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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly, all the HRC bashing which seems to be critical primarily of the fact that she remained married to Bill along with her being a politician who was willing to compromise has moved me from undecided to being a Clinton supporter...very much so because I think whether coming from men or women, a lot of the criticism is very much about her being a woman.  I know it's not worth trying to make that point convincingly, but if you've ever been discriminated against for your gender then the tone of the criticism is extremely recognizable.

Look, if you can't stand HRC for staying with Bill and, so, de-facto condoning many of the anti-woman policies and attitudes he espoused, that is understandable and respectable.  Not everyone feels that way.  If you can never forgive her for her Iraq vote, then ditto...understandable, but not everyone feels that way.  But stop arguing with everyone who doesn't feel that way and saying that they are anti-feminists or war-mongers...I am not a right wing conservative, and I don't think HRC is either.  I think she's made compromises in her political career to get things done.  I don't agree with all of them (e.g. Iraq War), but I think that's the reality of being an effective politician.

If we're going to demand ideological purity from every Presidential candidate, then we are doomed to extremists or people who almost by definition can't be effective...since like it or not the American people are, on average, fairly centrist.  I would much rather hold my local representatives and members of Congress to that standard than the POTUS.  I respect your right to disagree with me...but for me, this is based on having worked in the Executive Office under the current Administration and seen first-hand the impact that being a green-ish politician/executive can have on their ability to implement policy.  [/quote]

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