"Purity Trolls" These are trolls from the left. Otherwise known in reallife as drama queens. No matter how pure your position is, their position is more pure. No matter how compassionate or informed or skeptical or vigorous your opinion is, theirs is more of it. These trolls are insistent that they are the true spirit of liberalism, and spend their time being quite put out that the rest of us don't turn over our resources, our audiences, and our respect to them, regardless of how thin their positions may be on the merits. Drives me nuts, personally.
What is going on at DailyKos? There is an overabundance of people here who do not think Hillary Clinton is pure enough to lead our country. While perhaps she is not my favorite choice as the Democratic Party candidate (and clearly not the choice of most Kossacks), I still think she would be an excellent president. Follow me below the jump to view a list of the reasons why I will vote for her (without holding my nose) in the general election if she is our candidate.
- I believe that Hillary will appoint the most knowledgeable and experienced people to key government positions. The days of industry insiders and political cronies will end on the day she takes office.
- Hillary has dedicated her life to child advocacy and will continue to do so as president.
- Hillary tried to reform our broken health care system in 1993 when it wasn't popular. Under her leadership as president, our health care system will be substantially better and she might even get us a plan that covers everyone.
- Hillary Clinton is a masterful politician and fundraiser. She will destroy the Republican candidate in the general election. Imagine... A Democratic candidate who doesn't put her foot in her mouth every time she speaks. I love Al Gore and John Kerry, but I cringed almost every time I saw them speak. You can have the best ideas in the world, but if you cannot get elected, they mean nothing.
- I would love to see a female president in my lifetime. The day my Republican brother-in-law said that women are unfit to lead, I started secretly hoping that Hillary would run.
- Another President Clinton would drive the Republicans batshit crazy. Call me vindictive, but I would love to see some payback for the Bush Administration. Every time I see Bush's face, I want to puke. The Republicans will feel the same sensation when Hillary takes office.
- On foreign policy, Hillary will restore our reputation around the world and bring an end to the Iraq debacle... hopefully. She will definately listen to the generals and policy experts and will not operate in a "pie in the sky" manner.
- Hillary will appoint pro-choice judges and end the threat of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
- Hillary will balance the budget.
- Hillary will support stem cell research.
Hillary is on the correct side of almost every issue that is important to us, yet I routinely see Kossacks trash Hillary and compare her to Republicans. They are concerned that she is not pure enough to represent the Democratic Party. Well I've got news for you. She's pretty damn pure. Just look at her track record. She would make an excellent president and I would vote for her in a heartbeat.