<p>I don't really understand why everyone hates Hillary. What's wrong with her? Every one makes fun of her for her appearence. Get over it! She's like 60. No one even cares about the issues anymore.</p>
<p>As trite as it is, she's a woman. I personally believe that either of the Democratic candidates would be better than McCain, but that's just me.</p>
<p>Quite frankly, nobody really listens to the issues and both have been reduced to "CHANGE! HOPE!" or "YES WE WILL!"</p>
<p>it's not her appearance, it's the way she carries herself. I just think she's always trying to bend information to get the vote and she's so nasty. Being a woman has nothing to do with it for me. I just can't stand the way she acts. (it's hard to qualify it)</p>
<p>by the way im 17. it'll be interesting to see how different age groups approach this</p>
<p>um so what about her manners. Does ANYONE care about the issues?
I think people just don't want to see a woman in office and are looking for a reason not to like her.</p>
<p>barak and hillary's policies are essentially the same. its the personal aspect that separates them IMO (besides healthcare, ect)</p>
<p>Nothing's wrong with her appearance..she looks fine. It's just the kind of person she is. One day, she's having a debate in Texas talking about how "happy she is" to be alongside Barack Obama. The next day, she casts shame upon him....even Obama was clueless as to why she's changed all of the sudden. She's doing anything she can to get elected. Seems like she's a power hungry individual. I also think she's very rude. She totally went off on a tangent after Jorge Ramos asked her a question. She decided to go back to health care, and interrupted to the interviewers' protests. </p>
<p>Barack Obama baby</p>
<p>I just dislike her personality. I'll admit that I know little more than the average person about her political stance. But after watching her for a few seconds during some televised rally.. with that slimey, choke-on-sugar smile and cutesy little wave/nod and just overall.. aura of tired artificiality and fakery, I took an immediate dislike to her (even "hate"). She doesn't seem genuine to me.. and her mannerisms really annoy me. Is it stupid to not vote for somebody because of a gut feeling? Probably, but I have a feeling I'm one of many.. And, hell, campaign managers know people do this too.. that's why they tried to soften Hillary after she was losing the race a while ago, with that (sniff sniff) crying stint .. I almost barfed :(</p>
<p>You mean besides her being a complete hungry power *****?</p>
<p>If it weren't for that little tidbit then they would practically be the same candidates, and then I think is an acceptable time to start picking based on superficial topics like their color, sex, etc. </p>
<p>I would personally like to see some color in office.</p>
<p>I would like to see us choosing to elect person into office, not a skin tone. Otherwise, we're back to racism..</p>
<p>She's ugly, a BEOT**, power hungry, and her politics suck....</p>
<p>Nothing to do with the fact that she is a women. It is what she represents.</p>
<p>This goes back to her days in the White House, as she is associated with the shady Clinton politics. I despise her most as a New Yorker; she moved to our state out of nowhere and used us as a stepping stone to the presidency. All her actions are calculated to further her own career. Finally it seems to be catching up with her.</p>
<p>I can't stand Obama either, and sometimes I could almost sympathize with her frustration over the ridiculous infatuation people have with this nobody. But as soon as she opens her mouth, I remember why I can't stand her more.</p>
<p>^ I agree, I don't really like Obama either but I consider him the lesser of two "evils" although I'd prefer McCain to both.</p>
<p>she's an annoying robot (and her husband isn't so great either, might I add)... McCain '08! (Romney '12!).</p>
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agreed. she doesn't have the greatest ethics, morals, character, etc. i also doubt her claims to having more experience, since she refuses to elaborate on what she actually did and did not do while her husband was in office and she is horrible with dealing with the press and media. her whole "i'm a fighter" attitude is irrelevant since people want to move away from the super partisan politics of the 1990s. </p>
<p>i also hate how she makes a big deal about her being the first woman president; people always talk about how women leaders would be more sensitive, less likely to go to war, more caring, etc. but just look her campaign: it's all about her liking to fight rather than cooperate to resolve problems! also, look at her tactics, there is nothing about them that would suggest that she would sensitive, less likely to go to war, etc. if Clinton did win the presidency, which would be somewhat unlikely since she's not very popular with non-Democrats, she would be setting the precedent that girls need to act like uber-masculine, pugnacious, a-holes to compete with men. which just isn't true. it also would be perpetuating the stereotypes associated with the idea of a "leader." (fighter, tough, etc.)</p>
<p>i don't have much against McCain, but i definitely trust Obama more than i trust McCain. Obama '08!</p>
<p>why does anyone hate communists?</p>
<p>i have a problem with her politics, not necessarily her appearance</p>
<p>The main reason people don't like Hillary because:</p>
<p>1) She's the wife of the quite successful Bill Clinton who turned the Republican assumption of perpetual presidential victory on its head (at the time, the Republicans were claiming/hoping that the country was going to always have a Republican at its helm for the foreseeable future and BC was a spoiler of this vision and was really hated because of it) and was actually a reasonably, some would say very, effective as a president -- prosperity, smaller govt., respect for America, etc. on his watch.
2) She's a woman.
3) She is a powerful woman with a somewhat cold demeanor.</p>
<p>These were the rather low reasons that a lot of Clinton's political opponents didn't like her. She was vilified in an almost insane and irrational way in the country at large by these people. But a lot of this in my opinion was mean-spirited and ridiculous.</p>
<p>Where she lost people who weren't so mean-spirited is:</p>
<p>1) Voting for the Iraq War and then not owning up to her decisions well
2) Always appearing to calibrate her answers to perceived political gain and what focus grouping indicated
3) Being uninspiring even though she was appearing quite competent</p>
<p>During this race, she personally lost me in two ways:</p>
<p>1) She let her husband do some of her punching. Wow, that really was lame, turned her right back into a wife after she had proven herself as a senator.
2) Has gone very negative against Obama and then turned around and accused him of being desparate and doing the same.
3) Seems very ready to undertake a scorched earth attempt to try to secure the candidacy -- an attempt which will fail, but which could leave everybody on the dem side weakened/dejected/unmotivated.</p>
<p>I was undecided between Obama and HRC until I realized by watching her how uninspiring she is. She can cite chapter and verse on some policy situation, but she's not actually deft on her feet.</p>
<p>In the end, Obama will be a much more inspiring candidate for the democratic party. HRC, had she been selected (note past tense because barring unforeseen issues, it's going to go that way), would have been a wet rag. Even if the dems lose to McCain, they'll pick up more seats in the Congress and inspire more young people by selecting Obama.</p>
<p>O-bam-a! O-bam-a!</p>
<p>Hahaha, woman as a president.</p>
<p>I find Obama to be much more of a "politician," in the connoted sense of the word, than Clinton. His message of "hope" and "change" is targeted towards to typical American who doesn't want to think. His spin machine is much more powerful and developed than Clinton's, and at one point criticizing him in any way was "racist." Plus the little issue of NAFTA shows that either he wants the American economy to collapse and doesn't care about international law, or that, as one of his senior advisors said to Canada, he's just engaging in "political manuevering" - not a desirable trait from a candidate.</p>
<p>In reality, I dislike both of them. I might support a third party. Hmm...what if Bernie Sanders ran?</p>
<p>Another reason that wasn't mentioned: the fact that many people seem to hate her. Because a surprising number of people don't seem to be informed, they go with the opinion of others, thinking that "hey, if they believe so strongly, there must be a reason." Many people who that I've posed this question to couldn't give me a substantive reason, which is depressing.</p>
<p>^^ Hillary's "spin machine" would go a lot farther if she had more of a politician's spirit, like her husband (whether you like him or not) undeniably did. Clearly the Clintons have enough fame and enough of a fan base to build up a good campaign. But Hillary's own coldness, when combined with coaching from her campaign officials, turns her into a sickly sweet and artificial figure who remains rather unlikeable, IMO.</p>