Reply #147: Okay, then on that point:

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I think she's too quick to compromise. I think she acts FAR too much in her own self-interest. I think she's a political windsock, setting her positions by whatever she thinks will further her own political career, and nothing else.

Her vote on the IWR. Her vote on the bankruptcy bill. Her shockingly disgraceful vote for the Kyl-Lieberman amendment.

And all of that colored my opinion of her BEFORE she began running one of the ugliest (and most poorly run) campaigns I have ever had the displeasure of witnessing. And I'm no political novice--I used to be a political reporter, and have seen the process up close and personal and as ugly as it gets. I'm utterly turned off by her resume padding and attempts to paint her years as first lady as some sort of hardcore executive experience, when it just is not. She continually stuns me with her nasty tone and her disingenuous complaints.

There are SOME things I like about her, but there are far more things about her that I flat-out cannot stand. I do NOT think she's a great candidate, and I don't think she'd make a good president.

I'm not an Obama supporter, either--but I find him a much more pleasing candidate (on many levels) than I do Hillary. I still think Edwards was the best candidate, but that's off the table now.

But I disagree that she's wonderful and a great candidate, and I absolutely do not have any kind of obligation to vote for her because she's a woman or because I'M a woman.

Edited to add one more thing: You want to know which woman I DO think would blow everybody else out of the water? Elizabeth Edwards. We do have women who would make a great president; she's the first who comes to mind. But Hillary is not on my list at all.