My understanding, then, is that you support her for two primary reasons: first, her unflagging dedication to women's and children's issues around the world, and because of her ability to work within the system. Women's rights have historically been ignored and there's a chance that they will continue to be ignored by other candidates (and I agree with that---Sanders still doesn't have a page on those issues on his website).
This, I understand:
I want somebody I can reasonably be assured who will work for and protect my rights as a woman. Someone who will start to put an end to the put an aspirin between your knees crowd. I want someone who will SHUT THEM DOWN.
It's basically what I and my local barista agreed on in a conversation a few days ago. It's time for this crap to stop. Now.
I guess my first question for you would be: do you think Clinton will be outspoken on enough issues? I know you said that you may become a single issue voter this year, and understandably so. But what about things like her positions on matters of law and order, as well as criminal justice? Her record there is undeniably pretty bad, and that's something that I can't get past. Her positions on trade and economic issues aren't great, as with foreign policy, but I get that she's a relatively standard Democratic politician in those areas. I'm more worried about her "tough on crime" stances, as that's something she has pushed strongly over the years. How do you view that, and is that something you're willing to compromise on? I also worry about both her and Bill Clinton's tendency to engage in that "racially tinged" rhetoric, though Bill Clinton was willing to go further than that, unfortunately.
Second, what do you think about her problems with race? I don't mean the stupid OPs posted here slandering her time and time again (goddess, they are tiring), but her "colorblind" support on things like the war on drugs, welfare reform and legislation, and public housing regulation. Given her tough on crime stances, I'm quite worried that she will continue many of Bill Clinton and Obama's harmful initiatives (such as the COPS program, the Byrne grant program, law enforcement budgets, TANF, and the one strike rule for public housing). Do you think she will be more progressive on those issues? I can't see any reason she will, especially given very few Democrats have spoken up on them.
= new reply since forum marked as read