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As an American woman, I could not be more proud of Hillary Clinton. She the most qualified candidate running to govern our country. Sexism is more insidious than racism. If Hillary Clinton were male, she would never have been treated as she has through her career. And now, she would be more recognized as being the most knowledgeable, qualified, competent candidate. She is the one who is most qualified to help our economy. She was a consultant in Bill's White House Administration. An administration that successfully brought this country out of a recession and deficit and into surplus and some of the greatest socio-economic prosperity this country has ever seen. The Latinos remember. The older generations remember. The African-Americans did remember (until the media hype took quotes that were not racist out of context and made them racist when they truly were not - the Clintons are and have always been tremendous Civil Right's advocates, and their record is the true account of it). The Clintons do know what it takes to govern the country successfully, and they know that Hillary is truly more qualified, knowledgeable and competent than Barack at this time. The debates, where there is no script or speech, demonstrate this truth best.
A debate with McCain and Obama discussing how they are most qualified to help our economy wouldn't be very compelling, because neither of them are very qualified in regard to the economy. What you saw on Super Tuesday was that in spite of much of the media, the talking heads, the over-played grandiose endorsements of some rich celebrities, in spite of waves of fancy and fashion with the words of Obama (that someone else writes for him), there are those of us who see through all the hype, and know what's real. Hillary, her work, her abilities, her qualifications to govern our country more efficiently and effectively than anyone else running, are all very real. She is so truly dedicated and deserving of more respect. She would serve this country and our future, for the greater good, like no other at this time. Those of us who know the reality, can see through all the spin.
The Republicans are being deceptive. They want Obama to be the candidate, because they think his record is weak and more beatable. They will thoroughly exploit people's fears how he's had hardly any national experience, they'll say that he'll be too weak on defense and we'll be more vulnerable to terrorists, and that he's never been tested. And there will be many independents and centrists who feel that no matter what Barack says, they don't really know him, they won't really like how he's never been tested, they won't feel comfortable, and they'll vote with more confidence for McCain. Hillary stands up better against McCain, because she has not been "weak on defense," and she's proved in the debates just how knowledgeable she is overall, and from her time in the first Clinton Administration, that they know how to help the economy.
There are many people who want Clinton leadership back in office because they want people who they know - know how - to fix our country, and get us back in excellent shape again.
