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In reply to the discussion: Why do I feel like Hillary is being forced on me? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)about her. The policies combined with just a sense of who she would be in the White house. And what Republicans would do with her there. They will play her like a violin. And she will react. I just am very opposed to her nomination. I think she is a good person and could do a lot of wonderful things in the world outside the White House. But she is not right for the job, and her policies are not right for America, not now.
We need new ideas, new approaches not just on issues but to the entire purpose and working of our government.
Republicans have done enormous damage to the idea of self-government, to the idea of working together on issues in which we all have a stake, issues that may ultimately mean life or death for many of us. Like Social Security, Medicare, student loans, healthcare subsidies, healthcare and environmental research, our infrastructure, safe water and air and so many things. I cannot picture Hillary effectively pressuring Republicans to recognize the environmental threat and our need to work together on so many issues. She represents the worst their imaginations can conjure up in so many areas. There is utterly no point in nominating her. She is a red flag to the Republican bullies.
Nominating her would be a very foolish thing to do.