Saturday, May 07, 2016

My Case Against Hillary Clinton

I myself personally haven't "crossed the Rubacon" to vote for Trump over Hillary.  I haven't made up my mind yet.  Both Trump and Hillary seem like "a bridge too far".  We all know the arguments against Trump with his character and temperment and all.  But here are some basic problems I would have in voting for Hillary for the highest office in the land.

Her whole reaction to Bill's affairs with women and this "vast right wing conspiracy" and planning to defame and tell lies about the women that Bill Clinton has been involved with.

Taking money for the Bill Clinton foundation from the Saudis and other Mideast countries and not cirticizing the Saudis or Islam in general for the dispicable attitude these nations have tword women and women's rights.

She had told lies about Bernie saying that he voted for bills that in fact he did not vote for, or that Bernie had no choice and she didn't inform voters of that.  I don't think "fighting dirty" or saying something under the buzzer that won't be responded to in the debate.  That's dirty pool.  I am not comforted by the belief that she can use the same tacticts against Donald Trump to win, because Trump won't let her get away with it.  She lied saying that Bernie Sanders wanted to end health care or that Sanders was against planned parenthood.

This whole "women's card" thing bothers me.  I hope she's not going to say "Vote for me because I'm a woman".  She wants ten weeks paid leave for women having babies.  These sorts of decisions should be made by negotiation between the labor union and the company and not mandated by federal law because it would cost the tax payers too much.

Hillary Clinton goes too far as far as gun regulations go in suing manufacturers of firearms for the deaths involved in those firearms.  A firearm when used as intended will result in deaths.  There's no getting around that.  There used to be a saying "You can't legislate against stupidity".

I question Hillary's comittment to ending Global Warming for reasons pointed out in the previous blog.

Hillary was a part of the great mistake in going to war in Libya and being duped by the "Moslem Brotherhood" and all of the chaos which descended on Libya after that point and the resultant deaths of four brave Americans at Bengazi.

Hillary was wrong in supporting the Iraq War.   By the way, though I am not gay, if I were a gay, I would distrust Hillary's sudden turnabout on gay marriage.  She only changed her position because it was now fashionable and it wasn't any "moral crusading points" with her as it was with Sanders.

Hillary treats her employees like crap and ladens her remarks with explitives and this is not a good thing with dealing with foreign dignotaries, for instance.

Hillary, more than Sanders, has expressed support for late term and partial birth abortions.  I feel a whole lot more comfortable with Donald Trump in this area.

There are rumors that Hillary wants to get us into a war with Iran.  This would be a major league disaster.

Who are the people from the Defense industry who are backing a Hillary campaign "more than any Republican?"

We'd all like to see the texts of her speeches to Wall Street in the interest of full disclosure.  Hillary denies that all this money has affected her votes in congress when there is clear evidence that it has.

Bernie Sanders is open to marijuana legalization; Hillary is opposed to it.  I believe we should procede cautiously and responsibly toward marijuana legalization.  Bernie has also indicated sympathy for people who are serving long prison sentences for non violent drug offences, many of which are marijuana.

I don't like this circling of the wagons by Hillary's supporters such as Norman Goldman and Stephanie Miller protecting her from any and all accusations at any cost.  There are rumors that Hillary Clinton has paid "supporters" to troll the internet and make obnoxious remarks about Bernie Sanders in her name.

Hillary could be indicted for the E mail scandal at any time.  It would be strange if she were an indicted Felon the weeks following her nomination and having to run with this albitros around her neck.

Hillary has in the past worked tirelessly for NAFTA and other bad trade agreements.  I believe in an America First policy both as to foreign affairs and to Americ's economic interest.  Hillary is too eager to let China walk all over us- - and in the past has been for the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement.

Hillary is part of the Obama administration and had a bad record on ecology in general and even now I'm not sure she ever came out against the Trans Canadian pipeline.

Finally what Hillary needs to go to get my vote is to change her whole campaign style so that it is less abrasive and get people who feel uncomfortable with here to indeed feel better about her candidacy.

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