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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton is a "populist leaning liberal" on the issues, [View all]Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)During her speeches she made it very clear that she wouldn't be the type to prosecute banks and wall street sorts for running our economy into the ground with their reckless behavior and in the process of doing so ruining millions of lives. Those speeches are just two small examples of her taking advantage of a situation, temporarily setting aside her morals, and doing something to benefit her own cause - kind of like her Iraq War Resolution vote.
As a disabled veteran produced by that war, I have huge issues with Hillary Clinton, her IWR vote, and especially her reluctance to apologize for it. This is yet another example of her putting her morals (if she has any) aside to do something she thought would benefit her politically. Then in 2008 when probed on the issue of whether or not she was sorry for her vote she replied "I have nothing to be sorry for". I take that to mean that she either isn't sorry for making a politically expedient vote and the results it ultimately had on Iraq and our military or, if she was sorry, she was more worried about he own politically goals being impacted. In short, she either doesn't have any morals or is quick to discard them when it is convenient for her to do so.
I don't trust Hillary Clinton at all to do the right thing.
If she makes it past the primaries I'd most likely vote for her over almost any republican, but I'm going to have to hold my nose to do it. I'd be voting for her because she is the lesser of two evils, not because I think she'd be a great president.