What do you think of Hillary Clinton and McCain?
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I don't like either. I'm a staunch liberal, but Hillary has done some things that I really don't like. McCain is better than most of the conservatives out there, but not much better.\n\nIf you wanted their issue positions, voting record, etc.  here's a really good site that compiles that stuff.\n\nwww.vote-smart.org\n\nHillary: http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=WNY99268\nMcCain: http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=S0061103
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Hillary Clinton Democrat Party Nominee (currently she has the most money)\nRudy Giuliani Republican Party Nominee (very popular but has social liberal views that probably wont play well with far-right winger)\n\nRight now I'd say Clinton wins the White House -She's used the past few years to deliberately move from the left to the center.\nGiuliani won't get backing from the far right Republicans because of his liberal social stance (especially gay rights).\n\nI USED TO THINK MCCAIN HAD A LOCK ON THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION UNTIL THIS PAST ELECTION. Clearly the majority of Americans want out of Iraq. McCain want to send more US troops into Iraq.
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Umm, who are they?\n\nAnd VOTE HILLARY!!
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John Bolton\n\nNo bad mouthing Condi; I sorta got a thing for her\n\n\nA vote for McCain is a vote for "them"
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I would love to have H. Clinton as our next President, because I am a big fan of Fox News.  Whenever H. CLinton screw up Fox could invite her here for a blow job.\n\nI heard that Mr. Murdoch is hiring her as the next hooker for Fox.\n\n(CBS) NEW YORK To call them a political odd couple would be a rash understatement.\n\nConservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch will host a fundraiser for liberal New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, the Financial Times reports.\n\nThe mating ritual of the unlikely allies has been under way for months. Clinton set political tongues to wagging last month by attending a Washington party celebrating the 10th anniversary of Fox News, the cable news channel owned by Murdoch.\n\nThe Times quoted one unnamed source as describing the Clinton-Murdoch connection in this way: "They have a respectful and cordial relationship. He has respect for the work she has done on behalf of New York. I wouldn't say it was illustrative of a close ongoing relationship. It is not like they are dining out together."\n\nThe fundraiser will take place in July, the newspaper said. Clinton is the frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, though she has not indicated whether or not she will run.\n\nClinton has worked hard to take the edge off her reputation as a card-carrying liberal. She has has collaborated with congressional conservatives on some peices of elgislation, called for a "common ground" on abortion and cut a political figure some on the left see as decidedly un-liberal.
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Philosophically, I'm a diehard democrat.  However, if McCain ran as the President, I would vote for him.  Probably regardless of who his running mate is.\nWhy?  Because John McCain is one of the few politicians (and the only one at the national level) whom I believe when he speaks.  I don't always agree with his ideas; frequently, I disagree; however, when he speaks, I don't feel like he's pandering to this special interest or speaking because of results of a focus group.  He has bucked both parties at various times, but is also willing to work with people on both sides of an issue.  The man, whether you like his plans or not (and he's one of the more moderate Republicans out there), appears to have ALWAYS been honest AND to avoid the dirty campaining prevelent within both parties (remember the mudbath Bush gave him in 2000)?.\nTo me, integrity means a lot more than agreeing on every single issue out there.\nI don't like Rudy Giuliani, though.  If he ran for President, I wouldn't vote for him.  Being from NY, I will grant that he had many successes.  But his dishonesty sticks with me.  If I remember correctly, he's on his third marriage, this one to his former mistress.   Doesn't sit well with me, along with the whole Brooklyn Museum controversy (1st amendment rights, anyone?) and Farmersville Garbage debacle...if you say something, you need to mean it.
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Never!!\n\nA few reasons:\n- when I was a registered independent, I actually liked him; but, then I came to realize he was a smooth talker that just knows how to play the system. I realized this after taking an online survey that matched my stance on issues with politician's stance on issues. I was shocked when it had me less matched with McCain than even Bush. I clicked on the details part where you can see where they stand... bottom line is that McCain is farther to the right than even Bush and he is such a smooth talker, that you don't realize it.\n- His wife is addicted to pain killers. Now don't get me wrong. I am not crashing on ppl that suffer from addictions. I am just not comfortable with a man that didn't realize his wife was a drug addict until 1996.\n- His age and the fact that he has already had cancer. I would have to definitely like his vp.
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Unless we get some new contenders soon, it looks to be a sorry sight indeed. McCain, while a good candidate, has too many firm opinions to win many marginal voters. There are plenty of people who won’t vote for him simple because he is a Rep, and some republicans won’t vote for him because he is "liberal" in some views. H. Clinton is a joke, her husband was the most ineffectual President that we've had in quite a while (go ahead, think of the one thing he actually did - and there is only one. I'll give you a hint; it wasn't the economy, that was already in decline before the election of 2000). She could probably win New York City, L.A, San Fran, and similar cities (which would, unfortunately, bring her the respective states) but she has less of a chance of winning over undecided voters.\n\nLiberman is a good candidate, though he doesn't have the charisma to be successful. Cheney has no chance (which I believe he recognizes). Jed Bush might seem like a possible dark horse candidate, but if he tried (quite unlikely) he'd have too much to work through to be successful.\n\nReally, there is no one, on either side, that currently appears to be a candidate that people can get excited about. There is a good chance, however, that the next president will be Republican (judging from how American politics have been swinging the last few years).
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McCain has consistently and knowingly done the wrong thing to those closest to him…\nhis family, \nhis constituents \nand his war buddies. -  \nHe is a driving force behind NAFTA, CAFTA, and "SHAFTA" -\nHe has been for unification (merged populations) without borders since it was first proposed. \nHe and is wife have a lot to gain. - http://www.vdare.com/guzzardi/060526_mccain.htm\n \n When the "John McCain for President, 2008" campaign shifts into high gear, we'll be hearing ad nauseum about the candidate's heroism, character and patriotism. \nToo bad none of it is true.  \nAmerica could use a heroic figure with a high moral code and a true love of country. \nBut McCain is far from that man. \nWhen you do a simple analysis of McCain's personal and professional life and lay it out over thirty years, his picture is ugly.\n \n Heroism\nMcCain is a sore point among other U.S. POWs. \nMost resent the preferential medical treatment McCain received after he was shot down in 1967 and revealed to the North Vietnamese Army that his father, Admiral John McCain, Jr., commanded all U.S. forces in Europe and was soon-to-be commander of all forces in the Pacific, including Vietnam. From the moment the NVA knew who the injured McCain's father was, he became a "special patient." \nThe NVA hoped to eventually squeeze valuable information out of McCain.   \nAnd his fellow POWs remained angry with McCain when, in 1992 as a member of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, he demanded a U.S. Justice Department investigation into Vietnam veteran activists and their organizations.  \nMcCain called the organized POW's: \n"The most craven, most cynical and most despicable human beings to ever run a scam." \nMcCain got his wish. The DOJ investigated and found no reason to charge the POW/MIA organizations with any wrongdoing. [Sen. McCain Wants To Be President By Ted Sampley, U.S. Veteran Dispatch, January-February 1997 Issue http://www.usvetdsp.com/story22.htm ] \n\nCharacter\nIn 1980, McCain divorced his wife Carol, who had been disfigured in an automobile accident while he imprisoned. One month later, McCain remarried Cindy Lou Hensley, heiress to Phoenix-based Hensley & Co., the nation's second-largest Anheuser-Busch distributor.  \nHis new trophy wife's family money launched McCain into politics. \nThen, ten years after his ugly divorce, McCain was fingered as one of the Keating Five—a group of five Senators investigated on ethics charges. \nThe five met with Federal Home Loan Bank chairman Ed Grey allegedly to influence the FHLB to delay seizing the assets of soon-to-be convicted racketeer Charles Keating's struggling (and eventually bankrupt) Lincoln Savings and Loan.  \nAlthough McCain was never indicted, an investigation revealed that his Congressional and Senate campaigns had been financed in part by donations from Keating. Additionally, McCain took a total of nine family trips paid for by Keating including three to the banker's villa in the Bahamas.  The federal bail out of Lincoln cost taxpayers $2.6 billion. \n\nPatriotism\nNow McCain has become one of the authors of the least patriotic bill in American history, S. 2611, which the U.S. Senate voted on May 25th.  Unable to refrain from insulting Americans worried about the devastating impact of S. 2611, McCain immediately after the vote said:\n"Why not say to those undocumented workers who are working the jobs that the rest of us refuse, 'come out from the shadows.'"\n\nAmazing—three lies in one sentence: "undocumented workers," "jobs that the rest of us refuse," and "come out of the shadows." \n\nAnd another McCain lie:\n"In poll after poll after poll, Americans support earned citizenship and a comprehensive solution" [Immigration Foreshadows 2008 GOP Contest, by Liz Sidoti, Associated Press, May 25, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060525/ap_
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This would be a good question for Hillary Clinton.
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Not voting for Hillary. Voted for Bill twice. I just don't think Hillary is electable and I have issues with her support for this war. I think she is a fine senator.
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I don't think so for two reasons... the south and the elderly... they probably won't vote for a woman with their traditional values and we need as many votes as we can get to make sure we don't loose by a very close margin again...\n\nI don't think now is the time to take chances... if we went with a southern democrat like Edwards he could get a lot of support in the south and give McCain a run for his money for some states I think...
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i am a democrat, but i don't think the next president is going to be a democrat.  we have been seriously getting our asses kicked and the republicans have too many big-name personalities, whereas we have.. who? hillary? bah. get real.\n\npersonally, i think if john mccain can swing the nomination, he's got a great chance.  he's very powerful, liked by lots of people, and seems to legislate based on ethical principles, not self-interest and sleazy practices.  hell, i'd vote for the guy and i'm in the other party!\n\nhttp://mccain.senate.gov/
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McCain is too liberal for me personally, especially in regard to issues like illegal immigration, gun control and campaign finance reform.  With that in mind, I can't imagine the Dems running a candidate that would be much better on those issues.  In the end, it'll get down to a lesser of two evils, just like the 2000 and 2004 elections.  \n\nOne of the biggest indicators that McCain is a bad choice is the huge number of liberals who claim they'd vote for him in an election.  I don't believe that crap for a second.  When it gets down to it, liberals are not going to support ANYONE in the Republican party, even if they were a self-avowed communist.\n\nNope.  When the rubber hits the road, McCain isn't a viable conservative choice.  Now...if you're asking will he win the nomination, I'd have to say he has a pretty good chance.
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Hillary on a variety of reasons\n1.  Condy has bad teeth (even after getting rid of the buck teeth)\n2. Condy is more ugly ( in my humble opinion)\n3.  Hillary has congressional experience, is not associated with a unfavorable ruling presidency etc.\n4. Hillary brings Bill Clinton to the table who is now considered a 'good' president\n5. Hillary has Democratic support, the Republicans will back McCain\nThe list goes on  (not to mention a percentage of people still possess race issues.)
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Hillary Clinton for the Democrats.\nJohn McCain for the Republicans.\n\nHillary will have a male running mate for VP.\nMcCain will have a female running mate for VP.
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Although Hillary has done some important things, as a wife and mother of three daughters, I hate what she taught her own daughter:  to accept being cheated on and emotionally abused, but to stand by your man and one day you can be senator, too!\n\nShe teaches all women that it's okay to be cheated on, if you get something out of it in the long run.  Blech.\n\nI like her more now than when she was First Lady, though.  She has shown herself to be saavy and that she isn't a "party line girl".  I still wouldn't want her to be President, though.  Too much baggage.