Smasharoo wrote:
he could not conceive of voting for someone who could willfully bend the truth and justify the means by the ends
He's so adorable, I can see why you married him now.
More to the point, I don't see any reason (based on her campaign) to have more faith in her candor or levels of manipulation while in office than I have in our current president. And if I'm willing to ***** about him, I should be willing to ***** about her.
The usual retort this primary is "Well, it'll be hard in the general election" but that's not really the point. I'm not turned off by the attacks that Obama is receiving, I'm turned off by the attacks that Clinton is presenting. Call it idealism or naivity or whatever but whoever is running needs to earn my vote. They don't get it solely by benefit of wearing a blue shirt. As is, I just don't trust her to do what's best for anyone but her.
Living in a blue state, it won't make any real difference, but I won't vote for her if she's on the general ticket. Most likely, I'll skip that part of the ballot entirely and just vote for Congressional and state positions.
With that, I'll leave you to smirk and giggle about my rejection of the reality of Machiavellian politics.