Hillary Clinton Archive

  • Keith Locke

    Hillary accepts nuke free NZ badge - by Keith Locke



    I forgot to tell you about my little exchange with Hillary Clinton last Thursday evening. I went up to her at the Parliamentary reception proudly displaying on my lapel a peace badge with a CND symbol over a map of NZ. read more
    November 9, 2010 11:13 am - 5 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Wellington looks to Washington over Gaza Line - by Keith Locke



    Watching Hillary Clinton on the box talking about Gaza I had an eerie feeling. Hadn’t I heard the same words from Murray McCully. They seemed to have the same script writer, who I suspected might be in Washington rather than Wellington. I checked and yes, Hillary had said ‘the situation in Gaza is unsustainable’, precisely [...] read more
    June 4, 2010 11:25 am - 124 Comments
  • frog

    Clinton’s mistake - by frog



    The Nation has an interesting article on Hillary Clinton’s floundering nomination campaign, arguing that the mistake she made was not a tactical or strategic one. It wasn’t that she picked the wrong states to focus on, or threw everything into her knock-out punch or fundraised poorly. It was a policy mistake: The biggest factor that [...] read more
    May 12, 2008 9:45 pm - 9 Comments
  • frog

    Ladies - by frog



    I enjoyed Hillary Clinton’s attempt to make a joke about Helen Clark.  Presumably her comment was premeditated and her motive for even bothering to name Helen Clark was to highlight that other countries had female political leaders.  I guess at least that is one thing we in New Zealand don’t seem to need to contest [...] read more
    April 22, 2008 8:28 am - 18 Comments
  • frog

    Showdown Day - by frog



    There should be some good viewing today. Clinton takes on Obama, Drysdale matches up with Waddell, and Copeland versus the Government in Question Time.  If you have any suggested questions for Gordon to ask feel free to post them.  He might appreciate the help. read more
    March 5, 2008 8:10 am - 5 Comments
  • frog

    No obvious successor to the Oil President - by frog



    While we are on the topic of US politics, check out this Follow the Oil link which shows how much donations each presidential candidate has received from big oil companies in the US.  It looks like the oil companies picked it wrong to start with, making their biggest donations to Rudi Giuliani (US$634,858) and Mitt [...] read more
    March 3, 2008 12:23 pm - 8 Comments