The Presidential Primaries, Hillary and Making an Informed Choice
Okay. I watched the debate wherein "the boys" presumably "ganged up on" poor little Hillary.
Not the way I saw it go down at all.
Ms. Clinton and her hubby had been bashing Mr. Obama for some time prior to and to a lessor degree during the debate. Mr. Edwards simply came to Mr. Obama's defense.
How is defending someone suddenly "ganging up on" the original offender?
Once again, thanks to the media spin (and I'm not anti-media I used to work in the media) has made this exchange all about something it wasn't. The "boys" weren't ganging up on the "girl" to "pick on her" or some other lame schoolyard comparison. Ms. Clinton's camp had been out of line and she got called on it. End of story.
But now the media is telling anyone who will listen (i.e. women voters) that the "boys" don't want a "girl" in their clubhouse so they are "picking on her". The reasoning being that if women, no matter what they may think of Ms. Clinton will not take lightly to "boys" ganging up on one of the "girls" and as a result will vote for her. Presumably this is what happened in New Hampshire.
Enough already!
Presidential elections need to be about issues, not about the color of one's skin, someone's middle name, their religion or a person's gender. Yes they are often about experience and desire for change.
They should be about informed voters making informed decisions. They should not about seeing Ms. Clinton get all teary-eyes so suddenly she's more "human" than before so golly gee I have to vote for her now.
No you don't. You don't have to vote for someone because they look like you, are the same gender as you, the same religion as you - not if you don't believe in what they have to say about the issues you hold dear.
Look at what all the candidates had to say during that and other debates, listen to them - REALLY listen - do some research on their voting records if they've been members of Congress and/or what they have done as governors.
Research the issues you care about and not just from one source - remember each media outlet has its own stance so what MSNBC says may not be the same as what Fox News says (for example). Learn to filter out the double-speak and the spin in order to find reality. And then decide who to vote for.
An uninformed voter deserves the government he/she gets, just the same as those who do not vote at all do.
Not the way I saw it go down at all.
Ms. Clinton and her hubby had been bashing Mr. Obama for some time prior to and to a lessor degree during the debate. Mr. Edwards simply came to Mr. Obama's defense.
How is defending someone suddenly "ganging up on" the original offender?
Once again, thanks to the media spin (and I'm not anti-media I used to work in the media) has made this exchange all about something it wasn't. The "boys" weren't ganging up on the "girl" to "pick on her" or some other lame schoolyard comparison. Ms. Clinton's camp had been out of line and she got called on it. End of story.
But now the media is telling anyone who will listen (i.e. women voters) that the "boys" don't want a "girl" in their clubhouse so they are "picking on her". The reasoning being that if women, no matter what they may think of Ms. Clinton will not take lightly to "boys" ganging up on one of the "girls" and as a result will vote for her. Presumably this is what happened in New Hampshire.
Enough already!
Presidential elections need to be about issues, not about the color of one's skin, someone's middle name, their religion or a person's gender. Yes they are often about experience and desire for change.
They should be about informed voters making informed decisions. They should not about seeing Ms. Clinton get all teary-eyes so suddenly she's more "human" than before so golly gee I have to vote for her now.
No you don't. You don't have to vote for someone because they look like you, are the same gender as you, the same religion as you - not if you don't believe in what they have to say about the issues you hold dear.
Look at what all the candidates had to say during that and other debates, listen to them - REALLY listen - do some research on their voting records if they've been members of Congress and/or what they have done as governors.
Research the issues you care about and not just from one source - remember each media outlet has its own stance so what MSNBC says may not be the same as what Fox News says (for example). Learn to filter out the double-speak and the spin in order to find reality. And then decide who to vote for.
An uninformed voter deserves the government he/she gets, just the same as those who do not vote at all do.
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