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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hillary is quite capable and will end up being a very tough and wily President. I'm OK with that - we need a leader like that to (1.) deal with a do-nothing Congress and (2.) deal with our foreign adversaries. She, along with George HW, will probably be the most prepared and experienced first-term President in modern history.

As for her "dishonesty" and self-promoting "agenda," she's no worse than any other person grasping for power (political or economic/corporate). Sadly, politicians of every stripe are classic narcissists. They're not like the "rest of us" who just want to have a comfortable life and enjoy our time with family. Every person running for President has a desperate and pathological need for power and public recognition.[/quote]

Hillary Clinton is very, very, very smart.  I do not vote on smarts alone. She has made very serious mistakes in office, including cozying up to health insurance companies, voting for the Iraq war, supporting the TPP (she has not come out steadfastly against it, rather saying she doesn't know enough about its potential bad effects--a cop out and a political lie), failing to stand up to big banks and big money and instead espousing the least impactful policy positions she can while sill appearing "progressive."

If she were the only smart Dem candidate to choose from, I'd have stood behind her, since the GOP alternatives are such nightmares.  But I think we can do better.

Thankfully a better candidate *has* emerged.  I believe that Bernie Sanders is the kind of person a true progressive can vote for without holding his/her nose.  I don't agree with him on everything--but pretty close. I think he has a very strong grasp of macro-economics and politics in America, and we need that person right now.  We also need someone who -- unlike Hillary Clinton -- will not continue to engage us in unwinnable wars.  Enough.
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