2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why Hillary will get my vote.... [View all]people
(623 posts)I admire work that Hillary has done for women and children, but I do not admire her reticence to state a principled position on many other things. I don't like it that she had to wait until most Republicans were OK with gay marriage before she was "for" it, I don't like it that she will totally continue the way things work in this country in terms of economics and war. Yes, I do understand that Bernie would have a very difficult time getting many things he espouses passed into law but, if you don't work for change and and build a case for the change you want to see, nothing will EVER change. Because I believe 100% that Hillary will not do ANYTHING about the giant income divide except work around the VERY VERY VERY edges of the problem, that she will compromise with Republicans and raise the ss retirement age to 70 and that she will do other things that I'm too upset about to think about right now, I will vote for her if she gets the democratic nomination, but not otherwise. Bernie is a smart brave man and a breath of fresh air. It's a pleasure to see him in action. Hillary is totally polished and smart, but she's definitely always weighing and dicing what's acceptable and then stating whatever she thinks and perceives is acceptable to the powers that be and the public. There will be no change with Hillary. With Republicans, yes, there would be changes but they would be awful ones.