Why not Hilary Clinton?

Question

For those of you who say you hate Hilary, what are your reasons? I have some of my own reasons for disliking her, but I still think she would make a good president.

I tend to think people just say that they don't like her but don't actually know why.

I need actual reasons, not just "she's dumb"

Answer 1

Well I actually like her and think she'll make a great president. Just like her husband did!!!

There is one thing though that upset me, she was a senator that voted for the war in iraq, but then again she was fooled like everyone else!

Answer 2

I've viewed all the candidates’ websites and hers is the only one that documents the reason why she's running and her strengths, they are:

1. She's a woman
2. She's a mom
3. She's a former first lady

Now how does this qualifies her for the chair of the Presidency?

And in addition to that she addressed a woman's group (video can be found on YouTube @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZcY6TGfAxE) who wanted to get her feedback on the Iraq war and here are her statements:

I voted for the Iraq war because I believe it is the right thing to do. I've been in the White House for 8 years and I KNOW Iraq has WMDs and I will not stand down on that. I believe going into Iraq is the right thing to do not because George Bush says it is but by my own personal experience.

NOW today she blames George Bush for misleading her and the rest of congress. Therefore her stance of being a first lady holds very little weight with me.

She’s not qualified and being a mommy doesn’t mean she'll be a good President, especially when her own daughter doesn’t want to have much to do with her and her own husband dislike her so much that he cheated on her every year they've been married. She abandoned Arkansas and went to NYC to become senator, what does that tells you about this person? She's on the run from something and she already made enemies at every stage of her life where she gotta keep it moving.

I just don't think the Presidency is the place to rebuild one's public image. She should do that on her time.

Answer 3

Think quickly and answer this question..What has Hillary ever done to make you think she would be a good president ? Draw a blank ? Thats because she has only done two memorable things in her life..
1. She married Bill Clinton and stayed with him after at least 6 affairs, just to be in a position of power.
2. She tried to push through a health care plan that was nothing more than socialized medicine, that even the Dems didn't vote for.
And those are just her good points.

Answer 4

She's a socialist (as proven by her advocation of socialized medice).

She also has promised to violate the bill of rights by "taking" oil company profits to create a strategic energy fund.

Amendment 5 states very clearly "nor shall the property of private citizens be taken for the public use without just compensation".

She seems not to care, and I won't vote for a president who campaigns on the promise to violate the Bill of Rights.

Imagine the constitution shredding she'll do if actually in power.

Answer 5

I don't hate her, I just don't want her as the democratic candidate. She's an extremely polarizing candidate, even among democrats. And the republicans can't stand her. If the dems choose her as their candidate, we are guaranteed another four years of repug rule.

I also don't like the fact that she can't apologize for her vote on the debacle in Iraq. Why can't she just say those four words: I made a mistake?

I also don't like the fact that when she was an attorney in Little Rock, AR, one of her biggest clients was Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart goes totally against all of my principles as it should with every democrat.

Just my opinion, but we'll lose if Hillary is nominated.....

Answer 6

Hillary, like most democrats doesn't have a platform. Sure she has a long list of things she doesn't like but I haven't heard her proposals on how to improve the situation or our country. She is (officially) against the war but I haven't heard how she plans to maintain stability in the middle east. While I might be willing to vote for a female candidate, I will not vote for a candidate because she's female.

Answer 7

War on terror. Hillary fully accepts the idea of a war on terror. She says that Afghanistan is "the forgotten front line in the war on terror." She wants to "win the war on terror, not just the battle."
The notion that it is misconceived and misbegotten is not on her mind.
Afghanistan war. "NATO officials [are] predicting that the country could fall back to the Taliban in six months." To Clinton, "The stakes are unbearably high for Afghanistan, for Pakistan, for the country's northern neighbors in central Asia, for the reach of Al Qaida and for our own credibility and leadership."

How has an effort to round up bin Laden changed in her mind into a broad war to save central Asia? Bush made the mistake of helping bin Laden create a jihad against the U.S. Now Clinton wishes to repeat and reinforce this error by entangling the U.S. further with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.

In her words, "We should begin by responding to our NATO commander's call for more troops in Afghanistan where on a per capita basis we have spent 25 times less than we spent in Bosnia and deployed 1/50 as many troops."

Democrats (and compassionate conservatives) are fond of expanding programs. One quagmire isn’t enough when we can easily get bogged down in a few more.

Woodrow Wilson–style international activism.

The important fact is that she is every bit as anxious to remake the world in America’s image as Bush is. She will continue the century-old Wilsonian international policies. "American foreign policy exists to maintain our security and serve our national interests. And in an increasingly interdependent world, it is in our interests to stand for human rights, to promote religious freedom, democracy, women's rights, social justice and economic empowerment."

American interference overseas is a fixture of the foreign policies of both major parties.

In a sense, Hillary Clinton is very conservative. Her proposed policies are not ones that rock the American boat. She would increase the size of the military. She would soup up the FBI and the intelligence agencies.

Like Alan Greenspan, Hillary has completed the trip from the youthful enthusiasms of her youth to the unimaginative and tiresome policies of power and preservation of Empire.

Conservatives and liberals divide on certain social issues, but none of them are central to what the two major American political parties are about. Both parties are conservative and liberal. They both introduce new statist programs and they both preserve the status quo after their introduction.

Clinton I continued and extended Bush I’s policies in Iraq, Yugoslavia, Somalia, and Haiti. In her own way and with her own style and emphases, Clinton II would continue and extend Bush II’s policies. There may be some backtracking on the fringes of the Patriot Act, but the Department of Homeland Security won’t be removed. The war on terror will continue and be expanded.

Answer 8

First of all - she did a great job on reforming health care - don't you think? and I really admire how she supported the Iraq war when public opinion was in favor of it and how she had the smarts to condemn it after public opinion switched. And I'm sure she's really sincere and has some fundamental, heartful beliefs and values, in spite of the fact that her position on every issue changes depending on which way the wind is blowing.
and of course, there's no doubt in my mind that she will be able to deliver universal health care to all of us, irregardless of not having a clue or hint of any realistic way to pay for it.

At least bonzo was entertaining.

Answer 9

I don't hate her. I probably won't vote for her though.

I like that she voted for the war. At least she had the you-know-what to do that.

I HATE the socilist healthcare. Medicine is difficult enough now, why make it worse???

I hate that she is for amnesty.

Answer 10

I predict first woman president; could be the majority of voters may not be ready for black president.