2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do you like Hillary Clinton? [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,500 posts)I like, respect, admire, and am proud of every one of our Dem candidates. I consider it a privilege to be able to vote for any one of them in the GE.
I like each for different reasons. But in the final analysis, all things considered - the bad and the good - Hillary is my top choice because, IMO, her experience and personality represent a comprehensive package of the strengths that I believe that our next President needs most. I will be voting for her in the primaries.
As to supporters of the various candidates - which I realize was not the question - my answer is more nuanced. The overwhelming majority of Hillary's DU supporters are posters I respect and admire, mainly for their common sense, LOL, but also because they are long-time DU members who have helped to make this site the unique place that it is. ALL of MOM's supporters are posters I respect and admire, especially for their courage and loyalty to their candidate in a lopsided uphill battle and their grace and courtesy in arguing their candidate's strengths instead of repeating ad nauseam mostly GOPer memes about the others.
I also respect and admire most of Bernie's DU supporters for the same reasons that I admire supporters of the other two, even though he is not my preferred candidate. But there are some here who are a real turn-off and neither a credit nor a help to their candidate at all.
Thank heavens that there is an "Ignore" feature on DU because I have used that feature generously in the past two months - after having had only a maximum of three people on "Ignore" from the time I - a long-time lurker - actually signed up for DU.