Letters to the Editor
-
My thoughts exactly!
Thank you for saying so much of what I've been thinking about about Hillary Clinton's candidacy.
For me, the final straw was her Iran condemnation vote...right before it came out that that the Bush administration's trumped up nuclear weapons evidence was indeed (once again) trumped up. All I could think was: "This is how the Iraq War started...and she's going to fall for the same scam again? She's more worried about appearing macho than being stupid."
Experience only counts if you learn from your mistakes. That's why I'm rooting for John Edwards and Barak Obama.
-
Politics is the art of the possible.
I appreciate your thoughtful article as like many others, this is a topic that confounds me as I too find it difficult to explain why I dislike Mrs. Clinton.
As a father of a young daughter, I too hope one day to see a woman POTUS, but if that occurs for Mrs. Clinton, I think it will be remembered as being on the coatails of her husband and she did it competing like a man. Is that what women really want?
There are now more women in the House and Senate and their voices are being heard. Many of them will find a similar opportunity in the future but based upon their own merit especially if Democrats can seize the chance this fall to fundamentally change Washington politics. Obama's leadership provides that opportunity and the hope for possibly generations to come, so let's not sqaunder that chance.
( And personally I have already seen enough of the Clintons use of the Presidency for their own personal gratification to last a lifetime).
p.s. I think older women support Mrs. Clinton because their generation was of a "stand by your man" mentality in marriage and they respect her for doing that through the thick and thin. I feel she stood by him as she felt he was her ticket to the Whitehouse which was always her dream. But then I am just a cynical, divorced man.
-
Sisters Unite Behind Your Candidate!
There are only two viable candidates for the democratic nomination now, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. As much as some might want it otherwise, that's where we realistically stand now. If we are truly dedicated to furthering the societal or otherwise position of women, it's time for all the sisters to circle the wagons and support the only women that's on the ballot. And don't speak to me more about qualifications, because we all know she's qualified!
-
Hillary doesn't get my vote either
Although my reasons are slightly different Hill doesn't get my vote either. I've been a registered Democrat for more than 20 years, and this year if she wins this nomination for the first time in my life in a presidential election I will vote green party or if Bloomberg runs I will vote for him.
Let me explain, Senator Clinton voted for this war, she never apologized and now she and Bill are spinning, they didn't support this war from the beginning. Well as a mother with two sons, aged 21 and 17, I will never get over it, I will never get over the fact that in the face of facts, Iraq didn't attack this nation she voted the that numbskull in the oval office, and it was obvious he was after something else. As a lawyer she didn't even read documents by the Dept of Energy which stated those aluminum tubes were not suitable for nuclear anything, are you kidding me the most important vote of her career and she got it WRONG. I won't vote for anyone who voted for this war. Reading the documents before voting is the most important thing a senator or president can did, and she did not do that, so no vote from me. I could care less that she is a woman like me, that he husband is a putz as a husband, blah blah blah, votes count and she was wrong, so wrong and then she went voted with Bush again with the Iranian Rev Guard crap, so we can begin yet another war. Well, go ahead entrenched dems, nominate her, and you loose me and I will work against her, because she has absolutely no understanding of international diplomacy or geo-politics, no matter what she says she has via her husbands presidency.
-
Hillary, etc
Women's issues are important, but the presidency is about more
than one issue. Democrats need to get behind whomever is
nominated!
-
Hillary's Iraq Vote
Let me remind everybody...There was only one person in the congress and the senate who voted "no" to Iraq. A female politician from Oakland, California. Barack Obama wasn't there yet. His mentor, John Kerry, voted yes to Iraq.
This is a representative democracy. Hillary Clinton was representing the people of New York and their wishes when she voted for the Iraq war. In addition, the Republican president lied to everyone about nuclear weapons in Iraq at the time. Colin Powell showed pictures of alleged weapons transports at the UN and satellite photographs of weapons manufacturing plants. Hillary, like the rest of us, trusted Bush to tell the truth, not manufacture it. She believed the president and followed the dictates of her conscience and represented the people of New York. Do you wish she would have been divisive then?
-
The Real Womens Candidate
Dennis Kucinich is the real Women's candidate not Clinton. He supports creating a cabinet level Department of Peace that would be responsible for helping develop policies on issues such as domestic violence, child abuse, and mistreatment of the elderly. Hillary Clinton is no more a progressive choice for women then Margaret Thatcher was.
-
Nader '08
Even if he's not running, Ms. Kissling and her fellow More Mao Than Thou types can always write him in, should Hillary be the Dems' nominee.
Worked out so well last time, doncha know?
-
Shorter articles wanted
Many of us believe that articles such as this one could be expressed using about half the number of words. Please consider this. Thanks, John George
-
Looking for MS Perfection
Skylark is right on the money. I'm always baffled at Democrats insistence on "perfect" candidates. Al Gore wa boring. John Kerry was stiff. Hillary Clinton is "polarizing" (what the heck does that mean?)
Then, look who the Republicans choose: the guy they want to have a beer with. Well, I don't drink beer. I don't want to elect a pal. I want somebody who has a brain, speaks proper English and has the moves to play in the international arena. The fact that she's a woman, is icing on the cake for this Baby Boomer.
Frances what's her name and other picky-picky women are going to give us another Republican president--probably a guy you'll want to go to a revival meeting with. Hallellujah!