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[quote=Anonymous][quote=takoma]Politics is a multi-dimensional universe.  One's stands on military questions, abortion, economic equality, LGBT rights, the death penalty, and other issues are logically independent of each other, as well as of a candidate's experience and qualifications.

So it is not at all unusual to support a candidate you disagree with on some issue because you agree on issues that are more important to you.  Hillary is undoubtedly more hawkish than I would like, but on most other issues she is more or less on my wavelength.  And even on the hawkishness issue, it is likely that the GOP candidate will be even less to my liking.

Consequently, although my (small) contributions have so far gone to Bernie, I have no doubt that I will be giving money, time, and my vote to Hillary if/when she is the nominee.[/quote]

Thank you for this post.  I share your views, though I've supported Clinton from the start.  I value her practical, middle-of-the-road approach to politics.  I also disagree with a lot of the specific policies Sanders supports (though not his general views on income inequality etc).

I think how someone does something is as important as what they do.  The main issue where I disagree with her is on her willingness to intervene abroad.  And I will point out that if people put more effort into supporting a more diverse (and possibly more progressive) Congress, the capability of any POTUS would be limited in that area.  At the same time, the gaffes that Trump has already made w.r.t. foreign policy are really problematic (e.g. implying he's okay with further nuclear proliferation in Asia-Pacific)...and I won't even touch on the rest of the R field.
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