2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How can anyone support her after these in your face bold lies she tells. [View all]casperthegm
(643 posts)Use my own words? You got it. Here is my personal list of my reasons that I find HRC to be grossly inadequate to be the Democratic nominee. These are actual issues, not "I like his/her experience." This is where Clinton fails, yet most of her supporters stick to the general phrases, like "it's her time" or "she's more electable" while dismissing all of these facts as if they mean nothing. When in fact they should mean everything;
Clintons position on Keystone (or lack of one). She waited until the same week that Obama made his decision before announcing where she stood. That's not standing up for the environment. That's politics.
Wall Street money. Whether it's impression or reality, it's there and it can't help but make me wonder. Generally speaking, it's hard to imagine the banks and Wall Street throwing all of that money at her and saying "here you go, we don't expect anything in return."
Where are the transcripts?
Her opposition to Glass Stegall. Though I do recall her telling the banks to "cut it out." Thanks Hillary.
Her Iraq vote. You may be sick of hearing about it but it's a big deal. It was poor judgement and lack of foresight. Sanders saw that it would destabilize the region. And it did. Now we not have the legacy of the Iraq war, we have the current ISIS situation.
Speaking of that, there is the no-fly zone proposal. Another poor foreign policy decision. What happens when Russian jets cross that line? You have to be prepared for that and I don't see it.
The email and server investigation by the FBI. Sorry, it's real. It very well could end up being nothing in the end, but what if it's not? What if it drags on until the general election and then she gets indicted? Then you end up with a republican in the White House.
Gay marriage. You can see how she has flip flopped over the years, as confirmed via politifact. Another change based on the political winds.
Her support of fracking
Her support of NAFTA
Her support of the TPP before she changed and now opposes it.
Her auto bailout lie regarding Sanders
Her Koch brothers smear
Her one issue candidate smear
This is something that is more representative of a republican nominee and we'd be licking our chops at the idea of ripping into this candidate. If the Democratic party was still the Democratic party, rather than what it has morphed into.