Reply #125: I can't support HRC

[Swede Atlanta]

My inability to support HRC for President isn't because I am opposed to the first woman president. I hope that happens in my lifetime. But I do not think that HRC is electable as long as the electorate is this divided. She is a lightning rod for any manner of partisans on the right. If we thought the GOP was effective in Swift Boating Kerry in 2004 you have not seen anything yet.

And my inability to support her doesn't stop there. She is dead wrong on so many issues important to me. She continues to soft pedal her support for this war. She will not categorically state her plans to withdraw all American troops from Iraq by a date certain.

I fear her policies on issues of importance to GLBT individuals will be a mirror image of her husband. He was all talk. He was right on trying to eliminate the discrimination against gay men and women from serving openly in the military. But his tactics were dead wrong. This was one of the first items he attempted to address upon taking office. It was like a lightning rod to those who oppose any sense of fairness for GLBT persons. His tacit agreement to "don't ask, don't tell" has made things worse for those serving. His agreement to sign DOMA was more predicated on his then political situation than any sense of fairness or logic.

She is simply the wrong candidate at the wrong time. We need a candidate that is candid, projects a vision for the future for all Americans and quite honestly is electable.

Let her continue to serve the citizens of New York as Senator. I think she has done a respectable, but not commendable job serving in the U.S. Senate. I would rather have her there casting a vote in our column and helping to maintain if not grow our majority than have her pursue a failed presidential bid that leaves us with another hate-filled, money-grubbing Republic(an) in the White House.