Reply #87: Opposition from the left [View All]

[Moochy]

Thank you for pointing out that people who don't like Hilary's prospects as a president also come from the left of the spectrum. Myself for example.
I'd vote for her if she won the primaries, but I hope that the DNC is smart and gets a southern democratic governor with moderate saleable policies.
But thanks again for pointing that fact out, not everyone thinks the same, and if we disagree on a major Democratic figure that should be ok.
I get sick of the fanboys and fangirls who fall into the identity politics trap and assume that I'm saying "Your favorite band sucks" when in actuality we are saying " We dont think Mrs. Clinton would make a good candidate for many reasons"

To assume that anyone who oppose the nomination of Hilary Clinton for 2008 are malicious or falling into some RW misogynistic frame of hillary haters is pretty shallow, but par for the course when people feel insulted.

YOU DONT LIKE HILARY CLINTON? you must be a freeptard.

I think the vitriol from Clinton critics at DU you allude to might be mistaken for misogyny or just plain sloppy thinking. But as someone who was reading alot of critiques of neoliberalism during the Bill Clinton years, I can say that there was plenty to be mad about that wasnt about Hilary "wearing the pants" or other such stupid RW memes about Clinton.

All that being said about neo-liberalism and such, I'd take Bill Clinton back in a heartbeat. He could speak, and not embarras the country at every turn. So that was then this is now. We should be critical of our Democratic leaders and force them to acknowledge our truths, collectively and individually.