In searching around for true accomplishments both for Ms Clinton and the Republican field, because it seems to be important to posters, I found a short, un note worthy article which I found interesting. It was posted on a conservative site to be sure, and that needs to be acknowledged up front.

It was a discussion between a woman, Susan Miligan of US News and World Report and Chris Mathews.

What was quite interesting to me, was being aware of Chris Mathews and his politics, that being an outspoken apologist for the Democratic party for years and his comments.

The link I will post takes you to a video as well as an article, thus be assured nothing is being edited or in any way unsaturated for this thread.

The article appeared this past MAY.....and began with this....

"Last week, Bloomberg News’ Mark Halperin asked a panel of Iowa Democrats to name one accomplishment from Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State. Just one little accomplishment… One? Something? ANYTHING?

A grand total of zero panel members could recall a single noteworthy accomplishment of Mrs. Clinton’s. But we should cut them some slack because they’re not wrong.


Ms. Milligan defended her by saying this...

"On Hardball with Chris Matthews’ Milligan said the question posed to the Iowa Democratic panel was “unfair.”


“I think most people could not look at a Secretary of State and point to an accomplishment. Frankly, mostly what a Secretary of State does is keep something from becoming a massive crisis so, that in a way wasn’t a terribly fair question,” said Milligan."

What struck me was Chris Mathews response. It was NOT a reading of things that Ms Clinton had done or even a defense of her.

This is what he responded....

"But in this particular case Chris Matthews makes a solid closing argument, “Obama didn’t have a big accomplishment before he got elected.”

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Now, if one of the strongest advocates for the Democratic party had only this to say is telling for sure. If, his point is valid, then the discussion which oft times is rebuffed by those who support her that her character, etc should really matter.

I took the challenge of someone who posted that we should all google HILLARY CLINTON ACCOMPLISHMENTS. It was not overwhelming at all and in fact, has a lot of these terms in the links "instrumental" and "played a leading role".

I might add that the links themselves were not impressive places. I think the only non partisan site referred to was REAL POLITICS and it was another rehash of even Democrats searching for those accomplishments. Hillary Clinton's Accomplishment Deficit | RealClearPolitics

So, I am surely open for any conversation that might point to her accomplishments and discussion of them.