"No more dynasties"--for women, that is

[JCanete]

64. Sexism exists, yes. People should look long and hard at why they hold the opinions on people they do

My reasons for not being super Bullish on Clinton have nothing to do with those things, and it was point in her favor that she was a woman. The very act of electing a woman does work towards a more progressive nation in its own way, assuming we elect a progressive woman. Clinton exists in the same range as Obama and Biden for me. I prefer my candidates to be more liberal, but I'm still proud to have had Obama as our President for 8 years. I think he made as a kinder, more thoughtful and eloquent nation, at least in his time in office. I have no doubt Clinton would have wanted her legacy to be something great and would have worked hard to achieve it.

But over all, I still disagree with their political approach. It's hard to say that, without also acknowledging that clearly something about it works, since they have been the Democratic frontrunners. That they understand the system, and they work within it to make things happen, is a fair promotion of their approach, whereas I'm wary of it because I think it waters down their language and starts us compromising at the middle rather than from the left, where it would be easier for us to promote a clear advocacy of People over corporations, not people and corporations working together.

But I don't want to get too far into that. Yes, it is fair to recognize that sexism probably has a lot to do with the ease at which people reject Clinton, or find fault with her. It is not fair to assume that is why all of us do, and that there are no philosophical positions from which we might come that might make her less than THE ideal candidate for some of us. As to Kennedy, I've got disagreements there. He primaried Carter, who is a politician who's idealism I prefer. I appreciate the Kennedys' service, but I do not give them a pass on things, like, Ted's collaboration on no child left behind.

Again, not saying there aren't those for whom this was a deal-breaker, consciously or unconsciously...people have been raised in a fucked-up misogynistic and racist culture, and it manifests in ways we aren't even aware of, but lets not be too quick to make a blanket judgement about everyone who isn't a Clinton fan. For my part though, I voted for her in the GE, and post-primary, I was pretty hopeful that she was going to make us proud. I was pretty convinced she had it shored up, but here we are...