Sen. Hillary Clinton votes to continue a filibuster of Senate Bill S.22

S.22, if enacted, would have limited malpractice punitive damages and pain & suffering claims (i.e. "non-economic damages") in Federal court cases to $250,000.

Question: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.22 )
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session
www.senate.gov
May 8, 2006

…but I Used to Think It was a Really Bad Idea Before! 

"We are concerned that the ethanol mandate will drive up the price of gasoline for consumers, have mixed environmental results, and do little to lessen America's dependence on foreign oil. Moreover, this mandate is simply unnecessary and amounts to a new hidden gas tax."

May 2007-  Hillary Clinton causes a buzz on the internet by posting a video on YouTube inviting people to log onto her campaign's website to vote for her campaign theme song.  This buzz also worked as an invitation for critics to come up with alternative theme songs that they thought more appropriate, such as: 

“Maneater”, (Hall and Oates) by New York Times columnist David Brooks

“Baby Got Back”, (Sir Mix-A-Lot) by radio host Rush Limbaugh

“It’s the End of the World as We Know It” (R.E.M.); and

“Eve of Destruction” (Barry McGuire) by Townhall.com's Jon Sanders

The New Republic invited suggestions on its website, leading to recommendations such as:

“Cold as Ice” (Foreigner)

“She’s So Cold” (Rolling Stones) 

“Vicious” (Lou Reed)

"I'm with Hillary Clinton.  You see, Dominic, if you go to the dance and you bring a girl to the dance and then you arrive at the dance and you see another girl who's got charisma and she's attractive and articulate and whatnot, you don't leave the girl you brought, you stay with your friends; and Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton campaigned for me, and I will never forget it."

Its motto: "stick it to her, before she sticks it to you" 

The General Accounting Office, the U.S. Congress' nonpartisan investigative unit, issues its report on the White House Travel Office Scandal.

In contrast with the review by the Clinton White House the previous year, the GAO's report disclosed the direct involvement of First Lady Hillary Clinton in the firing of employees of the Travel Office and their subsequent replacement by Clinton relatives & supporters.

"First Lady Urged Dismissals At Travel Office"
New York Times
by Stephen Labaton
Press Date: May 3, 1994

"It is wholly inappropriate, disrespectful and disturbing that Hillary Clinton is using an image of Blessed Mother Teresa as a political tool, especially given their radically different views on abortion. Mother Teresa tirelessly fought to protect unborn children, while Hillary Clinton staunchly supports abortion on demand in all nine months of pregnancy, including partial birth abortion and taxpayer funding of abortion. Out of respect to Mother Teresa, and the Missionaries of Charity strict guidelines for the use of Mother’s image, we call on the Hillary Clinton campaign to immediately remove her image from their campaign video.”

April 2007- While a guest on "The Ellen DeGeneres" talk show in April 2006, Oprah Winfrey was asked who she supported in the upcoming Democratic Presidential Primaries.  Her Pick- Not Hillary Clinton, but Barack Obama. 

"I believe it's time for a fresh, new voice in the White House", Oprah said.

Testifying before a grand jury regarding Whitewater, First Lady Hillary Clinton refuses to answer two questions, invoking what her attorney referred to as "the long-standing common law privilege for marital communications" 

President Bill Clinton testifies for a total of 4 1/2 hours in support of his former Whitewater partners, who were on trial for fraudulently obtaining nearly $3 million in government-secured small business loans.  

Under oath, the President denied that, while Arkansas Governor, he pressured the loan officer to approve any fraudulently obtained loans.

"Don Imus' comments about them were nothing more than small-minded bigotry and coarse sexism.  They showed a disregard for basic decency and were disrespectful and degrading to African Americans and women everywhere." 

"She's supportin' all these people. She's supportin' {Sen.} Dianne {Feinstein}. She's supported {Sen.} Barbara {Boxer}. . . . She supported everybody. Why won't she support me?"  

-First Lady Hillary Clinton, speaking in what the Los Angeles Times described as a "mock African-American accent".

Don Imus' nickname for President Bill Clinton, who was a guest on Imus' program 3 times during the 1992 Presidential election season, and once after.

The New York Times reported that President Bill Clinton kept a Don Imus bobble-head doll on his desk in the Oval Office.

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“Don Imus; It's a Hideous Life, And You Get to Hear All About It”
The New York Times
By Richard Sandomir
September 29, 1993

(For an exercise in Hillary Hypocricy, see my posting of April 15th)

The Washington Post reports that former Clinton Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell was paid a total of $704,152. by various friends of President Bill Clinton and Democratic supporters between 1994 and 1996, while performing little or no work to earn those fees.

At the time of the payments, Hubbell had stepped down from his position with the Clinton Administration due to his indictment for having defrauded his former clients and partners, and was believed to have been tempted to cooperate with Whitewater investigators in return for a plea deal.

Hubbell published a memoir in 1997 in which he said of his consulting deals: "it wasn't hush money".