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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
Why? Can you point to something I wrote that infers I have a problem with female politicians? Yours is SOP for liberals - accuse the Hillary and Obama foes of being chauvanists or bigots, respectively, because you can't fathom that anyone would disagree with you.
Newsflash - voting for someone because of their gender or race is no less repugnant than voting against someone for those very same reasons.
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I'll tell you what is
not SOP when discussing political candidates, that is to focus entirely on their perceived personalities and ignore their message to the extent that you cannot admit when they give a great speech. I've never had a problem recognizing when a politician is effective, no matter how much I may not agree w/ their policy positions. To simply say that, "she makes me want to vomit/egomaniac/etc.." plus the usual nasty remarks about her physical appearance is what makes it impossible to take your opinion seriously.
She gave a great "unity speech", w/o question the best one in recent memory. I'm philosophically opposed to socialism and government control when it is avoidable, (and it is not always-the military is the biggest socialist program on earth), but you can thank your own comrades who are corporatists and treasury-looters for bringing us to the place we are today where there is no capitalist solution presented for fixing the healthcare crisis. And yes, it is a crisis.
I wish that the Clintons were not such flawed characters because they are very effective politicians and the country and world were much better off when Clinton was president. The price of absolutely everything is going through the roof right now while Bush's closest corporate friends are getting so fat that they are about to explode. It's been a tragedy for the country and the world.
