Do you think Senator Hillary Clinton would make a good U.S. President?
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Lets say for the sake of argument that Senator Clinton won the  presidential election in 2008. Right out of the box she'd be hated by at least half the voters. Hated before she even set foot in the White House. (They'd probably burn her in effigy in The South.)\n\nConservative talk show hosts have used the Clintons as punching bags and blame everything from bad weather to every problem facing the world today on them. (They must have been one powerful family to do so much damage.)\n\nSince the right wing media has put so much emphasis on hating the Clintons, there will be baggage she will carry going into the White House, regardless if its merited or not. Even if she fixed the federal debt and defict, solved the tensions in the Middle East peacefully, ended world hunger, cured cancer, and put a team of astronauts on Mars, the right wing media would continue to demonize her.\n\nWhat does it take to be president in the first place? You need to be politically connected to big business and many lobbying groups. You need support from a major political party, and you have to have access to a public relations firm that can sell you better than your opponent.\n\nThat being said, let's look at Senator Clinton objectively. She's been a lawyer, a senator, and First Lady. She's got White House experience, leadership experience with various charity and women's groups, and she's an intelligent strong minded woman. \n\nShe'd most likely be a president who would work to build bridges (politically speaking) but be hated for trying to do it. She'd work to make America a stronger nation, and be dogged and attacked every step of the way. (I do believe she loves this country, just not the way Republicans do.) I believe she has some great ideas that would make America a better country, but again, she'd face superhuman opposition from the right to anything she tried to do as president. (They really hate her.)\n\nSo, I would say she has the right set of skills to be president, but she wouldn't be as effective as she could be due to the mounting attacks and political baggage the right has (and would) burdened her with. \n\nThat being said, the current president has made such a mess of things, I really feel sorry for the next president. He (or she) will be hated no matter what actions he/she takes. This country has been so divided by the Bush administration and the Republican media attack machine. \n\n9/11 should have unified us all, but the Republicans and the Bush administration took it as an opportunity for their political ambitions, and have left us a weaker, less democratic, and more divided nation. \n\nSadly, the presidential race is more of a horse race than an important event. It's like a popularity contest, or a beauty contest. We've lost sight of electing people who would work for the betterment of the country and of the people. We now have slicked up electioneering that overlooks the real values of Americans and overlooks the real issues we're concerned about. (Real issues like jobs, education, health care, and security.)\n\nElections are now decided on "wedge issues" which have little or no meaning to most Americans. (Gay marriage, abortion, public display of the 10 Commandments, etc.) They're decided on which candidate appears better in tv commercials than on substance.\n\nHillary Clinton is a woman of substance. She'd make a great president, but she doesn't have a prayer of ever being the Commander-in-Chief.\n\nI'm really doubtful the next president can fix the divide that has been created by the right wing echo chamber. I'm doubtful the next president can fix the international relations that have been trashed by Bush, and I'm doubtful the next president can or will fix the federal deficit and budget problems. (He or she would have to things like raise taxes. The number one sin for a politician these days.)\n\nI'm hoping things will get better. It
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it depends....would you think someone with the mental age of a 3 year old crab would make a good president?
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Hillary Clinton is one crazy b****.\nwe would be totally screwed if she was in office.\ngood thing she would never be elected.\nher points of view on every subject are just way too liberal.\nwe need to move more conservative these days.\n\nbut, neither has a good background for leading the country.\nbut actually Elizabeth Dole would be a great president.\n\nElizabeth Hanford Dole has had a long career in public service. She has served in significant positions for five presidents, including being the first woman to hold the position of Secretary of Transportation. In 1991 Dole was appointed President of the American Red Cross, the world's foremost humanitarian organization.\n\nDole graduated with distinction from Duke University in 1958. She earned a degree from Harvard Law School in 1965 and also holds a master's degree in education and government from Harvard. In 1971, Dole was appointed Deputy Assistant to President Nixon for Consumer Affairs, for which she received the National Safety Council's Distinguished Service Award in 1989. From 1973 to 1979, she was a member of the Federal Trade Commission.\n\nAs President of the American Red Cross from 1991-1999, Dole helped launch a sweeping transformation of the Red Cross Biomedical Services to incorporate medical technology to improve how the agency collects, tests and distributes more than one-half of the nation's blood supply. She led a dramatically successful effort that raised more than $562 million to assist victims of weather and non-weather related disasters. Under her leadership, the American Red Cross was consistently recognized for outstanding financial stewardship. \n\nDole, who has been named by the Gallup Poll as one of the world's most admired women, has received numerous awards for her public service and leadership, including the Women Executives in State Government Lifetime Achievement Award, the League of Women Voters Leadership Award and the Raoul Wallenberg Award for Humanitarian Service. She also was inducted in to the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995.\n\nThere is NO woman who would be better at being president.  Period!
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a sure bet!  i love the clintons, and i could not think of a better, more qualified person to become the first female president in the united states. \n\ndown with the good ole boys!
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Hillary.....she is strong, savvy, politically astute, very intelligent, has experience in a political climate dominated by men...yet holds her own.  Her political agenda (platform) gets high marks for issues that concern the average American.  Has international diplomacy experience AND skills!  She is fair and socially conscience of peoples needs, what affects US.
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I would vote for her even though she isn't Liberal enough for me. (When you hear that commie, liberal propaganda about her, you know immediately that person knows nothing about her politics and is uneducated on politics)\n\nThe reason is because I feel it would send an extremely positive message to the world during a time when we need that very much.\n\nJust imagine having Bill Clinton's enormous global diplomacy backing her... he could be send on humanitarian and peace keeping missions.\n\nThe world respected and admired Bill and it would be my hope that by electing Hillary that we might find away to recover from the destruction Bush has done to our reputation.
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if the attention that this question is getting is any indication, she will certainly inspire a lot of strong feelings on both sides and will make things interesting.  Personally, i think she would make an excellent President.
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Hillary would make a fine president she is a intelligent, Strong lady, that has the experience and would have one of the best advisers in the world. Her husband was the last president to run the business of the country right. I would vote for her regardless of her sexual orientation.
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I used to think that Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a fine, first-female POTUS. Now I don't know what to think. She's so busy cozying up to the Conservatives in this country that her policies have become blurred, and she has switched sides of the debate to some extent. Her having done that, I don't believe I can trust anything she says or does now. It's as though she is simply motivated to do anything in order to get elected.\n\nI would not vote for her. There are still some shining male hopefuls that seem to be on point (so far).\n\nIt's interesting that the moderate John McCain has recently stepped up to the Republican plate and gone to bat for Bush in a big way. I used to like him but now he just looks like an a**-kisser.
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Yes, he did a fine job in Florida, I think he would make a good president.
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I think we will someday and it will be a big mistake.\nNot because she is women, but because other countries will think we are weak and try and take advantage of us.\noh and Hillary Clinton sucks. but I like Condolisa Rice, She may do well.
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I think she can win. She's clever, got a lot of experience, and it's time to get a female president in the USA
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no  , I don't think she will be elected, she is intelligent,  but she does not have the ability to unite   enough people to vote her in. Her politics are extremely left wing , yet she plays the middle when it suits her..she has stayed with her husband only because of her political desires.She is actually more intelligent than her husband , yet she lacks his charm, warmth and ability to fool people enough to  vote for her, or to be  a good president.
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That's debateable. Many people say that if Bill Clinton dies before early 2008, Hillary Clinton will be able to rise to the presidency under the sympathy-factor.\n\nUnder a long term, its inevitable. Who knows how long it will take though.
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I think Hillary would be good but i also think that john McCain would be a good president. It's gonna be hard for me to vote if those 2 are running against eachother.
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To me....this is not a question of a woman running.....Senator Clinton is the best candidate  for the Presidency of the US....just look at the would be Rep candidates and the other Dem candidates...they pale in comparison to her....I hope she does run and wins.....
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Why not?  She can't do any worse than what we've had the last six years.  \n\nIf she were president, maybe she'd actually listen to the people and not her close friends and the retarded right-wing.\n\nShe prolly did most of the country running anyway as First Lady.