Hillary Clinton should be the next President of the United States of America because...?

Question

I am looking for legitimate reason why Hillary Clinton is more qualified to be President than any other candidate. Please do not bash Hillary or promote another candidate on this thread as I will be asking about some other candidates as well. Also, please note that none of the candidates are George W. Bush and half of Americans are Democrats. Therefore, the arguments that a) "At least she's not Bush." and b) at least she's not a Republican." are not valid qualifications as those qualities are shared by my cousin, and I wouldn't trust him to run a lemonade stand.

Specifically, I am looking for
1) a voting record that shows consistency in what she supports.
2) evedence of good moral character
3) historical evidence that her ideas are good for the economy (ie. when Xyz raised taxes, unemployment droped by X%)
4) Evidence that she will stand by her convictions even if they are unpopular
5) In what way is she superior to the other candidates of her party

Please think of this kind of as finishing the sentence, "I will be voting for Hillary because..."
Some of you may like to imagine this as a creative writing assignment.

Answer 1

I was originally inspired by Obama; But have steadily lost interest since he stuck his foot in his obviously inexperienced mouth on the subject of nuclear diplomacy. I am drifting more and more into Hillary's camp for several reasons:

1. She has firm; BUT NOT (as the current administration and all prospective successors from the same party are) inflexible philosophies. Just one example of her consistency is that even though she now conedes she would not have voted the way she did on Iraq had she known where it has led; She has also refused to apologize for making what she felt was the right decision with the information and assumptions she was working with at the time. This is not popular within the party whose support she is seeking; But she has stuck to it anyway.

2. The biggest reason is I believe she will significantly curtail with the eventual goal of total withdrawl from the Bush military occupation of choice in Iraq. Iraq is unsustainable IMO for oodles of reasons - The majority of Americans no longer and have not for some time supported the mission; It's cost is unsustainable even with the surge showing some degree of success (CBO estimates Iraq and Afghanistan will cost $2.7 Trillion if the American force remains in ONLY HALF it's current capacity by 2013); It not only is taking a huge toll on our young not only in blood but spirit; It has seen American domestic gas prices double since it's outset with no end in sight, Which is devastating to our economy and beneficial to the economic interests of those unfriendly to America abroad.

3. Bill Clinton is her husband; And she has espoused many of the policies he enacted; Which led to 8 years of relative peace and nearly uninterrupted economic prosperity - The only fiscal year budget surpluses since the 1960's. The administration of which she was a part also prevented the millenium terror attacks on U.S. soil; Evidence that they are capable of continuing one of the few good fortunes this country's had in recent years - That of no further domestic terror attacks.

4. She is superior to the other candidates in her party because of her experience - She has been intimately involved in the workings of one administration (whose record is generally reflected on favorably to this day in polls) already; Has been involved in key foreign policy decisions in the post 9-11 era as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. She knows better than any of the other candidates in EITHER party the enormous pressures and considerations which must be weighed and to what extent to weigh them on key decisions. AND as a frontrunner; She also enjoys the advantage of not having to excessively pander to any particular interparty interests to achieve the nomination.

A few reasons why I expect; At this point, to support Hillary in the primary; And; If nominated, in the general election...

Answer 2

Within the constraints you impose, this question cannot be answered. You set the question up to get the answers you want to hear, not the truth! Your questions and my replies:

Specifically, I am looking for
1) a voting record that shows consistency in what she supports.
I don't follow her voting record, I am from Calooneyfornia.

2) evedence of good moral character
You are kidding, right? Degree to which she compromised national security by allowing classified information on her unsecured server is a felony. Period! All of her lies about the server, Benghazi, and various other fairy tales she spins show her as a pathological liar.

3) historical evidence that her ideas are good for the economy (ie. when Xyz raised taxes, unemployment droped by X%)
I would rather look at her record in her last job. She was an abject failure as secretary of state. Name a single country or area of the world where our position has improved over her four years in office. When asked this question awhile back, a state department spokesliar needed a few days to come up with her answer, then came back with "Myanmar". Seriously, Myanmar???

4) Evidence that she will stand by her convictions even if they are unpopular
The fact that she had to do focus groups before her insincere apology for her private server says that she will drift with the polls, not hold to her convictions. In the future, her convictions will be criminal ones.

5) In what way is she superior to the other candidates of her party
She is less honest than any of them, so how can we trust anything she says?

Update: Please think of this kind of as finishing the sentence, "I will be voting for Hillary because..."
I will never vote for Hellary, nor any other dimocrap for that manner. That is one mistake I have NEVER made in my 67 years on this planet.

What inspired you to ask such a contrived, loaded question??? This has to be one of the worst questions I have ever seen on this site.

Answer 3

The America people have become non critical thinking sheep.

As for your numbered statements,
1-she is not consistent in voting (I voted for the war, then I voted against it)
2-She was involved in fraud (Whitewater)
3-TAXES HAVE NEVER CREATED A SINGLE FREAKING NON-GOVERNMENT JOB. Just come to Michigan and see how well raising taxes will help our economy.
4-Well she stood by her man.
5-The whole democratic line up is screwed so being on top is not very hard.

Answer 4

Not bashing....but she is least qualified just over Obama (who is the least) on the Democrat side. The five things you are looking for...you will not find.
I am a registered Republican, but from what I see there's no one from any party worth voting for.
PS: I would've voted for Leiberman this last go around if he was in the lineup. (I vote by what's right, not by party lines).

Answer 5

Nothing positive can be stated for your questions 1-5.

A statement from Judicial Watch:

October 19, 2007

Hillary’s Campaign Leads the Way in Donor Refunds

New campaign finance reports indicate that Hillary Clinton’s fundraising operation is up to its old tricks, raising funds from suspicious and corrupt sources. This according to The Washington Times:

“Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign has cut nearly $1.3 million in refund checks to hundreds of donors since July 1 — more than triple what the rest of the Democratic field returned to supporters combined, new campaign filings show. Mrs. Clinton returned nearly 700 contributions to individual donors, including $804,850 to 249 donors linked to disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu.”

(In case you need a refresher on Hsu, he pleaded guilty to a felony count of grand theft in 1991, and failed to show up for sentencing. He fled California and reappeared in New York several years later as an apparel executive and major Democratic donor. Hsu was charged last month by federal authorities for creating a $60 million Ponzi scheme. He also faces charges of using “straw donors” to contribute to Hillary and other Democrats and threatening investors who refused to support his favorite candidates.)

So, why would a political campaign choose to return funds to donors? Usually because the contributions are illegal and the campaigns don’t want to get hammered by the press over their corrupt fundraising practices.

And how do the other presidential candidates stack up to Hillary in terms of refunded donations?

Democrats: Obama ($193,599), Edwards ($75,706), Richardson ($29,285), all others combined (less than $10,000).

Republicans: Giuliani ($221,959), Romney ($267,709), Thompson ($97,480).

In other words, even if you take Hsu, Hillary’s leading fundraiser, out of the equation, Hillary would still double the amount of returned contributions of any other candidate in the race. Another record for Clinton corruption!

I’ve said this many times, but it bears repeating. When it comes to the Clintons , what is past is prologue. They have cheated the system time and time again in past political campaigns, and this campaign is no different.

Reporters should take the lead and ask Hillary tough questions about her and her husband’s fundraising practices. But they won’t. That’s why Judicial Watch is so aggressive in its investigation of Hillary’s records from the first Clinton administration, which are currently housed at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock , Arkansas . In fact, our investigations team is down in Little Rock as I write this week’s update, reviewing records related to Hillary’s botched attempt to stage a government takeover of the nation’s healthcare system in 1993. Whatever we find, you can rest assured that we will release it to the American people as soon as possible.

Because no one is above the law https://www.judicialwatch.org/

Moral character, its in the trash can.

Make it a great day!

Answer 6

Hillary Clinton has the intelligence as a lawyer and experience as a Senator and former First Lady in order to become an excellent President.

VOTE for your choice as US President on my 360 degrees blog and know who will likely win.

Answer 7

I actually think she shouldn't on the simple fact that if she is elected, the presidents would be Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton. I think that in a country that promotes the idea anyone can be president, this doesn't look to great.

But otherwise she supports universal healthcare which i really like

Answer 8

it truly is the case against. - possibly its becasue she's no rattling stable? A criminal? a ability hungry monster? Surrounded by ability of skelitons? Vince Foster? Rose regulation? White Water? actually Blackmailed? invoice?

Answer 9

no woman should ever lead a country, cause it could be doom, i would most definitely go for barack obama, and i will vote for barack obama. did you know hilary is getting ideas from her husband, no candidate should do that.

Answer 10

you should also check out Obama.......i'm still doing my research also. But at this time i'm looking at Obama.