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In reply to the discussion: How come Hillary supporters can't present an argument for her? [View all]beerandjesus
(1,301 posts)I, too, would really like to hear some arguments in FAVOR of Hillary--mostly because I would really like to feel like I can support her in 2016 (as opposed to simply going with the lesser of two evils). I would expect that Hillary supporters would have the biggest interest in promoting whatever progressive qualities she may have, since her potential issues with the base (i.e. us) are well known.
Cali is right that the pro-Hillary posts all seem to talk about her inevitability. (I confess that I may have missed some more substantive threads.) I find the horse race business interesting, and enjoy those threads, but they're frankly meaningless--remember how Howard Dean seemed inevitable for a while there too?
The question in the OP, therefore, is quite justified. But based on this thread, it appears that I should support Hillary because:
1. Hillary is inevitable, positions be damned;
2. Democrats are generally better than Republicans;
3. If we run a progressive, we'll lose, so we shouldn't even talk about it;
4. Cali doesn't like Hillary;
5. Since we didn't run a progressive last time, if we don't run Hillary, we're sexist*;
6. Cali is trying to impose a purity test that no Democrat should ever presume to apply to Hillary;
7. Cali is a shit-stirrer; and
8. Cali is secretly a right-winger who wants the Republican to win.
* (Never mind that Obama campaigned as a progressive)
To those of you whose minds are already made up: Is that really the best you've got? If Hillary is the candidate, she'll probably get my vote (and that of just about everyone else here) on account of reason #2. But would someone please at least TRY to explain why I should be pro-Hillary and not just anti-2016's-teabag-nutjob??
I can't wait to talk with my friends in 2016 and tell them they should vote for Hillary because, "you see, there's this person who goes by 'cali', and...."
Please?