required for a candidate to secure the nomination with Florida and Michigan included. The Obama campaign is claiming, without precedent or justification, that automatic delegates (commonly referred to as "super delegates") should switch to Sen. Obama en masse based on arbitrary metrics, with the aim of tilting the delegate balance in his favor. The fact is: no automatic delegate is required to cast a vote on the basis of anything other than his or her best judgment about who is the most qualified to be president."She is still counting Florida and Michigan when she herself signed a pledge agreeing they would not be seated. When according to the Associated Press 2/17/08...Clinton Top Delegate Adviser Harold Ickes Voted For Democratic Party Rules That Stripped Michigan And Florida Of Their Delegates. "Harold Ickes, a top adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign who voted for Democratic Party rules that stripped Michigan and Florida of their delegates, now is arguing against the very penalty he helped pass. In a conference call Saturday, the longtime Democratic Party member contended the DNC should reconsider its tough sanctions on the two states, which held early contests in violation of party rules. He said millions of voters in Michigan and Florida would be otherwise disenfranchised - before acknowledging moments later that he had favored the sanctions."Barack Obama has stated that it would be an injustice for the superdelegates to overturn the will of the voters.Do NOT let Hillary Clinton get away with this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!