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as candidates who are concerned with social and economic justice. Hillary Clinton has long worked on children's issues -- which is a particular interest of mine, and Edward's populist sensibility tells me that he will never forget the poor.
Of the three that the media most covers, Clinton, Obama, and Edwards, it is clearly Senator Clinton who has the most experience. I worry about the corporate investment in Clinton's campaign, but the reality is that no one can win without having raised an obscene amount of money. I would love to hear more about what they will do to make elections fair again. I won't hold my breath.
"Well, I'm not going to answer hypotheticals..."
I've definitely heard this coming from the Bush Admin. over the past few years. Condi likes it. Google "rice" and "hypotheticals"
If she's not going to get into hypotheticals, we can't know much about how she'll actually govern.
Were I to run for president (not that anyone asked).
1.) We (read Bush and his cronies) really screwed up bad by going into Iraq. I mean BAD. Terrible. (Comic salesmen in Simpson's Voice)"Worst decision ever."
2.) Admit that Iraq is broken - badly. And that like it or not - it is our collective fault. Already at war with itself - and likely to get much, much worse when we withdrawl.
3.) Pursue every avenue available to have Bush and company tried for war crimes and for crimes against humanity.
4.) Open our borders to any Iraqi who would be willing to come - subject to reasonable background checks. Provide them with 10,000.00 U.S. each at the door, to get them started in their new lives.
5.) Redeploy 500,000.00 additional troops to oversee this process. Instate the military draft to raise these numbers, biased against those demographics who underserve in the current military. Give the process 5 more years - and as much as 50 trillion dollars.
6.) Force our troops to err on the side of respecting the humanity of every Iraqi - even if it means we lose more troops in the process (like I said, we broke it - we fix it - no matter the cost). Only in this way can we hope to regain a modicum of respect both in Iraq and internationally.
7.) Prepare ourselves emotionally to live much more impoverished lives for the forseeable future as we pay for this mistake out of our collective pockets.
The critics of Hillary here, are so absolute on their judgement of her. What is ironic here, is her interview reflects a level of maturity I find soothing: nothing is absolute. None of this cocksure "I'm your daddy" crap. The framework of this interview reveals that being absolute will bring likely bring failure.
Perhaps that isn't "strong" enough for the Hillary critics. I disagree, however. Being strong isn't being absolute. That backwards-ass definition is what has given us the rise of the GOP. Maybe if people started being intellectually honest about what Hillary is trying to bring to the table, they would realize that strength lies in wisdom, not being closed-minded.
And if these critics want to question the integrity of her wisdom and her words, then not only are the victims of irony, but they also proved that the lying words of the GOP and the 15-year smear of Hillary, has worked on the very people who decry them.
Let me join with others in thanking Mr. Shapiro for conducting an interview that produced a real portrait of the woman as a candidate. I also liked what I saw: a thinking, pragmatic president.
For those who disapprove of "Hillary" so much, look at
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/?splash=1
and regard the titles at the top. Now, the point about a reporter saying, McCain, Edwards, Obama and Hillary also stands, though not so strongly as long as the campaign refers to her as "Hillary" over and over.
I do hope that the party takes a more adventurous stance in '08, but what this interview showed me, again, is that Hillary would make a very competent president, and wouldn't that be a change?
Is a vote for political dynasty and war. Hillary supported the Iraq war, that is all I need to know to realize she is on the wrong side of the most important issue in America. That is simply not a correctable "mistake" at this point.
I also shudder to imagine a country where every person under the age of 24 will have never even been alive when there was not a Clinton or Bush in the White House...what will they think of this "Democratic" country, knowing that the same two families have controlled our government for over two decades straight? How much easier for the next generation to accept our descent into being a plutocratic society. We will have become more monarchical than Britain at that point.
Barack '08
Spears or Hasselhoff, that is.
It was a kids-gloves interview.
I would love to see someone ask her really tough questions like why it is legal to invade other countries, countries that are not threatening us. Why, if she has the time and the stamina to prepare for campaign events, she could not find the time to read the intelligence reports before voting to give GW Bush the authority to wage war.
Now Salon is writing gushing teen-mag style pieces about Hillary Clinton. And many of the readers are lapping it up.
and Hillary said nothing of substance, just the typically mush-mouthed vague platitudes. About halfway through the interview I just started glossing over her answers because it's just typical politician mealy-mouthed responses. I will not vote for her if she wins the Democratic nomination. She is just as much of a threat to our freedoms and our prosperity as a nation in her own unique way as Guiliani or any of the other Republican candidates. I can do without Hillary's brand of timid and cautious "pragmatic centrism."
I know few well educated, independent smart women (a major demographic these days) who would vote for Hillary--
You can add me to your count of college graduate, respected professional (in a male dominated field), mature, intelligent, and fiercely independent women (a major demographic today and always) that WILL indeed be voting for Hillary.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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