<p>Doctordestiny: agree completely. The hardcore Republicans do the same with Bill Clinton as well. They keep saying that Bill Clinton was horrible, etc. to encourage this line of thinking among people who aren't informed. The fact is Bill Clinton has huge retrospective popularity numbers. I guess that's probably not so hard in contrast to Junior who has been a major, major debacle both for his party and for the country. Stupid is as stupid does.</p>
<p>A lot of people do dislike her for superficial reasons (her looks, dressing in pant-suits, clothes don't match) whether they admit it or not.</p>
<p>Now, she's finally showing her true, not-so-artificial personality, and Obama's becoming the maneuvering politician. Well, actually, he'd been a maneuvering politician the whole time, but now he's being exposed. And although I don't dislike him, that makes me happy.</p>
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<p>Because you don't like him, not although.</p>
<p>I don't care what somebody looks like. She seems too fake to me and she takes credit for alot more than she's done. That's why I don't like her.</p>
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His message of "hope" and "change" is targeted towards to typical American who doesn't want to think.
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an i am not really sure what you mean by this, since the word "politician" has many connotations. if you're talking about pandering and being disingenuous, then HRC is the more likely culprit.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don't think I'm judging her based on how she looks or what pantsuit she's wearing. Because until she actually starts moving around on stage and talking.. doing her "stuff" .. I'm not bothered by her.</p>
<p>LOL what gets me if she didn't appear so power hungry, people would say she's too lax and wouldn't be able to lead the country....</p>
<p>any excuse to hate her besides admitting its really because she's a woman</p>
<p>It's just the way things are. There's no reason behind anything in politics. Certain things are just accepted. She deserves the negative personality thing. You can tell she's disingenuous by the fact that she now wants those florida votes counted when barrack wasn't even on the ballot. </p>
<p>Not to say Barrack's any better. We're screwed again for the next 4 years no matter who wins.</p>
<p>I used to hate Hillary also,...then one day recently I realized that she was one of those women partners who cleared the way for women like me, in the high profile law firm for which I used to work. Those women had to be tough because they were invading a men's world. But of course, the men who were uncomfortable with those women labeled them "aggressive" and "*****y" because they weren't subservient and in awe of the male partners, which of course the men were used to! You all know what many of those male lawyers were like; arrogant and with an inflated sense of self-worth: precisely why they are so reviled by non-lawyers. Well, women contributed to that syndrome by falling all over them... especially their secretaries!! And then, supposedly, we were "equal." LOL. </p>
<p>I began practicing law in 1982 in a highly regarded corporate firm, and you wouldn't BELIEVE what I had to put up with. It never occurred to me it would STILL be such a men's club. I was a NORMAL female- bright, socially adept, reasonably attractive, and not overly aggressive, and was offered a job by every firm to which I applied (not meaning to brag: just to let you know I wasn't odd or different). </p>
<p>When I first began working, the very few women partners there seemed so aggressive and cold that I wondered how I could EVER find a role model among them. It didn't take me long to realize that they HAD TO BE THAT WAY!!!!! First, a partner took me out to lunch and told me I was "too friendly." A few months later the SAME partner took me out to lunch again, and told me I was "too cold." Next, when I finished a project for another male partner and asked him if he needed any thing else, he responded "I'LL TAKE WHATEVER YOU'VE GOT..." in a very suggestive manner. Stunned, I said nothing. Finally, while I was talking with the managing partner about business trips, he said (out of the blue) "Well, I could see, if we were on a business trip together, that something could happen between us." Stunned again, but this time with some experience behind me I responded "No, it would not, because I would not allow that." UNBELIEVABLE. Today, of course, these partners would NEVER say such things, but who knows if they still think that way!</p>
<p>So, I suddenly realized why Hillary is so afraid to "let go" and be sensitive and kind (if she still even has it in her!); she knows what she is up against, and how it is better for a woman to be labeled "aggressive" than "emotional" or "weak." And, like it or not, she paved the way for me, and millions of other women just like me. Hillary is just showing the scars of succeeding in her male-dominated profession.</p>
<p>Sorry for the rant, but in some ways I am afraid the men are turning the women on each other, and we should be more supportive and understanding of where Hillary has been and how she has arrived at this point.</p>
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<p>Why do many people hate Hilary? It's her personality.</p>
<p>Paraphrasing Holden Caulfield: She's a phony.</p>
<p>EDIT: lol, I can't believe I just quoted The Catcher in the Rye.</p>
<p>I do like her, and I'm bewildered that people hate her because her husband cheated on her and she didn't react "properly". I would vote for Obama though because if she gets the nomination, she probably won't win the election because the US isn't ready for a woman president.
I do like Obama so if voting for him means keeping another Republican out of office, so be it. At least he doesn't plan to spend 570 billion on a war that can't be won.</p>
<p>I dislike the way she divides and conquers; she makes no efforts to allow for someone who might disagree with her; Her moods have been very erratic and I don't know that she is all that stable-I also don't like the way she has assumed that the Democratic nomination is hers.<br>
She looks just fine so I take offense to those who criticize her looks/I also don't like the idea that she really hasn't arrived where she has on her own merits (just like GW Bush she is a legacy).</p>
<p>I do not like her becaus I do not think she is a strong enough person to be da president. For instance, her husband had to see another lady (Monique Lewinksii) because Hilary was not efficient. </p>
<p>I also disagree with her policies, susch as her policies on preschool application and her foreign policy on the situation in australia.</p>
<p>She irritates me to no end. However, I would favor her a thousand million times over McCain.</p>
<p>Here's a view from Gary Hart. And the more I think about it, the more this really peeves me that she would make this statement about her own party's nominee. My opinion of Hillary which wasn't negative before this race is going down more and more every day. I fully sympathize with the view that a woman needs to be tough in her life to prove that she deserves to be respected in the company of men. But the statement that she made that either she or McCain are ready for primetime, but not Obama, is beyond reprehensible. Her ambition is strictly selfish. She should drop out as soon as possible, but with such vicious ambition, it's clear she won't. But will she at least apologize for this statement and refrain from making any like this before Obama is nominated?</p>
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It will come as a surprise to many people that there are rules in politics. Most of those rules are unwritten and are based on common understandings, acceptable practices, and the best interest of the political party a candidate seeks to lead. One of those rules is this: Do not provide ammunition to the opposition party that can be used to destroy your party's nominee. This is a hyper-truth where the presidential contest is concerned.</p>
<pre><code>By saying that only she and John McCain are qualified to lead the country, particularly in times of crisis, Hillary Clinton has broken that rule, severely damaged the Democratic candidate who may well be the party's nominee, and, perhaps most ominously, revealed the unlimited lengths to which she will go to achieve power. She has essentially said that the Democratic party deserves to lose unless it nominates her.
As a veteran of red telephone ads and "where's the beef" cleverness, I am keenly aware that sharp elbows get thrown by those trailing in the fourth quarter (and sometimes even earlier). "Politics ain't beanbag," is the old slogan. But that does not mean that it must also be rule-or-ruin, me-first-and-only-me, my way or the highway. That is not politics. That is raw, unrestrained ambition for power that cannot accept the will of the voters.
Senator Obama is right to say the issue is judgment not years in Washington. If Mrs. Clinton loses the nomination, her failure will be traced to the date she voted to empower George W. Bush to invade Iraq. That is not the kind of judgment, or wisdom, required by the leader answering the phone in the night. For her now to claim that Senator Obama is not qualified to answer the crisis phone is the height of irony if not chutzpah, and calls into question whether her primary loyalty is to the Democratic party and the nation or to her own ambition.
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<p>she is a woman, like my mom, and also like my mom, she should be baking cakez and stuff. not run for president. america is not ready for that. maybe in canadia, but not in the america. </p>
<p>Thank You,
SmartDude01</p>
<p>funny how strong sexism still is but any mention of racism and your blackballed for life. im NOT condoning racism but for sexism to still exist at the level that it does is disgusting</p>
<p>i do not understand your comments on sexism.? all i am saying is that i will not vote for hilary because she is a women.</p>
<p>Thank You,
SmartDude09</p>
<p>not voting for her because she is a woman is sexist, in case you didn't know.</p>