2008 Woodie Awards
Why I am voting for Hillary Clinton
Jenn Halligan
Issue date: 4/14/08 Section: Op-Ed
Let me start off by saying that whoever gets on the Democratic ticket in November will have my vote. What can I say - I am a staunch Democrat. I believe both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would equally make a terrific president.
Needless to say, whenever the topic of politics comes up and people ask who I support, people stare when I say I support Hillary Clinton.
After the stares, people usually ask why. I suppose people stare and ask why because they are shocked. I am a college student, so that must mean I automatically support Obama. And trust me, I feel the pressure of being a minority here on campus.
But I am not resentful of that at all. Hey, if Obama wins the Democratic ticket, I am voting for him.
What it all comes down to is this: when it comes to who I feel would make a terrific president, I believe both would fulfill that position. But Hillary, I feel, would fill it better.
One of my biggest concerns this election is the war. However, both Obama and Clinton support a phased redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq, meaning that we would slowly wean them off our support and teach them to rely on themselves.
As an English education major, another one of my biggest concerns is what the presidential candidates are going to do about the No Child Left Behind Act. I do not want to be teaching students how to write formulaic five paragraph essays or how to speed-read in order to make the time limit.
Obama only wants to reform the No Child Left Behind Act. Clinton wants to end it. Discovering whether children are excelling in schools cannot be portrayed by a test. Furthermore, students are only being tested in reading, writing and math. What about the students who are gifted in the arts or sciences?
Also, what about the students with learning disabilities or special education students? The tests definitely do not demonstrate a child's performance in these cases.
No Child Left Behind is a failure. We do not need to reform it, we need to end it.
Needless to say, whenever the topic of politics comes up and people ask who I support, people stare when I say I support Hillary Clinton.
After the stares, people usually ask why. I suppose people stare and ask why because they are shocked. I am a college student, so that must mean I automatically support Obama. And trust me, I feel the pressure of being a minority here on campus.
But I am not resentful of that at all. Hey, if Obama wins the Democratic ticket, I am voting for him.
What it all comes down to is this: when it comes to who I feel would make a terrific president, I believe both would fulfill that position. But Hillary, I feel, would fill it better.
One of my biggest concerns this election is the war. However, both Obama and Clinton support a phased redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq, meaning that we would slowly wean them off our support and teach them to rely on themselves.
As an English education major, another one of my biggest concerns is what the presidential candidates are going to do about the No Child Left Behind Act. I do not want to be teaching students how to write formulaic five paragraph essays or how to speed-read in order to make the time limit.
Obama only wants to reform the No Child Left Behind Act. Clinton wants to end it. Discovering whether children are excelling in schools cannot be portrayed by a test. Furthermore, students are only being tested in reading, writing and math. What about the students who are gifted in the arts or sciences?
Also, what about the students with learning disabilities or special education students? The tests definitely do not demonstrate a child's performance in these cases.
No Child Left Behind is a failure. We do not need to reform it, we need to end it.
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Dennis
posted 4/13/08 @ 11:14 PM EST
Problem is, her record also includes supporting Bush's war, voting to end bankruptcy rights for individuals, and pushing hard for NAFTA until she was against it. (Continued…)
Walden Greenwood
posted 4/13/08 @ 11:25 PM EST
Hillary Clinton lies, unabashedly, blatantly and often. Our nation has suffered greatly resultant from the dishonesty of our current president, who, like Hillary Clinton, achieved his notoriety via nepotism and little else. (Continued…)
Michael
posted 4/13/08 @ 11:50 PM EST
Yes! I will support Hillary as well. We need a stong leader, we need a strong candidate in the fall as well. Obama would go down just like Kerry/Gore. (Continued…)
greg
posted 4/13/08 @ 11:51 PM EST
Hillary lies my friend.
Watch her speak and you can tell.
She can't look up or straight when she does so.
Look at how she answered the Bosnia story and how she addresses the Columbia issue. (Continued…)
ca
posted 4/14/08 @ 12:45 AM EST
I would have agreed with you, but judging by how differently the two campaigns have run, I believe Obama can more effectively run the white house. I disagree with his stance on civil unions, but I see his argument - it's a gradual course, I suppose. (Continued…)
jacksmith
posted 4/14/08 @ 3:14 AM EST
DON'T BE DUPED !!!
Large numbers of Republicans have been voting for Barack Obama in the DEMOCRATIC primaries, and caucuses from early on. Because they feel he would be a weaker opponent against John McCain. (Continued…)
jacksmith
posted 4/14/08 @ 3:14 AM EST
MY FELLOW BITTER, STUPID, WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
YOU MIGHT BE AN IDIOT, TOO :-(
If you think like Barack Obama, that WORKING CLASS PEOPLE are just a bunch of BITTER!, STUPID, PEASANTS, Cash COWS!, and CANNON FODDER. (Continued…)
Kathy Giannini
posted 4/14/08 @ 7:35 AM EST
Originally from Monessen in Southwestern PA, I moved first to New York State before relocating again in France, so I won't have the privilege of voting for Hillary Clinton in the Pennsylvania Primary. (Continued…)
mike
posted 4/15/08 @ 5:55 PM EST
"One of my biggest concerns this election is the war. However, both Obama and Clinton support a phased redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq, meaning that we would slowly wean them off our support and teach them to rely on themselves. (Continued…)
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