Why I cannot support Hillary Clinton

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309. And for me it was Hillary's own behavior during the 2008 campaign.

Her supporters think she dropped the nicey-nice and got tough (became a "tough cookie,&quot but what I saw was someone who had let go of their own basic humanity. The dishonesty, the below-the-belt attacks on Obama, the petulant affect during debates and interviews ... my gut-level reaction was, "No, not this person, not for President of the U.S." Then, after the election, the "puma" temper-tantrums of some followers, and the revelations of her and Bill's money and power grabs, of Bill's getting chummy with the Bushes, both of them going along to get along with the 1% (many of whom are most assuredly Republicans). And, whatever happened to Chelsea to make her choose employment with a hedge fund on graduating from Stanford? Yikes. And then everything I've read about the conduct of Foundation insiders, most of whom fear crossing the Clintons by appearing the least bit "disloyal" ... well, none of that is the least bit Democratic. It's autocratic. For me, it's a total turn-off (and as I write this, I can just about feel the wrath and punitive fury of her followers who have previously sent out "alerts" about me, banned me from two threads and hidden one of my comments ... and that, in its heavy-handed extremeness, also seems unwholesome, unhealthy, and undemocratic. I do not understand their mindset, but it, too, is a huge turnoff.)

And yet, will I vote for her in the general election, should she end up with the nomination? Though I believe it would be sad for the American people to lose a real champion like Bernie Sanders or maybe even Martin O'Malley, I would vote for Hillary in the general because it would of course be preferable to any of the odd entities rummaging about in the Republican clown car. Which just shows how contemptible the Republican Party is.

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