2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Message auto-removed [View all]auntpurl
(4,311 posts)Hillary is not in favour of war. She supports a strong foreign policy - as do I. Able to be a diplomat when needed, but not afraid to stand up for what's right. I admire her for that.
Fracking is a complicated issue and Obama has the same problems Hillary did explaining it. Bernie went for the sound bite: "I don't support fracking", but Hillary tried to explain herself in a more thorough way. Fracking produces natural gas, which burns cleaner than coal, and reduces our dependence on foreign fuel sources. I'm not thrilled with it - I know about the environmental issues - but gas is dirt cheap in the US right now and that's part of the reason why. Until Hillary can get her clean energy program up and running, it's a viable alternative. As I say, I wish it wasn't necessary, but it's a stop-gap solution and I absolutely believe she will do everything in her power to make it as environmentally non-impactful as possible.
I am in favour of the TPP, as is President Obama.
Private prisons - this is not an issue that concerns me, and most of it seems unsubstantiated anyway.
Cluster bombs - as far as I know, Hillary is neither the commander in chief (yet) nor a senior member of the military. I highly doubt she's unilaterally decided to drop cluster bombs.
As I said above, she is an ideal candidate for me, she aligns with me on many many issues, and I am delighted to vote for her.