Feminists for Clinton

We are women who support Hillary Clinton for the presidency of the United States. We do so because we believe that she will be the best president for the entire country. And as feminists, we also believe that Clinton is the best choice for attending to issues of special importance to women.

We write to you now because it's time for feminists to say that Senator Obama has no monopoly on inspiration. We are among the millions of women and men who have been moved to action by her. Six months ago, some of us were committed to her candidacy, some of us weren't, but by now we all find ourselves passionately supporting her. Brains, grace under pressure, ideas, and the skill to make them real: we call that inspiring. The restoration of good government after eight years of devastation, a decent foreign policy with ties to world leaders repaired, withdrawal from Iraq and universal health care: we call that exciting. And the record to prove that she can and will stand up to the swift-boating that will come any Democratic nominee's way: we call that absolutely necessary.

Clinton's enormous contributions as Senator, public servant, spokesperson for better family policies and the needs of hard-pressed women and children are widely known and recognized -- even by her opponent. Her powerful, inspiring advocacy of the human rights of women at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 was heralded around the world as a stunning departure from the normal anodyne role of First Lady. Corporate special interests managed to defeat the health care program she advocated in 1994, and her own leadership opened the plan to attack. But she kept on fighting, acknowledging her mistakes, and in ensuing years she succeeded in winning expanded coverage for children. Now she has crafted the only sensible and truly universal health care proposal before the voters.

On the Iraq war, many of us believe she made a major mistake in voting for Joint Resolution 114 in 2002 -- along with the 28 other Democratic senators, including John Edwards and John Kerry. But we also note that her current opponent, when asked about that resolution in 2004, responded that he did not know how he would have voted had he been in Congress then. We do not know either. But we do know that at the time, his opposition to the war carried no risks and indeed, promised to pay big dividends in his liberal Democratic district.

Now, the two candidates have virtually the same plan for withdrawal from Iraq. And on the critical, broader issues of foreign policy, we believe that Senator Clinton is far more consistent, knowledgeable, modest, and realistic -- stressing intense diplomacy on all questions and repairing our ties with world leaders.

We are keenly aware that much is at stake -- not just on national and international security, but on the economy, universal health care, the environment, and more. Our country needs a president who knows the members and workings of Congress, and has a proven record on Capitol Hill of persuading sympathizers, bringing along fence-sitters, and disarming opponents. There is an irony in her opponent's claim to be able to draw in Republicans, while dismissing her proven record of working with them as a legislator. We need a president who understands how to make changes real, from small things like the predatory student loan industry to large things like the Middle East. Hillary Clinton has the experience, knowledge and wisdom to deal with this wide range of issues.

Our country also needs a president who has a thorough mastery of "details" --yes, details -- after eight years of Bush and Cheney. The job of restoring good government is overwhelming, and will require more than "inspiration" to accomplish it. We believe that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Justice Department, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, the Environmental Protection Agency, and many more can be restored to full and effective functioning only by a president who understands their scope, regulations, personnel, problems and history. Knowing these "details" and acting on them are essential to begin the healing and recuperation of the country.

How many of us have heard brilliant and resourceful women in the workplace dismissed or devalued for "detail-orientation" in contrast to a man's supposed "big picture" scope? How many of us have seen what, in a man, would be called "peerless mastery," get called, in a woman's case, "narrowness"? How many women have we known -- truly gifted workers, professionals, and administrators -- who have been criticized for their reserve and down-to-earth way of speaking? Whose commanding style, seriousness, and get-to-work style are criticized as "cold" and insufficiently "likable"? These prejudices have been scandalously present in this campaign.

With all this in mind, we believe that Hillary Clinton is the best candidate for president, because she is the surest to remove the wreckage and secure the future. Politics is not magic. Hillary Clinton as president promises what government at its best can truly offer: wise decision-making and lasting change.

Ellen Carol DuBois, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles

Christine Stansell, Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago

Gloria Steinem, writer, New York City

Michele Wallace , Professor of English, Women's Studies and Film Studies, City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center

Faith Ringgold, artist and Professor Emeritus of Art, UC San Diego

Robin Morgan, writer, New York City

Janet Holmgren, President, Mills College

Deborah Nelson, Director, Center for Gender Studies, University of Chicago

Jennifer Baumgardner, writer, New York City

Peg Yorkin,, Chair, Feminist Majority Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA

Heidi Hartmann, President, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington, DC

Catherine Stimpson, Professor, New York University

Judith B. Walzer, former Provost and Professor of Literature, The New School, New York City

Margot Canaday, Society of Fellows, Princeton University

Ellen Chesler, Director, Eleanor Roosevelt Initiative at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, Hunter College, CUNY

Blanche Wiesen Cook, Professor of History, John Jay College and Graduate Center/CUNY, New York City

Sonya Michel, Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park

Alice Echols, Associate Professor. University of Southern California, Department of English

Vivian Gornick, writer, New York City

Wendy W. Williams, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History, Baruch College & The Graduate Center, CUNY

Morgan Lawley, film director, Los Angeles

Clare Coss, playwright, NYC

Jean Baker, Professor of History, Goucher College

Batya Weinbaum, Writer, Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, NY

Ellen McCormack, Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago

Deirdre Bair, biographer, NYC

Esther Rothblum, Professor of Women's Studies, San Diego State University

Amy Richards, writer, New York City

Ann Snitow, Eugene Lang College

Megan Marshall, biographer, Boston, MA

Irene Tinker, Professor Emerita, University of California Berkeley

Kristen Timothy Lankester, former United Nations Deputy Director for Women's Rights

Florence Howe, Publisher, Feminist Press at CUNY, NYC

Cynthia Harrison, Associate Professor of History, Women's Studies, and Public

Policy, The George Washington University

Gloria Feldt, writer

Laura Karpman, Film composer , UCLA, Los Angeles

Anne K. Mellor, Distinguished Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles

Beth Baron, Professor of History, City College and Graduate Center, City University of New York

Marilyn Boxer, Professor of History, San Francisco State University

Ellen McCormack, Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago

Marjorie J. Spruill, Professor of History, The University of South Carolina

Louise W. Knight, biographer, Evanston, IL

Karen Offen, historian, Stanford, CA

Claire Moses, University of Maryland

Marla Stone, Professor of History, Occidental College

Carrie Menkel-Meadow, A.B. Chettle Jr. Professor of Law, Dispute Resolution and

Civil Procedure, Georgetown University Law Center

Judy Lerner, International Committee of Peace Action at the United Nations

Carmen Delgado Votaw, President, Pan American Liaison Committee of Women's Organizations, Bethesda, MD

Rochelle G. Ruthchild, Professor Emerita, The Union Institute and University,

Cincinatti, OH

Chin Jou, graduate student, Princeton University

Abby Arnold, Santa Monica, CA

Roberta McCutcheon, Chair, History Department, Trevor Day School, New York City

Helen Tilley, Assistant Professor, History Department and African Studies, Princeton

University

Linda Frank, Graduate Student, UCLA

Barbara Gershen, Program Manager, Program in the Study of Women and Gender, Princeton University

Vivian Endicott Barnett, New York City

Barbara Gault, Silver Spring, MD

Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., Clinical professor of psychiatry, UC/San Francisco

Beverly Wildung Harrison, NYC

Anne Goodwyn Jones, Whichard Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, East

Carolina University

Dr. Marcia Synnott, Professor of History Emerita, University of South Carolina

Dr. Judith S. Weis, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University

Maribel Morey, JD, graduate student, Princeton University

Cynthia Boiter, Lecturer in Women's Studies, University of South Carolina

Nancy P. Moore, South Carolina

Alida Black, Editor, Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, George Washington University

Artemis March, Director, The Quantum Lens, Cambridge, MA

Sandra F. VanBurkleo, Assoc. Prof. of History; Adjunct Prof. of Law, Wayne State

University

Linda Stein, New York City

Lauren Sklaroff, Assistant Professor of History, University of South Carolina

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Jean Twitty, Republican officeholder, Springfield, MO

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Carter Heyward, Cambridge, MA

Susanne Smith, Principal of Student Services, Spackenkill Union Free School District, Poughkeepsie, NY

Pamela Ellen Ferguson, Austin, TX

Lois Rudnick, Chair, American Studies Dept., University of Massachusetts/ Boston

Cynthia Burack, Associate Professor of Women's Studies, The Ohio State University

Chocolate Waters, New York City

Glenna Mathews, Visiting Scholar, Starr King School for the Ministry, Berkeley, CA

Laurie Swindler, Normal, IL

Jayne Baron Sherman, New York City

Marianne C. Fahs, Professor of Urban Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York.

Fran Diamond, California League of Conservation Voters, Los Angeles

Linda Lucks, President, Board of Neighborhood Commissioners, Los Angeles

Sally Miller Gearhart, writer, San Francisco

Tobe Levin, University of Maryland in Europe, Frankfurt, Germany

Sheriden Thomas, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Kathryn Yandell, Professor Emerita, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, TX

Holly Elliott, Washington D.C.

Jane Gurko, Professor of English, San Francisco State University

Marlene Springer, President Emerita, College of Staten Island

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Manette van Hamel, Woodstock NY

M. J. Bridge, , Alexandria, VA

Claire Reed, New York City

Kate Black, Willits, California

Keithe Bisnett, Cathedral City, CA

Naomi Williams, Encinitas, CA

Rose Mary Mitchell, San Francisco

Zoe Ann Nicholson, President, Pacific Shore, CA NOW

Jenny Warburg, Durham, NC

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Jan Levy, New York City

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Daysi Morey,, Miami, FLA

duVergne R. Gaines, Los Angeles

Mary Lee Warner, Radio Kansas Public Radio, Lawrence, Kansas

Margaret Moore, Director, National Center for Women and Policing, Feminist Majority Foundation, Los Angeles

Michele Kort, Journalist, Los Angeles

Sandra Saathoff, Medical Lake, WA

Linda Fowler, Asheville, NC

Dorothy Haecker, San Antonio, Texas

Melissa Sue Kort, Professor of English, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa CA

Valerie Fields, Member, Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education

Linda Hunt Beckman, Professor of English, Emeritus, Ohio University, Athens, OH

Kate Ullman, Palm Desert, CA

Margaret Blanchard, Professor Emerita, Graduate Studies, Vermont College of Union

Institute & University

Lesley Stein, Bradenton, FL

Susan Rennie, Emerita Professor, Vermont College of the Union Institute, Montpelier

Kathleen Herrington, Montpelier, VT

Judy Murphy, State Coordinator, Vermont NOW

Ruth Cooper Reidbord, American Institute of Certified Planners, Pittsburgh, PA

Linda Boyd Kavars, Editor, Inside/Out, New Paltz, NY

Kristin L. Bishop, Chair, Women's Political Action Network, Riverside County, CA

Karen Storey, President, SuccessStory, Inc., Palm Springs, CA

Sally Apfelbaum, New York City

Anne Cognetto, Hudson Valley, NY

Lauren Levy, Catskill, NY

Elizabeth W. Oakman, Columbia, SC

Patricia Wilson, Ossining, NY

Rona Fields, Washington, D.C.

Barbara Ottaviani, Hunter College, New York City

Jane Dreher Emerson, Columbia, SC

Veena Talwar Oldenburg, Professor of History, Baruch College and Graduate Center/CUNY, New York City

Deanne Upson, Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth Quinn, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Nancy Moore, Folly Beach, SC

Stephanie Rex, Slippery Rock, PA

Joyce Berkman, University of Massachusetts/ Amherst

Lisa M. Brennan, Stratford, CT

Victoria M. Capozzi Stratford, CT

Jan Whitman, Director, Food Bank of the Hudson Valley, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY

Heidi Li Feldman, Professor of Law, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown

University

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Mollie Camp Davis, Professor Emerita, Queens University, Charlotte, NC

Lupe Anguiano, Director, Stewards of the Earth, Oxnard, CA

Marie Deyoe, Schenectady,

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Syd Whalley, Executive Director, Western Center of Law and Poverty, Vallejo, CA

Shauna Lani James, Government Department, Harvard University

Sharon Isbin, The Julliard School, NYC

Ana I. Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Texas/ El Paso

Sandra R. Levitsky, Department of Sociology, University

of Michigan

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Rachel Lulov Segall, New York City

Patty Mooney, Crystal Pyramid Productions, San Diego CA

Mary Warshaw, Beaufort, SC

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Nieves M. Zaldivar, M.D., Delmarva Foundation, Washington, DC

Pat Cohen, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY

Liz Snow, NYC

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Margaret McKean, Associate Professor of Political Science, Duke University

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Barbara Helmick, Washington DC

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Carrie Bills,Green Mango Real Estate, Austin, Texas

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Pennsylvania State University

Julie Young, Santa Barbara, CA

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D.C.

Kirsten Grimsad, Professor, Antioch University Los Angeles

Gay Cheney, Browns Summit, NC

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Comments

[MollyS]

I am seeing on MSNBC that the press is complaining that his campaign is shutting them out. The subtitle is "OMBAMA STIFLING THE PRESS?". You see, the press has some concerns these days and questions they need to ask, like for example the REZKO trial. The reporters want to talk to him about it, and true to Obama, it's a dodge and weave.

This does not make everyone on this board uneasy?

[vmarinelli]

You do realize that Tim Russert was among the first to ask Obama about Rezko, right?

[MollyS]

Somebody has to make this man go all the way thru the primaries, like we did in the days when a candidate was vetted just because enough time went by. Let's face it, his chants are going to get kind of boring and sooner or later he is going to have to reveal who he is. I say all the way just short of the convention. Make this guy work and he won't be able to dodge and weave from the tough questions he doesn't want to answer. I am sure Hillary will have no problem answering anything that hasn't already been asked. We know who she is. Who is Barack Obama???????????

Doing this sure won't help McCain. McCain can only say My Friends, War and POW. He will still only be able to say the same things by summertime. Nothing new about this guy. We know who he is too. That's two out of three we candidates we know. That trial is starting today isn't it? The slum lord trial? Louis Farachon has just begun to worship. So little time. I say stretch it. Better we vett this guy before than after. We already know Hillary can endure. God knows she has had to right along.

[MollyS]

RFJ died in the month of June after winning the California primary. Those were the days when nobody railroaded somebody out of a primary. If I were Hillary Clinton, just based on the incredibly empty entranced Obama fever I see on this board, with absolutely no words for him but the trance, I would take this primary to the nth degree, kick his butt in PA, and make him go the long mile he should go so that EVENTUALLY this man's life and intentions will be the open book it should be. After all, the longer one chants, the more oppotunity there is to get bored enough with it to actually check what's in the suit.

[MollyS]

Correction: RFK. I can erase 140 Words Per Minute.

[electress]

I welcome the female voters block for Hillary.
I focus on who she is (and that does not
mean I have to compare or insert her husband).
That's a huge difference than what the media
or anyone else tells me.

She has spent her entire adult life in politics, and she fights fire with fire!
I like that about her.

Support your female candidate, Hillary Clinton.

[Tigony]

Bravo for your continuing support of Hillary Clinton. It's in times of trouble that you can measure your friends. I wish I could add my name to this letter.

[Anie]

I see posts calling Clinton a 'warmonger' and blaming her for 'wanting war.'

Here is what she actually said in a speech before casting her vote on the Authorization to Use Military Force in Iraq if the inspectors were not allowed to do their job (they were, because of this resolution).

Her speech, which you can read in full at
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/011884.php
includes this:
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Even though the resolution before the Senate is not as strong as I would like in requiring the diplomatic route first and placing highest priority on a simple, clear requirement for unlimited inspections, I will take the President at his word that he will try hard to pass a UN resolution and will seek to avoid war, if at all possible ...

"My vote is not, however, a vote for any new doctrine of pre-emption, or for uni-lateralism, or for the arrogance of American power or purpose -- all of which carry grave dangers for our nation, for the rule of international law and for the peace and security of people throughout the world."
===

Obama was not a U.S. Senator at the time of that important vote, so he didn't have the opportunity to vote on this.

Since he's been in the Senate, he's voted in lock-step with Clinton on every Iraq vote (these pragmatic choices were called 'wimpy' voting by Dem voters unhappy with Pelosi), except that he voted for the confirmation of General Casey while Clinton voted against that.

In answering a question to him in 2004 about votes by other Democrats, on that resolution, he said (some say politely) that he couldn't be sure how he would have voted since he wasn't privy to the papers they were given. He did give a stirring anti-war speech as a state-senator of a decidedly anti-war district.

[Tigony]

Great post. People should read Hillary CLinton's words when she lent her support to the resolution. She did so with many caveats and she took the risk of trusting that the US wouldn't go to war, that the resolution served to put greater pressure on Saddam. And it's right, Barack Obama was not in the US Senate at the time. As an "outsider," it was far easier for him to speak against the resolution.

[Annavedo]

Fantastic! Now why the hell can't we get this "out there" in a big way? What's lacking in the campaign that there is all this ammo that no one hears or reads? How about this entire article? CAN ANYONE HELP HILLARY?

[RB730]

This is an excellent post -- it should receive more prominent placement. Thank you to all who signed on in support.

Go Hillary!

[splashy]

Well said! I agree with this.

[Temperancegirl]

I understand why feminists who support Hillary Clinton are angry. Misogny has reared its ugly head in the press and in voters, some who consciously or not-so-consciously loathe strong, articulate women, and especially despise Hillary Clinton. What is particularly ironic is that many of them support (or at least don't detest) her husband, Bill--who is simply more charismatic and male, but otherwise very Hillaryesque.

However. As a long-time feminist, I will not allow anyone to bully me into supporting someone whom I don't think is the best choice as the Democratic nominee--based solely on her sex. America is at a crossroads--we can have a decent president (Hillary Clinton), a disastrous president (John McCain) or an extraordinary president--Barack Obama, a man with enormous vision, more legislative experience than Hillary Clinton, and most importantly, a modern thinker who understands how to unite us as a nation, as opposed to polarizing us further.

I have suffered greatly under this Bush presidency and have no desire to see John McCain as the next president. And here's the bitter reality: sexism is stronger than racism. But Hillary Clinton IS polarizing, she has shown poor judgment on Iraq AND, by refusing to acknowledge making a mistake, magnifies an unwillingness to deal with Americans as an honest broker. Also, she said that the Democratic nomination would be decided by now--she thinks she can will something into happening and acts on it. Not what I'm looking for in a president.

My version of feminism means to treat men and women equally and vote accordingly. And I am sick of so-called feminists telling me that I need to support someone who got where she is by being the president's wife.

[shrake]

Funny that you should talk about being bullied into voting for someone. Isn't that what the ENTIRE MEDIA is doing for Barack? Shoving us face down on the pavement and making us agree with them at gunpoint that he is the second coming of Jesus Christ Himself when in fact he's an okay politician with a wisp of a resume but fulsome smugness to beat the band?

[MollyS]

I spent much of my life in Corporate America and the one startling thing that never ceases to amaze me is the way in which women thwart the successes of other women. We women play right into men's hands that way and have not learned the art of the support network that men enjoy.

Hillary is not polarizing. The male dominated media who suffer from this "thwart affliction" have painted her that way. CNN refers to Hillary's anger over blatent campaign lies as a "Mood Swing". If Obama had been angry over the same thing, he would have been "Defending against lies".

Every woman in America should be voting for Hillary and here is why: Loss of this election will mean a further subordination. Racism is a cardinal sin in America, as it should be, but sexism is perfectly acceptable. This election is a true example of how a competent, superior woman is being run over by a mediocre condescending man.

If you aren't angry yet, then please watch the last debates. Obama tells tell Hillary she's "Likeable enough". He uses words like "Silly". He moves really close to her space deliberately. Watch him "Help her" out of her chair. Watch him look away when she talks. These are subltle attempts to subordinate the better candidate. As a woman of a generation that had to fight hard to make things a bit easier for the current generation, I really fear that our younger women have no idea what is at work here. What we are seeing here is an example of a highly competent woman of substance having to work twice as hard to convince people she is as good as a mediocre man with a golden tongue of vapid chanting hollow messages.If Louis Farakhan had called Hillary a person who can save the world, you would have seen it 50 times on TV by now. All of this is food for thought for all of my younger sisters whom I wish well in the future.

[vmarinelli]

Um, no... but that's an excellent bit of counter-propaganda to the propaganda you're imagining to be there. Take a look at Media Matters. Among their stories on the extraordinary amount of media bias faced by BOTH Senators Clinton and Obama, those stories (since February 1) demonstrating anti-Obama slant outnumber those demonstrating anti-Clinton slant by more than 2 to 1. (Or, who knows, maybe Media Matters is secretly a Barack Obama advocacy group!)

But keep saying that, if you think the victimhood storyline will help your candidate. (Personally, I think Clinton's campaign deserves much better advocacy than this.)

[CookieWrites]

Shame on you for implying that all the public service that Hillary has performed over decades is described by you as being the "president's wife." Clearly you are not a feminist. Clearly you are a part of the problem.
I am sick of the notion that Obama has the market cornered on equality. Am I racist if I think he is too inexperienced? Am I racist if I find the plans on his website to be inadequate?

[Annavedo]

He understands how to unite us a nation how? Because he has had so much experience in the US Senate? Ok, we won't bully you into voting for the most qualified and competent person for the job. How about you just use your effing head? Your postition is woefully weak on accuracy, and is mired down in your emotions.

[Mollye]

Excellent post. This deserves a more prominent postition on Huffington­post...not just a side bar.

[standforpeace]

Hillary Clinton. 2002 -- Wrong on the war in Iraq. 2007 -- unwilling to admit her error. Unwilling to take responsibility for her action.

2007 -- estimates put the Iraqi dead and wounded as high as 1 million (many of them women).

2007 -- This feminist voter. Unwilling to vote for a war mongerer. We don't just need female bodies in office. We need to elect women who are committed to finding peaceful solutions to the world's problems. Unfortunately, Hillary Clinton is committed to proving that she is just as militaristic as any man.

[JoeCHI]

This gay dude's a feminist, too! Brava!

[lonnette33]

Excellent post Christine.

You inspire me to keep making those calls for Hillary!

I believe in Hillary.

We can do this!

[jennie3233]

Thank you for this article. I support Hillary. The media bias has been Obama the savior and Hillary the bad one. I have never bought into the Obama hype. I supposed that is because I don't live in la la land. I live in reality. I'm not an impressional youth. I'm a 39 yr old mother who is excited about Hillary being president. Thank God Hillary has not listen to the media and keeps listening to us her supporters. Keep going girl we got your back!!!!!

[rbrooks]

You want to vote Woman? Support someone who will work for a better world for our children.

Hillary Clinton is a cynical politician who has spent her entire career talking the progressive talk and working for the corporate agenda.

Her longtime pollster and strategist, Mark Penn, is CEO of Burson-Marsteller, a PR firm that does "perception management" for some of the most savagely predatory corporations in the world. Think Monsanto. Think Blackwater.

http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=392

Hillary's enthusiastic support for NAFTA is a matter of public record, in spite of her campaign's frantic effort to rewrite history, now that she‘s campaigning in Ohio and Pennsylvania. She says NAFTA, um, didn't work out like we hoped. Bull. NAFTA worked out exactly as planned: a bonanza to the corporations that designed it and that now benefit by it.

The predictions of the people who fought the Clintons on NAFTA have come true, with interest. It was a disaster for the American middle class, for environmental standards, for the economy. We can all agree, I think, that Hillary Clinton is an intelligent woman. Did she miss something?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/hillary-clinton-pretends-_b_86747.html

Dick Morris was brought into the Clinton White House by Hillary to preside over Ending Welfare as We Know It, throwing 14 million people, half of them children, into even more abject poverty. Way to be a standup advocate for children and families there, Hillary.

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorblog/034

According to the UN, Bill's Iraq sanctions left half a million Iraqi children dead - "worth it," according to the odious Madeleine Albright. No word from Hillary.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20011203/cortright

Hillary works for the corporate power structure, not for me, not for my children, not for anything I care about. Her votes to authorize the Iraq war, in support of the buildup to war with Iran - I won't go there with her.

I still hope to live to see a woman in the White House. With all due respect: not this one.

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Here are figures from the last election according to age and race. Remember, the most loyal Clinton supporters are older white women. This is from CNN:
White women: Bush 55% Kerry 44%
Older than 60: Bush 54% Kerry 46%