Hillary Clinton's running. I like her list of priorities. First, end the war in Iraq. Second, develop an energy policy that sets America free from foreign oil. Third, address the Bush deficit. Fourth, provide health care for Americans.
I would have liked to hear her specifically include global warming as a problem, separate from energy independence, that must be addressed. One of the few things that could get me to vote for someone else in the primary would be if there were someone else making a stronger case on the need to protect the Earth.
Hillary comes back, in her announcement, to a point that has long been one of her themes: in America, if you're willing to work hard and play by the rules (as, for example, Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling weren't), you should be able to build a good life for yourself and your family. I think that's the whole purpose of a government, what a government is supposed to provide for its citizens.
I've maintained all along that she would run. So today's announcement wasn't a surprise. ( I do imagine that she'd originally planned to hold off a bit longer announcing her bid, but that Obama's early announcement got her to make her announcement now, rather than later. ) It is, though, in its own way, amazing. When you think about how much abuse this woman has taken and about how much abuse will now come her way, aren't you amazed at her steel constitution? I am. I want a president like that, rather than the thin-skinned little man we've got now who can't even sit through a half an hour of Steven Colbert.
I'm 50, almost 51. In all my life, there's never been a woman candidate for president with a real shot at winning. Until today. America is ready for, and, I believe that America can benefit from having, a woman executive. (And, is it too much to hope that her candidacy will give Alito and Roberts pause on their headlong rush to institute a unitary executive (aka dictator)? Go ahead, boys, give President Clinton all that power. Wingnut heads will explode.) What a great year for the little girls of America, who see a woman Speaker of the House and a woman candidate for the Democratic nomination. I'd like to see a woman president before I die.
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While I haven't come close to picking a favorite for the nomination, I'm thrilled by Ms. Clinton's announcement.
I want more of the would-be candidates to announce as soon as possible so that we can have a genuine debate of all the issues the next president will have to address.
And I am certain Ms. Clinton will hold her own with all of them.
Here in Ireland we have had two female Presidents, the office is mostly ceremonial, but both women have been an immense credit to Ireland. The same rubbish was spouted before Mary Robinson was elected, now no big deal. The ladies have done so well not even the worst fools can criticize.
Hillary Clinton:
Pro Iraq War! Pro Patriot Act! Pro Gitmo! Against Gay Marrage! Wants to throw more non-violent drug offenders into prisons! Wants stricter censorship of video games, music, movies, and television!
Hillary Clinton = Dubya with a set of tits. You gotta seriously be a mindless brainwashed puppet of the Democratic party to think that President Hillary would be anything less than a disaster! Just because she may be marginally better than Bush doesn't mean that her and her supporters aren't evil facists!
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