A life spent pushing for change - Hillary profile

[CarolNYC]

Nice profile in NH's Keene Sentinel....I did not know this story about her mother being abandoned as a little one....Sad.

A life spent pushing for change
Mother's story led Clinton to advocacy

Hillary Clinton can still remember, as a young girl, hearing the story of her mother's early life for the first time.

Dorothy Howell Rodham was abandoned by her mother at 3 or 4 years old, forced to move in with unloving grandparents, and found a job at just 14 years old.

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On the campaign trail today, Clinton has been roundly attacked and criticized, called cold, calculating, polarizing and pandering.

But longtime friends and colleagues describe Clinton as smart, focused, funny and sincere - someone who won't stop fighting for what she feels is right.

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In her memoir, "Living History," Hillary Clinton described some of the experiences that affected her: after defending an alleged rapist, she talked with a close friend about setting up the state's first rape hotline; and after giving birth to daughter Chelsea, she and her husband "emerged from our experience committed to ensuring that all parents have the option to stay home with their newborn children ..." she wrote.

The beginnings of another major project - helping found the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families in 1977 - were rooted in Clinton's representation of a couple who had trouble adopting a foster child.

"My experience on this case and others convinced me that Arkansas needed a statewide organization devoted to advocating for children's rights and interests," Clinton wrote.

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Above all, Clinton always had a commitment to children and families, Bronfman said.

"She was also extremely focused in what she did," Bronfman said, no matter the opposition. "She could take an issue ... and just keep on marching toward the goal because she knew it was the right thing to do."

More.... http://www.sentinelsource.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=171383&SectionID=31&SubSectionID=37&S=1

[ORDagnabbit]

1. the story must mean regime change...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bromwich/hillary-clinton-votes-for_b_66174.html

[Adelante]

2. Hey baby

:hi:

[blm]

3. What happened between then and now that took over Hillary's mindset?

I dislike how she and her loyalists treat any Dem they perceive to be in her way, ESPECIALLY if that other Dem spent HIS life dedicated to justice and honest and open government:

http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=13354

http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2006/oct/07/did_carville_tip_bush_off_to_kerry_strategy_woodward

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk1k0nUWEQg

No forgiveness and will never forget.

[Rock_Garden]

4. Thanks, Carol.

[cuke]

5. K&R

[William769]

6. K&R!

[Clintonista2]

7. One of my favorite stories regarding Hillary Clinton is when she was fired from a summer job

She worked at a factory gutting fish. She noticed that the fish were all bluish and blackish, and when she asked her boss how long the fish had been dead, she was told to stop asking questions. She didn't, and was fired. I think she is a wonderful person who does what she believes to be right.

[Auntie Bush]

8. Nice story Carol. I really think she'll make a wonderful compassionate

first woman president!

[K Gardner]

9. Hillary is an impressive woman and one to be admired. That much is true. n/t