hiitdogs
Cathlete
I maybe wrong but I really don't think for the vast majority of Americans gender or race has anything to do with their preference.
I do agree that there will always be some knuckleheads who will not vote for a woman and I do think there are still even more knuckleheads who will not vote for an African American or a person of color, male or female. I think it is very sad that someone showed up at a Clinton rally with a sign saying "Iron my shirts", but I also find it sad that in states like West Virginia and Kentucky, the exit polls said that for 1/4 of the voters race played a role and that 80% of those voted for Sen. Clinton. We already know if 25 % admitted to that, there is an even larger number who thinks the same way but won't admit it.
That being said, I think Hillary Clinton went into this race with an enormous advantage of name recognition and the fundraising and political machine of Bill Clinton behind her. I do believe, that Sen. Clinton would have won the nomination against ALL of her male competition, if Sen. Obama hadn't entered the race and struck a cord with a lot of voters. I think it is a phenomenal American story that this guy came out of nowhere, with no name recognition, in fact, a name like Barack Obama and won a (narrow) victory over one of the most known names in Democratic politics. I think both candidates, Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama are brilliant, as were the majority of the other contenders, I could have supported any of them, well, with one or two exceptions.
In fact, I would have even supported Sen. McCain, the long-time senator from my home state who I always respected until a few months ago. What I hear from him now makes me cringe and the prospect of him getting elected, whoa, Canada or Australia here I come. I just don't think we can afford another stubborn, temper tantrum throwing, foot stumping, narrow-minded, it is my way or the highway kind of leadership. America likes to call itself the greatest nation on earth, but we can't go it alone and we need other nations to cooperate with us. Ronald Reagan understood it and he has made an undeniable impact on this country and many other nations, putting America in a position of moral leadership which has been squandered over the past 7 years by our current administration.
Leadership is not achieved by threatening and showing a superiority demeanor. Just ask yourself at your work, who are you willing to give more to, the one who constantly throws his/her superiority in your face or someone who realizes great things can only be achieved TOGETHER. I had a couple of superiors who thought they needed to throw their status or superiority in my face and put their foot down, on the surface I would do what they asked me to do, BUT any chance I get I would double cross them. I think great leadership is someone who can find common ground, work on win-win outcomes with the end result in mind without giving up their principles.
All of that being said, I like and admire Hillary Clinton, always have. As much as I was rooting for her in the beginning, I think she has surrounded herself with the wrong people in this campaign and they didn't have a plan B, or plan B wasn't executed fast enough to adjust. I hated how she was pivoting around, changing her message, attacking her oponent, coming up with fuzzy math. This is where she lost me.
This is just my opinion, I understand and respect that someone else could look at the same and come to a different conclusion. I just truly hope that people will realize that there is a lot more that unites us than divides us, that the partisan bickering HAS to stop and we all unite for the sake of the generations that come after us.
I do agree that there will always be some knuckleheads who will not vote for a woman and I do think there are still even more knuckleheads who will not vote for an African American or a person of color, male or female. I think it is very sad that someone showed up at a Clinton rally with a sign saying "Iron my shirts", but I also find it sad that in states like West Virginia and Kentucky, the exit polls said that for 1/4 of the voters race played a role and that 80% of those voted for Sen. Clinton. We already know if 25 % admitted to that, there is an even larger number who thinks the same way but won't admit it.
That being said, I think Hillary Clinton went into this race with an enormous advantage of name recognition and the fundraising and political machine of Bill Clinton behind her. I do believe, that Sen. Clinton would have won the nomination against ALL of her male competition, if Sen. Obama hadn't entered the race and struck a cord with a lot of voters. I think it is a phenomenal American story that this guy came out of nowhere, with no name recognition, in fact, a name like Barack Obama and won a (narrow) victory over one of the most known names in Democratic politics. I think both candidates, Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama are brilliant, as were the majority of the other contenders, I could have supported any of them, well, with one or two exceptions.
In fact, I would have even supported Sen. McCain, the long-time senator from my home state who I always respected until a few months ago. What I hear from him now makes me cringe and the prospect of him getting elected, whoa, Canada or Australia here I come. I just don't think we can afford another stubborn, temper tantrum throwing, foot stumping, narrow-minded, it is my way or the highway kind of leadership. America likes to call itself the greatest nation on earth, but we can't go it alone and we need other nations to cooperate with us. Ronald Reagan understood it and he has made an undeniable impact on this country and many other nations, putting America in a position of moral leadership which has been squandered over the past 7 years by our current administration.
Leadership is not achieved by threatening and showing a superiority demeanor. Just ask yourself at your work, who are you willing to give more to, the one who constantly throws his/her superiority in your face or someone who realizes great things can only be achieved TOGETHER. I had a couple of superiors who thought they needed to throw their status or superiority in my face and put their foot down, on the surface I would do what they asked me to do, BUT any chance I get I would double cross them. I think great leadership is someone who can find common ground, work on win-win outcomes with the end result in mind without giving up their principles.
All of that being said, I like and admire Hillary Clinton, always have. As much as I was rooting for her in the beginning, I think she has surrounded herself with the wrong people in this campaign and they didn't have a plan B, or plan B wasn't executed fast enough to adjust. I hated how she was pivoting around, changing her message, attacking her oponent, coming up with fuzzy math. This is where she lost me.
This is just my opinion, I understand and respect that someone else could look at the same and come to a different conclusion. I just truly hope that people will realize that there is a lot more that unites us than divides us, that the partisan bickering HAS to stop and we all unite for the sake of the generations that come after us.
