Hillary Clinton vs. Barack Obama

versus

wed 2/13/2008

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

i would vote for hilary because she seems to have a good head on her shoulders...i agree with *KITTY*....i am african-american and i think it would be a dumb idea to vote for someone only because he shares your race. the issues are way more important and hilary seems to have the experiance. PLUS WE GET TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE: bill clinton and hilary = ]

thank you

spluvr

(nyc)

2/17/2008

I think We should all think about whats best for our latin community...it does not matter if the president is white,black,purple,red,male,or female or if we personally hate them. We already made a HuGe mistake on voting for Bush,cuz he is truely an a**hole.
We should think about what president will help us solve the biggest problem that us as latinos have..IMMIGRATION. and what will be best for our future.
Thank You....im going for OBAMA-08

LiL C

(MTown IA)

2/23/2008

is obama even experienced enough to be president? i dont think he will make wise decisions on our favor, and hillary i dont trust her at all lol

ERIK

(THE BaYaReA,cA)

3/6/2008

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!

2/14/2008

Jessica...lets get some things straight...TRUE, Hillary also voted to build the wall, just like Barack Obama, Im not going to deny that, BUT, the difference between both of them is that Obama HAS Mexican and Mexican-American constituents since he's a senator for Illinois and hence a representative of the people of Chicago. Hillary on the other hand, is a senator for New York and truth be told, New York has a small Mexican community compared to Chicago, so her decison to vote yes on the 'wall' doesnt sound so grave to Obama's yes since like I mentioned before, Obama drew support from Illinois' Mexicans/Latinos. Obama probably was in the May 10 march, but the march that truly set everything off nation-wide and which too off here in CHICAGO was the March 10, 2006 march. I didnt see Obama anywhere that day......

David

(Chicago)

4/3/2008

Jessica,

Check out our post from last September titled politics: The Democratic hopefuls. One of the categories is called "the Wall" and it lists that both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama support a border fence.

Thanks!

mun2

2/22/2008

Hilary for '08 of coarse! one thing though that i can't stand is all of these stupid wanna-be cool gangsta (cholos) sayin that they want Obabma to win cuz he's cool cuz he did drugs. Look yall need to grow yalls asses up and look at it realistically we need some one who can lead a country and so far Obama just sounds like hes all talk idk if I were old enough to vote i would vote for Hilary! =D

Jazzle

3/2/2008

I WANT OBAMA TO WIN B CUZ ITS ABOUT TIME THAT WE HAVE A PRESIDENT OF COLOR AND I THINK THAT OBAMA WILL WORK BETTER WITH THE LATINO COMUITTEE THEN ANY OTHER CANIDATE.

yasvel

(Carson City,NV)

2/16/2008

Thank you for replying mun2! I think it's great that you are covering the election process for young latinos.
David, Barack Obama DID NOT grow up on the south side of Chicago! He was born in Hawaii and grew up there and in Indonesia I believe.
Kitty: like mun2 said, read the Democratic hopefuls post so that you can see that your beloved HILLARY VOTED FOR THE BORDER FENCE TOO!!!! It's really irresponsible of you and David to make these claims without backing them up. Kitty, where did you read about Obama's stance on welfare? Post the link so that we all can read it!

Jessica

2/23/2008

i dont understand why latinos are making a big deal about Hilary Clinton she doesnt even want to help us! she wants to make it even harder and on the other hand Obama actually wants to help because he obviously know that if we dont start now its going to be to late in the future....

tr3sDosUno

(Wichita, KS)

2/14/2008