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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Shouldn't picking POTUS be about character [View all]Miles Archer
(18,960 posts)94. I'll never "endorse" her...I won't come here for cookies and punch if I vote for her.
...I just don't know if I'm going to be able to vote for her in November.
I'll never be a supporter, I'll never have an "H->" avatar of Clinton photos in my sig line.
That said, she's what we've got. It will be a choice between her and Trump, unless the RNC decides to throw him under the bus at the convention, and so far they have shown themselves to be cowards who are all tough talk and nothing else.
Someone posted an old video on DU yesterday. He asks her if we should have stuck with the hunt for binLaden, rather than having gone into Iraq.
"Well, Chris, I think we can do more than one thing at a time."
That's probably what concerns me the most...that she can do "more than one thing at a time."
Am I concerned about Wall Street / Big Banks getting richer while the working class struggles? Yes.
Am I concerned about remaining in every war we are in and adding new ones? Yes.
Does she have a track record that justifies my having these concerns? Yes.
And we have three choices in November: Vote for her, vote for Trump, don't vote. I'm not including third-party candidates on this list because I don't believe they would have a chance of succeeding in this election cycle.
I can't do the second, don't feel that great about the third, and a vote for her would be a vote against my values and conscience. If it stops Trump, will my conscience feel better? No. And I have five months to decide what I'm going to do, just like the rest of us.
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How do you know how hard I worked? I don't understand your response.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2016
#9
I supported Bernie from the beginning, contributed to his campaign,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2016
#18
As a History Major I'd Caution Against Taking a Puritan View of Character in a President
Stallion
Jun 2016
#10
the inflation we had wasn't "runaway" inflation, which is an entirely different animal.
unblock
Jun 2016
#33
I prefer Hillary for many reasons, and yes one of the reasons is character
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2016
#34
If he were a "gentlemen and a warrior" he would concede & join Clinton to fight RW oppression.
baldguy
Jun 2016
#93
I'll never "endorse" her...I won't come here for cookies and punch if I vote for her.
Miles Archer
Jun 2016
#94
The Rethugs spent $70 million and several years trying to damage Hillary's character
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#84
It's funny, Sanders supporters have always said that it's about the issues
ContinentalOp
Jun 2016
#88