As soon as I stumbled upon this article I thought, well, there goes my afternoon. Oddly enough, analysts from both ends of the political spectrum are calling the March 4th primaries, to be held in Texas & Ohio, "Hillary's Last Stand." They are predicting that wins for Sen. Obama will most likely secure his nomination at the DNC. Are these speculations correct? We will just have to wait and see. One thing I do know for certain is that Sen. Clinton is in this race for the long haul and has no intension of backing down.

And as such, I have compiled my own nonpartisan list of 100 Criticisms challenging or questioning each of the 100 reasons published by David Speakman (02.12.2008.) These are purely first blush responses to the actions and statements listed.

I would also like to mention that, in no way do I mean to annoy, upset or offend those who support Sen. Clinton; and that I harbor no ill will or disrespect for her personally or for her contribution. No candidate is perfect, and truth be told, I do not favor Sen. McCain or Sen. Obama either. The writing of this article is simply a reaction to the widespread doubts and frustrations I have with the political system as a whole; this includes President Bush and various other members of Congress, from both sides of the isle, who've sidestepped their promises to the American voter. My goal is merely to encourage voters to think before they act. To question what they are being told by each candidate and by the media. To perform their own research, ensuring that the information they've received is accurate. So that when they step into that voting booth, they can be confident that they are making the best decision possible. Additionally, If a list of reasons to support either McCain or Obama is published between now and November 4th, they should expect the same level of criticism.


Reason #1 to support Hillary:
In Arkansas she was instrumental in straightening out their school system - taking it from one of the worst systems to a role model used by other troubled schools on how to improve public education.

Criticism #1:
In Arkansas, under the Clinton's, education moved from #49 to a record #47.

Reason #2 to support Hillary:
In 2006, she led the fight to kill the anti-gay Republican constitutional amendment that for the first time would have added laws to the Constitution that would INCREASE discrimination

Criticism #2:
Under the law, no gay person is subject to any less rights than any other fellow citizen.

Reason #3 to support Hillary:
After being pummeled by the public for trying to pass Universal Health care while she was First Lady, she dusted herself off and in 1997, led a federal effort that provided insurance support for children whose parents were unable to provide them with health coverage.

Criticism #3:
Universal health care in any form is a dangerous. And, pandering to voters with "the children" is a cheap political tactic.

Reason #4 to Support Hillary:
She was able to secure a raise in research funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma at the National Institutes of Health.

Criticism #4:
With the help of other politicians, this is one of the few acceptable endeavors in Hillary Clinton's tattered history.

Reason #5 to Support Hillary:
She initiated the Adoption and Safe Families Act

Criticism #5:
The Senate introduced the Safe Adoptions and Family Environments Act (S. 511-"S.A.F.E.") Act in March, which eventually stalled due to a lack of consensus. In April, the House passed the Adoption Promotion Act of 1997 (H.R. 867) sponsored by Representatives Dave Camp (R-MI) and Barbara B. Kennelly (D-CT). The original sponsors of S. 511, Senators John H. Chafee (R-RI) and John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) then formed a bipartisan working group to introduce a second Senate bill in September, the Promotion of Adoption, Safety, and Support for Abused and Neglected Children (S. 1195--"P.A.S.S."). Several controversial provisions again stalled the Senate bill, particularly a provision to use state food stamp and Medicaid administrative funds to finance its provisions. In a last attempt to resuscitate child welfare and adoption legislation prior to adjournment, the House and Senate negotiated an agreement and finally passed H.R. 867/H. Res. 327, the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997. ASFA was then signed into law by President Bill Clinton. Further, Cornelia Ashby of the General Accounting Office testified that there has been a 57% increase in the number of adoptions; though, due to the lack of comparable pre- and post-ASFA data, it is difficult to determine the weight, if any, of ASFA's role in this increase and changes in other foster care outcomes.

Reason #6 to Support Hillary:
She's authored a great deal of legislation during her years on the Armed Services Committee that has passed regarding increased and improved benefits for our returning Iraq veterans.

Criticism #6:
So have other Senators.

Reason #7 to Support Hillary:
She was one of the key Senators who fought to give our military badly needed raises and increase in benefits. For being such flag wavers, it was the Republicans and Bush who resisted these attempts to show our military how much we value and appreciate them.

Criticism #7:
These are the same Democrats who scream anti-war while not fully grasping the threats that face our nation.

Reason #8 to Support Hillary:
Since 1974 she has been fighting for a woman's right to choose.

Criticism #8:
Abortion is not a federal issue.

Reason #9 to Support Hillary:
She is fighting to lift the ban on stem cell research to cure devastating diseases.

Criticism #9:
Stem cell research should be performed by private institutes. The chances of wasteful spending are significantly lower.

Reason #10 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)

Criticism #10:
According to the Guttmacher Institute, teen pregnancies between 1982 and 2002 had already fallen 30% and continues to steadily decline.

Reason #11 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)

Criticism #11:
Abortion is not a federal issue.

Reason #12 to Support Hillary:
Vows to protect next generation by paying off national debt.

Criticism #12:
With what money? By increasing taxes?

Reason #13 to Support Hillary:
Fought in Congress to "Help people facing foreclosure; do not just bail-out banks." (Aug 2007)

Criticism #13:
Most people suffering from foreclosures could not afford the loans in the first place; and thus is a result of their own actions.

Reason #14 to Support Hillary:
In 1962 she met MLK Jr. preaching a sermon in Chicago and learned from him the importance of equal rights for all.

Criticism #14:
I have witnessed countless news reels and read a number of biographical accounts featuring MLK Jr. This too makes me an expert on equality and just as qualified to lead the nation.

Reason #15 for Supporting Hillary:
In 1965 she brought black classmates to her until-then all-white church.

Criticism #15:
Many other northerners did this as well.

Reason #16 to Support Hillary:
Since 1995 has criticized China's human rights abuses.

Criticism #16:
In 2000, Congress approved the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) (P.L. 106-386), sponsored by Sen. Brownback and the late Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-MN), authorizing funding for efforts to combat trafficking, including prevention activities, counseling and treatment services, food, shelter, translation and legal assistance to survivors, and monitoring efforts.

Reason #17 to Support Hillary:
IN 1988 Instituted gender diversity Report Card within the American Bar Association, which sets standards for lawyers in the U.S.

Criticism #17:
There are more female and minority lawyers today than ever before.

Reason #18 to Support Hillary:
In 1972 worked as a lawyer suing white-only schools, working with Marian Wright Edelman on enforcing school desegregation in the South.

Criticism #18:
In an interview with Shelly R. Fredman on AlterNet, Howard Zinn suggested that Edelman would make a better Democratic Presidential Candidate than either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Edelman serves on the board of the Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organization that attempts to alleviate poverty-related problems in New York City, New York.

Reason #19 to Support Hillary:
In October, 2000 she said it's not enough for America just to apologize for slavery and move on; we need to concentrate on civil rights now.

Criticism #19:
Civil rights now are better than they were 40 years ago. As time goes on, and as those with deep seeded prejudices die, the discrimination will continue to dwindle.

Reason #20 to Support Hillary:
Has been pushing for a "Privacy Bill of Rights" for all Americans since 2000.

Criticism #20:
So know only the government will regulate what information is shared about me? Why o I still feel uneasy. And, if this bill is such a good idea, that should be widely accepted for its merits, then why has it only come to light now in 2008?

Reason #21 to support Hillary:
Will end do not ask, do not tell in the military, "Gay soldiers need to shoot straight, not be straight." November 2003.

Criticism #21:
Prejudices will still exist no matter where you go and what policies are enacted.

Reason #22 to Support Hillary:
Supports civil unions, with full equality of federal benefits.

Criticism #22:
Abortion is not a federal issue.

Reason #23 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on adding violent crimes based on victim's sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes.

Criticism #23:
(See #27.)

Reason #24 to support Hillary:
Rated 96% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance.

Criticism #24:
Affirmative Action in this day and age is demeaning to the idea of equality. Insisting that, despite the great strides made by the civil rights movement, that blacks are still incapable of achieving success without the helping hand of government. How absurd.

Reason #25 to support Hillary:
Freedom of Speech: Voted NO on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration.

Criticism #25:
Be happy that you live in a country that does not have you shoot dead for its flag.

Reason #26 to Support Hillary: [A.K.A "Whoopi Goldberg's reason to support Hillary"]
Voted YES on repealing tax subsidy for companies which move US jobs offshore. (Mar 2005)

Criticism #26:
If the tax burden was not so detrimental, these companies would not have to outsource in order to remain in business and cover their fixed operating expenses.

Reason #27 to Support Hillary:
Voted more funding and stricter sentencing for prosecution of hate crimes. (Apr 2001)

Criticism #27:
Any crime inflicted upon someone, who may be in any way different from their accuser, can be classified as a hate crime.

Reason #28 to Support Hillary:
Voted to Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)

Criticism #28:
As it should be.

Reason #29 to Support Hillary:
Although she was in college during the height of the drug culture in the late 1960s, she was devoted to work on civil rights instead of partying and taking drugs.

Criticism #29:
So. I went to college too and did not become a pot-head either.

Reason #30 to Support Hillary:
She is fighting for Universal pre-kindergarten.

Criticism #30:
Education in this country is bad enough as it is. Out of the top 30 developed nations, the US is ranked 22nd in reading and 26th in mathematics. Why should "we" send our kids off to the government even earlier to be educated?

Reason #31 to Support Hillary:
Wants to establish an education "Bill of Rights" - Establish right to education from pre-school thru college.

Criticism #31:
Hillary Clinton would also like to see free education for illegal aliens. (See also #30.)

Reason #32 to Support Hillary:
Since 1998 has fought publicly to keep art and music programs in public schools. "Arts education is needed in our schools."

Criticism #32:
Education, period, is needed in our schools.

Reason #33 to Support Hillary:
'Government should pay off all student loans for teachers who go to urban schools." March, 2000

Criticism #33:
With what money? Just because you choose to work at an urban school that is not making the grade should not automatically entitle you to exceptional benefits and additional tax payer dollars.

Reason #34 to Support Hillary:
Wants a complete re-write, a Total change in No Child Left Behind. (August, 2007)

Criticism #34:
"No Child Left Behind" was a failure, and will remain a failure despite Democratic or Republican rewrites.

Reason #35 to Support Hillary:
Rated 82% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes.

Criticism #35:
Pro government education. The NEA is the largest union in the country, whose former speaker once said, "human beings incapable of engaging in competition."

Reason #36 to Support Hillary
Voted YES on spending $448B on education & debt reduction instead of Bush's tax cut for the rich. (Apr 2001)

Criticism #36:
Do you know what the tax burden is on the rich? Around 38%. Further, the top 10% of income pay 90% of all the taxes gathered by the federal government. Its foolish and ignorant to say the rich are not paying their "fair" share. Plus, that's $448B that was just pissed away. (See also #30-#32.)

Reason #37 to Support Hillary:
Wants to "Remove energy dependence on countries who would harm us." (Jun 2006)

Criticism #37:
So, now there actually are "countries that want to harm us?" Additionally, our largest oil importer is: (take a guess...) Nope, its Canada, followed by Mexico. (See also #38, #41, #42, #44-#46.)

Reason #38 to Support Hillary:
Wants to build a "$50B strategic energy research fund from taxing oil companies." (Oct 2006)

Criticism #38:
Sen. Clinton wants to seize profits from the greedy oil companies; even though I doubt she can, or ever will explain the difference between "profits" and "profit margin." Oil companies see about a 9% profit margin, which is hardly anything; the rest of those profits go back into the company to fund further production and development. This compared to big drug companies that see about a 40% profit margin.

Reason #39 to Support Hillary:
Wants to Invest in alternative energy; jobs that wo not be outsourced.

Criticism #39:
What, invest in human laborers who will work for minimum wage?

Reason #40 to Support Hillary:
Called on U.S. to Ratify Kyoto; and fund more mass transit. (Sep 2000)

Criticism #40:
How do you plan on convincing people to give up their cars? And, how do you plan to fund it? A bullet train was recently proposed in Florida, and then was repealed less than a year later due to the exorbitant costs that would be encored.

Reason #41 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)

Criticism #41:
Sen. Clinton voted against drilling ANWR and voted against President Bush's Energy Policy. How do you plan on running the country independently?

Reason #42 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on drilling for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)

Criticism #42:
Do you mean on the grounds of national security? Or, are there grounds with signs that read National Security? Further, this is an asinine statement. What security risk is posed by drilling for our own oil from within territories that belong to us? (See also #45.)

Reason #43 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010. (Jun 2003)

Criticism #43:
Hydrogen, though efficient, will be a costly means of transportation for the average American. There are also a number of safety concerns.

Reason #44 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on Bush Administration Energy Policy. (Jul 2003)

Criticism #44:
No one has proposed an affordable & realistic energy policy. We as a society barely accept solar energy beyond powering our calculators, and that one was easy to figure out.

Reason #45 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)

Criticism #45:
Have you seen ANWR? The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a barren wasteland that only saw spikes in vegetation and wildlife growth after a pipeline was built. (See also #42.)

Reason #46 to Support Hillary: (listen up Louisiana!)
Voted YES on $3.1B for emergency oil assistance for hurricane-hit areas. (Oct 2005)

Criticism #46:
Sen. Clinton is against using our own oil reserves, so this must have been $3.1B in oil from the same cartels and "countries that want to harm us." (See also #37.)

Reason #47 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning. (May 2007)

Criticism #47:
Yea, because global warming does not exist. In the last century, six of the ten warmest years on record occurred before 1940 and the construction of super highways.

Reason #48 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on making oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. (Jun 2007)

Criticism #48:
If Sen. Clinton is opposed to using our own oil reserves, President Bush's energy policy and importing oil from international cartels, then where does she expect fuel to come from?

Reason #49 to Support Hillary:
Rated 89% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes.

Criticism #49:
However, Sen. Clinton voted against the confirmation of Gale Norton, a noted lifelong conservationist and environmental advocate, as Secretary of the Interior. (See also #50)

Reason #50 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)

Criticism #50:
Gale Norton is noted as a lifelong conservationist, public servant and advocate for bringing common sense solutions to environmental policy." I thought these were ground floor liberal values? Norton was later sworn in as the 48th Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior in January 2001.

Reason #51 to Support Hillary:
Called on Bush to "Put someone in charge of Katrina recovery who actually cares." (Aug 2007)

Criticism #51:
The cold harsh truth is... Like most other disasters, two months after, nobody in Anytown, USA (not directly affected by Katrina) did not really care anymore. And, two years later they said, "You are still living in a FEMA trailer or whining about hotel extensions? Get off your butt and get a job."

Reason #52 to Support Hillary:
Her Support for green-collar job training

Criticism #52:
What, how to pick oranges? Not quite. According to both Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama, the theory is that "green-collar jobs" will be created in the pursuit of alternative energy. The only problem is that most private companies are already bogged down with various fixed costs such as pension plans and medical coverage. And if Congress takes up this challenge, it will take them five years alone just to figure out what color to paint the research facility before any research is even started.

Reason #53 to Support Hillary:
Introduced bill to Better track kids' products for exposures to toxic materials coming from China.

Criticism #53:
If this was anything similar to AFSA, it failed.

Reason #54 to support Hillary:
Calls for the government to treat kids as "child citizens" not "minors" under the law. (Since Dec 1999)

Criticism #54:
Are you kidding me? According to my handy dandy dictionary, a "minor" is someone under the legal age of full responsibility. Further, is Sen. Clinton going to call for a "Kids' Bill of Rights?" Would "Child Citizens" then have the "right" to plead the 5th for breaking curfew, allow children to arm themselves with spitball shooters and restrict a parent's ability for search and seizures of their child's room? Give me a break.

Reason #55 to Support Hillary:
Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition

Criticism #55:
No surprise there.

Reason #56 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on enlarging NATO to include poor Eastern Europe nations. (May 2002

Criticism #56:
Again with the poor.

Reason #57 to Support Hillary:
"Smartest strategic choice is peace." (Nov 1999)

Criticism #57:
You are not running for Miss America. Our enemies are not interested in negotiating by holding hands and singing Cumbya.

Reason #58 to Support Hillary:
Calling for a NATO-enforced no-fly zone to end Darfur genocide. (June, 2007

Criticism #58:
Darfur is a mess, and will remain a mess, so long as corrupt African leaders remain in power.

Reason #59 to Support Hillary:
IN the 1970s worked to pass Constitutional Amendment to allow young people aged 18, 19, 20 to vote.

Criticism #59:
And look how many young people actually give a damn about voting today. Not too many.

Reason #60 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on allowing lobbyist gifts to Congress

Criticism #60:
This is unethical anyway and acceptance of such gifts by elected officials would be bribery. And, do not get me started on the Norman Hau scandal Sen. Clinton.

Reason #61 to Support Hillary:
Pledges to support $50B for AIDS relief in US and world

Criticism #61:
How? And, we have local concerns that could also use this funding. Further, AIDS research should be left to the private sector and relief to private charity.

Reason #62 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record.

Criticism #62:
Universal health care is dangerous and impractical for our society, no matter how good it may sound.

Reason #63 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)

Criticism #63:
Prescription drug costs and the need for benefits are much lower than they are made out to be. Around 4% of all seniors are actually struggling.

Reason #64 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)

Criticism #64:
Medical malpractice settlements are out of control.

Reason #65 to Support Hillary:
Says, "Torture cannot be American policy, period." (Sep 2007)

Criticism #65:
Torture is not American policy. Liberty is American policy, period.

Reason #66 to Support Hillary:
She would never say anything as creepy and cult-like as "We are the ones we have been waiting for."

Criticism #66:
No, Hillary Clinton's just been running for President ever since she was 12.

Reason #67 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record.

Criticism #67:
You are not running for Miss America.

Reason # 68 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision. (Dec 2005)

Criticism #68:
The Patriot Act monitored international communications between the US and known terrorist networks abroad. Its expiration is a threat to our national security.

Reason #69 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on requiring CIA reports on detainees & interrogation methods. (Sep 2006)

Criticism #69:
These are fine as is.

Reason #70 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees. (Sep 2006)

Criticism #70:
Most all of Guantanamo's detainees are not American citizens.

Reason #71 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on limiting soldiers' deployment to 12 months. (Jul 2007)

Criticism #71:
With the help of other politicians, this is one of the few acceptable endeavors in Hillary Clinton's tattered history.

Reason #72 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)

Criticism #72:
The path is not stringent enough.

Reason #73 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on comprehensive immigration reform. (Jun 2007)

Criticism #73:
It is still amnesty. With no clear nor negotiable solution in sight.

Reason #74 to Support Hillary:
Voted: No salary increase for Congress until minimum wage increased.

Criticism #74:
Salaries are usually based on performance. Thus implying that it takes more skill to be a Congressman that it does to rip ticket stubs. Though, I suppose this could be debated.

Reason #75 to Support Hillary:
Would accept minimum wage as president. (Jul 2007)

Criticism #75:
Well, yippy-doo. Usually those who settle for minimum wage do not have the skills or motivation to achieve anything higher.

Reason #76 to Support Hillary:
Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record.

Criticism #76:
Unions have become a destructive force against corporate operations and small businesses.

Reason #77 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)

Criticism #77:
Good luck convincing your boss to buy you a $900 La-Z-Boy desk chair rather than that el-cheapo one from Staples.

Reason #78 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25.

Criticism #78:
Increases in the minimum wage inhibit job growth and threaten small businesses.

Reason #79 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing

Criticism #79:
Unions have become a destructive force against production.

Reason #80 to Support Hillary:
Admits she made mistake in believing in WMDs in Iraq after being mislead by the Bush Administration.

Criticism #80:
The evidence highlighted by the 9/11 Commission Report, The David Kay Report, The CIA & Downing Street all said there were WMDs. Further, upon investigations within Iraq, Coalition Forces soon discovered numerous caches of nerve gas; with shells each capable of killing 20,000.

Reason #81 to Support Hillary:
Reaches out to conservatives but voting record is progressive.

Criticism #81:
Hillary Clinton may reach out to conservatives, but conservatives are afraid to reach back.

Reason #82 to Support Hillary:
"Karl Rove is obsessed with me because I take Republicans on & beat them." (Aug 2007)

Criticism #82:
Maybe so, just not for President of The United States.

Reason #83 to Support Hillary:
Served as a Staff attorney on Watergate/Nixon impeachment investigation.

Criticism #83:
Ironic.

Reason #84 to Support Hillary:
1976: Organized Indiana for Carter-Mondale campaign. She knows what it is like to work on a democrat campaign in RED STATES!

Criticism #84:
I thought she was fighting for diversity?

Reason #85 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the AU, indicating support of church-state separation.

Criticism #85:
Nobody really cares.

Reason #86 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming John Roberts for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Criticism #86:
John Roberts is perfectly qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice and brings a fresh face to the post of Chief Justice.

Reason #87 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming Samuel Alito as Supreme Court Justice.

Criticism #87:
Samuel Alito is perfectly qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice.

Reason #88 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record.

Criticism #88:
Issues regarding senior citizens never change, regardless of whomever's seeking the presidency.

Reason #89 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on increasing tax deductions for college tuition.

Criticism #89:
But has also voted for numerous tax increases.

Reason #90 to Support Hillary:
At Wellesley in 1968, steered college anti-war movement.

Criticism #90:
At Wellesley, Hillary was also called a socialist by her professors.

Reason #91 to Support Hillary:
Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women.

Criticism #91:
Abortion is not a federal issue.

Reason #92 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005)

Criticism #92:
Education receives enough funding as it is, and guess what, it has not gotten any better. And, did Sen. Clinton ever get around to filing taxes for the family charity? This is the 5th time she has "forgotten" to.

Reason # 93 to Support Hillary:
1980s: Led her church to found the largest daycare in Arkansas.

Criticism #93:
Was this as successful as her failed plan for education?

Reason #94 to Support Hillary:
1978: chaired Legal Services Corp. in President Carter's Administration - allowing Poor Families access to legal aid.

Criticism #94:
Once again with the poor.

Reason #95 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on implementing the 9/11 Commission report to get us out of Iraq in a fast, safe manner.

Criticism #95:
The 9/11 Commission Report highlighted connections between Iraq and terrorism abroad. (See also #100.)

Reason #96 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on restoring $565M for states' and ports' first responders eliminated by the Bush Administration.

Criticism #96:
These services are still under funded and under supplied.

Reason #97 to Support Hillary:
Worked with Evan Bayh, Al Gore, Bill Clinton and others in the 1980s to rejuvenate the Democratic Party from within.

Criticism #97:
The 1980s was an age of Republican power. And, the only difference between the Democratic Party then, and the DP now, is that it has moved further to the left.

Reason #98 to Support Hillary:
In 1969, she entered law school as "vehicle for social change"

Criticism #98:
This is a metaphor for socialist.

Reason #99 to Support Hillary:
Calls to Increase spending for libraries.

Criticism #99:
This is a state issue.

Reason #100 to Support Hillary:
In October, 2006 - called for "Phased redeployment out of Iraq, beginning immediately."

Criticism #100:
Iraq seems to be the only cause Hillary Clinton is not "fighting" for. The troop surge has benefited troublesome areas within Iraqi neighborhoods; however, such stories are seldom highlighted by the various news outlets. And, I'm no military strategist nor historian, though I do know complete withdrawal and redeployment is not something that can occur all at once.

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(a.k. 03.01.08)