An Avalon spouter wrote in defense of Hillary Clinton, "Is it maybe because as an activist, former first lady, a two-term Senator and a cabinet member, Hillary is the candidate with the experience and knowledge to get things done in D.C. that frightens so many people?" Her activism started with her support of ultra-conservative Barry Goldwater. Her husband lied to the whole country about "sexual relations" and she never spoke up. She became a Senator from a state that she had never lived in until seeking office there, and her senatorship is marked with controversy.