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levite · 02-09-2008, 12:33 PM

Hillary is, for better or worse, as electable as anyone out there. If the Democratic Party nominates her, I'll vote for her.

That doesn't mean I have to like her or support her.

As much as I am vastly indifferent to Barack Obama, given his lack of any notable political accomplishments, I still think it'd be better to roll the dice on New Boy than to go with Hillary.

I think she is a ruthless political opportunist who has no agenda except power for herself. The only thing of any substance she did as First Lady was to support universal health care. The first thing she did to gear up for getting elected to the Senate was to sell out health care reform by taking money from HMOs, insurance companies, and Big Pharm. She's been a supporter of this idiotic war, and her activism in the Senate on any kind of progressive issue you might mention has ranged from tepid to non-existent. She has taken every opportunity she can to cozy up to the Republicans, and to take campaign donations from anyone who will hand her money.

The only difference, in my mind, between her and McCain or Huckabee is which wing of the Republican party they come from.

And yes, that's the only difference. If anything, her balls are probably bigger than theirs.

02-09-2008, 12:33 PM	#43 (permalink)
levite Minion of Joss Location: The Windy City	Hillary is, for better or worse, as electable as anyone out there. If the Democratic Party nominates her, I'll vote for her. That doesn't mean I have to like her or support her. As much as I am vastly indifferent to Barack Obama, given his lack of any notable political accomplishments, I still think it'd be better to roll the dice on New Boy than to go with Hillary. I think she is a ruthless political opportunist who has no agenda except power for herself. The only thing of any substance she did as First Lady was to support universal health care. The first thing she did to gear up for getting elected to the Senate was to sell out health care reform by taking money from HMOs, insurance companies, and Big Pharm. She's been a supporter of this idiotic war, and her activism in the Senate on any kind of progressive issue you might mention has ranged from tepid to non-existent. She has taken every opportunity she can to cozy up to the Republicans, and to take campaign donations from anyone who will hand her money. The only difference, in my mind, between her and McCain or Huckabee is which wing of the Republican party they come from. And yes, that's the only difference. If anything, her balls are probably bigger than theirs. __________________ Dull sublunary lovers love, Whose soul is sense, cannot admit Absence, because it doth remove That thing which elemented it. (From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)