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Edited on Thu Mar-20-08 02:27 AM by BushDespiser12
AGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Mar-17-08 08:50 PM Original message I've been such a fool. Now I am so over Clinton. Edited on Mon Mar-17-08 09:14 PM by AGirl It feels like I've woken up from a bad dream. I was so manipulated by the mass media and the Clinton media campaign that I thought this campaign is about having the first female president who is good on gay rights and pro choice issues.
True, Clinton is good on GLBT people issues and pro choice issues, but I don’t see how Obama is any worse on those issues, even if he is not as well versed on it.
This race is so not about gender or race. This race is absolutely about the Iraq War. Every election should be about the Iraq War as long as anyone who has voted for the Iraq War and is unapologetic about it remains in public office.
The Iraq War is about greed, domination, and exploitation. It violates what it means to be a human being, what it means to be the “citizen of the world”, what it means to not torture and not kill for money or selfish reason.
Clinton said Obama does not have a concrete plan on Iraq, she does. I don’t know what her plan on Iraq is, except she said she will “end the war within the first term of her presidency.” Well that is not exactly concrete. Hillary Clinton might care about some American people, but she mainly cares about power and what she can do to be part of the powerful people that has a say in American policies, and her vote and continual stance on Iraq is the greatest testament anyone ever needs to know about her “experience.”
Her experience and both past and present actions show me that she has learned nothing from Iraq. She didn’t see anything wrong with it. Well I do.
One of the few things about being a progressive is about standing up against UNJUSTICE WARS FOR PROFIT and being a person that does not believe MIGHT MAKES RIGHT.
A good politician knows that s/he can’t do whatever s/he wants to attain power or profit at the expense of another person or at the destruction of another person. America needs a leader that is a GOOD person. Hillary Clinton is NOT a good politician.
So of course, I am going to vote AGAINST Hillary Clinton. We need to stop Clinton as much as we need to stop McCain.
The whole talk about race and gender is all irrelevant when we deal with the real issue.
PS: The whole thing about switching my support, well, here's the thing: I still don't like Obama much, but I think voting for him is a good alternative to stop Clinton. That DOES not mean I can't defend Clinton when there are unfair attacks and I will continue to defend her from sexist attacks! I don't like when Obama supporters attack Clinton and it feels like they are being unfairly picked on because they are the minority on here and I will defend them, but that does not mean I support Clinton. It's an emotional thing for me, it's not black and white. If you don't believe me, oh well.
Why can't I say how I feel? How am I changing my mind? I don't give a crap if you think I am doing this for fun. I know who I am and what I stood for and I can talk about it all I want and as much as I want to!
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