For this week’s blog, I have chosen to look at Hillary Clinton. I choose her as I thought she would be the most interesting, having already been first lady. I looked at her website, http://www.hillaryclinton.com/?splash=1. When you first enter the website, it asks you to sign up to “team Hillary”, but this step can be skipped. Once on the website, you can look at videos of Hillary Clinton and speeches she has given. She seems like a good candidate, with political beliefs such as equal rights for same sex relationships, equal rights for women, stem cell research, and a belief in scientific advancements, policies which are completely opposite to George Bush’s.
I also looked at http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/hc42.html, and found out a bit about her background. She was elected New York state senator on 7th November 200, and is the first First Lady elected to the US Senate and the first woman elected statewide in New York.
I also found an article on the Times online, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1719879.ece, which is less favourable to Hillary Clinton, and highlights some of the scandals she has been involved in the past, with reference to her autobiography.
I would vote for Hillary Clinton, as the policies and political beliefs I found she supported are ones which I believe in.
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Just wanted to say that this blog entry was really interesting following the discussion we had in the small groups. It was good to be able to draw comparsions between a female and a male candidate. From the websites that were offered we can clearly see the difference in the campaigns of Hilary Clinton and the male politicans. We can see which particular angle they are coming from and that was really useful.
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