I fear that John McCain will just continue the war and the funding of it therein after he takes office. We desperately need that money domestically. We have many other programs that need to be funded and social security is one of them. Last I heard, that our younger generation including mine isn’t going to be as secure as our parents because the government is predicting that our social security benefits will be scaled back 30%!! WTF? I paid into it and I should get the FULL benefits that I paid for.

So, this is ONE of the many reasons why I don’t want John McCain in office. I won’t vote for John just merely to prevent Hillary from going into the White House.

First of all, at the time when when her husband first won the Presidency, she organized, managed, and controlled the health care reform efforts but nothing ever came of it after much debate and discussions. Now that she’s brought up the health system as a presidential candidate, I don’t have VERY much confidence that she will get anything done with the health care system in this country. She probably will just talk ad nauseum about this issue but nothing, like before, will never come out of it.

Second of all, I am VERY leery of the fact that her husband will be back in the White House. I just feel that he will try to manipulate things politically even though he’s not the President anymore. Secondly, he desecrated the White House with his sexual exploits while as President before. Who is to say that he won’t do it again??? Hillary is fooling herself if she says that he won’t stray off the beaten path again the second time around. The man has no morals, period.

Third and final, I don’t like her dirty political methods that she and her campaign has pulled so far. She will do ANYTHING to try to win at other’s expense.

As for the other candidates, I don’t even like Obama for several reasons and don’t even get me started on John McCain as he’s got his own issues/problems that he hasn’t overcome yet (and probably never will).

I don’t think this presidential campaign has any good solid and viable candidates that I’d like to vote for. We seriously need a strong candidate who can 1) turn around this sinking economy; 2) focus on domestic issues that is sorely needed at this time; 3) stop the flow of money to Iraq (stop funding the war when we probably will not win by any means due to a very cunning and evasive enemy in Iraq (John McCain believes we may win in 2013 and I wonder how he came up with that magic number; and 4) get a grip on food/gas prices that are spiraling out of control nowadays.

That’s all I’ll say at this point.

One thing I think most people do not realize is a possibility that Obama may be the weakest candidate of two. Ever since Wright scandal, Obama showed inability to win over key white working-class voters, a vital part of Democratic voting bloc in general election. Based on this fact, he is going to have a tough time winning key states where no sizable black population resides.

Wright scandal alone is probably enough to knock Obama out of general election, but that’s not only reason Obama is in hot water. His wife is also a serious liability, having said things she shouldn’t have said in the first place. Indeed, that’s going to kill or at least seriously damage Obama’s chances of winning over voters. Moreover, his foreign policy eperience is laughable, that’s gonna hurt him as well when compared to McCain.

Obama has so many flaws in his character, it’s hard to believe that he has come this far. Of course, having media on his side helps a lot, despite the taint of Wright scandal and other major gaffes.

Really…all McCain have to is to let 527s run every Wright ad they can think of right up to Election Day. That’s enough to kill Obama, that is if his mouth doesn’t start to run off on things he really shouldn’t say in the first place. Like for instance, today Obama announced that Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba aren’t theats to US national security when in fact they are significant threats. Iran’s nuclear program was in existence long before 9/11 came around, and every day it’s progressing to its final goal: producing a nuclear bomb. Venezuela is known for supplying arms and financing FARC group in Colombia. FARC group is known for planting and selling cocaine to drug cartels, and destabilizing a loyal US ally’s legitimate government in Bogota. Cuba is in bed with Venezuela, having supplied her with experts and money in order to gain a major foothold within South America. Obama doesn’t realize that, and mark my word, it’s going to cost him lots of voters.

Nonetheless, in any case, I want to thank you for giving me…The. Best. Democratic. Primary. Ever!

Now, please do pass along popcorn. ;)

Plus, the more campaigning between Hillary and Obama, the less time spent researching McCain’s history and his stand on the real issues, etc.

:)

You just made a legitimate criticism. Yes, it could have negative impact if she stays in.

I completely agree.

See, people, how easy it is to criticize hillary without falling back on sexist remarks?

But then again, she has the right to run if she wants, and to have her decision respected.

Period.

Correction: regardless if THEY’re black, female, or white men…”

There’s truth to what you’re saying (especially with the media more outraged over racism than sexism), but I’ll play the Devil’s advocate here. Perhaps when you don’t like somebody and resort to bring them down with personal attacks, it’s hard to keep their demographic identity from seeping into your barbs- regardless if you’re black, female or a white man. Woman = bitch, psycho, etc. as you mentioned. Man = *******, jerk, and so forth. I don’t even have to utter examples for black people. Certain insults are reserved for certain demography slices.

I do wonder if people would be calling on Hillary to quit (actually only 38% of democrats and democrat-leaning independents say she should quit in a recent poll) if she was a man. That said, it’s probably true that the longer Clinton stays in, the better McCain’s chances are. I read that 9 times out of the last 10 elections, the party that nominated their candidate earlier won.

But why do pundits *have* to use such sexist language? And why isn’t there anybody out there saying, “the press is more than wiling to play dirty and make overly sexist comments about who someone who could be representing US a country, as our eminent world leader.” I want to have a press that encourages real discourse and in depth discussion about her flaws as a leader, which by the way, have nothing whatsover with her gender. I could think of a few good reasons why I won’t vote for her, and it has nothing to do with her being a woman. People scream bloody murder about her pandering to the racist, then turn right around and call her a b***h, c**t, and whatever filthy word they can think of to degrade her as a woman. Most of the stuff I read is all about her being ugly, being psycho, whatever, all that stuff they say to put down women.

this bugs me.

if it’s okay to call hillary those words, it sure is okay to call me those words, too.

Hope the northwest is treating you well!

Is she using the race card against obama? Yes.

Am I voting for hillary? No. I made my final decision for obama a while ago.

However…

Is she now required to step down?

NO. This is a democracy and it is her right to run if she wishes to. When mcgovern was tallying behind, did they ask him to step down? Nope. Dole? No. Dukakis? No.

Why hillary? What makes her special? Does she have less of a right to run for president as long as she wishes? What, other than the fact we don’t like what she is saying, to tell her, basically, “shut up and go away”, justification do we have?

Or is it because she’s stubborn, aggressive, demanding of our attention, and fights dirty? All of things women are not allowed to be? Like the so_called “psycho ex girlfriend”? The “fatal attraction” references? The “go home and make me a sandwich” comments?

Hillary may be playing the race card, but she certainly is being snowed with the gender card!