I Wrote That I Despised Hillary Clinton. Today, I Want To Publicly Take It Back.

[Ztolkins]

By Isaac Saul

When Hillary Clinton became the presumptive Democratic nominee, I was distraught. Months before I had written about her on Huffington Post, explaining that I despised her not for her gender — as some of her supporters accused — but for her hawkishness, her center-left policies, her husband’s crime bill that incarcerated so many people of color, her support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and her inability to get progressive on climate change policy.

I’ve spent almost every waking hour of every day following this election, reading about Hillary, Donald Trump, both parties’ platforms, and the under-qualified Libertarian and Green Party candidates running. During these months of obsessing over my choice, I’ve watched my position slowly shift. I’ve felt myself start advocating for Hillary more than advocating a vote against Trump, culminating in last night’s debate when she finally, totally, completely won me over.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/isaac-saul/i-wrote-that-i-despised-hillary-clinton-i-take-it-back_b_12220124.html?

Here is his original article: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511881934

He's a little late, but he's here. Interesting read

[beachbumbob]

1. Better late than never...once you set the ego aside, the choice

Can not be clearer...

[Mika]

3. The ego?

Care to elaborate?

[ehrnst]

4. I think that the author describes it this way:

"Watching the candidate of my dreams get steam late and lose in the primary wasn’t so different from watching my favorite football team not have enough energy to complete a fourth quarter rally. Hopeful, exciting, but ultimately deflating and disappointing."

[LonePirate]

2. Better now than on November 9!