Democratic National Convention '08

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

This is a very liberal-leaning message board. I don't think there are many supporters of John McCain for president around here. Heheh, not even among our few Conservative members.

Yet no one personally insults the man by saying he became a U.S. Senator because people felt sorry for him being tortured as a Vietnam prisoner of war. Yet, from a certain and logical point of view, that's exactly what happened.

Being a torture victim may make you a martyr-like hero that inspires admiration, but it more likely inspires pity.

Yet, it would be rude to say the Senator was elected by the citizens of Arizona because of pity ... and in any case, he's gone on to do very good work for his constituents in that State and for America as a United States Senator.

When people don't accord Senator Clinton the same respect, it irks me. And she has also gone on to do good work for her constituents and for America. And so I take umbrage at the personal and disgustingly disrespectful insult.

I made my judgments about Hillary completely independent of:

1. Her gender
2. John McCain and his war injuries
3. Barrack Obama and his color

PART of the reason that I do not like Hillary is because I believe that without being married to a past president, she would be a complete unknown.

In my opinion, she has done very little actual good for this country. I completely disagree with her thoughts on how to improve health care and I disagree with a lot of her political positions. IMO, she is one of the bigger snakes in the grass in current politics.

I do not support McCain, but then I am not wild about Obama either. Just because I agree with Helen's sentiment about Hillary does not mean that I do so in spite of how McCain may or may not have been elected.