flaja wrote:engineer wrote:Synonymph wrote:Hillary is not electable.
This is an interesting statement. To a Republican, Clinton should look like the best Democrat, on paper at least. She is not vehemently anti-war and she is pro-business. She's backed the foreign policy views of the last two presidents with respect to refusing to have a dialog with Iran or Cuba. She's put her campaign organization together to mirror Bush's success with a strong underpinning of business interests and has ignored left wing groups in general. Other than an irrational hatred of the Clinton family, what is there here for a Republican to dislike (compared to the other Democrats)?
You mean apart from her morals and her corruption?
Once again, that puts her in nice company with the Republicans. She hasn't pardoned violent rapists for political purposes, disregarding letters from victims pleading her not to (Huckabee), used city money for mistresses (Rudy), completely flip flopped on her entire record as governor (Romney) or been ABSCAM'd (McCain). Heck, she's still on her first marriage. So why is she not electable if those people are? Some profits from options and campaign donations for use of the Lincoln bedroom seem like small issues in that crowd. Her stated positions are a lot closer to the Republican side than the other Democratic candidates, yet some Republicans foam at the mouth at the mention of her name. Why is that? Are you assigning her husband's failings to her? I'm not a Clinton fan because I'm not in line with her positions on the issues, but it seems to me if Republicans took one of those surveys matching up your views to the candidates, the top Dem on the list would be the junior senator from New York.
