https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:33:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543621 Sat, 07 May 2016 11:31:44 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2543621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: amen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543619 Sat, 07 May 2016 11:29:23 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2543619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: I was going to say the same thing!</p> <p>I actually really like Hilary. Politics is filled with money and "scandel" and she has been in politics eith a huge degree of scrutiny for a long time. What I love seeing is pictures of her backin college and her twenties and thirties when she was fighting for many of the same things she is today. I think she is a smart person with democratic ideals and I do trust her! Although I'm very worried about the degree of hatred towards her. I would never vote for her simply because she's a woman, but I definitely think a woman brings some excellent qualities to the job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543495 Fri, 06 May 2016 21:01:03 +0000 Pirouette 2543495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: i agree with this. I think the fiscally conservative/ socially liberal group of Republicans (politicians) has all but disappeared, and it's more about lining the big donors pockets than anything else (or crazy proposals like getting rid of the IRS!) I have voted republican in the past because I am fiscally conservative, but I don't see republican as the party of that anymore. Which is, I think, why a lot of voters feel lost these days. And unfortunately, the social issues have come to the forefront recently, making it almost impossible for me to imagine voting for the current brand of Republican. </p> <p>All that said, I'm a huge fan of HRC. She has my vote for the reasons mentioned in the poll and then some! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543394 Fri, 06 May 2016 18:26:18 +0000 mrbee 2543394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>&lt;&lt; I know plenty of Republicans who are not bigots. They are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. &gt;&gt;</p> <p>@catlady: I actually think that "fiscally conservative and socially liberal" describes the center-right Democratic party of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama (but not the more liberal positions of Bernie Sanders). On the contrary, Bush wasn't fiscally conservative... and Trump hasn't demonstrated much fiscal conservatism in his business career. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543375 Fri, 06 May 2016 16:59:58 +0000 Eko 2543375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I'm hoping that she chooses Warren as her VP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543374 Fri, 06 May 2016 16:58:38 +0000 Eko 2543374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think she's fully capable and I agree on a lot of her view points. I tend to lean in the middle and Bernie was too far left for me. I don't take that much issue with some of her scandals that turn a lot of people off. Not saying she's perfect by any means but she's been in positions of a lot of power for a long time and that will draw more criticism then candidates who aren't in the same spot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543299 Fri, 06 May 2016 15:31:49 +0000 mrsjazz 2543299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To vote against the Republican party nominee. I did not vote for her in 2008 or in the primary held here in April but she will have my vote. I cringe thinking about Trump as president. Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543188 Fri, 06 May 2016 13:33:20 +0000 Trailmix 2543188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's not Trump! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543186 Fri, 06 May 2016 13:29:09 +0000 IRunForFun 2543186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a Bernie supporter and actually changed my registration from independent to Democrat so I could vote for him in our primary. But if it comes down to Hillary vs. Trump (and I don't like Hillary) I'll vote for her because at least she's an experienced politician and will maintain the status quo rather than throwing the country into major upheaval. I wish that voting for Bernie as an Independent wouldn't affect Hillary's ability to triumph over Trump, but it is what it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543085 Fri, 06 May 2016 11:40:02 +0000 Mrs. Chocolate 2543085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: I have the same feelings. I like Bernie and his ideals but I dont think he can accomplish any of them in truth and I like Hilary in her own right not to mention she is heads and shoulders above the option on the other side</p> <p>Ill edit to say not all Republicans are hateful people for sure but the loudest voices are certainly steering your parties image that direction </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543081 Fri, 06 May 2016 11:35:24 +0000 Happygal 2543081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. She's not Trump.</p> <p>2. Her combination of experience and intelligence. </p> <p>I do not like her, but I believe she can get the job done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543076 Fri, 06 May 2016 11:25:02 +0000 tlcbaby 2543076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not a Hillary supporter, but if the choice comes down to Trump or Hillary and I know there is absolutely no other viable choice (Independent, etc.) then I will vote for Hillary to do my part in keeping Trump from becoming the leader of our country. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543066 Fri, 06 May 2016 11:15:58 +0000 Maysprout 2543066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meow: sure but not all politicians claim to have had to run from sniper fire and then a video turn up of them smiling and talking to school children on a tarmac instead of running for cover.<br /> Or a box of missing documents mysteriously turn up in their closet a few days after the expiration of civil lawsuits being able to be filed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543064 Fri, 06 May 2016 11:14:06 +0000 winniebee 2543064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Her experience, her political views, and I think she will be a good president. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543057 Fri, 06 May 2016 11:06:47 +0000 Meow 2543057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: "more truthful than average" was entirely my paraphrasing, not what the writer said exactly.</p> <p>It's relevant cause people call her a liar but based on fact checking all politicians are liars. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543056 Fri, 06 May 2016 11:06:39 +0000 MrsSCB 2543056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Among my friends, I think those against Trump and Hillary are going third-party. One of my friends, who is a very politically active staunch Republican, said, "I know a third-party vote is basically making a democratic win more likely, but at this point, if Trump is our nominee we deserve to lose." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543053 Fri, 06 May 2016 11:05:10 +0000 Maysprout 2543053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meow: average truth telling percent doesn't mean that some of the lies aren't significant or a big deal, I don't really see what that has to do with anything. A candidate can say an entire speech of truths but then if they say and 'that's why I was the first person to land on Saturn', they'd still be fairly discredited in my eyes even though only .001% of their speech was false. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543035 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:48:30 +0000 Meow 2543035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: huh. I didn't get that from the opinion piece. To me what he said is what she's done is on par with anyone who's had as much experience in politics (like when racking up a long history you're bound to have shit in there) and is in fact more truthful than average when being fact checked but she gets hit on her mistakes, weak points, whatever more harshly cause she's a woman.</p> <p>Matter of opinion and interpretation though! Honestly I rarely discusss politics because people (including me) think what they think and some article on the internet won't sway core beliefs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543020 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:31:23 +0000 BSB 2543020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually agree with her ideas and political goals more than Bernie's. I would vote for either though. </p> <p>It's great that she might be the first woman president but that's not why I'm voting for her. </p> <p>What I'm curious about are the Republicans that are against both Trump and Hilary. How will they vote? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543018 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:30:05 +0000 yoursilverlining 2543018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m voting for HRC for a few key reasons:</p> <p>1. Reproductive access/freedom. Anyone who thinks this is a straw-man issue and that Roe v. Wade is safe is, at best, absolutely naive. In the past *year* alone, Republicans have considered or introduced somewhere between 100 and nearly 400 different bills aimed directly at reducing access not only to legal abortions, but also family planning services. Since 2010, states have actually enacted more than 288 anti-abortion/abortion restriction bills. This agenda, and its critical significance to the party, is clear, and it is one I will never, ever get behind. </p> <p>2. I agree with most of her platform. She’s not as left as I would like, but neither was Bill Clinton. That said, I support things like universal healthcare, industry regulation (meaning, I’m generally in favor of it, especially worker protection regulations and environmental regulations), support for veterans programs and returning veteran support services (especially for PTSD/mental health), overhaul of the justice system (including placing heavy restrictions on for-profit prisons, increased mental health funding, looking at our modern-day debtors prison laws which target the poor disproportionately for generally otherwise non-jailable offenses), and stronger gun control, among other issues. These are all things that, as a party, Republicans have voted against and positions which do not align with their party platforms and goals. </p> <p>3. I’ll also admit that yes, I will vote for a Democrat in order to vote against a Republican. Not because I think every Republican is evil, but because the direction the party has taken, being high-jacked by the extreme right, is a direction I think will be destructive to our country. I do not agree with their moral ideals and I don’t agree with their positions on issues. I dislike, in the extreme, the open disdain for education, science and intellectualism that has been fanned and supported for the past several years – at a party level. I dislike the strong and distinct shift from being a party that is primary concerned about economics to one that’s chiefly concerned with what women, gay people and trans people might be doing with their private parts. I feel badly (somewhat) for the moderate members of the party who are now being openly disrespected by the extreme faction, except that that extreme faction has been coddled into the position it has now. </p> <p>4. I don’t find her “scandals” that concerning. My God, she has been witch-hunted for the better part of 20 years. Millions upon millions have been spent investigating her. Turn that same level of scrutiny on anyone in politics and you’ll find dirt you can spin into conspiracy theories. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543017 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:29:53 +0000 catlady 2543017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugsmama: I agree with this. I know plenty of Republicans who are not bigots. They are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. However, the main issue with our political parties today is that for whatever reason, "Republican" is now a bundle of fiscally AND socially conservative (for almost all mainstream candidates). And while my friends might personally support abortion, gay rights, etc., they usually cannot find a candidate to vote for in their own party who also supports these things. So they vote for people who oppose these things in order to get the fiscal part. And I think some people find that distasteful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543015 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:28:48 +0000 meredithNYC 2543015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of the above. I'm thrilled to be voting for her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543010 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:25:25 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2543010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: I think to you, fiscal matters are the most important, whereas to many who have the opposite political leanings, social justice and equality are always going to be the most important. I don't disrespect you because I don't even know you. But that's the major disconnect I see. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543004 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:15:44 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2543004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Im with her because her views are similar to mine and I think she is the most capable person to vote for. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543003 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:14:48 +0000 shortcake 2543003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@thruthbombs: do you think republicans are the party of fiscal conservatives still? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton/page/2#post-2543002 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:14:07 +0000 Maysprout 2543002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meow: I read it, I didn't see any salient point. He just says sure there's some reasons people dislike her and points out a few but says in his opinion they're too mild of reasons so must be sexism. And I don't disagree that there's subtle racism and sexism. And there has been examples of those in the press. It's still sexist and racist to boil down everything to that though. And jeesh Clinton wasn't afraid of playing on people's racist fears in 2008. Her campaign basically ended bc she claimed there was a chance Obama would be assassinated. Acting like she's some victim to me is laughable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton#post-2542997 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:07:25 +0000 Meow 2542997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: did you at least peruse it? I didn't think it blanket-ly said if you dislike Hillary you're sexist. In any case about sexism it's not always blatant and I think actually more often insidious than obvious. Much like most racist people won't just straight up say "I don't like Obama cause he's black." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton#post-2542996 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:07:20 +0000 shortcake 2542996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted for HRC in the primary this year and she was my candidate 8 years ago too (although I fully got behind BO after it was clear he was going to be the nominee). </p> <p>I am voting her because she will be an excellent president. I agree with socially on every issue. I think she is too hawkish on military intervention, but I agree with her for the most part on her fiscal and diplomatic policies. I think she is a veritable wealth of political acumen accrued over thirty in the spotlight. She is brilliant. She is a fighter. She has endured more personal scrutiny (fashion choices, cheating husband, hairstyle, her voice, her weight) than almost anyone on the national stage today and she is resilient. Some people criticize her for being untrustworthy or dishonest, but I disagree. I think she knows how to play the game and is a mature politician. She has experience. She is perhaps the most overqualified person for the job we will ever see. She is a lawyer and lawyers know things about laws. She was a tireless SoS who represented us so well internationally. I think she really cares about making this a better country and a better world. </p> <p>And then there's the woman card. I do care that she is a woman. I want a woman to be president. I think she will fight for issues that concern women and children and families. I am not voting for her solely because she is woman. I am voting for her because she will be an excellent president who also happens to have a vagina. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton#post-2542988 Fri, 06 May 2016 09:58:06 +0000 Maysprout 2542988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meow: honestly every time someone posts an article like this I just think they're the ones who needs to examine whether they're sexist.<br /> I'm a big Obama fan but it is ludicrous to claim people who dislike Obama are racists. Now I'm sure there's some rasists who dislike Obama just based on race and he'd never do anything right but there's plenty of people who dislike him for other reasons. Pretty much every politician is strongly disliked by some for some reason. Clinton has been around a loong time, has been involved in scandals, and has a husband who was president who was so strongly disliked by some that he was impeached. I'm sure there's some people are sexist and don't like Clinton but claiming dislike of Clinton is itself sexist is just sexist. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/why-will-you-vote-for-clinton#post-2542984 Fri, 06 May 2016 09:54:58 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2542984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not all Republicans are bigots. Most of the ones that I know vote that way because they are fiscally conservative like @Truth Bombs:. I think the ones that are hateful have the loudest voices, at least that's the way it seems on social media. </p> <p>I will vote for Hillary because I could never ever vote for Trump. I wish the Democratic nominee was going to be someone else. I would prefer Bernie. </p>