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Hillary Clinton Supporter Undecided
Produced by City Room on Friday, September 05, 2008
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With the political conventions now over time is running out for undecided voters to pick a presidential favorite. But one supporter of former Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton says she doesn't like either major party candidate. Merri Monks is from the Chicago suburb of Oak Park.
MONKS: I don't really have a lot of hope at this point. I think we have two terrible candidates to choose from, basically.
Monks says if the election were held tomorrow, she might not vote. That isn't what most Clinton supporters are saying. According to a recent Gallup Poll, 81 percent of Clinton backers say they'll vote for Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain. That's up from 70 percent before the Democratic convention.
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Dan Johnson-Weinberger, Old Town // Friday, September 05, 2008 @ 5:14 PM
Really? 81 percent of Clinton supporters are with Obama and you find one in Oak Park to lead with? How about all the Mitt Romney or Ron Paul supporters that are undecided about John McCain? This is a dead story. The Dems are largely united.
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mary // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 9:21 AM
I was a Hillary supporter and I am now going to vote McCain. Country before Party.
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SalG, Arlington, TX // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 9:31 AM
How does one get to be called a "Hillary Clinton supporter?"
What did this "supporter" do for or contribute to the HRC campaign, and why are her comments significant?
Just wondering.
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mary // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 9:55 AM
The law suit, filed by former Pennsylvania Assistant Attorney General Phillip Berg, who is also a Democrat that supported Hillary Clinton for president, alleges that Obama is not even constitutionally able to seek the office. That’s a pretty big story to ignore, don’t you think?.....
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tonymann, cayce // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 10:03 AM
the choice seems clear to me if one understands the following:
1. Negative behavior should have negative consequences therefore the DNC must be punished for usurping the will of the people.
2. The current DNC is democratic in name only.
3. The DNC nominee has proven himself to be enamored with the far left.
4. The DNC nominee has proven himself to be a liar and by past history willing to do ANYTHING to get elected.
5. John McCain has always put country first and has willingly thumbed his nose at the repugs, to suggest that once becoming POTUS he will betray his long history of personal INTEGRITY is disingenuous at best.
6. John McCain chose as his VP someone else who has personal INTEGRITY. In Washington DC having personal integrity in ITSELF makes you a 'maverick'.
7. I do not understand the loyalty of some to a party that has betrayed and continues to betray it's own ideals.
8. John McCain is a 'conservative' by declaration but by practice is a pragmatic centrist who is also 'Pro Life'.
9. John McCain and Sarah Palin have this in common, they both will fight and have fought for reform.
10. McCain has shown himself willing to listen to our concerns.
11. Whose ear is Hillary more likely to have, John McCain's or Barack Obama's?
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doug, nyc // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 10:29 AM
The supporters that would vote for McCain simply because he has a woman on the ticket would vote for Hitler if here were a woman, still alive, and running for pres. Obama and Hillary are not that different when compared to McCain. Get over it.
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mary // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 11:32 AM
So be it. But what really ticks me off is that the media continue to act as though we are an anomaly, that Hillary supporters are on the Obama train. Well, it ain’t true! And when Obama loses, they’ll scratch their heads trying to figure it out when we’ve been trying to tell them all along that we McCain Democrats are real!
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June. California, Laguna // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 11:33 AM
McCain had me after the rejection of Sen. Clinton and the treatment she received from the media......and long before Sarah Palin. Doug, if its Hilter you want, you are on the right track with Obama...I'll vote for a REAL AMERICAN...McCain/Palin...
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gonzotx, Austin // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 12:21 PM
I was, and am, a Hillary supporter and I am voting McCain/Palin, a ticket that is an honor to have the opportunity to vote for.
McCain brings a maverick record to the office, going against the Republican party 35% of the time. He is strong on National defense and environmental issues.He is a man of courage, a straight shooter. His 6 years as a POW may not make him qualified to be President, but it speaks volumes to his character as a human, a leader, an American. Tell me, do you really think Obama would have turned down an opportunity to go home after 2 years of torture? I think not. He hasn't turned down any opportunity for any reason, after all, I am sure this most UNqualified man would have spinned it that it was "God" that made it possible, as he is the chosen "one". He and his Pepsi sign...ever wonder about that logo,his plane, his "seal"....
The Fems, which I consider myself a TRUE Fem, are on the wrong side of this equation. SP is exactly everything we have always said a woman could be. She has 5 children, hunts moose, bear and knows how to serve them. She can fly a plane, shoot a gun and cradle a child all while fighting corruption in her own party as Gov of Alaska. Just because she is pro-life does not make her NOT a Fem. I am disgusted @ NOW, Steinem, Emily's list and others for turning their back not only on Hillary, but now on Palin. Woman, you are your own worst enemy's.
I voted Dem for 40 years and this is the first time in my life I will cross the line and I do it gladly. The Dem party stoled the election from Hillary and Vilified her and Bill's record with the approval of the DNC. Please do your research on 5/31/08 , the day the Dem party officially died.
I am an Independent now. Each party will have to EARN my vote, and I will not support easily. I SAY TO BARACK HUSSEIN oBAMA, "IRON MY VOTE"
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Carolyn // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 12:54 PM
I'm not registered with any party. I supported Clinton as an independent voter. I do not support Obama, and I will never vote for him.
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sd // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 1:00 PM
I'm a former Hillary supporter who supports McCain/Palin because of their obvious records of accomplishment. I find that their integrity, lack of earmarks, and standing up to big corporate interests are commendable.
"Obama wrote 2 books about himself, but not one major piece of legislation" -- that is unacceptable.
But so's this
I'll never vote for Obama, the press's obvious candidate, since he has never been fully vetted this man which is a total dereliction of the public trust.
1) Why did he support his Cousin Odinga who started a 1,000 person dead genocide during this election?
2) Why did he spend 20 years listening to hate speech against his own Caucasian mother and against Jewish, Italian, Catholic, black Republicans, and other people. A church that supports Hamas.
3) What has he ever left better than he found it? Chicago neighborhoods he "organized" are falling apart
4) Why did he shaft Hillary Clinton for the position of VP and steal her delegates through machinations and arm twisting.
For those who don't know, what you saw on t.v. was untrue. Obama never won the popular vote, Hillary did. He did NOT win all of Arkansas, most of FL and MI delegates either. All Hillary delegates were coerced and threatened that they would lose their party positions if they didn't sell out voters on television.
TO ME, IT'S VOTE FOR THE WAR HERO, NOT FOR THE TOTAL ZERO
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marie3548, detroit mi // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 1:07 PM
I am Hillary Clinton supporter who will never support Obama nor the DNC.
Hero over Zero
MCcain/Palin08
Nobama
Nohow
Noway
November
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Betty, Florida // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 1:08 PM
NOBAMA...NOWAY, Hillary supporter..now McCain/Palin
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Ani, LA // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 1:48 PM
I wouldn't vote for Senator Obama under any circumstances. The man has no accomplishments and what he lacks in experience he makes up for in arrogance and slimy tactics.
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Portia Elizabeth, Hampton, NH // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 2:25 PM
I'm proud that New Hampshire is considered a battleground state this year. It gives me more reason to work against the Democratic ticket. Hillary won NH in the primary and could've won in November. Too bad my party pushed her aside for a much weaker prospect. I'll vote McCain/Palin because I'd rather have patriots than frauds governing this country for the next four years.
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ainnj, NJ // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 2:50 PM
Really? 81%? Sorry, I don't think so. But even giving Gallup the benefit of the doubt, and they reached a statistically significant # of Hillary supporters and 81% of the Hillary supporters they reached said they would vote obama, that just is not how they are going to vote when they are in the privacy of the voting booth. Obama's campaign knows this, most people who work around or with political campaigns know this. By trying to reenact the Gingrich/Rovian tactics used against Bill Clinton they only further show how desperate they really are now.
Most of the Hillary supporters I know refuse to even talk to their Democratic friends any longer. The hatred, vileness and plain old misogynistic sexism displayed by the Democratic party to Hillary supporters, members of their own party and one of the greatest TWO term Presidents the Democratic party has seen in years and quite possibly WILL ever for years, is just beyond belief.
Gloria Steinem, I would like to introduce myself. I am a Hillary supporter, I have been a Democrat for 50 years. I have never voted for a Republican candidate in any election, and I always vote in every election.
I am voting for John McCain and Sarah Palin on November 4, 2008.
The Democratic Party no longer speaks for me.
McCain/Palin '08!
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ainnj, NJ // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 3:52 PM
OH, and just a little note on your use of the Gallup statistics. You do know of course (although for some reason you failed to note it in your article) that the claimed 81% was a result of a poll taken mostly BEFORE Governor Palin was even announced as McCain's running mate and completely before she spoke at the RNC.
Guess you felt that little bit of info wasn't important enough to share in your unbiased article.
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teapolo, Maryland // Saturday, September 06, 2008 @ 5:10 PM
The only thing that the dems united in my family is that the 8 dems and 4 repubs are now voting for McCain. I will never forgive Obama for allowing the press to degrade Hillary as a woman and allowing the race card to be played. How dare he allow the Clinton's to be called racists!! If only he had put a stop to it...maybe he would have had my family's respect. Maybe. How can his campaign discuss parenting when he allowed his children to be present in a church with the rantings of Rev Wright. It is my hope that Senator McCain will have that open ear and listen to ClintonDems.
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Shannon, Chicago // Sunday, September 07, 2008 @ 12:28 PM
Wow. It was hard for me to believe that people who ardently supported Hillary Clinton would actually support a pro-life, pro-creationist, pro-book banning woman with such limited experience to be vice-president out of spite, but clearly they exist. Only in America, I guess. I don't hate John McCain - I definitely think he is the least destructive Republican candidate out there. But seriously, in his convention address he said his solution to shipping jobs overseas is to provide job training for the people who lose their jobs. Training for what?? The jobs are gone! And his solution for failing schools is to allow parents to choose to send their kids somewhere else. Really? All the kids of Chicago's South Side will just go to New Trier now? I didn't really belive in the idea that McCain was so out of touch until I heard him speak at the RNC. The few ideas he shared for how to "fix" the economy and education are completely ridiculous.
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Dan Johnson-Weinberger, Old Town // Sunday, September 07, 2008 @ 3:16 PM
I guess the few people who voted for Hillary in the primaries aren't listening to her when she asks "Is it really all about me?" and then urges every single one of them to vote for Barack Obama. And the main reason why we should is because the George Bush's Republican economic policies of cutting taxes for the richest Americans while the rest of us make do with more expensive college, less health insurance and fewer cops on the street will be continued by John McCain. That's not debatable. That will continue to weaken our country. Barack Obama will bring back the economic policies of Bill Clinton with the same tax rates of the 1990s for the wealthiest Americans while cutting the income tax for the rest of us through a new $500 credit. That will make America stronger again. Besides, Obama's accomplishments are long, particularly in the Illinois Senate. Laws to make government more transparent, stop nuclear proliferation, attack avian flu are a few of his laws that he wrote that were passed with a Republican President and a Republican-controlled Senate for his first two years. Pretty impressive!
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CC, Washington,DC // Monday, September 08, 2008 @ 4:49 PM
Anybody who claims to be a Hillary Clinton supporter, now voting for McCain is a troll. Planted here on the Internet to try to get some leverage for the Clintons. Don't feed the trolls.
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Liz Hullsizer, Evanston // Friday, September 12, 2008 @ 1:05 PM
Hello,
There are just too too many reasons why I am not voting for Senator Obama...I voted for him as a freshman senator and am still waiting for him to show up for work. He stepped out of line, cut in line, he is not qualified to be president and I am now wondering if he should keep his job in the senate...I also know I represent a group...
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