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January 22, 2007

Hillary and me

Hillary Clinton entered the race for President on Saturday. She enters the contest as the apparent Democratic front-runner.

Unfortunately, I will not vote for Hillary Clinton.

My disdain for Mrs. Clinton stems not from the fact that I find her stated stance on the Iraq War cowardly. Nor from her other stated positions on various issues.

I can't vote for someone who I perceive as so cravenly hungry for power that she'll do absolutely anything to obtain it.

Back in the late 90s, Hillary Clinton's husband had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky. I'm not going to rehash the details here as I'm sure its unnecessary. But as that story unfolded, Hillary Clinton was publically humiliated in such a devastating manner--and her husband allowed it to go on.

Bill Clinton allowed his wife and the mother of his child to undergo a brutal and ugly humiliation when he could have stopped it.

I can't pretend to understand the goings on in people's marriages. Each of us makes our choices for whatever reasons. If Hillary Clinton wants to stay with her husband after having been the beneficiary of such abuse, that's her perogative. But I can fathom no reason for staying in such a dysfunctional situation except to stay next to power.

I've considered that this is an unfair and judgemental assessment of the situation. Maybe Hillary feels that she has no choice--that she couldn't make a go of it on her own. But that leads me back to the issue of power--she wants to be next to power and she'll do anything to ensure that she is.

This is a trait that I find unacceptable in a Presidential candidate.

I recognize that people who run for President of the United States are likely in general to step on a few heads to get to where they are. But to ruthlessly sacrifice oneself in an effort to build a power base demonstrates to me an ugly characteristic that we can't have in the Leader of the Free World.

It seems to me (based on past history) that if Hillary Clinton becomes President and is forced to choose between what will give/keep her power and what is best for the United States of America--Mrs. Clinton will choose power.

We've spent the last six years with a President who has ignored what's best for his country to assuage his personal demons. We can't endure more of it.

Posted by Carla at January 22, 2007 10:30 AM