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In reply to the discussion: DO NOT BE FOOLED!!! [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)You don't have to reach far into Hillary's past or her relationships to find her biggest problem.
It's Bill Clinton.
Hillary is married to Bill. Right now, Hillary, like Bill, polls well. But then she has not yet faced the attacks that she will. And here are a few of them.
Bill signed NAFTA into law. That sucking sound is getting louder every day.
Bill signed the Telecommunications bill into law. The monopolization of telecommunications (media) by right-wing corporations gets worse and worse and we are, thanks in great part to Bill's bill, silenced on the air and on TV, and there is nothing we can do about it.
Bill signed the repeal of Glass-Stegall, which until he repealed it was the law that limited the ability of banks to gamble big with government-insured deposits. Do I really need to explain how Bill's signature on that bill contributed the crash of 2008?
Worst of all, 9/11 happened less than a year after Clinton left office. It wasn't Clinton's fault at all. Bush managed to pretty much disable Clinton's brilliantly organized anti-terrorist policies, but Republicans can easily blame Clinton for the failures of the Bush administration because Clinton was in charge less than a year before 9/11.
Many of Obama's most unfortunate appointments were left-overs from the Clinton administration.
That's only for starts.
Why should we nominate someone else, not Clinton for 2016?
Because nominating Clinton will make it too easy for the Republicans.
Of course, if they nominate Jeb Bush?
We will have a very, very negative campaign. And that is not what we need in America right now.
Please. Let's nominate a candidate that doesn't make negative campaigning and raising irrelevant issues so easy. Let's nominate someone who hasn't had any extra-marital affairs in the last 20 years. (Of course, Hillary hasn't, but Bill???)
Let's nominate someone who doesn't have to apologize for or explain bills that have hurt the American people. We have a couple of good potential nominees who are better in this respect than Hillary.
Let's make sure our candidate understands the reality of putting kids through college on an annual income that is about the same as one year of college tuition at a top college.
Let's nominate someone who can explain complex policies to all of us.
Hillary does not fit the bill. We've got other potential candidates who do: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. I'll support either one.
I will not vote for Hillary. I have grandchildren to answer to. I could not answer to them if I voted for Hillary.