Clinton to Obama: I Showed You My Records, Now Show Me Yours

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After more than 11,000 pages of Hillary Clinton’s schedules as first lady were released by the National Archives Wednesday, the Clinton campaign called on Barack Obama to release in full his records as an Illinois state senator.

“11,000 pages of the former first lady’s schedules are now part of the public record and I believe that is approximately 11,000 more documents than the Obama campaign has released up until this point relating to any part of his service especially as a state senator,” Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said in a statement.

The Clinton records, released on CDs and posted on the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Web site, showed that in the early days of the Clinton administration, then-first lady Hillary Clinton held several meetings on health care with Cabinet secretaries and staff. She was also involved in helping her husband win congressional approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement, a deal she now criticizes and says she would try to change.

Wolfson called on Obama Wednesday to specifically release memos and letters that may relate to indicted Chicago businessman Antoin “Tony” Rezko, who used to be a prominent fundraiser for Obama.

“There is much that Senator Obama can do on the subject of disclosure if he chooses to make this an issue as he has. I think in many respects he has gotten a free ride on this but there is a voluminous amount of information that presumably should be available relating to his tenure in the state Senate that he could release and make available at any time since he thinks that this is so important. I would again call on him to do so,” Wolfson said.

As Clinton’s campaign touted the records’ release as an example of her commitment to disclosure, Obama spent the day in North Carolina Wednesday hitting Clinton for her Iraq war vote, suggesting only he can be trusted to end the war.

The National Archives in Washington and former President Clinton’s presidential library in Arkansas jointly released Clinton’s first lady schedules after months of pressure from critics who say the Clintons were delaying the disclosure.

In all, 11,046 pages have been made available. Nearly 4,800 pages have parts blacked out. Archivists said that’s to protect the privacy of third parties. Schedules for more than 30 days of activities were not included in this release.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

40 Responses to “Clinton to Obama: I Showed You My Records, Now Show Me Yours”

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Comment by Bo

Don’t you wish we had an honest choice, either Democrat or Republican to vote for who would care about the public interest. Alas, tis not to be, until we quit following the leader over the cliff, we get what we deserve. As ye sow, so shall ye reap.

 
Comment by Lilly

Has Hillary Finally released her2007 tax returns now that her experience in the White House shows it consisted more of “busy work”, lying, hiding documents and stealing furniture than the global peace making she fabricates? Do the records include the IRS and investigators she hired to ruin Bill’s sexual harrassment accusers? Now that Karl Rove appears to be her latest hit man, it’s clear she intends to steal the nomination. Very Bush-like.

 
Comment by Mark Wright

Obama was able to afford that expensive house because he wrote a #1 best-selling book.

Weeks ago he talked about his state Senate records and said that he had a tiny staff and they didn’t keep records of his schedules. Clinton is fishing for something that doesn’t exist.

Voting present in the Illinois state legislature is a standard procedure and has nothing to do with dodging issues. Illinois gives their legislators an opportunity to cast a vote when neither Yes nor No fits. It’s a wise way to run things. Have you ever had to make a choice between two bad choices? Wouldn’t it be great to have the opportunity to vote for neither? If the U.S. Senate allowed its members to vote ‘present’ we might have less bad legislation.

And he flipped on Yucca mountain? Go back and read the transcripts. The first thing he said about the subject was, and I quote: “I will end the notion of Yucca Mountain”. The last thing he said a few minutes later was “despite the fact that my state has more nuclear power plants than any other state in the country, I’ve never supported Yucca Mountain. So I just want to make that clear.”

James, you need to pay more attention and listen a little more clearly.

 
Comment by Isabella

Ok ,Obama lets see your past 20 years.Not just 2007.I just listen to Al Sharpton ,wow their is something wrong with that man,he couldn’t tell the truth if it hit him in the face,and how he is so good to turn the table the other way.<<<>>>.

 
Comment by saleanna

First of all to answer the person aboves question as to how Obama could afford such an expensive house is because Rexko helped him out by letting Obama get it for 300,000.00 less than what it went for and Obama couldn’t afford the property adjacent to the house he wanted to buy that was a package deal so Mrs. Rezko bought the property the same day that Obama bought the house and then a month later sold Obama back the property for 100,000.00 less than she paid for it….
Next I think Obamas campaign is going negative.. He is a lier… First of all he lied about the question if he smoked.. secondly he lied about Rezko’s contributions of first 125,000.00 for his campaign and then it was 250,000.00… Then he wasn’t there in the church when Rev. Wright was preaching all this racial garbage and Obama’s words were if he was there he would have got up and walked out… Then when he made his speech on national television he stated he was there but he didn’t agree with him even though the reporter that was right in back of him see him nodding his head yes in agreement with Rev. Wrights racial sermon. What I question in Obama is his integrity. How can we believe him when in the short time he has run for president he has lied time and time again.. People need to wake up and realize that Obama’s speeches of hope and change are just words and mean nothing to him but more lies…

 
Comment by jean

stop them nasty comments Obama will win this election down hilary

 
Comment by MLB

As for his 1.6 million dollar home, he did receive a hefty amount for his books. He has made it clear that he used that money to purchase a home and settle student loan debt. And to James… It is clear that you do not listen with both ears. Some people have what is called selective hearing, and for those individuals I feel bad. If you actually listen to everything being said, you will get a clear picture of the truth… it is not lies Obama speaks of. It is sad that our country is so tied up in a kill each other mentality when it comes to politics. Obama is the first person in my lifetime that has shown some maturity, professionalism, and sensibility when it comes to these crazy political games politicians and the media love to play. People have been saying speeches don’t matter, words are nothing, where’s the action. Before you can act you have to speak. Those that don’t take the time to convey what will happen and act with out speaking are selfish, naive, and insane. When becoming the CEO of our country that person needs to have the ability to relate to EVERYONE, also have the ability to articulate, captivate and encourage the nation to become more involved. I am sure once Obama is president that all of the skeptics out there will be amazed on how this one man could actually do some good FOR EVERYONE.

 
Comment by CarolineGerhardt

She didn’t release her tax records. She hasn’t presented any new information to the public, she has just feigned the appearance of not being secretive. Obama of late has been under very acute scrutiny from all sides, and has maintained a respectable disposition, even amongst having to defend himself against charges of both being a racist, and having an advantage by being a mulatto with an Islamic name. Seriously! He’s only where he is because he’s a black man with a name that alludes to the fallen Iraqi dictator, and of striking similarity to a terrorist leader’s?
Let that black preacher give sermons where he angrily points out that nearly all the leaders of this country, and nearly all of the wealthiest people are of European ancestry. Isn’t that obvious? Isn’t it true that this country has employed the largest population of enslaved foreigners ever seen on the planet (correct me if I’m wrong)?
Now we have an intelligent, articulate man, who also happens to be of a diverse ethnicity, trying to run a campaign for President without relying purely on tearing his opponents down, and people jump at the opportunity to paint him a racist by association. If he’s not a racist, then he’s a muslim. He’s not tried and true like McCain and Clinton.
Let’s all tear this man down for trying to keep his campaign positive, let’s elect another short-tempered white person, whose well-connected in Washington DC, who’ll give cynical speeches about ‘hard-work’, because that’s something we’re used to.

 
Comment by Jay

I wonder how much confidence troops and the Republicans have in John McCain being Commander in Chief when he runs around the middle east saying that Iran is training Al Qaida?

I mean seriously. That is a major gaffe - the man should have been more aware than that - where has he been the last 5 years? Shiite Iran training Sunni Qaida? Yeah right. All the world has been listening to Bush making repeated charges of Iran enabling Shiite Militants like the Mahdi Army - and we all know that the Iraq Government put in place by America were largely returned Shiite exiles from Iran, and the feared ‘death squad’ group the Badr Brigade were also a shiite militant army (although, unlike the Mahdi Army, bedfellows with the Americans).

Making unfounded and ignorant statements like Iran is training Qaida is just as bad as saber rattling at Iran about their increased influence over Iraq after you were the ones who put people in control of the Iraq Government who had been living in Iran for decades - Duh oh!

I can tell you that would not have done very well to impress the Middle Eastern people about McCain being President. In fact, that is just plain and downright scary.

 
Comment by Jacob

And Hillary has released her tax records for what year?

Seriously, how does HRC expect these records, which have been extensively censored (”private meetings, etc), to support her claims of loads of foreign policy experience?

 

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