matters american and political
i don't understand why people are getting their knickers in a twist about hillary clinton's comment regarding RFK's assassination.
she was listing primaries that lasted into june. rfk had just won the california primary when he was assassinated.
granted, she could have worded it better. "and the 1968 democratic primary wasn't over until july…" might have been a more diplomatic way of wording things.
but hillary, who definitely needs to borrow bill's silver tongue, is not wording things as carefully as she might these days. her comment likening the primaries to the elections in zimbabwe was lamentable.
i think i might be swinging over to obama. i was very iffy for many months. i thought hillary's health care plan might be better. however, then i listened to her speeches and how she is promoting herself and her experience in the white house. she believes her time in the white house makes her the more capable candidate. she had eight years in the white house to try and create a health care plan, and the one she came up with was so unachievable for the majority of americans it was quickly abandoned. it was obviously not a passion.
i was completely unimpressed when both democratic candidates started complaining about nato. give me a break. workers in canada taking american jobs? are you kidding? canadians aren;t the ones taking american jobs, kiddies. and please, nato benefitted the usa for many decades. just because the canadian economy is currently enjoying an upswing, does not mean you should be able to re-write it. seriously. share the toys in the sandbox, and the sand for that matter.
i would have liked for there to be a women president. but i don't believe you should vote for a person along gender lines. thankfully, if you look at the breakdown of hillary's supporters, she has a lot of men who recognise her intelligence and power, as well as women. that is important. just like it is good that she has black supporters. i don't like the idea of voting for someone just because you are both the same race.
despite admiring her mind and tenacity, although being disappointed with her campaign, i was disappointed when hillary pulled that bosnia/sniper fire thingie. yes, obama did do that "parents met at a march snafu" showing he is not above re-writing history as well. but when i heard hillary's version of the events, and later, her justification .. it just reminded me that the clinton's have a problem with straight answers. and it was around that time that i said i was pro-o.
my vote on the first tuesday following the first monday of november won't happen. i am not american. but finally, i have a candidate. for now. hillary isn't dropping out anytime soon, apparently, so i have quite a bit of time to change my mind.
