How come Hillary supporters can't present an argument for her?

[Laelth]

56. This response is going to feel eerily similar to another of my responses.

Just as I would not defend the TPP, but would take a stab at defending President Obama, here, from the left, I want to take a stab at defending Hillary.

She has two big things going for her:

1) Foreign policy and global recognition. Hillary, I think, would be a powerful force for good around the globe as our President. I was very pleased with the way she handled herself as Secretary of State. She's already forged relationships with most of the key players in governments and industry around the globe. She's generally well-respected in other countries. She would be a champion of the rights of women around the globe and an incredibly powerful symbol for women around the globe--much moreso than any other candidate that we could offer. That's one.

2) Hillary is flexible. Believe it or not, she has shown a remarkable capacity to change her mind. After all, she was a College Republican back in the day. She can change her mind, and she definitely goes with the flow. In a world where the flow is heading rightward, Hillary would bother me (as did her husband), but in a world where the flow is going to the left (and we have good reason to believe that it is), Hillary could become a strong champion of liberal interests and causes ... because she's very flexible. So long as the current is going in the right (left) direction, Hillary will be fine as President. She will g along to get along, and, with the right Congress, that could lead us to exactly the policies that we need to create some economic justice in this country. Hillary needs approval and acceptance, and if she had to turn into FDR (because the situation demanded it), she could do it. She is capable of that kind of flexibility.

Without a doubt, the finance industry is killing us, and Hillary's ties to that industry make all sane liberals uncomfortable, but I have every reason to believe that she could betray those ties, change her mind, and become a champion for economic justice if and only if the nation demanded it (as it did of FDR).

That's about the best I can do for Hillary.

-Laelth