2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Howard Dean claims that Hillary is our best bet for 2016. I disagree. [View all]pinebox
(5,761 posts)Ok, I am going to write this not to slam anybody so you all know, keep that state of mind in check when reading this, mmmk please?
I honestly don't get it. I really don't. I don't understand why so many are supporting Hillary and I'd love an honest explanation why people do. We have a candidate right now who is full of fresh ideas and brings the art of communication to the masses. He's progressive as can be, perhaps even more so than FDR himself, yet many people are supporting a candidate who isn't willing to answer many questions outright on where she stands and is big military and big Wall Street friendly who voted to take us into an unjust war and has made disparaging comments about doing it again.
In the past, she's been on the record for fully supporting the sanctity of marriage along with DOMA and other things. Meanwhile Sanders has opposed those issues since they came about.
She's been wrapped up in controversy for decades. Yes, a lot of it is RW crap but it's had a massive impact on people and that shows among the majority of American's. I worry that if she is elected, the gridlock would be utterly impassible and much worse than what we have now considering how polarizing she is and I do believe she's far more polarizing than Obama considering this is rooted in decades. Look, I'll be blunt but RW'ers see her just as Libs see Palin, she's THAT polarizing.
I'd like to know why so many of you support her. AN honest question and I'm not looking argue but simply understand why so many support a candidate whose stance seems to change with the direction of the wind or can't say where she stands and whose big donors are Wall Street, big banks and the for profit private prison industry.
Thank you.