2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'll be 70 yrs old in May 2016. [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)LOL.
But I share a lot of your experiences and views. As I am a woman, I did not serve in Vietnam, but my younger brother was in the USMC and did. I did, however, choose to serve my country as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the 60s and have dedicated the overwhelming majority of my life to public service since then. In the latter part of my work life, I chose to perform public service on the international level.
I am also a Hillary Clinton supporter and her international credentials and credibility are among her greatest assets, IMO.
I truly resent those who continue to trash her on DU - and her supporters here, including me, by association. They do not know us. At all. I do not trash any of our three Dem candidates.
For the "trashers" to believe that we have not weighed our decisions carefully in view of our own life experiences - including our lifelong experience as undeniably liberal Dems - is at the very least patronizing and condescending. Ultimately it works against their candidate.
If people prefer a different candidate, fine. All three candidates have their strengths and their weaknesses. Not one is perfect. But, to paraphrase Bernie himself, any one of the three on their worst day would be better than any GOPer on their best. If people cannot or will not believe that, they have no business being on DU, IMO.