Reply #27: everyone doesn't support her but... [View All]

[amazona]

...a lot of us do have sympathy for a variety of reasons.

1) She is a strong Democratic supporter who in the past has been documented to provide lots of $$$ to Democratic candidates.

2) She is an example of a strong woman who became a billionaire just with kitchen stuff. Women's work turned into an empire...this is cool.

3) It is classic to jail leftists who are not guilty of any crime by then accusing them of lying to the FBI -- a classic from the McCarthy and Cointelpro eras. So a lot of old lefties have been there or know of people who have "been there" and know how easy it is to get tripped up even if you are innocent. If you have ever spoken to an FBI agent, you are at risk for being convicted of having "lied" to him. They never seem to pull this crap on wingnuts, so the unfairness just causes us to want to root for Martha and have it all turn out OK for her, even though she isn't exactly Howard Fast or anything.

My reasons anyway.