Letters to the Editor
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Passion at the polls
I think people are going to come out in droves to vote for H. Clinton. Even people who have never voted before, such as myself, will be going to the polls. Why? For me it is because she is a woman. I would support almost any female democrat for president. Until women are adequately represented in all powerful decision-making roles, they will need all the help they can get. It won't be until then that we can accurately assess people based on their abilities (because we won't be able to actually envision the woman in the role). And anyone with a daughter, I hope, would love to be serious when they say that yes, she really can be anything she wants to be.
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Group think
Nice. "I'm a Democrat, so I'll vote for a Democrat." "I'm a woman, so I'll vote for a woman."
Never vote for the best candidate. Never vote on the issues, or their voting records, or their public statements and actions. Vote with your herd.
Pathetic.
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Not pathetic at all
There's nothing pathetic about voting for your herd. It is in fact what I would call a survival instinct. Regardless,
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Actions speak louder than words
You people that believe Hillary couldn't really be as right-wing as she seems - even though she's supported so many right-wing causes like the Iraq war - how can you be so gullible? I'm especially disappointed in Rebecca Walker and Janeane Garofalo for buying this. I thought they'd know better.
Hillary Clinton, like most other prominent Democrats like Kerry & Edwards, is not a real liberal. She is a centrist leaning towards the right. When it comes to recent foreign policy, she's not much different from Condoleeza Rice (didn't she also vote to nominate Rice for Secretary of State). If she really believed in "liberal" causes, she'd VOTE for them!
It amazes me how so many feminists seem to be in denial about this. Wake up. Hillary is not your friend. She doesn't give a damn about you or me. She doesn't care about women's issues; probably least of all the plight of struggling working mothers trying to make ends meet. All she cares about is her personal power and prestige in D.C. and the Beltway. What better way to achieve this than to suck up to the Republicans - even though the more crazy, demented ones love to hate her - by voting for the same things they believe in? It's not like she was FORCED to vote for them. And in this way, she's no different from most other powerful mainstream Democrats.
If feminists really want to advance their cause, why don't more of them start helping women in war-torn countries like Iraq, and rise up against both the Republicans and Republican-Lite Democrats like Hillary?
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rise up against both the Republicans and Republican-Lite Democrats like Hillary?
because if they rise up against republican-lite then republicans will rule indefinitely. If you really think that it doesn't matter, fine, but you can't have it both ways: either there is a difference or there is no point in objecting to the repubilcans specifically rather than just "the system".
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I don't agree with you, Anon
When one party votes for a lot of the same things another party does, the former party becomes more like the latter. That is why I suggested rising up against BOTH.
The Republicans are running things anyway, RIGHT NOW. And one reason they're able to do so is because so-called liberal Democrats like Hillary Clinton enable them.
I heard that in Venezuela, before Hugo Chavez took over, there were two "ruling" corrupt political parties controlling the country. He was able to become president and lessen their influence anyway.
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I just don't see you get from where we are to where you want to go w/o the dems
one way or another I hope things change
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This is what a feminist looks like
I am pround to say I AM a feminist.
I am SO tired of women saying "welllll, I'm not a feminist (appologetically), but I do believe in equality."
And What I want a candidate to look like is a WINNEr. Sadly, or not so sadly (it's really a moot point), HIllary does NOT look like a winning candidate.
So lets stop pushing losers. Move on and find us some wINNING CANDIDATES!@!!!
stop making points. And start making winners.
that is why democrats lose and republicans win. We keep trying to make "points". And they keep trying to win. And so they do.
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the real deal
we vote a politician into office not an ideological saint. she has conducted herself well here as far as i am concerned. but i will never vote for her. dont even ask. it goes back to highschool and women and she embodies a certain type for me. but what disturbs me about feminist in general is that they really do not honor women at all. other wise how about condi rice, she is black and she is powerful, yet where are the honors here? i remember femininsts saying they are for all women no matter what their political orientation was. well, that little statement has no valence whatsoever. and jane fonda - forget her vietnam caper, she married ted turner, stood with him making the chopping motion at games when indians protested, then apparently got bought off by him to keep her mouth shut about the marriage. she has had extensive plastic surgery , including her famous boob job. this is a role model? so the feminist voice has been stilled for me now for a long time because i look before i pledge allegiance now. it is so much better to use my brain that way.
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Are you kidding?
I've read some of the responses to this article, and I am astonished by the assertion that "Hillary has no experience." Opposed to the current president, who only had, what, 2 terms as governor of Texas, and doesn't even have a law degree? We expect our executive branch to execute the law, and we elected someone who doesn't know the law. Irony?
Second, I'm going out on a limb and saying that we shouldn't really worry about those who say Hillary isn't "left" enough. Statistically, liberal bloggers are the minority. There just aren't enough of them to make a real difference in an election. Exhibit A: Howard Dean. Sorry.
Third, even if there are an awful lot of them, the 18 to 30 year old group doesn't vote. They just don't. My point in all this is that Hillary has to move center. The people who actually do vote want a centrist candidate.