Meet the candidates
2008 Presidential election hopefuls:
Hillary Rodham Clinton:
Current Job/Position: Senator from New York
View on Iraq: “I believe that the President should abandon his escalation of the war in Iraq and offer a change in course of his failing strategy.”
Letter to constituents – Sept. 20, 2007
Fun Fact: Wrote to NASA when she was child asking for information on how to become an astronaut. NASA wrote back that women could not be astronauts.
encarta.msn.com/media
Barack Obama:
Current Job/Position: Senator from Illinois
View on Iraq: “Iraq has not been a failure of resolve, it has been a failure of strategy and that strategy must change. It is time to bring a responsible end to this conflict.”
obama_senate.gov/speech
Fun Fact: Obama is a self-admitted cigarette smoker.
www.tnr.com
John Edwards:
Current Job/Position: Director for Center on Poverty; trial lawyer
View on Iraq: “We don’t need debate; we don’t need non-binding resolutions; we need to end this war. In order to get the Iraqi people to take responsibility for their country we must show them we are serious about leaving and the best way to do that is to actually start leaving.”
johnedwards.com/issues/iraq
Fun Fact: Revealed in a report filed by the Federal Election Commission that he pays $400 a haircut when alleviating poverty is one of the main themes of his campaign.
www.foxnews.com
Rudy Giuliani:
Current Job/Position: Lawyer
View on Iraq: “When has a nation ever won a war when the constant discussion was: What kind of timetable are we going to set for our retreat? In order to win, you have to set an objective. The objective should be an Iraq that is going to help us in the terrorists’ war against us.”
2007 GOP debate at UNH
Random Quote: “Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”
funny-stories.org/dumb-quotes
John McCain:
Current Job/Position: Senator from Arizona
View on Iraq: “The surge is working and we have to rally the American people. I want our troops home with honor. Otherwise, we will face catastrophe and genocide in the region.”
2007 GOP debate at UNH
Fun Fact: If elected as president in 2008, he would be 3 years older than Ronald Reagan, at the time of his inaugeration, the oldest elected president to date.
www.azcentral.com
Ron Paul:
Current Job/Position: Representative from Texas
View on Iraq: “We have lost over 5,000 Americans killed in Afghanistan & Iraq, plus the civilians killed. How many more you want to lose? How long are you going to be there? What do we have to pay to save face? That’s all we’re doing, is saving face. It’s time we came home.”
2007 GOP debate at UNH
Fun Fact: Former obstetrician has delivered more than 4,000 babies.
desmoinesregister.com
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