Originally Posted by Mithrall

I am a democrat as well and will not vote for Hillary if she somehow manages to become the nominee. I would love to see a female president in my lifetime, but Hillary isn't the one. There are several reasons I will not vote for her.

1) She co-sponsered an anti-flag burning ammendment. I love the flag as much as anyone else, I was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. However protecting the flag by way of a law or an ammendment to the constitution takes away from the meaning of the flag. The fact that she co-sponsered this legislation tells me she just doesn't get the symbolism of freedom behind the flag. Or perhaps she was just pandering to the chickenhawks. which is worse?

2) She has not run an honorable campaign against Sen. Obama. I expect it from the republicans, not from one of our own. Some of the dirty tricks were straight out of Karl Rove's playbook.

3) When the tide started to turn against her, the fangs came out. She acts like she is completely outraged at being denied something she obviously feels she was entitled.

4) She is playing towards people's fears. We as a country have never been at our best when we have operated from a mindset of fear. This is a very cynical way treating the electorate.

5) She voted to give Bush authority to send our troops to Iraq when a little bit of knowledge about the situation there would have told her Iraq was an unlikely base for Al Queda. She followed that up with voting for a similar piece of legislation reguarding Iran! Fool me once?


If Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee, I will be voting for McCain. If we as a party choose fear over hope then we deserve another 4-8 years of Bush's policies.