Lately I've been extremely distressed by statements made from people who I respect and love. I partially blame this on the vile campaigns run by the Democrats these days (and in particular, quite frankly, the Clinton camp) as they use cut-and-burn methods to secure the party's nomination. Whichever candidate you currently support, hear this: if that candidate does not become the Democrat on the ballot in November, thus prompting you to vote for McCain (or as bad, not vote at all), I will doubt your sanity and/or commitment to fairness, equality, and justice.
Personally, I loathe Hillary Clinton. Ever since she ignored my advice to return to our mutual past home state of Illinois and run for Senate there to fill a Republican seat instead of heading to our mutual current home state to run for Senate, she has made decisions that lead me to question what her values really are. (OK, to be accurate, the first question marks were raised in my mind when she backed Pres. Clinton's stupid welfare reform bill.) Increasingly, I suspect that she would trade away almost anything in order to gain power.
Yet. If she is the Democratic nominee in November, I will vote for her. She is intelligent and thoughtful, and while I don't entirely trust her, I certainly believe that she is a better candidate for the country than John McCain. McCain does not support reproductive rights; he wants to cut taxes for the rich (again - although we've seen what a fucking failure that is in terms of our budget and economy); he'll stay in Iraq until pigs fly (and Muslims and Jews eat flying pig pork) rather than find alternate solutions; and he thinks it is perfectly OK to pay women less than men as long as we get more education and training. Even if you are somehow brainwashed into thinking that McCain is better for Israel than either Democrat (let's be real - Bush has done Israel no favors and probably made the situation worse for average Israelis, and no politician is going to abandon the only democracy in the middle east), you have to admit that neither of them support unequal pay for equal work.
Forget your delusions. If you vote for McCain (or don't vote at all), you are voting against your interests. Bah.
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McCain does not support reproductive rights;
ReplyDeleteBig sticking point.
What worries me is that it seems -- or did at some point, now I'm not so sure -- if Obama is the dem candidate, Clinton supports will vote for him (and for the party), but if Hillary becomes the democratic nominee, former Obama supports won't do the same, either voting for McCain or option not to vote altogether.
and i kinda feel like the opposite is true. i support obama, but if clinton is the dem candidate, i won't hesitate to vote for her.
ReplyDeletebut i hope we're both wrong, kathy.
good points, suzanne. i'll be sure to remember them for any idjits i come across who espouse the belief that mccain is the lesser of evils.
Hillary is my distant second choice, but she is my SECOND choice.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it is interesting. I actually personally hear more Clinton supporters say that they would not vote for Obama, but I read about the Obama supporters not voting for Clinton. I'm hoping that as everyone here as pointed out, it's all rhetoric on both ends, and we'll come together and get the Republicans out of the Oval Office in Nov.
ReplyDeleteDitto Suebob. And hear, hear Suzanne.
ReplyDeleteI'm a republican and proud of it! And, unfortunatetly McCain IS the lesser of the evils. Ought to be interesting the next four years. Hopefully then all the liberals can shut up!
ReplyDeleteWell, Anonymous, all I can say is good luck to you. We clearly disagree on what this country needs, and this liberal will never, ever, under any circumstances shut up. (In fact, it is rather bad manners to visit someone's blog and suggest that they shut up, especially under the guise of anonymity.) Be prepared to hear my extremely loud voice until I ain't got any left.
ReplyDeletei was gonna respond that it's not like us liberals don't want the conservatives to shut up, too.
ReplyDeleteI hope that whoever doesn't get the nomination will push their supporters to back the winning Democrat. There needs to be full fledged support from inside, because I do believe there are many who don't trust Hillary (me) and who would avoid Obama.
ReplyDeleteBefore King George II invaded Iraq, Iraq was probably the closest thing to a democracy in the Middle East
ReplyDeleteObama is to busy fucking Biden in the ass.
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