i remember talking to a few people about the candidates. and it came up quite often that people couldn't respect hillary clinton for her decision to stay with her husband. (the reasoning seemed to go: by staying with bill, she lacks self-respect; and if she doesn't respect herself, how am i supposed to respect her?)

this surprised me. i'm not sure why this particular line of reasoning didn't resonate with me (i.e., her relationship to her husband had never bothered me at all).

i guess i wonder, if not for her support for the war (which is an automatic disqualifier for me), would i have looked to find other reasons (such as staying with bill) to reject her?