Re: So Much Noise from Slate
by
Rob1
01/15/2008, 12:46 PM #
I'm not a Republican, but I would have very grave reservations about voting for Hillary, and I sincerely hope that she does not get the Democratic nod.
My own sentiments have more to do with her husband's administration, than with any negative press I may have read. Clinton's administration may have had some positives, but there were also many negative aspects about it. To say nothing of the current administration, except that I would be hard pressed to find any positives within the Bush Administration.
And doubtless, many Republicans would be equally hard pressed to find anything positive about the Clinton Administration.
The true negative aspect about both the Clinton and Bush Administrations is the bitter polarization and controversy they have fostered.
Electing Hillary would only widen that divide, as there is no way she will ever be accepted by a large percentage of the population. All she can bring to America is more divisiveness and enmity.
2008 should be a time to look forward, and bind the wounds that the past 16 years have inflicted on the American psyche. Let it be hoped that our next president, Republican or Democrat will have a broad enough appeal across party lines to actually bring about some constructive change in America.
Which is something that Hillary, because of her close ties to her husband's administration, will never be able to do.