Olivia Wilde: Why I’m Backing Hillary Clinton for President

[DemocratSinceBirth]

So I know you’re a staunch Democrat—what were you feeling last Sunday when Hillary officially announced her campaign?

You know, I’m excited. I’m excited for the political discussions—I mean, they should never end, but people only really pay attention when it’s a presidential election. Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it’s great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in. It makes me so excited for the movement that is a part of that and young people participating and volunteering and canvassing—this is the stuff that I really get excited about. I think Hillary is a really exciting candidate for so many reasons but she has a lot to prove to a lot of people. And I think she’s up for that.

So I’m excited to hear what she has to say. I think she learned a lot from the last election, I think she’s done a tremendous amount of work since then. The fact that she feels the plight of women and girls as the most important issue of the 21st century is a huge reason why I’m supporting her. I’m in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else’s, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn’t a part of their everyday lives. That politics isn’t their “thing.” I’m like, “Really? Well then, all of your rights aren’t your ‘thing.’”

What would you want to see Hillary accomplish?

Wow, I mean, there’s so much work to be done in so many sectors of our society, but I think it’s really important to protect our new health care law and I think Hillary would be focused on that. I think the equal rights of women in this country is something that’s still not a law and she would absolutely be focused on that. Our justice system is a mess and she’s aware of that. I think where she’ll face difficulty is with Wall Street. They’re afraid of the rhetoric she’ll use in her campaign and I think she’ll face a lot of pressure from her campaign to tone that down because of the donations they’ll receive from different banks. So it’s her responsibility to understand her base and that many of her supporters are further left-leaning than she is. We expect Wall Street reform and I think it’s really positive that people like Elizabeth Warren are voicing the concerns of people demanding Wall Street reform. You know, I think it’d be great if Elizabeth Warren ran too and then everybody had to have these really difficult discussions about that. My dream is that Warren would be [Hillary’s] V.P. but that’s not happening in a million years. (Laughs.) My ideal society!


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/22/olivia-wilde-why-i-m-backing-hillary-clinton-for-president.html

[Thinkingabout]

1. I am backing Hillary because she has foreign experience, she is a strong advocate for womens issues

And will be able to make strong decisions.

[morningfog]

2. I wish she'd put her issues on her website.

Not a single link to policies, issues, topics. Not even the general categories that matte to her.

It's a little strange to ask for money and volunteers but not offer a single issue or policy position.

[Thinkingabout]

3. I love her roll out and talking to people, not sure her isssues will be as powerful by putting them

Her website. There is a site which lists her stand on issues and still a lot of questions about her stand, I give the link and it does not help, just get more questions.

[leftynyc]

15. This is EXACTLY

what she did with her run for the Senate - a "listening tour". It was very effective and brought her up to date on the issues that people are talking about. I realize this is much different - national level vs state but it's an effective tool that I'm glad she's repeating.

[Thinkingabout]

4. Web site on Hillary's stand on the issues

http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/hillary_clinton.htm

[Cha]

5. Olivia Wilde sounds like she's been paying attention.. good on her! Mahalo DSB

[Dawgs]

6. Nice comments, but I think every Democrat's first wish is to work on income inequality.

Raise the minimum wage to $12+/hour first, then go after the benefits and loopholes for the rich.

All of her wishes are important, but not as much as fixing wages and employment for the 99%.

[MineralMan]

7. You'll hear her on that, over and over again during the campaign.

It won't be just the minimum wage, either. She'll be speaking out against the enormous disparity between line workers and the executive suite. Now, she can't raise the minimum wage on her own, of course. Neither could President Obama. That requires a bill from Congress. That's why it's so important that we GOTV and elect Demographic majorities in both houses of Congress in 2016. We seem to forget that in our focus on the presidency, which is only one part of the equation.

[Dawgs]

8. I'm not talking about Hillary. n/t

[MineralMan]

9. That's OK. I am, and she's what this thread is about.

It's right there in the thread title. You may not have noticed it, I guess.

[Dawgs]

10. The thread is about Olivia Wildes opinion of Hillary.

And, I was commenting on her opinion.

Get it now?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. I hate to see you two gentlemen argue.

I am here to mediate if you desire.

[JI7]

16. equal rights for women is about dealing with income inequality

[Dawgs]

17. I didn't say it wasn't. n/t

[Sheepshank]

12. I'm pretty disappointed that this thread garners less than a dozen responses

Yet a thread where someone announces their full support for Bernie Sanders for POTUS (who is not even a Democrat) garners over 100 supportive comments and almost 200 likes.

This is DU...right? We support Dem runners and not non Dem runners?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. I just post...

I posted an endorsement from Robert DeNiro and a poster asked "why should I care" and I told him because DeNiro has contributed over $70,000 to our party and actively campaigned for several Democratic presidential candidates.

[JaneyVee]

13. KNR! Im sure Hillary will have many Hollywood progressive feminists on her side

Liv Tyler is ready.