Hal, I am far more liberal than Bernie but I'm still backing Hillary Clinton. I've already explained why here and there and everywhere.  Every single question you've asked above about Hillary has already been answered by me and others, but you're still asking them--and in the same challenging way, as if, no matter what answer we give it won't be the right one unless it's what you want to hear.

There are two men, Peter Daou and Tom Watson, known as #HillaryMen, who work tirelessly to defend against the lies and misconceptions about Clinton.  I'll turn you over to them because they speak for me, more eloquently and probably in shorter sentences..

Peter wrote this one, called "Gutter Politics", yesterday.

He wrote this one in March, long before the current attacks on her but it's as relevant now as it was then.  It's a decoder of the most common memes used against her.  I'm sure you'll recognize most of them.

But let's lay this one to rest:  I am not trying to get you to vote against Bernie.  That's your business.  I'm trying to get you to be fair about Hillary.  So far you've not been.  That's on you, not me.

I'm not asking you to endorse Hillary "enthusiastically" in the general election, I'm asking you not to sabotage the Democrats.

Not every woman is voting for Hillary because she happens to share our gender.  I'm voting for her because I believe she's the most qualified and would make the best president.  It's really not necessary for you to keep telling me I'm wrong.  It's not even prudent.  I don't quite get why you keep doing it.

One error you seem to be making is the assumption that writers are discussing gender issues and sexism in the context of this campaign for the purpose of serving Hillary's election prospects. I don't think that's true. Most of the writers have been discussing gender issues for years most of the time not related to Hillary Clinton at all. They are not discussing sexism against Hillary to support her but because gender issues are important issues for them. The current context of sexism discussions may focus on Hillary because the election is the current context. Many may realize that confronting sexism may actually piss of somewhat enlightened men who haven't looked at their hidden sexism and may drive them away from Hillary. For some, while they want to do both, confronting sexism is more important than spinning to get Hillary elected

Hal,

Very well stated.  Personally, I neither like, nor trust, Hillary Clinton, and if she was the most virile man on the planet, with her background, remote demeanor, and staged and premeditated personality, I still wouldn't like her. And many of Hillary's supporter's don't help her a bit, because they tend to be hostile, one-issue voters.  

Like you, I would love to vote for Elizabeth Warren, because she's dedicated, spontaneous, and passionate in her beliefs. But I like her most of all, because she comes off like a REAL woman who takes pride in her femininity, unlike Hillary, who has dedicated her entire life to trying to prove how much like a man she could be. She's all ambition, and all signs of femininity have vanished. That's a slap in the face of womanhood, because it implies that simply being a woman is not good enough; in order for a woman to be equal to a man, she has to become one. I never did liked women like that, because they tend to be hardcore ideologues. In addition, it's backward thinking. I wrote an article about it during the 2008 election, which I just might reprise.

Here's how I visualize Hillary as a Black male:

I actually don't know why I am bothering with you at all, mostly you don't even answer my relevant critiques of your anti-Hillary treatises.  So here goes.

If you are now expecting a critique of these claims and their espousers for using them to avoid a discussion of the real and important policy differences between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, prepare to be disappointed

And then you never fucking bothered to write about their so-called important policy differences, which tells us everything. You did go on to attack yet another woman, who joins a long list of women you don't like because they call me on their BS. This time you stoop pretty low calling her a misandrist, because you disagree with her analysis. Yikes, dude... seriously. This is a massively meta-blog is all about you and how you are nothing like Marcotte, even though I am pretty sure she wasn't writing about you personally. But you do hate Hillary Clinton with ever fiber of your being, because 1%! You are not a sexist, because you would vote for Warren! Your own version of I have a black best friend. And you never ever address anything about Sanders or his policies. 

And that is the meat here, you have failed to discuss Bernie's actual policies, and are intent on this Atwater style attack on Clinton and women voters.. Maybe you can't really discuss his policies, because you know he can't accomplish his goals.

Let's take the free college lie. Seriously... "College should be free, I can make college free". Guess what, that is one massive lie. It's a political lie to get young college kids to get to the polls. Let's talk about how this could be accomplished given several legislative constrictions. The biggest one being, states run their own systems, so how do you intend to make it free to attend, the federal government has no power to regulate state universities. If his intention is to  just allow students to take out bigger student loans or to give everyone Pell grants, how does he actually accomplish that goal? He has four years, maybe eight? 

Universal single payer insurance... which would be great, but how does one accomplish this goal? What is his legislative strategy? Do you drug all the Republican congressmen and make them vote your way somehow, ply them with hookers? Seriously.  

Do you believe a Pres. Sanders could just pull everyone out of the middle east and shit doesn't get even worse? A candidate can say whatever, but there are realities that shape actions, with every choice being bad, but some being worse than bad. Your black and white world doesn't actually allow for that, suddenly you will be extremely disappointed in a BS presidency because he can't be a purist anymore, reality sets in. Does he really think he can redirect all that DoD money to social [programs and infrastructure? Do you really think that can happen in four or even eight years? 

I'm real bored with your meta BS, so how about you answer some real questions about your candidate. 

One more little issue..spare me your BS about who is the bigger feminist, you couldn't even address my comment in your "Hillary's Anecdotes" blog. Women aren't looking for some special treatment here because she is a woman. HRC supporters would never say BS is no feminist, when clearly he is. It's telling that you refuse to acknowledge HRC has special standing when it comes to what women have experienced living in this male centered world and that we share those experiences. I guess it is because you think those experiences we share are what tie us to her, and if you can crush that your candidate can win. Interesting. 

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