2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Hillary people got over it in '08 and voted for Obama. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)He showed good judgment in opposing the Iraq War. He had a good record.
That is, in my opinion, not the case with Hillary. She has shown terrible judgment in situation after situation. She has changed her mind -- mostly because she didn't make up her mind based on moral principles in the first place.
She doesn't seem to even think about the principles of things and then decide based on those principles what stance to take on issues. She is "pragmatic" to a fault which means she just kind of puts up her pinky, feels the direction of the wind and allows herself to be swept with it.
Not a person of principle. Although she does try to appear and act like she has a backbone. In reality people with a backbone consult principles before they decide what they think about things.
So I for one cannot in good conscience vote for Hillary even if she wins the nomination. I will vote for all the other Democrats on the ballot. I know many of them personally although not well. I know their records. If they change their minds on issues, it is not to please the current opinion polls, it is based on their consciences and their principles.
Hillary -- I do not trust her. I do not respect her. I cannot in good conscience vote for her.
Listen to the interview with Seymour Hersh on Democracy Now. Hillary may have "experience" and know all the right words to say when it comes to foreign policy, but she does not have the judgment that is needed to manage foreign policy or our military power.
And I am a 72-year-old woman who would love to have a woman be president. It is embarrassing for our country that we claim to stand for women's rights and have so few women in high places in our government. But Hillary is not the right woman.
And because she is not the right woman, I don't think she can be elected.
I'm for Bernie and no one else. I will vote for all other Democrats on my ballot, but not for Hillary.