Give me a reason to vote for Hillary

Several reasons come to mind that dissuade me from voting for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, for president of the United States. I’d only be repeating myself from other blogs I’ve written to explain them all again here.
So, please, give me just one reason to vote for her…other than because she is a woman.
I mean, really, come on now.
Hillary Clinton’s gender is self-evident, but it has nothing to do with her ability to preside over the most powerful nation on earth. The fact that she is a woman neither qualifies, nor disqualifies her as a candidate. Truth be told, gender should be immaterial; it shouldn’t even matter. Moreover, it shouldn’t even be on her resume.
But it is. In fact, gender is Hillary’s leading qualification. It is the dominant headline of her candidacy; the first bullet point on her resume. And gender is the primary reason her supporters give for their vote.
It’s true.
Hillary has secured many of her supporters on the basis of gender alone. I distinctly remember listening to National Public Radio the morning after the New Hampshire primaries when I heard one woman say she decided to vote for Hillary at the last minute, because the latter is a woman and it seemed like the right thing to do in support of women’s rights.
What?
So, in other words, this person voted for Hillary to make a political statement, rather than an informed decision. Hello?! This is a presidential election, the idea behind which is that you vote for the person, not the gender. The idea is that you vote for the person who you think most closely represents your beliefs, supports the issues most important to you, and who you believe will do the best job carrying out the duties of commander-in-chief.
Yet, Hillary-backers around the country are rallying to her side chiefly because she is a woman.
Huh. Somehow, I expected more from Hillary’s camp. I would have thought that “the smartest woman in the world” could attract voters with more substance than this.
I mean, how much brain power does it take to cast a vote for someone based on what they look like? Those voting for Hillary because of her gender are doing just that. And it does not speak well for Hillary if her supporters are really this shallow.
The same charge can be leveled at Sen. Barack Obama’s supporters, many of whom are voting for the Illinois democrat just because he is black.
If I were to vote for a candidate because he is a white male, then I’d be equally as shallow. The difference being that I would be labeled a sexist, racist bigot if I did. But it is apparently okay for women to vote for another woman because she is a woman, or black Americans to vote for another black because of the color of his skin.
End the sexism and racism already! I’m so tired of hearing how bad women and other so-called “minorities” or “protected groups” have had it in the past and how they have suffered throughout history. I’m sure we can all make a case for pulling out the violin at one time or another in our lives. But some of us don’t spend our time brooding about it.
So, get over it already, and get on with the business of electing the president of the United States. In case you weren’t aware, we elect people to office; not their skin colors or their genders.
But if you’d prefer, I can put my dog on the ballot. Who knows? If she pulls over enough Hillary and Obama backers who’d vote for her because she’s a dog, then lobbyists will be lining up outside the Oval Office with dog biscuits instead of money bags.