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The Secret of Hillary Clinton's Success
Hillary Clinton is an extraordinarily successful senator. Everybody says so - including New York voters, 61 percent of whom report in the latest Quinnipiac survey she's doing either a "good" or "great job." Her spinmeister, Howard Wolfson, explained yesterday: "There's no question that we feel very good about the position we're in because Senator Clinton has done such a good job." Reporters, of course, concur. "They say that -- and this is across the board -- that Hillary Clinton has done a very good job," one Newsday scribe wrote earlier this year, adding: "I know as a reporter I get a press release from her office virtually every day."
Story Continues Below However, in the literally hundreds of mainstream media reports touting Hillary's Senate performance, seldom are any of her accomplishments ever listed. A review of her actual record, however, yields very little evidence to support the "good job" claims. In their book "Condi vs Hillary," Dick Morris and Eileen McGann found that in her five years as the most influential Democrat in the Senate, Hillary has managed to get the following laws and resolutions enacted:
Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall Name courthouse after James L. Watson Name post office after John A. O'Shea Designate August 7, 2003, as National Purple Heart Recognition Day Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death Congratulate the Syracuse University Orange Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship. Congratulate the Le Moyne College Dolphins Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship Establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program Name post office after Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and express condolences on her death Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters who lost their lives on duty. Only five of Clinton's bills could be described "substantive", say Morris and McGann: Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11 Pay for city projects in response to 9/11 Assist landmine victims in other countries Assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite care Designate part of the National Forest System in Puerto Rico as protected in the Wilderness Preservation System. Despite the paltry record, claims about Clinton's stellar Senate performance persist. The secret of Hillary's success apparently boils down to this: Recruit a not-so-small army of reporters who regularly tout your non-existent accomplishments as if they truly amounted to something.
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