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Thread: Poll: Thumbs Down on Prez Hillary Clinton
Crazed Rabbit 07:07 01-26-2006
Whoa. She's already got a majority of people against her.

That won't stop her from probably winning the dem nomination

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Major Robert Dump 07:31 01-26-2006
I'll tell you why people are against her, aside form the fact that she is too much of a politician....its because hillary as president is a package deal, just as bill was a package deal. Catch my drift? Bill and Hilary were in office 8 years, thats enough. Now had she divorced him after the affair I might have a small amount of respect for her, but I guess it depends on which affair and still I would probably still think she sucked. No thanks

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Adrian II 10:51 01-26-2006
Originally Posted by Major Robert Dump:
I'll tell you why people are against her, aside form the fact that she is too much of a politician....its because hillary as president is a package deal, just as bill was a package deal. Catch my drift? Bill and Hilary were in office 8 years, thats enough. Now had she divorced him after the affair I might have a small amount of respect for her, but I guess it depends on which affair and still I would probably still think she sucked. No thanks
Funny way of thinking about politics. Let us see what argumentation against Hillary for President we have here.

  1. Hillary is a politician.
    I take it Monsieur Dump would prefer to elect a butcher, dentist or Avon consultant who has never seen the inside of a political party or body of elected representatives?
  2. Hillary worked with her husband when he was President.
    And a very succesful President to boot: eight years in office, admired for his political sixth sense as well as for having a wife who shared his political agenda and worked for it. The Dumpster would have preferred a politically amorphous blob for a first lady -- the kind that bakes cookies and manipulates her husband in the bedroom only.
  3. Hillary has not divorced her husband over his affairs
    The Major is incapable of grasping the concept of marriage which includes the notion that partners commit for life and preferably settle their marital differences by other than legal means unless said life becomes unbearable.

All in all, the Major's choice for President would be a divorced Avon consultant who is good at lighting Christmas trees.


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Watchman 10:55 01-26-2006
Bah. Only crooks and jerks become US prezzies anyway, it's that kind of job. I can't for the life of me comprehend why Hillary would be any worse than the other sorts of creeps you're going to have lining up at the elections.

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Kralizec 11:02 01-26-2006
Hillary Clinton? Why not? Let her run against Dick Cheney and we'll have yet another interesting election

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AntiochusIII 11:31 01-26-2006
Originally Posted by Germaanse Strijder:
Hillary Clinton? Why not? Let her run against Dick Cheney and we'll have yet another interesting election
That would make me regret my move to America.

We are in need of another liberal/populist move ala the New Deal or the Civil Rights movement to stabilize the overgrowth of conservatism. They had their own "resurgent" era in Reagan to balance out the old 60s liberalism already. Hillary, however, isn't a very good choice. She's too jaded a politician, methinks.

And Dick Cheney would've been just another Nixon, except more stupid and less dynamic a crook. We don't need neoconservative crooks in the White House, thank you. The Cold War is over.

I'm not sure though, that I can vote by the time of 2008. It all the depends on the Immigration whatever-office that does my naturalization. That might be good, perhaps, as I am quite in the mood of political apathy.
Originally Posted by doc bean:
She doesn't stand a chance and everyone knows it.
Of course, but who else would the dems field for the election? It's not like the top of the US political hierarchy carries any outstanding personalities for the public to choose from right now.

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Monarch 22:02 01-26-2006
Originally Posted by Kralizec:
Hillary Clinton? Why not? Let her run against Dick Cheney and we'll have yet another interesting election
More interesting if Condeleeza Rice ran for the Republicans.

Now I'm British so my extent of US politics is five series of the West Wing, the news and not alot else. However this is news to me, I though Hilarly Clinton was a shoe in for the 08 presidency, I thought she's get all the womens vote, apart from the die hard rep women of course.

So yeah, perhaps Bill wont get to be The First (and actually first) Gentlemen in 08, lol.

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doc_bean 11:33 01-26-2006
Originally Posted by AdrianII:
All in all, the Major's choice for President would be a divorced Avon consultant who is good at lighting Christmas trees.
Actually, he said "why the people are against her", and they seem like pretty good reasons. The divorce thing seems laughable of course, but now most of the 'liberals' think she just stays with her husband for political reasons and the christian right won,'t vote for her because she has a bad marriage.

She doesn't stand a chance and everyone knows it.

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Major Robert Dump 12:03 01-26-2006
The sad part about the whole fiasco is that the Clintons have enough financial backing to get the nomination, regardless of what the general public thinks. There's a reason she isn't a Senator in Arkansas right now. The even sadder part is it would guarantee a democratic loss in the general election.

And I don't think the divorce scenario is ludicrous at all. It takes guts and integrity to stand up and walk away from something you find truly appalling, and the fact that this stupid woman stood by her man is proof that marriage is as sacred as a turd in a truck stop urinal. Please. Ever consider maybe Al Gore would have won the 2000 election had he resigned as VP when it became evident that the president lied under oath, lied about lying under oath, then played guardhouse lawyer with the definition of the word "is?" Instead Mr Gore stayed on the gravy train, kept his mouth shut and planned his next political move which made it clear he was about as genuine as a japanese cowboy. Just once, I would like someone who doesn't stand by a crony for the sake of free pie, and instead throws their arms up and says "enough." Hell, even if they don't really mean it, humor me, please.

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Kralizec 12:09 01-26-2006
Technicly, Gore could have won in 2000 if he emphasized more on his vice presidency under Clinton. But he was to afraid the public would be held back by their feelings about Clinton, probably wrongly so. Because honestly, Clinton vs Bush? If Clinton could have run for another term he'd have defeated Bush by a large margin.

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Just A Girl 03:59 01-27-2006
I think its a joke that they conciderd her eligable..
I know that ragan's wife did all the work but Isnt this being a bit daft even for america?

any way I dont think it matters.
Bush will win any election aslong as he has relitivs in controll of the votes in florida.

or atleast thats my oppinion.

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Devastatin Dave 04:09 01-27-2006
Man, dat jus be whack if dis skeezin ho be making duh Cracker House her crib again. About de only Demcrat I be consideratin be Ben Nelson. Mutha bumpa be off da hook!!! He gotz de politicizin skillz and the mad flo dat could bring dis country back together again, wit all duh hand holdin, Martin Lutha Kang lovin' old skoolz way. But ain't no way dis tuna eatin Beeatch Hillary gonna getz her handz on muy Benjamins wit socializen health care and all that shiznit. Beeatch better recognize bfor she get dealt, know wut I'm sayin?

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Reverend Joe 04:13 01-27-2006
What the hell is the matter with you?

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InsaneApache 14:16 01-26-2006
Originally Posted by Major Robert Dump:
I'll tell you why people are against her, aside form the fact that she is too much of a politician....its because hillary as president is a package deal, just as bill was a package deal. Catch my drift? Bill and Hilary were in office 8 years, thats enough. Now had she divorced him after the affair I might have a small amount of respect for her, but I guess it depends on which affair and still I would probably still think she sucked. No thanks
I liked this bit, but didn't you mean Monica sucked?

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Spino 23:37 01-26-2006
And yet despite Hillary's lack of popularity I think it's a fairly safe bet that the Democrats will push her to the forefront for their 2008 run at the presidency. Stands to reason since they were boneheaded enough to get behind Kerry for their last run at the White House. About the only thing going for Kerry in the last presidential campaign was that he was the 'anything but another 4 years of Bush' choice for anyone left of center. While G.W. Bush did win handily against Kerry I believe had McCain been the incumbent we would have seen one of the most lopsided electoral & popular vote landslides since Reagan trounced Mondale.

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Tachikaze 03:57 01-27-2006
I think the majority of the US male public is misogynist. They'll never vote for a woman president. We've never had one, which puts us in pretty small company among industrialized nations. Among the nations who have elected female heads of state: Britain, Germany, India, Israel, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Nigeria.

We have the anti-Christ as president now, and people make these lame excuses to hate Hillary Clinton. It makes no sense.

I like AdrianII's post. I thought loyalty to one's spouse was a virtue.

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Xiahou 04:19 01-27-2006
Originally Posted by Tachikaze:
I think the majority of the US male public is misogynist. They'll never vote for a woman president. We've never had one, which puts us in pretty small company among industrialized nations. Among the nations who have elected female heads of state: Britain, Germany, India, Israel, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Nigeria.

We have the anti-Christ as president now, and people make these lame excuses to hate Hillary Clinton. It makes no sense.

I like AdrianII's post. I thought loyalty to one's spouse was a virtue.
Wow, so much self-loathing......

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Proletariat 05:01 01-27-2006
I'm sorry, but you need your frigging head checked if you think there is any serious misogyny in America. There's a realistic chance we could have two female candidates next time 'round, and there's still ideological psychos out here that won't be happy until every single woman with a brain in America is a doctor or a corporate exec or a lawyer, leaving nothing but the dumbass women at home to raise the next generation.

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