Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama

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wed 2/13/2008

Clinton vs. Obama A collage of Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

name	Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton.	Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.
birthdate	October 26, 1947 (60 years old).	August 4, 1961 (46 years old).
born in	Chicago, Illinois.	Honolulu, Hawaii.
religion	Christian.	Christian.
current job	Senator (New York).	Senator (Illinois).
married to	Former President Bill Clinton.	Former community affairs executive Michelle Obama.
education	B.A. in Political Science from Wellesley College, Law Degree from Yale Law School.	B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University, Law Degree from Harvard Law School.
first job out of college	Attorney for child advocacy group.	Community organizer.
skeletons	Was a Republican in college.	Admitted to doing hard drugs in high school.
firsts	First First Lady to be elected to public office.	First black president of The Harvard Law Review.
buzzword	Experience.	Hope.
potshots	She's divisive. You either love her or hate her.	He's inexperienced. Too much hope, not enough substance.
on war	Voted in favor of Iraq war as a Senator. Has pledged to end the war and initiate a phased withdrawal of troops if elected president.	Voted against Iraq war as a Senator. Has pledged to end the war and initiate a phased withdrawal of troops if elected president.
on immigration	"A comprehensive solution to our immigration crisis must include strengthening our borders, greater cooperation with our neighbors, strict but fair enforcement of our laws, federal assistance to state and local governments, strict penalties for those who exploit undocumented workers, and a path to earned legal status for those who are here, working hard, paying taxes, respecting the law, and willing to meet a high bar, including learning English."	"We also need to bring the 12 million undocumented immigrants out of the shadows. We need to be realistic about the fact that they are here, we can't deport them, and they have become an integral part of our society. We need to give this population a chance to pay a fine, to have provisional status in the country, and to get into the back of the line for citizenship."
on education	Reform No Child Left Behind, higher pay for teachers, increase access to early education.	Reform No Child Left Behind, higher pay for teachers, increase Pell Grants and end corporate subsidies on student loans.
author of	Living History.	Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope.
celebrity endorsement	50 Cent.	Oprah Winfrey.
ipod	Beatles, Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, The Eagles, U2.	Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kanye West.
webprops	182,645 friends on official MySpace.	272,583 friends on official MySpace.
in their own words	"We must continue to be a nation that strives always to give each of our children a better future, a nation of optimists who believe our best days are yet to come, a nation of idealists, holding fast to our deepest values, that we are all created equal, that we all deserve to fulfill our God given potential, that we are destined for progress together."	"Hope is what led me here today. With a father from Kenya, a mother from Kansas and a story that could only happen in the United States of America. Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be."

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43 responses to “versus: Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama”

LMAO i didnt know obma what that hip, he listens to Kanye and Jay-Z!! i was gonna vote for him anyways but now i have a better reason, OBAMA 08

tr3sDosUno

(Wichita, KS)

wed 2/13 4:01pm

I would vote for someone, if there was someone worth voting for. Someone who i can trust, and i'm not 100% sure about either of these candidiates.

vDizzle

wed 2/13 4:22pm

I am guessing that both these people would make a better president than Bush though i have read some of Hillary's propositions and there were a couple of points i wasn't convinced with...though same would go for Obama...it is a really hard coice...

LiKe It Matters

wed 2/13 5:21pm

They both seem to be on the same page about education and ending the war in Irag. these two things are very important to me.
This is going to be a hard chioice.

celeste Williams

wed 2/13 6:10pm

i honestly think that obama is going to win. the fact that he was in drugs brings his score down(a lot)

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(lex)

wed 2/13 6:54pm

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GLADYZ

(corpus christi)

wed 2/13 7:24pm

i'm going 4 OBAMA cuz he hella cool and i like his ideas better then Hillary, and way better than bush. 4 real

Jasmin

wed 2/13 8:41pm

i don't care what anybody thinks anymore...I DON'T WANT OBAMA 2 WIN!!! there i said it!!! i can't stand the fact that black people (no offence) only want 2 vote 4 him bcuz he's black too. thats kind of racist & is a discrimination.i'm sick and tired of obama's fairytales about ending the war.itz so not going 2 b as easy as he makes it seem. i want hilary 2 win the presidency & obama can b the v.p. that wya, they'll both be making history.1st woman president & 1st black v.p. plus,having hilary as president would b a lot better because bill clinton was an awsome president, too. who doesn't like bill clinton???seriously, well...thats wut i believe & i don't care what anyone else thinks & NO I AM NOT RACIST!!! I'M A REALIST!!! {i feel a lot better now }

~kitty

*kitty*

(Tr@V!3S@ST0wN, nj)

wed 2/13 9:11pm

WELL DONE MUN2 HAHAH RANDOM FACTS ABOUT THE CANIDATES...I WAS THINKING HILLARY FOR SURE, BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW MAYBE BARACK?...HE DOES SUPPORT THE DREAM ACT! FOR OUR GENTE

WTF!

wed 2/13 10:45pm

Im going to vote for Obama cuz he's going to help out with the immagration im so happy with that:]

angie

(Chicago)

thu 2/14 2:18am