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Why I Support Hillary Clinton
Feb. 4th, 2008 06:41 pmI didn't bother to vote in the Michigan primary. When the Michigan DemocraticParty decided to move the primary to an earlier date, the national party took umbrage and barred the Michigan delegates from attending the national primary. As it stands now, Michigan has no voice in choosing the Democratic candidate. Hence my lack of vote casting.
However, I do support Hillary Clinton's campaign over Barack Obama's (since it's clearly going to be one of those two), and there are clear reasons for it.
I realized at one point that I really knew very little about their actual platforms and what they were proposing, so I did some serious net-surfing. I read lots written by other people, but that was confusing and difficult to wade through. Finally, I visited both their web sites.
Obama's web site, annoyingly, requires you to give a name, ZIP code, and e-mail address in order to enter the site. I made up fake ones and got through, but this didn't endear him to me. Once there, I read Obama's claim that, unlike Clinton, all his campaign funding comes from individual donations and not from organizations, leaving him free from influence of special interest groups. (I thought this was interesting, but I had to wonder who some of the private donors are and how "free" Obama might be of =them.=)
I read his platform information, where he (or his speech-writers) stated what his goals were with various issues. Then I went to Hillary Clinton's web site and looked for the same informatiion.
Clinton's web site is more user-friendly, which isn't necessarily a reason to vote for her. However, I did find there severals reasons to do so.
--She supports repealing the idiotic No Child Left Behind Act. Obama advocates modifying it. If NCLB sticks around, it must be changed, but getting rid of it is the best option of all for the simple reason that it can't be changed enough. Obama maintains he wants to fully fund it, but that won't solve the many problems NCLB creates.
--Obama's plans are largely lacking in detail. He doesn't give specifics on how he plans to do much of what he says he wants to accomplish. Clinton's plans are more carefully laid out. She doesn't detail everything, but she gives far more detail than Obama. Apparently she (or her staff) have given running the country much more practical thought.
--Clinton supports an enormous, careful system for funding autism research and helping children and adults with autism: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=4342 Obama mentions autism on his web site, but only cursorily. I'm not a single-issue voter, but this stark difference between her and him tipped it for me.
On an overall note, Obama's web site was full of hope--and of light and air. There is a definite lack of clear planning compared to Clinton. They're both selling themselves, they both have agendas, but Clinton's seems to have more thought, more planning, more practicality behind it.
Vote Clinton.
However, I do support Hillary Clinton's campaign over Barack Obama's (since it's clearly going to be one of those two), and there are clear reasons for it.
I realized at one point that I really knew very little about their actual platforms and what they were proposing, so I did some serious net-surfing. I read lots written by other people, but that was confusing and difficult to wade through. Finally, I visited both their web sites.
Obama's web site, annoyingly, requires you to give a name, ZIP code, and e-mail address in order to enter the site. I made up fake ones and got through, but this didn't endear him to me. Once there, I read Obama's claim that, unlike Clinton, all his campaign funding comes from individual donations and not from organizations, leaving him free from influence of special interest groups. (I thought this was interesting, but I had to wonder who some of the private donors are and how "free" Obama might be of =them.=)
I read his platform information, where he (or his speech-writers) stated what his goals were with various issues. Then I went to Hillary Clinton's web site and looked for the same informatiion.
Clinton's web site is more user-friendly, which isn't necessarily a reason to vote for her. However, I did find there severals reasons to do so.
--She supports repealing the idiotic No Child Left Behind Act. Obama advocates modifying it. If NCLB sticks around, it must be changed, but getting rid of it is the best option of all for the simple reason that it can't be changed enough. Obama maintains he wants to fully fund it, but that won't solve the many problems NCLB creates.
--Obama's plans are largely lacking in detail. He doesn't give specifics on how he plans to do much of what he says he wants to accomplish. Clinton's plans are more carefully laid out. She doesn't detail everything, but she gives far more detail than Obama. Apparently she (or her staff) have given running the country much more practical thought.
--Clinton supports an enormous, careful system for funding autism research and helping children and adults with autism: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=4342 Obama mentions autism on his web site, but only cursorily. I'm not a single-issue voter, but this stark difference between her and him tipped it for me.
On an overall note, Obama's web site was full of hope--and of light and air. There is a definite lack of clear planning compared to Clinton. They're both selling themselves, they both have agendas, but Clinton's seems to have more thought, more planning, more practicality behind it.
Vote Clinton.
