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Hillary's a moderate, all right. A moderate Republican.
There really is no excuse for this Hillary commercial. Salon, you don't think she has enough money to pay for her advertising?
In addition to the many reasons listed above, I don't like Hillary because I don't want a repeat of '04, where lots of Dems voted for Kerry in the primary because he "was the most likely to defeat Bush". We all know how that worked out.
Republicans *hate* her. Right or wrong, sexist or not, Republicans who would otherwise stay home because they are pissed at Bush will come out of the woodwork to vote against Hillary. I spend a lot of time in Red states, and I'm consistently surprised at how much hate exists for Hillary with these people. Imagine how much us lefties hate Rumsfeld and you'll start to get the idea.
Another note: Due to the "vote straight party" button on our new voting machines, the Democrats in my state, Illinois, retained the governorship, and conquered the house and senate. It's only been two months and it's verging on unmitigated disaster. They're putting through disastrous tax legislation during tax time! Is it to pay off the highest state debt in the nation? No! It's to increase spending by 25%!
Fortunately the states don't have the ability to declare war, but the abuses of this all-dem state government are incredibly similar to the all republican federal version.
In short: I'll vote Republican in the general election if I don't believe in the ideas of the Democratic candidate with the nomination. Way better to have a Republican president and a Democratic congress, than to give complete control over to a party with no new ideas.
