First, a preface:
I am a staunch, far-right Republican. I'm so far to the right I'm not a member of the "Religious Right", I am a classic, Dick Cheney-style, corporate Republican.
That being said, I'm learning to appreciate the Clintons.
Pardon me while I vomit
...
There.
Anyway, I became "politically aware" during the Clinton years, and as a lifelong Republican, you can imagine how that went. I honestly believed that Bill Clinton was a lying, cheating sack of human filth with no love for country or his fellow man, and Hillary was a self-important demon-bitch whose only loyalties were to herself. This persisted in my mind for about ten years after Bill Clinton left office, we all remember how "clean" a break that was (not very).
Then we met Nancy Pelosi, and a short while later, Barack Obama.
I have since come to realise something important about the Clintons. In a way, nobody loves America like those two. Think about it, Bill Clinton grew up in podunk, backwater America and clawed his way up, having to fight what was, back then, the very real issue of classism, eventually becoming the President of the United States of America. If that's not the American Dream, or at least a version of it, then I can't imagine what else could possibly qualify. I can guarantee you that every day, Bill Clinton wakes up and thanks God he lives in America and couldn't give a flying fuck less about what the world thinks about him, and while he may not have done the best job in the world, he did try to do his best for this country in his love for it.
The very same could be said for Hillary Clinton, and I see her as far more competent in her aims than her husband. Looking at her, listening to the conviction in her voice, and really, the sheer disgust over the Barack Obama situation, I've really come to sympathise with the woman and understand her desire to fight to the very end for the candidacy. I have no doubt in my mind that, as different as I may see things from her and as mistaken as I may think she is, Hillary Clinton honestly does everything she does politically for the sake of the greater good of the American people, out of patriotism and love for her country.
Barack Obama? Looking at his actions as of late, his hypocrisy involving the race "issue", and his constant double standards over certain issues and what he can attack while John McCain cannot while Obama goes about touring like the President Elect on a parade of self-importance tells me one thing...
His running is not about America. Barack Obama's desire to be President is all about Barack Obama. What isn't solely about him is about his agendas, most of which are either incredibly Marxist or loyal to his old, racist associations. The man worries me greatly. He is a Neo-Bolshevik if there ever was one.
Yours in Free-Market Capitalism,
-N.B.
I am a staunch, far-right Republican. I'm so far to the right I'm not a member of the "Religious Right", I am a classic, Dick Cheney-style, corporate Republican.
That being said, I'm learning to appreciate the Clintons.
Pardon me while I vomit
...
There.
Anyway, I became "politically aware" during the Clinton years, and as a lifelong Republican, you can imagine how that went. I honestly believed that Bill Clinton was a lying, cheating sack of human filth with no love for country or his fellow man, and Hillary was a self-important demon-bitch whose only loyalties were to herself. This persisted in my mind for about ten years after Bill Clinton left office, we all remember how "clean" a break that was (not very).
Then we met Nancy Pelosi, and a short while later, Barack Obama.
I have since come to realise something important about the Clintons. In a way, nobody loves America like those two. Think about it, Bill Clinton grew up in podunk, backwater America and clawed his way up, having to fight what was, back then, the very real issue of classism, eventually becoming the President of the United States of America. If that's not the American Dream, or at least a version of it, then I can't imagine what else could possibly qualify. I can guarantee you that every day, Bill Clinton wakes up and thanks God he lives in America and couldn't give a flying fuck less about what the world thinks about him, and while he may not have done the best job in the world, he did try to do his best for this country in his love for it.
The very same could be said for Hillary Clinton, and I see her as far more competent in her aims than her husband. Looking at her, listening to the conviction in her voice, and really, the sheer disgust over the Barack Obama situation, I've really come to sympathise with the woman and understand her desire to fight to the very end for the candidacy. I have no doubt in my mind that, as different as I may see things from her and as mistaken as I may think she is, Hillary Clinton honestly does everything she does politically for the sake of the greater good of the American people, out of patriotism and love for her country.
Barack Obama? Looking at his actions as of late, his hypocrisy involving the race "issue", and his constant double standards over certain issues and what he can attack while John McCain cannot while Obama goes about touring like the President Elect on a parade of self-importance tells me one thing...
His running is not about America. Barack Obama's desire to be President is all about Barack Obama. What isn't solely about him is about his agendas, most of which are either incredibly Marxist or loyal to his old, racist associations. The man worries me greatly. He is a Neo-Bolshevik if there ever was one.
Yours in Free-Market Capitalism,
-N.B.
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