Me. But I'm a red dot in a sea of blue world of property tax and medicaid hell.
My daughter who has Down syndrome has Medicaid. It's a wonderful thing since she has many health issues. NYS also happens to have excellent services for those w/ disabilities, offering almost whatever is needed for those who are disabled to get what they need to live a reasonable life. Try living in their shoes.
My daughter who has Down syndrome has Medicaid. It's a wonderful thing since she has many health issues. NYS also happens to have excellent services for those w/ disabilities, offering almost whatever is needed for those who are disabled to get what they need to live a reasonable life. Try living in their shoes.
That's fine. I have no problems providing for those who need it. What I have a problem with is waste. Like paying for people's cab rides to pick up their prescriptions. NY's medicaid cost is more than #2 California AND #3 Texas COMBINED in raw dollars. That is wastefull spending. Top that off with the pensions we pay to state employees who treat us like shit when we want to recieve our services so that they can retire at 55...yeah...what a paradise NY State is. Private industry continues to leave and this place will be the poster child for a government run paradise. Enjoy!
And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
That's fine. I have no problems providing for those who need it. What I have a problem with is waste. Like paying for people's cab rides to pick up their prescriptions. NY's medicaid cost is more than #2 California AND #3 Texas COMBINED in raw dollars. That is wastefull spending. Top that off with the pensions we pay to state employees who treat us like shit when we want to recieve our services so that they can retire at 55...yeah...what a paradise NY State is. Private industry continues to leave and this place will be the poster child for a government run paradise. Enjoy!
You're "fine" with services for those who need it, you say. Doesn't sound like you truly care what it's like to live disabled. Saying you have no problem with it, sounds like you're wrapped up in your negative views, and refusing to have an open mind of what it would really be like. How about this. Let's swap lives for a week and see what you think then. I guarantee you that ridiculous things such as a cab ride like the one you mentioned would hardly get thought of again.
Yeah, taxes are ridiculous, and yeah the state workers are lazy and get treated better than everyone else. Remember, it's up to us to whom is elected. Patacki has single handedly ruined the state, especially in the education dept. You can bitch, or you can do something about it. Hillary isn't the downfall of this state. It's the governor. And yep, the younger people are taking off too. Sounds like you're thinking of joining them? Good luck.
You're "fine" with services for those who need it, you say. Doesn't sound like you truly care what it's like to live disabled. Saying you have no problem with it, sounds like you're wrapped up in your negative views, and refusing to have an open mind of what it would really be like. How about this. Let's swap lives for a week and see what you think then. I guarantee you that ridiculous things such as a cab ride like the one you mentioned would hardly get thought of again.
Yeah, taxes are ridiculous, and yeah the state workers are lazy and get treated better than everyone else. Remember, it's up to us to whom is elected. Patacki has single handedly ruined the state, especially in the education dept. You can bitch, or you can do something about it. Hillary isn't the downfall of this state. It's the governor. And yep, the younger people are taking off too. Sounds like you're thinking of joining them? Good luck.
So you are happy with Medicaid in NY? Don't wish ME good luck for leaving...who's going to pay for the state once all of private industry leaves? Good luck to you
Your story is sad. I have my own sad story. We all do...that doesn't mean that we need to "drill for fear" and avoid smart fiscal policies.
Tell me this...once all of private industry has left this state, and government workers are all that is left...who is going to pay their pensions?
And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
So you are happy with Medicaid in NY? Don't wish ME good luck for leaving...who's going to pay for the state once all of private industry leaves? Good luck to you
Your story is sad. I have my own sad story. We all do...that doesn't mean that we need to "drill for fear" and avoid smart fiscal policies.
Tell me this...once all of private industry has left this state, and government workers are all that is left...who is going to pay their pensions?
I said it before, Medicaid here is great, because of all the health issues my daughter has. Oh, poor you; you have to pay for it. So do I. Some things are more important than money, like family and health.
I also live in one of the top growing counties in the state. No worries of industry leaving here, people are actually bitching because of all the approaching industry, and I'm not talking Wal-Mart! Not to mention the rich NY City people trying to move in on our turf.
I suggest you move, you're miserable. Toronto is beautiful, maybe a place like that will open your mind, you need it.
I have voted democrat since 2000 but wouldnt rule out voting for Giuliani. Yeah repubs are the business party but not all are evil and really doubt either party will make any real/substantial changes.
I've been thinking about what either party could bring to the table. I'd really like to see a democrat in office in 2008. Why not give them a chance. The current "republicans" havent represented us(meaning myself) conservatives as well as they should have. I'll be changing my usual political affiliation for 2008.
I said it before, Medicaid here is great, because of all the health issues my daughter has. Oh, poor you; you have to pay for it. So do I. Some things are more important than money, like family and health.
I also live in one of the top growing counties in the state. No worries of industry leaving here, people are actually bitching because of all the approaching industry, and I'm not talking Wal-Mart! Not to mention the rich NY City people trying to move in on our turf.
I suggest you move, you're miserable. Toronto is beautiful, maybe a place like that will open your mind, you need it.
definately the most selfish post I've read in quite a while. You MUST be a new yorker!
And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Idiot George Bush carried this state by 13 points in 04. Hillary Clinton would lose by 20 points here even if she running was against a chimp.
didn't NC buy some voting machines that accidentally <wink, wink, nudge, nudge> deleted thousands of votes??
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
I have voted democrat since 2000 but wouldnt rule out voting for Giuliani. Yeah repubs are the business party but not all are evil and really doubt either party will make any real/substantial changes.
yeah, he's such a classy guy...i liked when a year or so ago they discovered all those missing explosives and gulianni blamed the troops
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
definately the most selfish post I've read in quite a while. You MUST be a new yorker!
If putting my family and their health in front of any other priority, including taxes and industry, is selfish, than I guess I am (although it's contradictory). I don't get you...you hate the state you live in, complain about it, but you're still here. Act locally, make your region better, or move to a place that's more your style. And I'm not saying it personally, because I'd offer that to anyone.
you need to change your electoral system, with less bipolarity and more people from different parties that form a government through proportionality
We already have "different parties". Few Americans vote for candidates outside the 2 party system. If America had coalition-style government, it wouldn't look any different than it does today.
I really don't think Clinton will get the Democratic nomination. I think the two to watch are either Warner (The former gov. of Virginia, who left office with an 80% approval rating in the king of red states), or Edwards. I still wouldn't rule out Obama, but I think he is the fire extinguisher in the glass case, you don't want to break that glass unless there is a fire.
But between Hillary and Rudy, and because I work for the Democratic party, I would have to go with Clinton.
Yes, I would also be tempted by that choice..again............I would never vote for Ms. Clinton........so, it would be Mr. G
I happened to see Senator Clinton interviewed on ABC last night. I liked her answers to quite a few of the questions in regards to Iraq, specifically balancing our policy between the need to get the fuck out as soon as humanly possible and the dangers involved in leaving Iraq as it is now, or more accurately, the way we've made it.
What I didn't care for were her evasive answers to questions about her 2008 presidential run. She stated over and over that she isn't even considering running, it's the furthest thing from her mind, she's only thinking about serving the people of the state of New York, etc. She's raised $47 million for a Senate race that she's going to win in a walk. Come on. I understand that they have to be coy about it, but it's almost too much.
That being said, I am definitely more open to the idea of voting for her than I am for Rudy G, I don't think I could vote for him. I'm ok with him on a few social issues, but his whoring for the president 2 years ago really left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
"Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
I happened to see Senator Clinton interviewed on ABC last night. I liked her answers to quite a few of the questions in regards to Iraq, specifically balancing our policy between the need to get the fuck out as soon as humanly possible and the dangers involved in leaving Iraq as it is now, or more accurately, the way we've made it.
Don't you mean balancing her need to not come across as a liberal whackjob without offending her base in the process
What I didn't care for were her evasive answers to questions about her 2008 presidential run. She stated over and over that she isn't even considering running, it's the furthest thing from her mind, she's only thinking about serving the people of the state of New York, etc. She's raised $47 million for a Senate race that she's going to win in a walk. Come on. I understand that they have to be coy about it, but it's almost too much.
Hehe...yeah, I'd like to ask Hillary why I, a resident of North Carolina, receive fund raising letters from her every other week.
Don't you mean balancing her need to not come across as a liberal whackjob without offending her base in the process
I don't see her as a "liberal whackjob" like so many others seem to. If anything, I'd like her to be a little more liberal on certain issues. I don't understand the complete disdain that lots of people have for her. She's a career politician, just like all the other knobs contemplating a run, but she seems to get that held against her. She's described as being "ambitious" and "power hungry", as if the other Senators and governors aren't. I really don't know what it is about her that people hate so much.
"Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
I don't see her as a "liberal whackjob" like so many others seem to. If anything, I'd like her to be a little more liberal on certain issues. I don't understand the complete disdain that lots of people have for her. She's a career politician, just like all the other knobs contemplating a run, but she seems to get that held against her. She's described as being "ambitious" and "power hungry", as if the other Senators and governors aren't. I really don't know what it is about her that people hate so much.
The "perception" is what I'm talking about. Hillary's entire career in the Senate so far has been defined by her distancing herself from that perception.
Some people dislike Hillary for good reasons, others dislike her for bad reasons. Personally I got turned off to both Clintons during the whole health care thing while Bill was in office. It infuriated me that an unelected individual was directly involved in shaping potential policy at that level. First ladies or husbands are not and should not be active political figures until they get elected on their own merits.
Some people dislike Hillary for good reasons, others dislike her for bad reasons. Personally I got turned off to both Clintons during the whole health care thing while Bill was in office. It infuriated me that an unelected individual was directly involved in shaping potential policy at that level. First ladies or husbands are not and should not be active political figures until they get elected on their own merits.
Most of the people involved in making presidential policy aren't elected, since the only two people who were elected are the president and vice president. Cabinet members, staffers, consultants, lawyers, pollsters, etc., business interests, special interest groups, etc. all contribute to shaping policy, and none of them are elected. The only difference here was the people who didn't like the recommendations could call it "Hillarycare" or some other stupid thing, and turn it into an attack on her specifically, as opposed to refuting the merits of the policy itself.
"Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
I don't see her as a "liberal whackjob" like so many others seem to. If anything, I'd like her to be a little more liberal on certain issues. I don't understand the complete disdain that lots of people have for her. She's a career politician, just like all the other knobs contemplating a run, but she seems to get that held against her. She's described as being "ambitious" and "power hungry", as if the other Senators and governors aren't. I really don't know what it is about her that people hate so much.
I think it's simply the fact that she's a woman who obviously has aspirations to be president. I think that's where it all stems from.
I don't like her for the same reasons I don't like most democrats and republicans. She supports the wars, she supports the Patriot Act, etc. I assume Gulliani isn't much different on the major issues.
I don't see her as a "liberal whackjob" like so many others seem to. If anything, I'd like her to be a little more liberal on certain issues. I don't understand the complete disdain that lots of people have for her. She's a career politician, just like all the other knobs contemplating a run, but she seems to get that held against her. She's described as being "ambitious" and "power hungry", as if the other Senators and governors aren't. I really don't know what it is about her that people hate so much.
I'm convinced that most Hillary haters know nothing about her stances on issues. A lot of people have a problem with her being a woman, in general. She is ambitious, and she's good at what she does. I mean, she pretty much did Bill's job for him when he was in office.
I'm convinced that most Hillary haters know nothing about her stances on issues. A lot of people have a problem with her being a woman, in general. She is ambitious, and she's good at what she does. I mean, she pretty much did Bill's job for him when he was in office.
She's been pretty damn centrist in the Senate, I'm not sure how anyone makes the "left wing loony" arguement with her. The level of animosity some people in the right wing media(Rush, mostly) have towards her is actually a little scary. They've been attacking her for 14 years now, you think they'd be tired of it.
"Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
Most of the people involved in making presidential policy aren't elected, since the only two people who were elected are the president and vice president. Cabinet members, staffers, consultants, lawyers, pollsters, etc., business interests, special interest groups, etc. all contribute to shaping policy, and none of them are elected. The only difference here was the people who didn't like the recommendations could call it "Hillarycare" or some other stupid thing, and turn it into an attack on her specifically, as opposed to refuting the merits of the policy itself.
First and foremost, the policy itself had no merit, IMO. But that's not really unique to Hillary. I don't think any national health care policy has merit.
Secondly, yes other groups and individuals have influence. But few have direct defining interest in policy. Furthermore, cabinet members and staffers (at least in theory) have inherent qualifications that got them hired and direct accountability to do their jobs well. Hillary Clinton had no such qualifications or accountability.
These problems aren't unique to Hillary. But my animus towards that side of the political spectrum and those aspects of the political machine are not unique to Hillary either.
Secondly, yes other groups and individuals have influence. But few have direct defining interest in policy. Furthermore, cabinet members and staffers (at least in theory) have inherent qualifications that got them hired and direct accountability to do their jobs well. Hillary Clinton had no such qualifications or accountability.
She was plenty qualified to work on that task force.
"Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
She's been pretty damn centrist in the Senate, I'm not sure how anyone makes the "left wing loony" arguement with her. The level of animosity some people in the right wing media(Rush, mostly) have towards her is actually a little scary. They've been attacking her for 14 years now, you think they'd be tired of it.
Stop pretending that Hillary's political career is only her work in the Senate. Yes she's been centrist there. But she's been centrist there for the sole purpose of attempting to sway the perceptions she created while acting as a political figure while being First Lady.
Hillary Clinton led a national health care task force that proposed a health care system that would force employers to purchase health care through heavily-regulated HMOs. It was a left-wing plan (though certainly not as left as you can get) and was correctly perceived as such.
Hillary is still viewed as an overly-driven, power-hungry bitch. Such perceptions are partly valid and partly invalid. While in reality such views stem as much from subtle sexism as the do from Hillary's own behavior, her behavior has contributed to such perceptions. There are perfectly valid reasons why Hillary is viewed unfavorably compared to similar poltical females.
Stop pretending that Hillary's political career is only her work in the Senate. Yes she's been centrist there. But she's been centrist there for the sole purpose of attempting to sway the perceptions she created while acting as a political figure while being First Lady.
Hillary Clinton led a national health care task force that proposed a health care system that would force employers to purchase health care through heavily-regulated HMOs. It was a left-wing plan (though certainly not as left as you can get) and was correctly perceived as such.
Hillary is still viewed as an overly-driven, power-hungry bitch. Such perceptions are partly valid and partly invalid. While in reality such views stem as much from subtle sexism as the do from Hillary's own behavior, her behavior has contributed to such perceptions. There are perfectly valid reasons why Hillary is viewed unfavorably compared to similar poltical females.
What other far left agendas did Senator Clinton push while she was in the White House? What behavior are you talking about? I don't recall any Republicans coming up with any of their own comprehensive healthcare reform plans at the time.
"Overly-driven" and "power-hungry" aren't bad words in national politics until you make them perjoratives by attaching "bitch" to them. She wasn't the typical glassy eyed smiling Stepford political wife, so she's viewed "unfavorably" when compared to them, which brings me to another point, why is she being compared to other political females to begin with? She's not running against Libby Dole or Laura Bush or Nancy Reagan, so such comparisons are pointless and highlight sexist attitudes.
"Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
What other far left agendas did Senator Clinton push while she was in the White House? What behavior are you talking about?
Clinton's positions throughout her early career revolved around the "It takes a villiage" mindset. Be it health care, education, or any other social issue, Clinton takes a leftish community-centric approach that often denies or comes at the cost of the individual.
I don't recall any Republicans coming up with any of their comprehensive healthcare reform plans at the time.
The Republican position at the time was the correct position, IMO -- your healthcare is not my responsibility nor is mine your responsibility. No such "comprehensive healthcare reform plan" is required by such a position.
Regardless, that Republican position has changed, unfortunately, which now means the citizens of this nation are losing billions of dollars per year in a corrupt drug scheme.
"Overly-driven" and "power-hungry" aren't bad words in national politics until you make them perjoratives by attaching "bitch" to them.
"Overly-driven" is a person who will sacrifice any principle for a specific goal. And "power-hungry" is not something I want in a politician. I'd much rather have a run of the mill bitch than someone who is driven to the point of having few principles or power-hungry to the point of not understanding justice.
Clinton's positions throughout her early career revolved around the "It takes a villiage" mindset. Be it health care, education, or any other social issue, Clinton takes a leftish community-centric approach that often denies or comes at the cost of the individual.
The Republican position at the time was the correct position, IMO -- your healthcare is not my responsibility nor is mine your responsibility. No such "comprehensive healthcare reform plan" is required by such a position.
Regardless, that Republican position has changed, unfortunately, which now means the citizens of this nation are losing billions of dollars per year in a corrupt drug scheme.
Maybe her "leftish, community-centric" side told her that having 40 million uninsured people, mostly children, in the "greatest country in the world" is unacceptable.
"Overly-driven" is a person who will sacrifice any principle for a specific goal. And "power-hungry" is not something I want in a politician. I'd much rather have a run of the mill bitch than someone who is driven to the point of having few principles or power-hungry to the point of not understanding justice.
Right, this is a semantic arguement I won't be getting into.
"Of course it hurts. You're getting fucked by an elephant."
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My daughter who has Down syndrome has Medicaid. It's a wonderful thing since she has many health issues. NYS also happens to have excellent services for those w/ disabilities, offering almost whatever is needed for those who are disabled to get what they need to live a reasonable life. Try living in their shoes.
That's fine. I have no problems providing for those who need it. What I have a problem with is waste. Like paying for people's cab rides to pick up their prescriptions. NY's medicaid cost is more than #2 California AND #3 Texas COMBINED in raw dollars. That is wastefull spending. Top that off with the pensions we pay to state employees who treat us like shit when we want to recieve our services so that they can retire at 55...yeah...what a paradise NY State is. Private industry continues to leave and this place will be the poster child for a government run paradise. Enjoy!
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
You're "fine" with services for those who need it, you say. Doesn't sound like you truly care what it's like to live disabled. Saying you have no problem with it, sounds like you're wrapped up in your negative views, and refusing to have an open mind of what it would really be like. How about this. Let's swap lives for a week and see what you think then. I guarantee you that ridiculous things such as a cab ride like the one you mentioned would hardly get thought of again.
Yeah, taxes are ridiculous, and yeah the state workers are lazy and get treated better than everyone else. Remember, it's up to us to whom is elected. Patacki has single handedly ruined the state, especially in the education dept. You can bitch, or you can do something about it. Hillary isn't the downfall of this state. It's the governor. And yep, the younger people are taking off too. Sounds like you're thinking of joining them? Good luck.
So you are happy with Medicaid in NY? Don't wish ME good luck for leaving...who's going to pay for the state once all of private industry leaves? Good luck to you
Your story is sad. I have my own sad story. We all do...that doesn't mean that we need to "drill for fear" and avoid smart fiscal policies.
Tell me this...once all of private industry has left this state, and government workers are all that is left...who is going to pay their pensions?
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
I said it before, Medicaid here is great, because of all the health issues my daughter has. Oh, poor you; you have to pay for it. So do I. Some things are more important than money, like family and health.
I also live in one of the top growing counties in the state. No worries of industry leaving here, people are actually bitching because of all the approaching industry, and I'm not talking Wal-Mart! Not to mention the rich NY City people trying to move in on our turf.
I suggest you move, you're miserable. Toronto is beautiful, maybe a place like that will open your mind, you need it.
I've been thinking about what either party could bring to the table. I'd really like to see a democrat in office in 2008. Why not give them a chance. The current "republicans" havent represented us(meaning myself) conservatives as well as they should have. I'll be changing my usual political affiliation for 2008.
Go Cubs!
definately the most selfish post I've read in quite a while. You MUST be a new yorker!
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
didn't NC buy some voting machines that accidentally <wink, wink, nudge, nudge> deleted thousands of votes??
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
yeah, he's such a classy guy...i liked when a year or so ago they discovered all those missing explosives and gulianni blamed the troops
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
www.amnesty.org.uk
If putting my family and their health in front of any other priority, including taxes and industry, is selfish, than I guess I am (although it's contradictory). I don't get you...you hate the state you live in, complain about it, but you're still here. Act locally, make your region better, or move to a place that's more your style. And I'm not saying it personally, because I'd offer that to anyone.
And, yeah, I LOVE NY!
Ok. Let's pretend all 7,000 of those alleged deleted votes were for John Kerry.
OLD RESULTS:
GWB: 56.01%
KERRY: 43.58%
NEW RESULTS:
GWB: 55.91%
KERRY: 43.70%
We already have "different parties". Few Americans vote for candidates outside the 2 party system. If America had coalition-style government, it wouldn't look any different than it does today.
But between Hillary and Rudy, and because I work for the Democratic party, I would have to go with Clinton.
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I happened to see Senator Clinton interviewed on ABC last night. I liked her answers to quite a few of the questions in regards to Iraq, specifically balancing our policy between the need to get the fuck out as soon as humanly possible and the dangers involved in leaving Iraq as it is now, or more accurately, the way we've made it.
What I didn't care for were her evasive answers to questions about her 2008 presidential run. She stated over and over that she isn't even considering running, it's the furthest thing from her mind, she's only thinking about serving the people of the state of New York, etc. She's raised $47 million for a Senate race that she's going to win in a walk. Come on. I understand that they have to be coy about it, but it's almost too much.
That being said, I am definitely more open to the idea of voting for her than I am for Rudy G, I don't think I could vote for him. I'm ok with him on a few social issues, but his whoring for the president 2 years ago really left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
Don't you mean balancing her need to not come across as a liberal whackjob without offending her base in the process
Hehe...yeah, I'd like to ask Hillary why I, a resident of North Carolina, receive fund raising letters from her every other week.
I don't see her as a "liberal whackjob" like so many others seem to. If anything, I'd like her to be a little more liberal on certain issues. I don't understand the complete disdain that lots of people have for her. She's a career politician, just like all the other knobs contemplating a run, but she seems to get that held against her. She's described as being "ambitious" and "power hungry", as if the other Senators and governors aren't. I really don't know what it is about her that people hate so much.
The "perception" is what I'm talking about. Hillary's entire career in the Senate so far has been defined by her distancing herself from that perception.
Some people dislike Hillary for good reasons, others dislike her for bad reasons. Personally I got turned off to both Clintons during the whole health care thing while Bill was in office. It infuriated me that an unelected individual was directly involved in shaping potential policy at that level. First ladies or husbands are not and should not be active political figures until they get elected on their own merits.
Most of the people involved in making presidential policy aren't elected, since the only two people who were elected are the president and vice president. Cabinet members, staffers, consultants, lawyers, pollsters, etc., business interests, special interest groups, etc. all contribute to shaping policy, and none of them are elected. The only difference here was the people who didn't like the recommendations could call it "Hillarycare" or some other stupid thing, and turn it into an attack on her specifically, as opposed to refuting the merits of the policy itself.
I think it's simply the fact that she's a woman who obviously has aspirations to be president. I think that's where it all stems from.
I don't like her for the same reasons I don't like most democrats and republicans. She supports the wars, she supports the Patriot Act, etc. I assume Gulliani isn't much different on the major issues.
I'm convinced that most Hillary haters know nothing about her stances on issues. A lot of people have a problem with her being a woman, in general. She is ambitious, and she's good at what she does. I mean, she pretty much did Bill's job for him when he was in office.
She's been pretty damn centrist in the Senate, I'm not sure how anyone makes the "left wing loony" arguement with her. The level of animosity some people in the right wing media(Rush, mostly) have towards her is actually a little scary. They've been attacking her for 14 years now, you think they'd be tired of it.
First and foremost, the policy itself had no merit, IMO. But that's not really unique to Hillary. I don't think any national health care policy has merit.
Secondly, yes other groups and individuals have influence. But few have direct defining interest in policy. Furthermore, cabinet members and staffers (at least in theory) have inherent qualifications that got them hired and direct accountability to do their jobs well. Hillary Clinton had no such qualifications or accountability.
These problems aren't unique to Hillary. But my animus towards that side of the political spectrum and those aspects of the political machine are not unique to Hillary either.
She was plenty qualified to work on that task force.
Stop pretending that Hillary's political career is only her work in the Senate. Yes she's been centrist there. But she's been centrist there for the sole purpose of attempting to sway the perceptions she created while acting as a political figure while being First Lady.
Hillary Clinton led a national health care task force that proposed a health care system that would force employers to purchase health care through heavily-regulated HMOs. It was a left-wing plan (though certainly not as left as you can get) and was correctly perceived as such.
Hillary is still viewed as an overly-driven, power-hungry bitch. Such perceptions are partly valid and partly invalid. While in reality such views stem as much from subtle sexism as the do from Hillary's own behavior, her behavior has contributed to such perceptions. There are perfectly valid reasons why Hillary is viewed unfavorably compared to similar poltical females.
Yes she was plenty qualified to work on that task force. She was not qualified in any way to run that task force.
What other far left agendas did Senator Clinton push while she was in the White House? What behavior are you talking about? I don't recall any Republicans coming up with any of their own comprehensive healthcare reform plans at the time.
"Overly-driven" and "power-hungry" aren't bad words in national politics until you make them perjoratives by attaching "bitch" to them. She wasn't the typical glassy eyed smiling Stepford political wife, so she's viewed "unfavorably" when compared to them, which brings me to another point, why is she being compared to other political females to begin with? She's not running against Libby Dole or Laura Bush or Nancy Reagan, so such comparisons are pointless and highlight sexist attitudes.
Clinton's positions throughout her early career revolved around the "It takes a villiage" mindset. Be it health care, education, or any other social issue, Clinton takes a leftish community-centric approach that often denies or comes at the cost of the individual.
The Republican position at the time was the correct position, IMO -- your healthcare is not my responsibility nor is mine your responsibility. No such "comprehensive healthcare reform plan" is required by such a position.
Regardless, that Republican position has changed, unfortunately, which now means the citizens of this nation are losing billions of dollars per year in a corrupt drug scheme.
"Overly-driven" is a person who will sacrifice any principle for a specific goal. And "power-hungry" is not something I want in a politician. I'd much rather have a run of the mill bitch than someone who is driven to the point of having few principles or power-hungry to the point of not understanding justice.
Maybe her "leftish, community-centric" side told her that having 40 million uninsured people, mostly children, in the "greatest country in the world" is unacceptable.
Right, this is a semantic arguement I won't be getting into.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....