As much as Hillary Rodham wants us to believe that her sex has nothing to do with her candidacy her actions and words convey a different message. A candidate should be judged on qualifications and not on whether he, or in this case she, will be the first of something to hold the office. I will be the first woman, Jew, black, or whatever is not a valid reason and it is not a qualification to hold the office.
Hillary wants us to believe that she is qualified and her sex is not important to the process but then she cannot help but invoke the “I will be the first woman president” into her speeches. She has told, time and again, the story about some elderly woman claiming to wait her whole life to see a woman president and Hillary will make that dream come true. This is not ignoring her sex as a qualification.
Her campaign staff or apologizers, as I call them, have already used the “picking on a girl” mantra after Hillary’s reported poor showing in the last debate. Hillary was unable to clearly answer several of the questions and waffled on the questions and took two different positions during the same debate. Hillary was unable to express her true feelings about the insane plan in New York to issue driver’s licenses to ILLEGALS. My opinion is that Hillary did not have the opportunity to take a poll to decide which way to come down on the issue so she tried to leave an opening. Of course, the [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. she came out in support of the plan which means someone told her to support it to get the immigrant vote. This has to be the reason because most New Yorkers oppose giving licenses to ILLEGALS at all. It is possible that Hillary was trying to decide if she should answer it in a way that would appeal to general voters possibly feeling she has the primary nomination locked up. In any event, she did not exercise leadership.
Her rivals have been attacking her more ferociously lately because she is the front runner and she showed at the last debate that she has trouble when she has to defend herself and when she has to think for herself. Hillary though, has a mop up team that goes into action when the Hildebeast needs to be protected or when she needs to be explained (which usually means she made a mistake and they clarify her position so that it appeals to the group that will give the most votes).
Hillary picked up a major union endorsement and the guy announcing it gave her boxing gloves and said six guys against one girl, that was fair, she is one tough lady. This is, once again, invoking the pity party for the “girl.” Six guys did not attack one girl. Six other candidates attacked the leading candidate. However, the Clinton backers had to try and downplay Hillary’s poor performance by redirecting the focus to the issue of sex. How would it play out if Obama were the front runner and the candidates had attacked him and the statement made was “six whiteys against a black man. That is a fair fight, he is one tough brother.” I imagine that would not go over well in certain circles. The issue of sex should be just as offensive and as much of a non issue.
Hillary Rodham is running for the presidency and her sex is not an issue in the race. If she is not tough enough to handle the attacks then she does not belong in the race. If the attacks rattled her so much that she performed poorly (in addition to her not knowing what focus group to support) then this is information we need to make a judgment about her ability to handle the job. How will she act if she is attacked by a bunch of thugs at the UN? Will her people claim that the bullies picked on a girl?
All I can say is that over the last seven years George Bush has been attacked much more severely than Hillary was during the debate or has been since she announced her candidacy. The left in this country suffers from Bush derangement syndrome and they attack all things Bush. He has been called vile names, people have wished death upon him, and Hugo Chavez called him Satan and some people in this country agreed. No one came out and said that he was being picked on because he was a poor Christian or some other lame excuse.
Bush never seems rattled by the name calling and he ignores the people who engage in such behavior. Hillary can criticize him all she wants but he has much tougher skin than she does. She might want to be one of the guys but it is tough if she is going to cry like a girl when things get tough. Make no mistake, her people are saying the words for her so she is the one crying.



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right on, if i agreed with her political views (im a die hard nra nut) id vote for her, not because shes a woman. i would not vote for obama because hes black. i would vote for either for there political views if they matched my own. personaly i dont like the donkeys and would rather have the republicans running the gooberment IF they get back to there roots cut spending ballance the budget and simplify the tax code. and get us out of nafta and the wto

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She doesnt have the delivery, finesse, or likability of her hubby Bill. If she were a man she would be in last place in the polls!!

I won't vote for "it"! And one of the main reasons I can't say she is a woman is because she didn't chop off the private male parts of the cheating ******* she remains married to. That, to me, is a very CLEAR indicator that she does NOT have what it takes to stand up in such a high pressure, highly visable, world LEADERSHIP position. Her decision to stand by a man who is clearly incapable of being faithful is tells me that she would NOT have what it takes to cut off a country that betrayed the U.S.

That's just my 2 cents.

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You all left out the Hillary cackle, which I liken to a maniacal laugh.


My cargoes usually cackle, if they don't gobble, or go peep peep.

it is Halloween...LOL

That was yesterday, too. Darn I'm tired. She definitely isn't Bill.

I'm seeing lots of signs in her support in Iowa, I'd move, but it would be easier to go OTR and stay away more.

I can't believe how much time and money this country wastes on what is essentially just another popularity contest.

Andy, you're only saying that because......................it's true!

Nope... rather you liked bill or not he could communicate greatly. If she can't handle her own party members grilling her...wait till repubs and her meet.