Today's young women don't really see inequities until they go out into the real world. Eleanor Clift More Quotes by Eleanor Clift More Quotes From Eleanor Clift At the unveiling at the White House of the presidential portrait, President Bush pointed out that Hillary Clinton was the first sitting Senator in history to have her portrait hanging in the White House. Eleanor Clift presidential white house It's a complicated set of opinions that women bring to the voting booth. Eleanor Clift voting opinion complicated If you think of life and death on a continuum, finding the point where it tips is complicated. It cuts across all political lines and gets to the root of our humanity. It requires faith informed by years of intimacy that you're doing what's right for your loved one. Eleanor Clift finding-the-one cutting thinking The dirty little secret is Donald Trump's views are not all that different from the rest of the Republicans in the field. Nobody in the Republican field supports a path to citizenship. They're all pretty tough on immigration. Eleanor Clift support views dirty John Kerry, windsurfing dilettante Eleanor Clift john-kerry dilettantes politics If you look at where presidents come from, they're former governors or senators. Eleanor Clift former president looks Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum. Eleanor Clift enough secret worry You could say that Trump is the 21st century version of Pat Buchanan. Protectionist, anti-immigrant. Eleanor Clift versions trump century Often, the disparities in the ways men and women are treated are subtle; there are not these clear barriers that you have to break down. Eleanor Clift breaking-down men way Politics is so much about serendipity that we've got to have a bigger pool of women, so that when people drop out of the process, you've got others to turn to. Eleanor Clift pool serendipity people You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote; then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment. Eleanor Clift males vote office Hospice means end-of-life care. The admission ticket is a diagnosis from a doctor that you have six months or less to live. Eleanor Clift six-months doctors mean Bush does not want to go down in history as the president who lost in Iraq. His strategy to the extent he has one is to hang tough and let whoever succeeds him take the fall. Eleanor Clift iraq president fall Tea Party Republicans, in an effort to kill the farm bill will stereotype and make racial comments about food stamps - which is a big element to the program. Eleanor Clift effort party tea Bush is good at stating the obviously untrue. Eleanor Clift stating-the-obvious untrue unfaithful But I think what we're coming to grips with is the fact that we actually have a mercenary Army, and it doesn't have a nice ring to it. We call it 'volunteers', but we're basically paying people to serve their country. And if you're going to pay people and have a mercenary Army, you're going to have to pay the market rate. And so the bounties are going up—more money for tuition, higher enlistment bonuses—and I think it's appropriate. Eleanor Clift army nice country Frankly, to be a poor child in Cuba may in many instances be better than being a poor child in Miami, and I’m not going to condemn their lifestyle so gratuitously. Eleanor Clift cuba may children If privacy ends where hypocrisy begins, Kitty Kelley's steamy expose is a contribution to contemporary history. Eleanor Clift privacy hypocrisy ends People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. Eleanor Clift balance want people Religion and politics are supposed to be separate. Eleanor Clift religion-and-politics supposed-to-be
