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Politics : Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator from New York? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gmccon who wrote (54)	7/4/1999 10:51:00 PM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3389

I have no use for Hillary, and as a New Yorker am sort of offended she would run. But, I have defended her on this thread because I think if we are to criticize her it should be based on things she has done or not done, and not on the basis of what I may think of her husband, or her personal marital choices. Here in New York, there are widespread rumors that the Giuliani marriage is a complete sham, and the Giulianis are rarely seen together. Plus, there are other unfortunate stories circulating. I'm frankly tired of this probing into people's personal lives--very few people can withstand this type of scrutiny, and all we really learn is that politicians have human problems like the rest of us. In the end, since few great leaders can withstand microscopic scrutiny (you can find fairly good evidence of suspicious marital behavior by FDR, Eisenhower, certainly JFK, Johnson, and even Nixon), perhaps we'd be well served by going back to judging people by their public conduct. On this level, Hillary is a liberal icon and if you don't like liberals you will not be supporting her; Rudy Giuliani has done a remarkable job revitalizing NYC, but he's a difficult personality who engages in feud after feud; Al Gore is uninspiring as a leader but as least he served in Vietnam during that awful war; George W. Bush has some solid accomplishments, but he's tarnished by very convincing evidence that he ducked out of Vietnam war service, and was inducted immediately into the Texas National Guard when many others who lacked wealth and privilege were put on a year and a half waiting list; Elizabeth Dole seems to lack the experience to be President. This is all a sorry state of affairs. I'm looking to learn more about Sen. McCain of Arizona, a genuine war hero, but beyond that, pretty much an unknown to me. As I said, it's a sorry state of affairs.