Should I vote for Hillary ..

[coco77]

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because she is a woman? Should i vote because of her policies?

[sufrommich]

1. ......

[alcibiades_mystery]

19. Same

[BooScout]

2. You should vote for her because she is a Democrat...

And the most qualified person to be president.

[TexasProgresive]

8. ^^THIS^^^^^

[Thinkingabout]

3. Is the same question ask when the candidate is a man?

I am voting for Hillary because she is the most qualified candidate running and I agree with her agenda, she has proven herself over and over.

[sufrommich]

10. Bullshit. "Many" Hillary supporters have said no such thing.

This is as odious as right wingers claiming that black people voted for Obama because he's black. Go back to JPR if you want to trash our nominee.

[Jim Lane]

11. Would you admit to "some"?

The difference between "some" and "many" is subjective, so even if we put in the effort to through DU and all the rest of the media to tabulate mentions, we couldn't resolve the issue. Any fair-minded person must admit that the argument from gender has been made, and not just very rarely by a few crackpots as outliers that were negligible in the larger context. We can start with Madeleine Albright.

[sufrommich]

13. Oh my God,someone dared to mention that a female president

would be a historical first the the U.S.? How dare they! I'm so fucking done with this argument that acknowledging this is somehow admitting that "you're only voting for her because she's a woman". Guess what? It matters and it matters because half the fucking country is female. Anyone who believes that we would also be just as willing to vote for Sarah Palin as we would for Hillary because she's a woman is a moron. It's as moronic as believing that black people would be just as willing to vote for Herman Cain as they were for Obama.

I get it,you'd like to diminish the fact that this is a big fucking deal,tough shit,this is a big fucking deal.

[mercuryblues]

30. thank you

I am also sick of it. It is saying women are too stupid to look at her policies and only vote based on sex. If that was the case, we would have had a female president a long time ago.

Repeating that tripe is demeaning as hell. It is irritating to have to go down the list as to why you are voting for her. It comes across as a test that only women have to submit to. I have never heard that a white man is voting for a candidate because they are also a white male. Men are not asked or presumed to be voting for Clinton because she is a woman. Because of their gender it is assumed that they have looked at her policies and how she plans to implement them.

If anything Clinton will lose votes because she is a woman. Sam B. interviewed a couple who aren't voting for Clinton because they don't think a woman should be president. Odd how that is never mentioned. But the false meme that women are voting for her based solely on sex gets tossed out regularly.

Oh and yeah. I have told people that I am voting for her because she is a woman. Just to piss 'em off. I feel no need to submit to a test justifying my voting decisions to anyone. over and over again. It is like playing whack-a-mole. A pop quiz on the same subject several times a day. Never had to justify my support for any white male candidate.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. I used to hire people. Ceteris paribus I always hired the minority applicant.

I do the same when I vote.

[LanternWaste]

24. No more and no less than than arguments against her gender has been made..

"must admit that the argument from gender has been made..."

No more and no less than than arguments against her gender has been made... and "not just very rarely by a few crackpots as outliers that were negligible in the larger context."

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. It is always good to have posters descend from Mount Olympus to...

It is always good to have posters descend from Mount Olympus to instruct us plebeians how to conduct ourselves.

On behalf of plebeians everywhere thank you.

[Dawgs]

4. Not sure there is a good reason to vote "for" her.

Voting against Trump is the best I can come up with.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. How does your post fulfill the mission The Administrator has given to our august board?

How does your post fulfill the mission The Administrator has given to our august board:

"Not sure there is a good reason to vote "for"... her..."

-Dawgs

We are Democrats and we are all Clinton supporters now

http://www.democraticunderground.com/~Skinner

Thank you in advance.

[Maeve]

15. How about voting for criminal justice reform?

Protecting the right to vote? Protecting immigrant rights? Supporting the protection of the environment? LGBTQ rights? Keeping the national park system? Supporting our NATO allies? Actually keeping the promises we made our vets?

[rjsquirrel]

6. You should vote your conscience

right after checking your privilege.

And because unless you are a rich straight white man, you'd be voting your own best interests.

[leftofcool]

7. smh

[NurseJackie]

14. Flip a coin.

[Cha]

22. ..

make it easy.

[NurseJackie]

31. I think coco77 has lost interest. That was very rude to ask for advice, and then ...

... not even bother to respond or thank those who have offered their ideas.

[MoonRiver]

32. That poster was zapped.

Why this thread still stands is beyond me.

[Cha]

33. I know, right..

I was going to mention MIA but decided against it.. but really.

[auntpurl]

16. You should vote for her because

AAs, Latinos, Muslims, LGBT, women, the disabled, the working poor, and the poor and homeless will suffer under a Trump presidency. They will be supported and celebrated under a Hillary presidency. If that is not enough reason for you, then we don't have much in common.

[bigwillq]

20. You should vote for her if you think she is the candidate

Who can better lead this country. You should vote for her if you think she believes in the things you believe in. Your vote, your choice.

[baldguy]

21. You should vote for her because she's the most qualified candidate EVER to run for the office.

If you haven't realized that at this late date, you're hopeless.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. Why? Can you not chew gum and walk at the same time?

[JustAnotherGen]

26. I think

OP was ppr'd?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

27. Seven blessings to us

[NCTraveler]

28. You might just want to vote for Trump because of his self proclaimed big Johnson.

Or you can just vote for Johnson so you can giggle with your friend about it.

WTF

[LexVegas]

29. Jesus. nt

[frazzled]

34. Vote for your cartoon image of her

Because it's clear you haven't been listening to a thing that would explain why her lifelong successful work for progressive causes across a wide range of issues, her humanity, her experience, or her work ethic would be a reason for you to vote for her

Me, I'll vote for the real Hillary Clinton, not the cartoon version that either the right or the self-proclaimed "be right but never manage to DO right" left has promoted.

This kind of thread makes me madder than a hornet.

[UtahLib]

35. Thank you

Even when mad, you were able to succinctly state the case for voting for Hillary.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

36. White privilege is a plague upon our land.

We will not be whole until that scourge is removed.

[FSogol]

37. That's all folks!