Reply #51: I will vote for the eventual nominee and have been trying hard...

[Zookeeper]

to stay neutral on who that will be.

However, I really don't understand the intense hatred that Hillary evokes from (mostly) men. She's seems entirely likable and incredibly competent. She is strong and tireless. I prefer her to her husband and wish she could drop his baggage, as she is totally capable in her own right. Both candidates have corporate connections and they aren't all that far apart on the issues. Hillary is being judged on her husband's policies, while we have no guarantee that Obama would have been (would be) any different.

We hear so much about how people who haven't fallen under the Obama spell must be racists. My observation is that there is a group of Obama supporters who hate Hillary because she's an older woman. (Young men with Mommy-issues? People who still resent the smart girl from the third grade?)

Thank you, Ronny for starting this thread. I've been avoiding DU for months, simply because I'm sickened by the self-destructive slandering of both candidates. But, without a doubt, the Obama zealots are the nastiest of the two groups. It's impossible to have a reasoned discussion around here lately.

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