Hillary 2016: the good, bad and ugly [View all]

[DonCoquixote]

OK, let me lay all my cards on the table.

I supported Edwards, then Obama. I still have scars from when people I thought were friends called me a sexist, an idiot, and garbage. I would have voted for her if she won in 2008, just as I would do so in 2016. I also realize that if she were put on, she would be carried to the Oval Office, as even the Hillary Clinton supporters will have to admit an Obama is the sort of event that happens once in a lifetime, just as a Hillary presidency would be. The idea of sending another nail through the maggot-infested heart of Anglo-Saxon Patriarchy is appealing in and of itself; call me racist, call me sexist, but as long as the default voice of power is "white male" this country will NEVER live up to it's promise.

SO why does the idea that Hillary is a default scare me? Because like it or not, she and Bill helped tight this country to the right, and they have NEVER shown a hint that they are sorry, or that they would try to right things.

1) The telecommunications act, which allowed Murdoch to rise
2) The repeal of Glass-Steagall, which allowed Wall Street to become a casino, just in before FDR.
3) NAFTA, which not only drained jobs, but made it so that many Mexicans cannot afford Corn.

And let me be clear about something, and by all means hold me to it, if Hillary says that she would fix either of these three: if she would get rid of Nafta, put back Glass Steagall, or review the damned telecommmuncations act, I will do cartwheels, praise her, and become a cheerleader.

Hillary has never allowed the possibility that any of those three were wrong, of course, to quote Bill, "Better to be wrong and strong", except that sooner or later, strong, even that good old red blooded vulgar American strong, becomes weaker than the truth. And let's not even get in to the fact that she is a War hawk. The real scandal of benghazi was not who knew what, it is the fact that we even gave a damned about Ghadaffi when he was not only weak, but actively anti Al Qaida, and one of the few people keeping Fanatics from getting into power. And no Hillary, your threat to Obliterate Iran will hang around your neck, because as much of a tattered rag as the UN is, we do not get to attack countries whose last incursion on our soil was taking the embassy back in the 80's.