JoB
Second thoughts on Hillary…
no, gasp, i am not deserting my candidate.. but on reflection i will tell the Obama fans what bothers me about my own candidate.
The same thing that makes Hillary effective also worries me. She has become too adept at the confrontational aspects of leadership and too often forgets the communal. They say power corrupts.. and i believe it corrupts us all. When we play someone else’s game for too long.. it can be difficult to reconnect with our own.
the democratic women in the senate tell me i am wrong.. i hope they’re right.
I worry about her ability to manage her husband. It is obvious he is incapable of giving the same kind of support to her that she gave to him. I get that he sees himself supporting her when he defends her. But maybe she doesn’t need that kind of support… maybe she needs advice only when she asks for it. How she would keep her husband from reacting in her name is a concern.
i worry about her mistrust of the media. I understand fully where it came from… but to succeed she will need their cooperation. I don’t know if she can overcome that enough to charm them.
I don’t worry about whether she can get elected… she is a strong campaigner.. and stands for changes that America needs right now. She has certainly proven that she has a strong base of support.
I don’t worry about her ability to negotiate… she has shown herself a fierce negotiator.. and has learned to look for where she can give to get what she wants.
I don’t worry about her ethics.. in spite of the hype.. Hillary is as good as her word. If she tells you she will do something, she does it. … And she takes responsibility for her actions…
I don’t worry about her persistence… we need someone who will keep working even while her world is falling down around her.
I don’t worry about her “me me me” campaign.. that’s what a campaign is… and her voting record shows she cares deeply about those who are marginalized in our society.
In short.. i don’t worry about any of the things that the current hype tell me to worry about..
but i still have concerns.
Everyone should have concerns about their candidate.