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Why to GOPs say that Clinton is unelectable.?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1...

The latest polls show that 81 percent of Americans think that she is intelligent, 67 percent think she is politically moderate, 53 percent says that she makes a favorable impression.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/PollVault/story?id=...

66 percent say she is a strong leader with strong family values. More that half say that she is open, friendly, understands their problems and is honest. 54 percent view her favorably.

And yet the GOP claims that she can't win and that no one likes her or trusts her. My question is why do they say this? I suspect the reason is that they know they will lose to her. I'm wondering if any GOPs out there can make a rational argument.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Just some food for thought...

    One large group that almost always without fail votes Democrat are the Unions. Do you think they're polling carpenters or UAW assembly line workers? Do you think a largely male-dominated group of skilled-tradesmen are going to lock-step vote for a woman? I have many Union family members and friends, newsflash, the answer is no-way. How about the conservatives who are upset with the performance of the GOP? Will a Hillary Democrat nomination motivate them to go out and vote for "anybody but Hillary" when they might have stayed home otherwise? How about the independents that are tired of the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton pattern developing?

    I'm not saying it is impossible for Hillary to be elected, but I think it's anything but a slam-dunk.

  • 1 decade ago

    Funny thing about the Prisioner, behind bars, which would in this case, be the GOP enjoying their Rule of Cheating and Disonasty, and Robbery of the United State natural born citizens.

    Well in 2008, the Gop is not just affraid, of the ship going down and being handcuffed for at least 8-12 years by the Clinton Police coming back into the White house, and gaine control of this Mess that will go down in history, as the worst Representation of the American people, for Protecting, the American People, for Acting truthfuly, and lawfully for the American people, as this Bush Klan has.

    Its as one sidded a bunch of Rich idiots that care about one thing, love of money and the power they can achieve.

    Well Enjoy the 1 more year you have before many of you are stained for life, i hope as an American, that Dickless and Dog Bush and most of their Klan go to jail for Robbing, and Stripping this country of every Emotional, Physical, Economical and Hope for a Safe and Free future.

    What can hillary Clinton do?

    Well it was very simular before bill Clinton became president.

    Regan messed up his second term badly and bush Senior started this mess in the middle east only to try to get some power to protect his friends oil rights.

    Remember the 1,000 points of light? So when bill got into office by winning big because the American people had had Enough He bacame a leader of our nation, and did a great job as being the leader in all ways of our nation. The only thing the GOP could hold against him was the monica Thing, and they spent over 2 billion dollars raking thorugh the courts, with the House and Senate in their power, to make this happen.

    But what Did bill do. he took us from 2 trillion in the whole in economy, in 7 years we were over 100 billion in Profit side as a country.

    Do you all remmeber the Strong Economy in the markets and how well we ll did with our mutual Funds and 401-k's and the super interest we made on our financial deposits.

    Thats because we had a strong economy, and healthy funds in the large banks and brokerages, who maade our businesses Stronger than ever since after WWll.

    Funny how the Gop wants use the negative scar tactics to make us forget these years not far back.

    If you want to talk about big money during the bush years, Think Enron, Think Qualcom, and Big oil which has gone from making lots to not having enough ship and oil Rigs to stash the money they make every Qtr, and every year.

    more than any company has ever made Ever. how about the Pharmisutical Companys are being paid well, but the FDA is in my Opinion being given money to hold back on passing these dream cures and help to the Citizens NOW. to only make more money from everyone buying the pills of drugs from old.

    Why does the president NOT want us tomove forwards in medicine? It would make less money for the Pharmicies who make the Meds, which then makes it much more expensive for the Insurance company's as the reserch is done for bettter health and the Some cures are there but the FDA does NOT get them through to us, not the important ones anyways.

    So When hillary clinton does become our next president we will have lots to look forwards to as a nation once again, which will bring us more together and not breaking apart feeling stressed out, and caring only about what the gas prices are, the extra time spent on the job and not at home, keeing you on the cell phones and computers to take up your extra time, instead of relaxing more knowing that things will get done and the Average Workers will feel more posative, and want to work harder. Posative things will again happen, and the GOP will again do everything they can to Slow this Down and make the next Democratic president as hard a job as possible to straightne thing out again.

    bush and Cheney have already said they dont care anymore because they are leaving in a year.

    They are trying to Rape the rest of Social security if they can keep changing the laws, and Meicare is being Taken also.

    They dont care, because they have mega Billions, and will only laugh at us.

    Source(s): So we need hillary in office, and Yes, can you imagine that When hillary and the new VP get in, that She hopefully will put bill in as an Diplomatic adviser overseas, like Jimmy carter had been doing, as even though the mud is still slung at Clintons here by the GOP, The rest of the world knows that Under Clinton, Bill We were the most liked , Not Like Now hated, we were the most liked nation in the world, and china and Soviet union were kept very quiet. but bush openned the doors to All out sell out and out scourcing of American jobs and Future deals to keep the money coming to the Top industry with little to no taxing. more or ess under bush you fill my pockets and i will fill yours. So with hillary as leader of the nation will be a geat thing to help heal a broken nation. Dont believe in the hate and fear of the Non Christian , non believers in god as the bush an Cheney administration have proven to believe in. Its sad, that they would rather torture someone, than to be diplomatic and talk to someone. Its more than time for change, and hillary will clean the White house, clean up the government jobs and all the loitering of Americans money tax money wasted on Every government Contractor around. This is so grose! Amy klobuchar will help get things under control. and go right after those guys and cut them off at the Knees. The Rule of Bad is nearly over everyone, Time to celibrate a new cleaning up of our nation, protecting our boarders with our Soldiers at home first before going elswhere, and finding better ways to spot the bad guys, at the airports etc. which the technoogy already exists, to make our live better. hillary is listening to you, so ask the smart logical Questions, and lets live better lives again like in the 1990;s with bill as our NATIONS Leader, Not like BSHES Selling out! Good times are coming, and the GOP is Running! Watch for some fast talking and ealing in the months to come from the Whitehouse as a last bank Robbery, and then to just not do anything more except get that Veto Stamp running so he can shut down the senate and house and try to blame them for not getting the job done. When he vetoes things, then it has to start all over, which waste tax payer money and time, Which hits your wallets.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Some polls put her at 45% unfavorable which means some voters will vote against her, but that is <50% and it only takes 50% + 1 vote to win the election. I've heard people like Newt Gingrich say she was a strong leader, as well as John McCain, and both have a favorable opinion of her but you can bet that neither will vote for her for president. Those numbers are slightly skewed in that some of the 66% and the 54% include people who will vote Republican.

  • 1 decade ago

    I would be very fearful to say Hillary is unelectable. That is the same attitude that LOST the republicans power in 2006. Hillary is smart and crafty. If she can turn out the white female vote, she's got it. Not saying that other minority voters won't assist in that, but I would have to comment that minority voters simply don't trust her. In many ways, minority female voters feel more empowered, but they also need personality to find someone electable (thus we got Bill Clinton).

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  • 1 decade ago

    Either her or giuliani will win and the GOP's will help her or him win.

    Shes in the back pocket of the GOP's from day one.

    you must be blind to see this.

    or you don't know about the iran contra affair and how the GOP's and the clintons were importing coke into this country.

    READ UP, hillary is a commie and the same as the GOPs

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    They say that because it's the GOP and that's how they operate. Sometimes I feel as though they think if they say it often enough it will magically come true. They just ignore the facts, and that her negatives have been steadily declining because I think it's too painful for them to face the truth. Her election is not inevitable, but it's definitely more than possible, and at this point likely if you look at the numbers. And of course they're going to tell you that polls don't mean anything. Until the polls are in their favor that is lol.

    They say no one likes her because THEY don't like her and they say no one trusts her because THEY don't trust her. Clearly they think that their opinion means everyone else in the country agrees with them, despite the evidence to the contrary right in front of them. Oh well, they're desperate. They still can't figure out to back themselves because their candidates are so weak and don't fit the usual GOP cookie cutter agenda. So until they feel like they've got a candidate they can all get behind, pretending Hillary has no chance makes them feel much better. At least until Election Day.

    EDIT:

    floating:

    Did you miss the endorsement for Hillary from the International Bricklayers Union? My husband's a bricklayer and he, and most of his coworkers vote as the Union suggests, yes, even for a woman. They do so to protect their interests.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The main problem with Hillary is her economic policies, which tilts towards socialism. High taxes and government intervention...the problem with that is it discourages people to do the work themselves and might turn this nation into a welfare state.

    That's why "Hillary Care" or universal health care, will never work - it will cost hundreds of billions to insure everyone, and I sure as hell don't want to pay money to provide health insurance to some idiot out there who speeds 200 mph on the freeway while doing a wheelie on his motorcycle.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Clinton is the Dems best hope and greatest hurdle to overcome. She gives the Dems a good chance of winning the presidency, but also motivates Republicans to vote, as they have an extreme hatred for her that makes liberals dislike of Bush look pale in comparison.

  • 1 decade ago

    Your statistics, although cited, don't make an accurate assessment nor do they support your question. Thomas Alva Edison was intelligent, (certainly smarter than Hillary) yet no one made an argument for him to run for President. Politically Moderate is a relative term, and depends on what one means by "moderate". 53% say she makes a favorable impression? To whom? And by the way, your last three of four percentages indicate about half in her favor. That doesn't really spark confidence in your statistics (half like her and half hate her, so where's the favorability factor?)

    Furthermore, your cited sources are hardly what can be considered unbiased sources, but that is a different argument.

    There are several reasons political pundits (not just Republicans, but Democrats too) believe she is unelectable.

    The first is perception. Should she win, Americans will have been led by only two families, the Bushes and the Clintons, since 1988. That is almost 20 years! And that doesn't include the new term that the would-be President Hillary would serve, making it 24 years with the potential for 28 if she were to win re-election (not likely). In general and historically, Americans don't like this sort of thing. We overthrew a monarch's control because of this. We call it the Revolutionary War.

    Second, she is insincere in her motivations. This is both true and worse, perceived to be true. Her goal is power and the chance to impose her will on the people of this country, instead of imposing her will on OTHER countries (which is what good leaders do: protect their own and defend against all outsiders while trying to gain ground internationally.) Her own policies and speeches prove as much. She hates the military, in her own words, and wants to force all Americans to pay for health care for everyone, whether they want it or not. That doesn't sound like freedom (of choice) to me. Does it to you? Besides, how good a Commander-in-Chief of the military can she be if she loathes them?

    Third, she is an extremist. This country is run from the middle. That middle is you and me, regular Americans. Extremists should remain what they are, marginal entities. This is true of both extreme left-wing AND right-wing ideologies and people. Just as no one wants to be forced to pray (in schools or places of business) no one should be forced to pay (more in taxes than absolutely necessary).

    Fourth, some Democrats (and many Republican too, I bet) believe that should Hillary be the Dem candidate, she would inspire more Republicans to go to the polls just to try to defeat her than if another, much less polarizing candidate were to compete for the Presidency on the Democratic side. She is, in effect, a self-defeating candidate. It is because of this factor that I hope she does become the Dem candidate!

    Does she have a chance to win? Of course, everyone has a chance to win, just like the lottery. Will she? Perhaps, but if she wins, one of two things will happen. She will either shift dramatically to the left, ruining this country in the process, and guaranteeing she will not be re-elected or she will succumb to the realities of being the President and lead in a way that is good for the country (in general) to the detriment of her supporters and her own ideologies, but try to leave in place dangerous left-wing policies in place once she is elected to her second term, just as her husband did.

    Either way, it will practically guarantee that the next president will be a Republican who will have to undo the damage she causes, just as President Bush had to undo Bill Clinton's damage.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Most people dont say that she cant win but point to her negatives/will not vote for numbers that hover at 49-51% and that is tough to overcome. From my perspective she isnt someone that should lead the country but that is an aside to the facts. Also, the Bush and Clinton families have run the country for 20 yrs already. Why would any sane person want 4-8 more years of the same TWO families????

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