2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie's repeated finger wagging last night reminded me of this I recently read in The Nation [View all]mikehiggins
(5,614 posts)Heres why: I want a woman presidentand, no, not any woman president. Hillary is not, as her detractors would have it, Margaret Thatcher or Carly Fiorinaor Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann, or some other female candidate whose platform rests on antipathy to any feminist concerns. Like most in the Democratic Party, she is a centrist. In her political orientation, deep intelligence, and policy wonkishness, she is similar to Obamaand not as dissimilar to Bernie as one might imagine. Still, I support her less for her specific political positions (some of which I agree with, many of which I do notall of which are far superior to the racist/sexist/xenophobic sideshow that is the Republican primary field) than for the iconic value of electing the first woman president of the United States.
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I guess that's a legitimate position, though one I don't share.
I oppose HRC because of who she is and what she supports, not what she is.
The voters will decide.