13 good reasons NOT to vote for Hillary Clinton

[spinningtutu]

Ok, this may take me a few days to compile, so grant me some patience here... and, of course, anyone feel free to add to the Hillbashing.

The premise of my campaign against Hillary Clinton is that she is intentionally trying to deceive/ wreck/ ruin the political Left by a two-fold agenda:

a) Lie through her teeth regarding where she really stands (i.e. her actions will continue the Bush legacy).

b) be a complete ***** in the primaries, so as to either cheat her way into the presidency, or, if she can't, make sure that Obama won't make it either.

 

[spinningtutu]

13. She is being manipulative. She has no hope of gaining the primary through honesty, only if she steals Florida and Michigan. Furthermore, she has been ruthless in her smearing of Obama. Do we want a pathological liar for president?

 

[spinningtutu]

12. There is technically a rule against someone serving more than two terms. When it came to policies and bills, she actually did more during the Clinton years than Bill did. Technically, she is a using a loophole here to get at least 4 more years. Granted, it is a legal loophole, but is it ethical?

 

[spinningtutu]

11. If Clinton is elected, we will see a return to the oppressive and dominating policies of the Clinton years. We will see a return to practices such as...

a) making gas really cheap again (by oppressing the countries we get gas from). That isn't moral.
b) nation-building practices that the Clintons personally get wealthy from (Kosovo, for example).

to be continued...

 

[Adammi]

I would hate nothing in this world anymore than for WWMC to become a political forum.

 

[Yuanshen]

I think that Mrs Clinton will cheat to get into the election.

I just feel it in my heart. She wants to win so bad.


I think Mrs Clinton must be angry that she is running against a black person...if she was running against a white man, I think she would be having an easier time of it. Why? Clinton, as a woman, is a minority of sorts and she can use that angle - "The first female President."

But Mr Obama can also use that angle - "The first Black President."

I think that plays against her agenda.


She is so intent of winning, I believe she will cheat to win.


yuan

 

[MsScarlett]

First time my blood has boiled in WWMC.
Oh well - the fantasy couldn't last forever.

 

[D.W.Washburn]

Name the candidate and I'm sure that I could come up with 13 reasons not to vote for him or her. None of the current crop of presumptives and front-runners is above criticism. The very fact that they are in politics taints their personality in some way.

BUT...

Negative campaigning demeans both the critic and the criticized. It is a blight on the entire democratic political process.

 

[Izdaari Eristikon]

I prefer either McCain or Obama over Hillary. Not sure which I'll go with... though if Hillary is the nominee, I'll go with McCain for sure. I would really like to see a woman in the White House... but not THAT woman.

 

[Speculative]

I like Hillary Clinton. I really can't understand why there's so much opposition to her. I can understand why Conservatives don't like her: she's an intelligent, tough politician who holds the correct position on the majority of the issues. I don't understand why so many moderates and liberals don't like her, though. I think she'd be a good President.

 

[Rochir]

I would hate nothing in this world anymore than for WWMC to become a political forum.

Well, as long as the political topics are being kept at a minimum ... I don't mind!

 

[Izdaari Eristikon]

I like Hillary Clinton. I really can't understand why there's so much opposition to her. I can understand why Conservatives don't like her: she's an intelligent, tough politician who holds the correct position on the majority of the issues. I don't understand why so many moderates and liberals don't like her, though. I think she'd be a good President.

This conservative-leaning libertarian dislikes her because she's an intelligent, tough, completely dishonest and completely ruthless woman who holds the WRONG position on the majority of issues. But if she were right on everything from my PoV, I still wouldn't like her because of her dishonesty and ruthlessness. Sort of the converse of Obama, who's just as wrong on the issues, but whom I like anyway. He has a warmth and charisma that Hillary will never have, and he comes across as honest and sincerely wanting to change things for the better (even though I don't like the content of the changes). And his rhetoric (not his substance, unfortunately) is inclusive and uniting, also unlike Hillary, whose rhetoric is shrill and devisive.

 

[catlover]

Ok, this may take me a few days to compile, so grant me some patience here... and, of course, anyone feel free to add to the Hillbashing.

The premise of my campaign against Hillary Clinton is that she is intentionally trying to deceive/ wreck/ ruin the political Left by a two-fold agenda:

a) Lie through her teeth regarding where she really stands (i.e. her actions will continue the Bush legacy).

b) be a complete ***** in the primaries, so as to either cheat her way into the presidency, or, if she can't, make sure that Obama won't make it either.

What politician doesn't lie through their teeth?

 

[catlover]

This conservative-leaning libertarian dislikes her because she's an intelligent, tough, completely dishonest and completely ruthless woman who holds the WRONG position on the majority of issues. But if she were right on everything from my PoV, I still wouldn't like her because of her dishonesty and ruthlessness. Sort of the converse of Obama, who's just as wrong on the issues, but whom I like anyway. He has a warmth and charisma that Hillary will never have, and he comes across as honest and sincerely wanting to change things for the better (even though I don't like the content of the changes). And his rhetoric (not his substance, unfortunately) is inclusive and uniting, also unlike Hillary, whose rhetoric is shrill and devisive.

To get to a position of power one must be ruthless...it's the nature of the beast.

 

[spinningtutu]

I like Hillary Clinton. I really can't understand why there's so much opposition to her. I can understand why Conservatives don't like her: she's an intelligent, tough politician who holds the correct position on the majority of the issues. I don't understand why so many moderates and liberals don't like her, though. I think she'd be a good President.

Actually, some conservatives DO like Hillary & many liberals have good reason NOT to like her... and this point brings me to my next set of points/reasons against her...

 

[Izdaari Eristikon]

To get to a position of power one must be ruthless...it's the nature of the beast.

I'd agree with that up to a point. A certain amount of Machiavellianism is required to be a successful politician, and I'm willing to be tolerant of that much. But I see the Clintons going far beyond that. IMO they take corruption and ruthlessness to a whole new level, one not usually seen in American politics, a level more typical of organized crime and Third World dictatorships. And that I am not willing to tolerate, not in American politics.

 

[spinningtutu]

10. Ann Coulter endorses Hillary Clinton. Coulter and I may be near opposites politically, but she is intelligent & I accept her reasoning for why Clinton would be best for people like her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI4oRUjY9xc

If Coulter's endorsement isn't a reason NOT to vote for Clinton, I don't know what is.

 

[Izdaari Eristikon]

On that we disagree, Paxi. I like Ann Coulter very much, though more as a political humorist than as a serious commentator.

 

[Rochir]

...she is intelligent ...

 

[Teshi]

I'm not going to vote for Hillary Clinton because her senate voting record doesn't reflect what I believe is best for the country.

I'm a stick-in-the-mud that way